The only way I can really make sense of how I approached the USN Body & Lifestyle Challenge was to regard it as going to battle.

I am going to break this up into segments and call it Adrian's invasion on Adrian.

Remember, we are going to battle, a battle with ourselves, and this is no easy feat. Your enemy (you) knows your every move and hence know's just as much about you as you do.

You will need the best of all the help you can get. I started by choosing a team, a team I knew would be with me every step of the way. A team that would remind me that, as the weeks go by, my enemy will become weak and will know less and less about me because I will be in the process of transforming myself into someone else, someone more alert, a superior someone that has the desire and will to win the war in which they are engaged.

My team consisted of:

So, OK, look at the "team" above. Are we alone? NO, Do we have the best to go to battle with? YES. You see, there are more people supporting me than you can imagine. I will be covering the above in depth to try and explain the importance of each team "member" and active participation and role played by each of them.

• My Mission Goals
• Home Base Partner
• Battle-field Partner
• Research & Intelligence (Information)
• Choosing your weapons (Supplements)
• Strategic Intelligence (Progress Reports)
• Nourishment (Diet)
• Battle-field Decisions (Support)
• Keeping the Peace (Maintaining Results)