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Having lost this weight has helped me considerably as an entrepreneur as well. I feel more confident, I'm more energetic, and I'm more focused.
2010 was a year for me that saw rapid weight gain - something I never had in my life. My gut was getting big - almost certainly a result of too much beer. I decided to do something about it in November.
For all the skeptics out there, please don't shoot me down on this! It works, and it's amazing to me.
I started P90X in early November. 5'11, 183/4 lbs. Within two weeks, I was down to 175 or so, at end of 30 days, I was sitting at 169/170. Now, over 50 days into it, I'm still at that weight, but I have substantially changed my appearance. I'm highly confident my fat percentage has dropped substantially and my muscle gain is impossible to ignore (for anyone who has seen pics).
P90X takes all the elements found in the article posted, but makes it very simple to do.
You get the diet (which, fwiw, I do not follow). You get the stretching (and yoga, which is amazing). You get the weight training (you need dumbbells and a pull-up bar) You get it fed to you a day at a time. All you have to do is show up.
I've taken before pictures - and taken pictures at the end of every week. I was going to wait until I completed the program and then post something here on HN about it - not only for the physical changes, mental changes, etc... but mostly for the benefit of doing something, with intense focus, for an hour or so every day, and watch the results - be it physical fitness, or more appropriately for this audience, starting or improving a business. I think the principles apply across the board.
I'm confident if a person went to the gym 6 or 7 days a week, cut out the bad crap from their diet then they would see the same or better results than what I've received with P90X. But P90X makes it stupid-simple to do. You are guided every step of the way. You just do it and don't have to waste any time thinking about what to do today or the next day. It's not rocket science - it's good hard work that anyone without underlying physical issues can ease into. To me, it is almost instant gratification; the results come quickly.
As I said in the post, eventually, you'll want to talk to a nutrionist, eating less can easily be changed into "starvation".. which will get you to lose weight, but you're not going to be healthy.
I personally don't know what's high glycemic, or low glycemic, all I know is I feel better, I'm stronger than I used to be (thanks to training and exercise with Steve), and i'm only eating items that have ingredients I can pronounce :).
Absolutely agree about the energeticness, focus, and confidence. Went from 215 to 180, and it's a huge difference.
Good post!