Client Testimonials
After previously completing my cut on the XFAT program, I then moved onto the XLRG mass program where I made huge gains and increased my weight from 198 pounds to a high of 250 pounds. My body fat also increased from the low 6% range to about 9%. Dawn advised me upfront that the XLRG program was aimed at all out mass gains and that I would definitely put on muscle mass, but would surely gain some fat along with the muscle. The XLRG program go… Read more
Click to View Transformation – (XFAT(Lite) Client) – I have always been the skinny girl who could eat anything and never gain a pound. I was active and played sports, but indulged in whatever food I wanted. I had never been on a “diet” my entire life. Five years ago, after some big life changes, I got back into running and trained hard for many races and ran my first half marathon. I cross trained and included swimming and mountain biking in my daily routine. I ate restrictively, b… Read more
Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT(Lite) Client) – Hi my name is Angelique and I am 47 years old. I have 6 children. Four I birthed and two step. I work full time and have a very busy life. I am the person that would lose and gain, lose and gain. I have done EVERY diet in the past, including prescribed diet pills, but the weight ALWAYS came back. Then I got this brilliant idea that I would gain so much weight so I could qualify for the lap band surgery. So I gave myself permission to ea… Read more
Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT Client) – Hi Dawn, I took my after pics and had my body fat tested. I started out with a 28% body fat and ended at 18 %. I lost a total of 20 lbs during the XFAT workout and lifestyle (Diet) plan. I learned so much about eating the proper foods for fuel and not just for pleasure. The food was the most difficult part for me. I learned how to cook several different types of recipes and did not get frustrated at myself if I fell off the wagon occasionally. Having been … Read more
Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT(Lite) Client) – I met Dawn and her XBODYCONCEPTS team online via Facebook. I saw her before and after pictures on Facebook and decided to inbox her. From then on, she has been a huge motivator for me. After many difficult years of dealing with Bulimia, abusing my body and still not liking what I saw….it was time. I began my road to recovery by concentrating on eating and being comfortable with it, this was hard for me. I also concentrated on exercising and learni… Read more
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(XFAT (Lite) / XFAT Client) – XFATLTE is formatted for the perfect lifestyle change. XFATLTE took me from a starting weight of 223 lbs and a body fat percentage of 27%, to a weight of 200 lbs. and a body fat percentage of 22% in eight weeks. After completing the XFATLTE program, I started on the XFAT program. On the XFAT program I have dropped my weight from 200 lbs to 188 lbs, and my body fat percentage has dropped from 22% to 17.7%, and I still have a few weeks to go before completing … Read more
Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT Client) – After running the XBodyConcepts XFAT program I dropped 14% bodyfat !!! All while gaining a significant amount of muscle (nearly 3 inches on my biceps alone)!!! My waist decreased by approximately 7 inches too! My results were well beyond my expectations!! There is no question that the XBC custom fitness plans work, and they work extremely well!! Life couldn’t be better! Thanks Dawn!
Click to View Transformation – (XFAT Client) – There seems to be a point with most guys who truly “work-out”, where they finally figure out what lifts, exercises, diet, etc. seem to be the right combination to gain muscle mass and stay acceptably lean. I reached this point some time in college. I finally built the muscles I always wanted and got that great “pump” in the gym that everybody strives for. Even for a few years following college, I was enjoying the gym and would make d… Read more
Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT Client) – After running the XBodyConcepts XFAT program I dropped 6% bodyfat !!! I made a significant reduction in my waist size all while putting on a significant amount of muscle! I was shocked at my results and am a true believer in the XBodyConcepts system! I plan to continue on and see how lean and muscular I can get. This is just the beginning of a better me! Thanks Dawn!
Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT(Lite) Client) – For starters, I’ve never been a big person or massive body builder and I wasn’t the healthiest eater around. Sure, I ate my veggies and all, but I enjoyed the not so healthy stuff more than I should have, especially “The Dew”. I worked out occasionally, but nothing like I needed to. I was definitely lazy and easily out of energy. I developed the “mushroom cap” hanging over my pants, had to have some trousers taken out a little big… Read more
Click to View Transformation – (XFAT Client) – There seems to be a point with most guys who truly “work-out”, where they finally figure out what lifts, exercises, diet, etc. seem to be the right combination to gain muscle mass and stay acceptably lean. I reached this point some time in college. I finally built the muscles I always wanted and got that great “pump” in the gym that everybody strives for. Even for a few years following college, I was enjoying the gym and would make different alterations to my workouts that would continue to challenge my body whether I wanted to bulk up or get cut. No matter what changes I made or different exercises I performed it was always based on a single-muscle-group per day type of workout with little to no cardio. When I was younger and mostly cared about gaining mass this worked fairly well but as time went by I was not reaping the same results. My body had finally gotten used to the same old routine and for the past couple of years I was just sort of maintaining and had lost my ambition in the gym. After saying for years that any type of circuit training didn’t work for me and that I could eat anything as long as I lifted daily, I finally came to a realization. I needed to not only completely change my routine, type of training and diet but more importantly, I needed a well laid out plan in front of me to follow. Just as I was coming to this realization, my friend Chad mentioned XBodyConcepts to me in the gym. I was very reluctant at first, but after checking out the website and seeing other people’s great results and seeing what members were posting in the XBC Facebook group I decided to go for it. After sending all of my information to Dawn she put together an XFAT program for me and upon receiving it I was blown away. I hadn’t expected it to be so well put together and complete. I also knew that it was going to make me hurt. A week or so in, that pain turned into awesome pumps and that amazing feeling we like to call “beast mode” in the gym. My body was changing again and I finally felt that desire to go lift that I thought I had lost. It is hard to make oneself stick to a diet but for some reason, the way Dawn laid it out it was actually pretty easy to follow. My body responded very well to the diet and my energy levels and recovery time were great. By the end of my 12 week XFAT my endurance had skyrocketed, I felt really strong, looked great and couldn’t wait to hit the gym every day. I can’t wait to get started on my XLRG! (Click to View Transformation) Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT(Lite) Client) – Hi my name is Angelique and I am 47 years old. I have 6 children. Four I birthed and two step. I work full time and have a very busy life. I am the person that would lose and gain, lose and gain. I have done EVERY diet in the past, including prescribed diet pills, but the weight ALWAYS came back. Then I got this brilliant idea that I would gain so much weight so I could qualify for the lap band surgery. So I gave myself permission to eat unhealthy, in large quantities and drink to achieve this goal. Well the process would take about a year before I could get it so I finally realized this was stupid! I was tired of being fat and exhausted and purchasing bigger clothes. I was at 185lbs, 5.2 inch tall and over 40% body fat. I was tired of walking by the really cute clothing stores knowing I could never fit in any of them. And worst of all I felt like such a failure to my children. I could see their concern at how heavy I was getting. But bless their hearts and my husband’s heart, they never said anything. On March 13th, I was roller skating with my family and fell when a small child fell in front of me. Needless to say I had torn my tendon off of my butt bone and it would require surgery to reattach. (I just had a surgery 6 months prior to this for a hysterectomy and endometriosis) I was lying in bed feeling defeated when I came across the Xbodyconcepts that my friend Chad Morris posted on Facebook. I took a look at it and decided that day that this was my way out of this VERY unhealthy lifestyle. I had my surgery and while I was in recovery, I purchased the XFAT LITE program. Two weeks after my hamstring was reattached, I hit the gym with a mission. The first two weeks I could not even walk up the stairs without the assistance of my husband. I could not use my legs at all for the first 6 weeks and that was really frustrating! I focused on my upper body and little by little we tried using the legs. I had every excuse not to go to the gym but I went every day. I started with 5 lb. weights and felt