From Crispy Creme to Very Lean

For as long as I can remember, cops and doughnuts have always been synonomous. Here is a funny joke I heard a long time ago to get you all in the mood. " How do you know when a cop has been eating doughnuts? His eyes are glazed! Ha Ha.Now that I have your attention, here it is. I've been in Law Enforcement here in Las Vegas for the past 16 years and let me tell you, it has been a bit of an an adventure. I started my career at the age of 28 when I was in good shape. I wasn't concerned with my nutrition or what I ate. My metabolism was great and I didn't gain any extra pounds. There was one thing I did notice about certain officers that had already been on the job for a few years was that most of them were overweight. As a new officer, thast was very confusing to me.I would think to myself, "I thought that everyone who is in Law Enforcement had to be in shape. I quickly learned that this wasn't the case.
Regardless of how everyone looked, I still continued to workout like I normally did and still ate pretty much whatever I wanted to eat. I felt, as long I as I exercised, it doesn't matter what I ate. That was great philosophy at the time. Well, my career continued and I began noticing subtle changes in my body as I got older. There were increases and decreases in all areas of my life. The food intake began to increase and the exercise began to decrease. Not a very good combination.
Thats when a great relationship between me and laziness began to develop. It wasn't beyond me to eat several doughnuts in the morning with my coffee. They were one of my favorite snacks at the time but I didn't realize what damage they were doing do me. Now that I had my glutony intact, the drinking and partying were running neck and neck with each other. They ran together all the time and became very good friends, inseperable!
Fast forward now to March of 2009. I just reached my 41st birthday and I felt like I was in a world of hurt. I was fat, overweight, sluggish, and very unhappy and I needed to do something before I got worse. I realized that being in Law Enforcement and wearing a badge, there were certain responsibilites that I had to live up to. I felt that the most important one was being a good represenetative of my department, physically. When you are in the public's eye, the thing that appears most unappealing is an officer who is extremely overweight in his uniform. You then become that stereotypical cop that hangs out and eats doughnuts all day and I was not gonna let that happen to me. I decided to do something about and get myself in to shape.I started doing P90X and was the beginning of my fitness revolution. Fast forward

again to the present, April 2011. I am now in the best shape of my life at 43 than I have ever been. No more doughnuts for this guy. Being in Law Enforcement can be a very stressful job at times and can cause a lot of health issues for us who wear a badge. One of the best ways to combat that is a very healthy diet in conjucnction with regular exercise. I have seen too many people retire from this type of job and with in a few months, die. It's very tragic and happens way too often. I am not gonna be a statistic. I promote health to my fellow officers in my department and workout very strenuously 6 days a week. I don't claim to be a fitness guru, I'm just a guy who lives a fitness lifestyle who leads by example. So, if you wear a badge, please take your fitness seriously so that you may live a long healthy life.