Thanks for visiting my site! I’m Jeremy, aka “TheCoachTanner”. I am a husband & father, a Christian & Youth Minister, and a Health & Fitness Coach. I also work as the SysAdmin for a school district in Colorado. I coach or have coached a variety of youth sports including youth soccer and basketball, tee ball, Little League baseball, middle school girls’ basketball, high school basketball boys & gir
ls, and high school football. I am an ex-300-pounder. Erinn's College Graduation. May 2002. Erinn’s College Graduation. In high school (so long, long ago) I was involved in a lot of athletics and continued that involvement into my first couple years of college. As college wore on, though, my values wore down. The truth is, I began to cater to a self-indulged lifestyle, which continued through my 20s and even into my 30s. I got away from doing things right. Too much drinking and eating the wrong stuff, too much leisure time spent on my butt, too much time spent on gaming, all added up to WAY too much Jeremy. I was a product of a lack of self-discipline. This was true in all areas of my life, but was most evidenced by my weight. I, however, refused to see a problem. Until…
In December of 2009, my family spent Christmas huddled around my grandmother’s hospital bed. She was there because of health problems related to being obese for most of her adult life. At some point during that ordeal, I decided to hop on one of the hospital scales. I didn’t have a scale at home…I didn’t care. So I hopped on, shifted the counter-balances around, and finally tipped the scale at 325 pounds! Before I even stepped off the scale, I was just broad-sided by…something. A vision? A resonating epiphany? Something akin to what an addict (for that’s really what I was) calls a “moment of clarity”. In this moment, I saw my family sadly gathered around my deathbed for no other reason than the selfish and unhealthy choices I was making. I realized this wasn’t fair to them. I realized that I had to change.
325 lbs. January 2010.
325 lbs. January 2010. So, January 1, 2010, I made a resolution that I would be healthy once again. This was not merely a “New Year’s Resolution”, but a new LIFE resolution. I had no idea what I was doing, or how I was supposed to make this change…but I was determined to make it. I worked out like crazy. I still ate pretty awful, but I started making changes. And the changes worked. Slowly but surely, I started losing weight. But it was SOOOO frustrating. I didn’t realize at the time how hard I was making it on myself. I would kill my workout, but then sabotage my efforts by “rewarding” my hard work with an extra Double Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese or a tub of Ben & Jerry’s or something. I took me around 4 years to lose my first 60 pounds. Then…
I found Insanity. A friend of mine had the Insanity DVD set. I got it from him and started doing the workouts. And I loved it! I loved how depleted I was afterward. I loved the challenge aspect of it. Honestly, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to complete the program…but I was determined to give my best. As I was going through the materials for the program, I also found a Nutrition Guide. Whaaaat? A food guide to compliment the workout for the best possible results? Even though I knew that your results from working out were highly dependent on your nutrition I clearly didn’t really believe it. Having this guide accompany the DVDs, though, made me stop and consider, “If their programs work, which they obviously do, why would I not trust a meal plan they say works?” This decision was a game changer.
225 lbs. I did month 1 of the Insanity program, but was scared of month 2, so I did month 1 again before continuing. I knew it was working, my appearance was changing a LOT, but I was staying away from the scale until I could measure final results. I was around 280-285 pounds when I started the Insanity program. After 3 months of Insanity (month 1 twice, then month 2), I weighed in at 225 pounds! I lost in the neighborhood of 60 pounds in just 3 months, and I felt great doing it! I continued doing Beachbody programs and following their nutrition guides. After Insanity, I did T25, Asylum, Asylum Vol. 2, Insanity Max30, 21 Day Fix Extreme, and probably a couple others. I was having trouble breaking through a plateau at around 215 pounds. Again, I thought,
“You know, Beachbody is always talking about this superfood shake called Shakeology. They claim it works. Their workout programs work. Their nutrition plans work. Why would I not believe that their shake works?”
So I first tried Shakeology about 2 weeks into the Insanity Max 30 program. I started IM30 at 216 and finished it at 194! Two months and another 20+ pounds were gone. Insanity Max 30. From 216 down to 194. Now…
I weigh right around 190 pounds, I feel better than I did 15 years ago, and I’m able to enjoy and be proud of the life I live. When I think about my attitude and beliefs at the beginning of my weight loss journey and I remember how deceived and confused I was about how to “be healthy”, the prevailing thought I have is,
“I wish that I had known somebody like the person I am NOW to help me through things back THEN.”
That is the very reason I am now a Team Beachbody Coach. I’ve always loved to lead and motivate people. Now I can do that and add value to their lives in a way that I never would have believed to be possible. Wherever you might be at on your journey, no matter how much weight you need to lose or how much muscle you want to gain, no matter who is holding you back or what circumstances are holding you down, YOU CAN DO IT. I want to support you and be there step-for-step so that we can reach our goals together.