totally ridiculous. I sometimes felt like I wasn’t worthy of working out in the area where the really fit people were. I just kept my head phones on, ignored the feelings and held my head high and said damn it, I deserve to be here! I emailed Dawn multiple times each day asking her question after question, and sometimes doubting her. There were days I was feeling higher than a kite and then there were days, I cried. There were days I felt like I could become a body builder and days I told Dawn it just wasn’t working. I had days where I pushed too hard and hurt myself which set me back a couple of weeks, but I always looked for alternatives and worked what parts I could, really hard. Finally about week 7, I saw some results and said, well maybe Dawn knows what she is talking about……lol. This began to bring me out of my doubting funk. Pushing through the changes was very hard for me. I was losing friends that I went out and drank with and I stopped getting invited to parties because my focus was to get healthy. This hurt me and at first and I was really frustrated and angry. I told Dawn I felt like I was sacrificing too much but she would always set me straight. She would tell me what was important and that this was a life style change and I had a choice. One was to take care of me or continue the old life. So I stopped putting myself in bad situations and started making better choices. When I felt strong enough to attend parties or BBQ’s, I would tell people no thanks to the drinks or bad food and just tell them I was in training. This sounded better and it didn’t offend people and it kept me more positive about what I was doing. Eventually it did get easier. I began putting myself first and then everything else came second. I would start planning my day around my workouts not the other way around. I stopped feeling guilty for telling people sorry I can’t make it, or I can’t help you, I am going to the gym. I began creating healthy positive treats for myself like going out and lying by the pool for 30-45 minutes after my workout, reading a good book or buying a smaller outfit. After 12 weeks the results were great! I went from a size 16 to a 10! I lost 22 lbs and dropped my body fat from 40% to 31.5%. I feel so much better! I hear all the time, “You look so good.” My friends ask me what I am doing and I always refer them to Xbodyconcepts. I tell them it’s all about your commitment, clean eating and working out. There is no secret pill, no new diet that will do it. Now I crave going to the gym. When I started I could barely push 5 lbs. weights or walk up the stairs and now I am using 30lb dumbbells. I can now squat and do leg curls. I feel so strong now and I love when I push myself to a new weight each week. It makes me want more. I am excited to take on my next 12 weeks and start the XFAT program with even more amazing results! My new goal is to enter a body competition by age 50 which is only 1 ½ years away. If you are tired of being overweight, and or have physical issues, trust Dawn and Xbodyconcepts. The program works and Dawn will help you every step of the way! Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT Client) – Hi Dawn, I took my after pics and had my body fat tested. I started out with a 28% body fat and ended at 18 %. I lost a total of 20 lbs during the XFAT workout and lifestyle (Diet) plan. I learned so much about eating the proper foods for fuel and not just for pleasure. The food was the most difficult part for me. I learned how to cook several different types of recipes and did not get frustrated at myself if I fell off the wagon occasionally. Having been a skinny hard gainer until the last few years I never had to worry about what I ate. Once I got older the weight began to add up. Additionally, working the type of job I have which requires me to work odd hours without much sleep it is difficult to find food late at night. Planning my meals and cooking in bulk ahead of time really helped. Overall, I felt like I have more energy, stamina and strength. I have never had so many people in the gym compliment me on my change in physique. My wife is also very happy with the results. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for all of the encouragement and advice along the way. This plan has changed my life. The one piece of advice I would like to tell current and future members is this. Going to the gym used to be a time for me not to just workout but to socialize with friends. When you start this program tell your friends in the gym ahead of time so you don’t suddenly become the guy (or girl) that offends everyone. I was so focused on my training and rest times that I no longer had time to socialize. I recommend buying a shirt that says “I’m not an asshole, I’m training.” So many times people would be talking to me and I would either just be in the zone and not hear them or I would force them to follow me throughout the gym to talk because I wasn’t stopping. I just recently completed the Tough Mudder challenge. I never quit throughout the 11 mile course and although I was tired and sore I had some left in the tank at the end of the