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23 Responses to “The Big Give Health Challenge: For Friends Of Rob Cooper and Scott Tousignant”

1. Robert Dean Says:
   April 23rd, 2008 at 11:58 pm

   Hello Scott, Rob. I must say I’m very excited about this opportunity to share with you my story, and how far I’ve come. About three years ago, I was about 15/16 years old and all I ever did was play games on the computer. My entire family had no history of health, no knowledge of how the body works and what it needs to be optimal. My mother was the provider for all of our meals, and trust me, all she worried about was keeping us fed. She has a heart, and the right intentions in mind, but she had no idea what she was putting into our systems. I was tired of being depressed, and feeling worthless about myself and one day, for some reason I had this thought that maybe what I was eating was directly effecting my mood and perspective on life. I started reading as much as I could about how the body works, what it takes to lose weight(fat), how to set and accomplish goals, and basically anything I could do to improve my mentality and further my Health Education. Now it would seem that after reading all that I have, that I had the tools necessary to do anything I ever wanted. But as you both know, life is a lot more complicated than that. I’ve been struggling with a lot of family and financial issues but without what I’ve learned I probably wouldn’t even be alive right now. I’ve gotten my hands on a few E-books that were fairly cheap, and I am blessed that they were quite inspiring and full of good fundamentals but the fact is that everyone and every body is different. I have read many books and articles and It all seems to have conflicting and contradicting information. Some things work for some people, and other things do not. I think that there should never be a point in time where someone thinks that they have reached a point in which they are through with reading, and done with trying out different things. I’ve lost about 50 pounds of fat since then, and I know I can do much better. The way things are around here, I have to keep the best mindset possible, and I’m always striving to learn new ways to better myself and improve the quality of my life and everyone around me. I now know that starting to read that day three years ago has changed my life as well as others forever. Even my brother, who I did not get along with so well, is even Health conscious and we get along fabulously. He and I do the shopping now for all of the food and we do the best that we can to try and get my mother to realize that food is the key to living a better life. I’m not going to get into detail or anything, but my mother takes about 30 or so pills a day, is bipolar, has diabetes, is manic depressive, and she has all sorts of problems and her mind is greatly clouded to the point where she can hardly read or pay attention to anything I say. She has progressively gotten worse and I fear that maybe there’s nothing I can do anymore to change her lifestyle. I’m not saying that by reading your books that suddenly I’ll lose the rest of the fat I have, and my mom will stop drinking coffee and flooding her body with toxins on an hourly basis. But I consider any information I can get my hands on will help me all for the better. I still have all the E-books I’ve ever had archived on several computers, and sometimes I will go back and reread them just for another boost of motivation to keep my head high. I know there are many things I have yet to learn, and to be quite honest if I had the money you’d better believe I’d be buying these. Rob and I have been talking off and on for a couple years, and this is all nothing new to him. Him and his website actually were the cornerstones of my progress. He’s actually personally gotten me an E-book that would’ve cost me 50 dollars before, and I still greatly appreciate it. Feel free to email me with questions or whatever you like. Thank you for your time and may you all continue your efforts in helping yourselves and others.

2. Adam Henderson Says:
   April 24th, 2008 at 8:13 am

   Hey, Rob and Scott …

   I have been fat almost all of my life. I was the proverbial “chubby kid” when I was growing up. I endured the cruel comments and fat jokes, but hurt inside where no one could see. I remained fat as a teenager, and learned to compensate by being the class clown and comedian. I was always good for a laugh (often at my own expense), but I wasn’t laughing inside. Being fat kept me from dating. I missed out on a lot because of the lard I carried around.

   After I got out of high school, I got tired of it all, and with the help of hard work and booze and drugs I managed to starve it all off, but I lost a lot of muscle in the process. It was great, but it didn’t last. Bit by bit, I became fat again … fatter than before. I was so miserable.

