This Is My Journey After receiving numerous requests and inquiries on how I have lost weight and continue to lose weight. This blog is the best way I can answer those questions. I would also like it to be a tool for continued motivation and support. It is my hope that through this blog you will show me your support and encouragement. I also hope that it is an encouragement to some of you!

Well folks it has been a very busy past few months. I haven't had much of an opportunity to sit down and share my thoughts with you. Now that life is getting back to what I would consider normal, my post will be more regular.

It has been an amazing journey so far. When I last left you in February I weighed 223.0 pounds and was working very hard on loosing weight. I had been contacted by Healthe' Trim to cut a testimony recording my success with the product. I had also been involved with a weight lose challenge at my local YMCA that began in the middle of January. My thought is to give you a brief update and bring you up to date with how things are going and if I achieved my May 1st goal!

Since February I have received many emails from people asking me several questions about my journey. The questions ranged from details of my diet and work out to asking me "if this was real and if I was fake". I also appreciate all of you that sent your encouraging remarks and comments; they are always nice to receive! In regards to those folks that do not believe or question my results, I welcome your emails. Please contact me and I will be more than happy to dismiss any idea that I am fake, that my results are not real, or that I am an employee of Healthe' Trim trying to "drum up sales" for the company.

With that said let's run through the update!

• I did record a radio testimony commercial for Healthe' Trime (which is now out of date) that should have been airing in the selected advertising markets.
• The local YMCA weight lose challenge was a wonderful success!  I lost 28 pounds or 12% of my body weight during the competition and came in 8th place out of about 300 people.
• "My Goal" to loose 82.2 pounds by May 1st did fall a little short.  The weigh in on May 1st was 206.8 pounds, which is a total weight loss of 65.4 pounds in just under 6 months.

Even though I did not achieve my goal I am very happy and excited about my results. I am not going to make excuses of why I did not reach my goal. The one thing I will say is that I lost a little focus. This is why I want to get back to blogging my results, this helps me stay accountable.

Let's talk about what happened between May and today. In the middle of May I decided not reorder Healthe' Trim, I decided to try it on my own. I continued my workout routine without many changes from what I was doing. I tried to continue my diet and counting my calories as I had been. It took me just about a month and a half to realize how important Healte' Trim was. I noticed I did not have anywhere near the energy I had before, especially while I was working out. I noticed I was ALWAYS hungry and controlling my food urges was near impossible. My family and I went on vacation in June to visit my Mom and that was a disaster in regards to controlling my weight! I gained 7 pounds just in that 1 week alone! Once I came home I decided enough was enough. I knew the solution so why not get back on the program, so I did! Starting the 1st week of July I got back on to Healthe' Trim!

On July 9th I weighed 219.8 pounds. I began taking Healthe' Trim again and continued the exact same diet and workout routine. As of today 8/9 I weigh 210.2 pounds! Folks that is 9.6 pounds in a month! I want to note that I have began to lift weights more, this as caused my weight to increase some what. I will say that I can now wear size 36 pants (which I haven't been able to do so in 13 years when I was 19). That is a 36 folks!!!! Being able to go from a 46/48 pant to a 36 is an amazing feeling!

Moving forward!

I am setting a new goal and would like to include you in this! I am on a mission to achieve a weight of 180 pounds. That means I need to loose 30.2 pounds and I would like to do this by November 1st. I would like to ask for your help! Please, Please, Please read the blog and make comments! I want to hear from you, I welcome your emails if you don't want to comment on the blog. If I can achieve this goal I will have lost 102.2 pounds in 1 year. Yes, that is over 100 pounds in one year!

In closing I encourage you to please check back later this week! I am going to share my results of my "mid year" physical. Also, I have received emails asking about side effects from taking Healthe' Trim and I want to address those.