challenge and felt great. Lastly, your plan provided me with a very descriptive program. There was no guessing as to what to eat and when, or what body part to train and how and when. It was all there written on the paper in front of me. Just follow your plan and your goals will follow. Thank you again, a very lean – Joe M. Click to View Transformation – (XFAT(Lite)3 Client) – A little background on myself… I have always been an athlete and in relatively good physical shape. I played baseball at the college level. As a college athlete, I learned the importance of exercising properly and developed good lifting technique. However, the one thing it never really taught me was how to tailor my eating/nutrition/lifting regimen to lean out and gain muscle mass while maintaining a certain body weight. Once I stopped playing sports, I got more into lifting with a focus on gaining muscle mass. I had never lifted for size gains before, so I started out how most people do. I read books and magazines on lifting and began lifting with my more knowledgeable friends at the gym. I made decent gains but there was no real science behind my methods; it was all just a shot in the dark through trial and error. I pretty much lifted whichever muscle group I felt like and I had no plan for my gym sessions. I had a strong desire to get more definition and tone but was having trouble achieving it on my own. Prior to talking with the XBodyConcepts group, I was 6’1”, 210 pounds with a body fat around 11%. I was benching in the mid 300’s and was rarely doing any leg exercises. I was frustrated with all the fad programs and wanted someone knowledgeable to layout a plan that had the science behind it to assure I got the results I was after. I was referred to Dawn at XBodyConcepts. I told Dawn what my goal was and she customized a detailed workout and nutrition plan that was going to get me the results I was after. Dawn provided me with a customized plan (XFAT Lite 3) that I was to stick to for 12 weeks. I took the challenge with the understanding that I would not be training for a competition and would break the meal plan occasionally for a night out or a dinner. Though I know if I had adhered to the plan 100% my results would have been even better, I would say that I stuck to the plan about 95% of the time. Even with my occasional cheat meals, I was able to easily see the results almost immediately. I could see my abs coming through on my stomach and noticeable definition in my shoulders and arms. My friends were noticing my results as well and I was getting a lot of positive feedback. I felt very strong on all my lifts during the program. Additionally, I began to lift my legs again and am back to squatting in the mid 400s for the first time since college. After 12 weeks on the program my final weight was 197 pounds and I dropped down to 8.2% body. I am very pleased with my results and look forward to running the XLRG plan this winter to target all out mass gains! (Click to View Transformation) Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT Client) – After running the XBodyConcepts XFAT program I dropped 6% bodyfat !!! I made a significant reduction in my waist size all while putting on a significant amount of muscle! I was shocked at my results and am a true believer in the XBodyConcepts system! I plan to continue on and see how lean and muscular I can get. This is just the beginning of a better me! Thanks Dawn! Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT Client) – So I felt inclined to write a testimonial about my experience with the XBC workout and nutritional plans… I’m not one to pass my name off on something on a whim, I truly have to believe in the product, which in this case I do. I have gone a long time trying to reach my fitness and body image goals and have struggled for a long time. Fitness has always been a challenge for me. I was into it and wanted to do it, but in a world where attention spans are measured in seconds, if I didn’t see results extremely fast I was disheartened and eventually gave up on the endeavor. Fast forward some time later and again I’m trying to get into shape, not only for the sake of vanity but for my job in law enforcement. Not knowing how to go about radically changing my body, I sought out Dawn at XBODYCONCEPTS and her XFAT program. The results were undeniable and I felt the difference right away. A couple weeks in and I started to see the difference in myself. A few more weeks and other people were seeing the difference in me and the compliments started pouring in. When this happens it fuels your fire and it makes adopting this lifestyle very easy which is what happened to me. Don’t get me wrong there were times I was cursing the high heavens because I was sore, felt sick from being sore, tired, weak, and hated eating. In that struggle, you find what you’re really made of. The question is not if Dawn’s plans work because they do, and they do very well, you will be hard pressed to find anyone more knowledgeable or more accessible than Dawn. She is always available to answer any questions or hear any concerns you may have. The question becomes