   Eventually, I gave up the booze and drugs, changed my life for the better, and moved away to go to college. Once there, with the help of poverty and the desire to date, I succeeded in getting it all off again. And it was great again. I rode the wave for a couple of years, and even got married. Once we settled down, though, I relaxed my guard and the pounds crept back on, aided in their victory by the sedentary job I’d landed due to my new skills learned at college.

   That was fifteen years ago, guys, and over those years my weight skyrocketed. This past Christmas season I reached an all-time high of around 430 pounds (I was weighed in November at 420, and swelled beyond that). I’m so tired of my life as it’s been. If I could count the times I’ve “resolved” to lose the weight and took off 20-50 pounds only to slip back into bad habits and gain it all back … but I can’t count them. I’ve let myself down so many times. I can start to eat healthy and exercise and lose weight and get fit, but I never seem to finish.

   I am so desperate to get this fat off! I’m 43 now, and it’s beginning to take a real toll on me. When I was young, I was a farm worker and was very active and strong, so being fat wasn’t so tough, but it’s different now. I fear that my life-span will be greatly reduced if I don’t lose this weight.

   My quality of life has already been reduced. I’ve lost so much over the years, and I know I’ll never get it back. This fat has cost me relationships and experiences and joy … it’s cost me more than I can say.

   I know I can’t do anything about my past, and that I can’t get back what I’ve lost, but I have not given up. I started the loss journey again this New Year’s and made a great start (as always). I’ve lost about 25 pounds, but this past week I’ve slipped back into my old ways a little (as always). I’m so scared I’m not going to make it (again).

   Guys, I don’t know if you can do anything to help someone like me, but I’m not ashamed to ask. My work involves helping others, so I know that it isn’t wrong to ask for help myself. If what you’re offering would help to inspire and guide me, I could surely use it. I don’t have any extra money to spare for programs right now. Just putting gas in the vehicles and paying bills consumes our money. I surely would be interested in reviewing any information that could put me on the right path.

   Rob, I’ve read your story so many times … over and over again. I see so much of myself in who you were, and wish I could get to where you are. In spite of my failures, I believe I can. But I need help, and I know it.

   Part of my shame is that I am a leader of others, and am in a position of authority. So many people look to me for guidance, and follow my instruction. I feel like a failure packing around all this fat, because my position is a very visible one. I am a public speaker and often travel to speak for meetings and seminars, and some of my instruction is recorded weekly and distributed. I feel like if I could lose this weight and keep it off, I could be such an inspiration to so many others who are watching me … and I’d like to do it without surgery or anything off-the-wall.

   Anything you can do to help me do that is appreciated. I’m grateful for your examples, and the inspiration you provide.

   Thanks for reading my story, guys.

   Yours,

   Adam Henderson (Still Fat Guy)

3. Jo-Anne Bunker Says:
   April 25th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

   I have always been on the heavy side and my doctor keeps telling me I am a healthy heavy person because I have no medical problems related to being in the 210 range. But I want to do something for myself, my family and to be sure that I am within a good BMI before I reach 60. I want to live and see my children get married and hopefully get to see grandchildren. I have no intention of even thinking about surgery, why put my life at risk going under the knife. I have a family, work with travelling 2 hours to work and 2 hours back home, so I would appreciate and be very thankful for anything you could do to help me achieve my goal of being fit and within a healthy BMI range. I do have equipment at home to use,glidder, total gym, tramplene
   stretch bands, I use on weekends, but during the week exhaustion sets in. I know with weight lose, my engry will also increase and get working during the week as well.

4. Brooke Miller Says:
   April 25th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

   Hey guys!
   Ive been reading everything you’ve been sending me, and you have given me the motivation to finally do it!
   YIPPEEE!!!!
   Im so excited and really feeling better after only one week of eating clean and moving my fat body!Even if I dont know exactly what Im doing, I feel like Im on the right track.

   When I got the email about this opportuntiy, I immediately clicked on…ready to enter and tell you my sad story of yo yo diets, the depression that Atkins dieting put me into and how Im ready to be the fantasticly sexy woman hiding under all this fat.

