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Many people make New Year's resolutions,
and most people fail-especially when the goal is to lose
weight. But 40-year-old Frank Lozano, a disc jockey at
Power 106 in Los Angeles, is one of the rare exceptions.
His success story began as an on-air challenge from co-host
Charisse Browner. They agreed to try separate weight-loss
strategies and declare a winner after 90 days. Browner's
program was intense, calling for 90 minutes of exercise
six times a week with a trainer, and a low-fat diet. Lozano's
plan called for only 30 minutes of exercise three times
a week with a fitness coach.
Lozano solicited the help of , who's coached
such Hollywood celebs as Chris Tucker, Bill Bellamy, The
Shield's Michael Chicklis, and Joey Lawrence. Jay took one
look at the deejay's sagging gut and diagnosed his problem
in a single word: food. Following Jay's mantra-"Failing
to plan is planning to fail"-Lozano was permitted six
small meals a day, but only from certain food groups. He
could eat plenty of chicken, fish, and even beef, but none
of the following: bread, rice, pasta, dairy, alcohol, and
coffee.
For the first 30 days, Lozano was miserable and barely made
it to the gym at all. But at the end of that month he'd
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The ever decreasing number on the scale
motivated him to continue. By the second month, he was
already losing his food cravings. Lozano even began developing
an appetite for exercise. Jay put him in a group with
nine others-all of them women. "Instead of competing
with everyone in the class, which is the usual deal at
a gym, I was getting all this support. It was an amazing
team spirit," says Lozano.
The training began with stair climbing-up and down real
stairs, not on machines and progressed to intense strength
training. Jay's techniques are diverse and always changing;
he recommends never lifting more than 20-pound weights during
the first 90 days. By the end of the challenge, Lozano had
lost 24 pounds and three inches off his waist.
"Clothes I've been saving in the back of my closet
suddenly fit me again," he says. He easily won the
challenge with Ms. Browner, who managed to take off only
a few pounds and spent the entire 90 days fighting burnout
from a too-intense program. A good food plan is the first
step toward success, and a little discipline goes a long
way.
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To avoid the temptation of candy machines
and fast-food restaurants, Lozano prepares healthy meals
in advance, and then brings a well-stocked cooler to work.
Remember too that exercise soon changes from drudgery
to pleasure, and the payoff-feeling more energized than
you could imagine-makes all the sacrifice worthwhile.
- Estelle Slon
Penthouse Magazine Anniversary Issue 2003
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