"Let the Adventure Begin"

One of the most memorable characters of the Austin Powers movies, Fat Bastard, once said "I eat because I'm unhappy and I'm unhappy because I eat". Well, welcome to my world!

I have battled my weight for all my life. Sometimes more successfully than other times. In 1990 I had ballooned up to the staggering weight of 315 pounds. At 5' 8', I was almost as wide around as I was tall. That was the height of my unhappiness. I had just dealt with a huge personal loss and I comforted myself by sitting on the couch and eating. And boy could I eat.

After about a year of burying myself in Pizza and Big Macs I decide enough was enough. I decided that I was not going to live like this anymore and I took action. I vowed to eat better and become more active. After years of dedicating myself to eating better (but not great) combined with being a more active person by playing sports and becoming an avid bike rider, I had dropped to 218 pounds.

I was moderately satisfied with my weight at 218, but my ultimate goal of 185 pounds seemed to be impossible. No matter how many miles I rode my bike and how well I watched my diet, I could not maintain a weight below 220. Then two years ago I started a pretty dramatic weight reversal. I met my beautiful fiancée, Stacy, and for the first time I wasn't eating because I was unhappy. This time I was eating out of joy! But night after night of going to romantic dinners and enjoying late night sundaes while watching movies quickly saw me add a "love 10" to my weight. After 6 months of Stacy and I being together I had gotten back up to 229 pounds. That's when the wheels really fell off. In June of 2006 I came down with mono. You would never believe how this childhood illness can sap the will out of a man in his mid-thirties. I was physically and emotionally drained for over six months. Unable to follow my normal exercise routine, I fell into old eating habits, got more depressed and predictably gained weight. Even after fully recovering from the mono and resuming my exercise regiment, I simply could not lose weight. That's when I decided to get help.

Last year I had a co-worker turn to LA Weight Loss and I was extremely impressed with his results. As the day of my wedding drew closer, I promised myself that I would not weigh 245 pounds when I say "I Do" to the beautiful Stacy. I finally got off my ever expanding butt and called LA Weight Loss. My program with LA Weight Loss has only just begun, but for the first time in a long time I feel that my goal of 185 pounds is a real possibility. The people at LA Weight Loss have designed a plan specifically for me and it actually makes sense.