if you have the constitution and courage to stick it out when it all seems lost and there is no end in sight. All the tools you need are here. The secret is that your results won’t come from a pill, powder, gel, or whatever, they come from dedication and hard work, as they should! Que the motivational posters we have all come to love so dearly! So my results after completion of the XFAT program are as follows: Body fat: 12.6% to 9.2% Weight: 168lbs to 175lbs (lean muscle gains!) I lost body fat and gained muscle at the same time! Plus definition and I can see my abs…. So without any mental reservation I highly recommend Dawn and her XBC programs! I am truly appreciative to Dawn and Chad and all the other XBC members for all their advice and guidance along my journey which is still not yet complete. I will check back in and give you my results after I finish the XBC XLRG program! Click to View Transformation – (XFAT(Lite) Client) – I have always been the skinny girl who could eat anything and never gain a pound. I was active and played sports, but indulged in whatever food I wanted. I had never been on a “diet” my entire life. Five years ago, after some big life changes, I got back into running and trained hard for many races and ran my first half marathon. I cross trained and included swimming and mountain biking in my daily routine. I ate restrictively, but not necessarily healthy or balanced for a runner. I had a love hate relationship with running. I enjoyed the social aspect and the feeling of accomplishment, but dreaded training, the agony of race day, and always felt sick after the event. It would take days to recover and many parts of my body ached and felt beat up. It never got easier and progress was measured in minute miles and distance versus how I felt. After some injuries and life’s demands I pulled back, stopped signing up for races and just restricted my food intake to maintain my weight. I was tired all the time. Sleep was maybe 4 hours a night, but never consecutive. Happy hour was not just reserved for weekends and after awhile I started to see changes in my body shape and not positive ones. I became the skinny fat girl! I saw Dawn’s transformation on Facebook and was in awe. Such a beautiful women who now had a body that was staggeringly stunning. I read Dawn’s posts and started reading the stories and transformation of her clients. I saw Dawn in person in March and was mystified by how happy healthy and hot she looked! In May I pulled the trigger and signed up. I weighed in at 119 with 19.23% body fat. It was shocking to see my before pictures documenting my start on this journey. I was used to looking skinny and seeing 108 when I jumped on the scale. Dawn started me on the XFAT LITE program to ease me in. The first two weeks on the new eating plan were torture. A big shift in what and how often I was eating. No candy? No wheat beers or IPAs? No cereal for dinner? Oh boy was my body in for a shock. This was a cleanse for me. I saw the eating plan and thought this will be a miracle if I can do this for one day without cheating! I did ok the first 5 days (my two girls would say I was a grumpy mama!) and then had a bad day and fell off the plan and ate too many doughnuts and a box of Mike and Ike’s. The next day I was very surprised how icky I felt. Saturday and Sunday were “get back on track” days and I renewed my commitment to stick to the plan no matter what. Each day got easier. I started to feel better and I was sleeping through the night. My body adjusted to this new “eat to fuel” way of meals and the workouts and there was no turning back. After 3 weeks my girls started noticing the changes in my mood, outlook, and appearance! In 4 weeks my weight stayed the same but I lost 2% body fat! I went swimsuit shopping with my 6 foot 1 fifteen year old glamazon daughter and it was bitter sweet. I had to go down a size but I still had much work to do to achieve my goal. Confidence in my own skin. Feeling great, strong and beautiful in a bikini. At 41 this was more work than I ever imagined. It was hard to admit that this would not come easy. I would get the results if I did the work at 100%. Progress continues and a week and a half ago I graduated to the XFAT plan and I have remained committed. My results after four weeks on the XFAT LITE program are I am down to 116 pounds and 14.6% body fat (a loss of 4.6% body fat in four weeks!). I have turned the corner. I am amazed that this was always within me. I am setting a healthy example for my precious girls that success can be measured in how we look externally but success is achieved with the balance in how we feel about ourselves. Healthy, happy and hot! If you are teetering on the edge of whether Dawn’s plans can work for you, trust me, take the leap of faith and commit! It works whatever your goals are. If you follow her plan you will achieve success. What do have to lose? Just some body fat and maybe some insecurities. Shedding those two things in your 40’s is priceless. When I finish my journey on the XFAT plan I will have Dawn post my updated pictures and you’ll see being “skinny” is not all