Weight Loss Success Story and Back Pain  

Meet Kyle Snay

Age: 36

Height: 6'5"

Weight, Week 1: 227

Weight, Week 6: 205

Weight, Week 9: 199

(Use the link on the right to See Photos of Kyle's Progress.)

Kyle Snay knew he needed to get back into shape--fast. Motivation to get in shape came in droves.

Reason 1: His dad. Several years earlier, Snay had made plans to visit his father--whom he didn't know well because his parents had been divorced. But 6 months before Snay was to make his pilgrimage, his dad dropped dead of a heart attack. That's when it hit Snay that his health was something he needed better control of.

Reason 2: His kids. "I was a walking Twinkie for years," Snay says. "When my wife was pregnant with our second child, I said that I really needed to do something to get back in shape at least for my family. I was trying to keep up with our 2 year old, and it was exhausting."

Reason 3: His back. Snay, who's had a herniated disc for 10 years, says, "My big flare-up came when I was bending down to pick up a Doritos chip." After years of twinges, spasms, and pain that laid him up for a couple days at a time, he was told by doctors his choices were surgery or physical therapy. Snay chose neither.

Abs Diet to the Rescue

After deciding he was going to lose weight, Snay went searching for something hassle-free. "I didn't want to count calories, or carbs, or fat. I read about the Abs Diet in Men's Health and noticed results immediately."

Before, Snay never paid attention to what he ate: His staple foods included ice cream and "Oreo soup"--a whole bunch of Oreos in a full bowl of milk. He immediately changed his diet and saw the pounds peel away.

Plus, he got a bonus out of it: a better back. "Since I started, I haven't had a twinge, a spasm, or anything--nothing. My back is completely fine," he says. "It's just unreal. That was a huge plus that I wasn't even expecting." Snay says he really stuck to the principles but appreciates the diet's flexibility. Eating six times a day, he says, makes you feel like you're never really "on a diet."

Success

Now, almost 30 pounds lighter, Snay retrained his metabolism--so much so that he lost his last 5 pounds even when he had to take a week off of exercise and sneak in a few extra cheat meals because he was away at a business conference. He also invents his own recipes following the ABS DIET POWER 12.

"I know people who are still trying to do Atkins, and they just pour meat down their stomach. In a couple of weeks, they're still walking around like a bowl of pudding because they're not doing any exercising, and they're taking too many shortcuts," he says. "I can't ever see myself going back to who I was before," Snay says.

"I just can't wait until it gets warm again. I'm going to go out and wash my car--with my shirt off for the first time in years. I'll even stay out there longer and wash my neighbor's car, too."

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