it’s made out to be. I’m now my own measuring stick! I want to be a lifetime XFAT girl! (Click to View Transformation) Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT(LITE) / XFAT Client) – It felt like the day that I turned 44, I was a different person. Not just because of the number but because of how I felt. I have always been a tall, fit to semi-fit runner girl that could pretty much eat what I wanted, drink what I wanted, then just miraculously run it off. Then 44 happened and it was over. It literally stopped and I was getting….gasp…FAT! I could still hide it but I couldn’t fit into any of my clothes. I’m 5’8″1/2 , I weighed close to 155 and had 23.6% body fat. I knew Dawn (then Whatley now Morris) from High School and had friended her on Facebook. I didn’t really know much about her, other than she was a great gal and had posted these incredible “transformation” pictures of herself through the XBC Program. In January, a month before my birthday, I made a post on Facebook to look half as good as Dawn and Michelle Camina (another high school friend) who was also training with weights. They both remarked with sweet and sincere thoughts. I kept them in my fitness journey and mind. I thought in January that I could do it by myself without any plan or diets. So, I did what I know best, I ran. I ran and ran but was only getting fatter and fatter. This was so discouraging because it had always taken me a week….or two to get back. Now, I was stuck. Finally, April 1, 2012 -No Fools- I began Dawn’s XBC XFAT Lite Plan. I will kid you not, it was rough but surprisingly filled with things that I was already drawn to and my body started to adapt immediately. The “food plan” was awesome and filling and then of course the workouts came. I was directed not to run…..WTH….I’m a runner girl, that’s what I do. But I followed the plan. Before I knew it, I was ready for the XFAT program. I stuck to the plan diet wise but had some gym issue commitments due to work. Surprisingly enough, I fell in love with the gym and my muscles and I felt full-on comfortable with any other gym boy/rat out there in that “scary free-weight room”. All and all I think I rocked it! Bottom line at the end of my training I lost 15 pounds….140 and am now 15% for a total loss of 8.6% body fat. Thank you Dawn and Chad and all of my XBC Friends for the support. I’m going to continue my fitness journey. Who knows, one day I might rock a bikini at a show when I’m 50 😉 Much love! Read Full Testimonial – (XFAT Client) – After running the XBodyConcepts XFAT program I dropped 14% bodyfat !!! All while gaining a significant amount of muscle (nearly 3 inches on my biceps alone)!!! My waist decreased by approximately 7 inches too! My results were well beyond my expectations!! There is no question that the XBC custom fitness plans work, and they work extremely well!! Life couldn’t be better! Thanks Dawn! Read Full Testimonal – (XFATwo Client) I am 40 years old and have worked out off and on most of my life. I am very active and like participating in different sports. I wanted to get in better shape and was looking for something new. In the past two years I have worked out pretty consistently, but felt my workouts were like groundhog day. I needed something to change things up. I have done P90X in the past and liked the principle of muscle confusion. I heard about Dawn and X Body Concepts and thought this was just what I needed to change things up. I decided to do the XFATWO as my diet was pretty disciplined and only needed some minor tweaking. My beginning weight was 192 lbs. I did the hydrostatic body fat testing in the beginning as I was told it was the most accurate. To my surprise my body fat % was 12.9%. I thought it was much higher. My goal was to loose body fat and keep as much muscle mass as possible. My goal was to get to 10% body fat or less. As I continued week by week I felt stronger and could see the results. I felt like I had a lot of energy and always felt I got a good workout. Every couple weeks as the workouts changed I felt like I had that “good muscle soreness”, which told me the workouts were working and my muscles were no getting used to the same old workout. Dawn is very knowledgable and was always there to answer questions. The X Body Concepts Facebook page was also very helpful and motivating. There were articles published relating to diet and different exercises which were very helpful. It was very motivating to have that kind of support. At the end of the 14 weeks I felt I saw good results. I was down to 181 lbs. My arm, quad, and calf size stayed the same, however I felt I could see more definition. I gained size in my chest and shoulders, and lost 2 1/2 inches in my waist. My final body fat percentage was 10.6%. Even though I was slightly off from my goal of 10% body fat, I feel I could have obtained that goal had I been a little more strict in my cardio efforts. All in all I am very pleased with the program and would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to loose body fat and lean out. I may try the XLRG program over the winter and run the XFAT program again in the spring.