   But then I read the post above. I think you should pick Adam Henderson. I dont know him and Ive never talked to him, but his story has really moved me. His story is so typical of many of us. Self destructive patterns, emotional eating…..only to wake up and realize the entire chocolate cake couldnt make you feel any better.

   Unfortunatly he had to take on a few hundred pounds to get to this point. I have only 60. And I can say ONLY 60 after reading about Adam. Thanks Adam. You have made me realize that it could have been worse if I had kept going. Good luck to you, and I hope this is the opportunity you have waited your whole life for! Take it and RUN!

   Thanks again guys! I love seeing all the pics. Please keep it up! Its really helpful!
   Brooke

5. Andrea Scott Says:
   April 26th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

   Hi:

   I’m so encouraged about this challenge. I have experienced weight and health challenges all of my life. I’ve dieted myself up to the place where I am right now. But I have never totally given up. I know that the real me, the woman hiding behind layers of fat is a beautiful, dynamic, energetic, healthy Diva.

   And that is what I am about creating and experiencing in my life now. I choose not to focus on my past experiences and challenges. I choose to focus on where I am going. My goal is to release the 90 pounds it will take to become the healthy Diva that I really am.

   I currently attend the Curves fitness centre and go there 3 times a week. I walk 3 times a week. I’ve changed my eating habits and eat much healthier. I make my own juices and create a lot of smoothies. I’m always open to finding new ways to eat healthier and discover the best supplements to address my other health concerns.

   This year I am focussing on creating health and wellness. I also choose different strategies to address the stress that I experience as well.

   Rob and Scott, I commend you for all that you are doing to educate and empower others to live a healthy life. May you be blessed as you serve.

   - Andrea

6. Laurie Sherazee Says:
   April 26th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

   Hey, Scott, Rob and Angie!
   I am VERY excited about this program! It grabbed my attention at the perfect time. I have been struggling with my weight for the majority of my life, but throughout the last ten years, it just seems to be a painful effort. I do well for a stretch of time, then spiral out of control. I have been able to keep off my last weight reduction efforts of 30 lbs for about 6 months (which I owe to the emails from Rob and the accomplishments of others like Scott and Angie) but I feel like I am stuck where I am with about 70 more pounds to release and losing hope.

   I am about to take a new job which will entail traveling again and after 8 months ‘off the road’ and when I get to my destination, I am typically working long sedentary hours. Being in different cities makes it hard to keep up a workout routine or find better food choices when I would like to see what those cities are all about with the little time I have left after work. I am feeling like this program will help me stay focussed on the road and inspire my family to make better food choices when I am not home, then incorporate physical activities into our routine as we have typically concentrated on chores, bills, etc., then ’sit and chill’ after I have been on the road for some time.

   I would choose Adam as well, if I were in your shoes; however, if the inspiration hits you all to give away more than one set, I would be forever thankful.

   Laurie

7. Marie Ruther Says:
   April 26th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

   I would like to win (just like everybody else would) because I cannot afford to buy it. For 7 years, my children’s father has been taking me to court and all my money goes to the lawyers and for evaluations, only to go through it again. To date, there are more than 75 entries, just over 10 times per year. I don’t have money for clothes or anything extra.
   Secondly, I thought I was going to be one of the beta testers. I sent in all the right information. I also sent in a privacy statement for your website.
   Third, nothing has worked. I don’t have a reason for being this heavy. I wish cutting calories would work, but it doesn’t.

   A few years ago, I had job for a doctor. I actually stayed at her home for about two weeks. Afterward, she told me that she expected to catch me secretively eating and give me a big “ah-ah!” but to her surprise, I ate less food than she did; she is small and petite. I eat no junk food. She said that she was stumpted on how to help me lose weight. I have had the same problem with all doctors. After doctors discover there is no simple reason, they say say “Oh my!” but then they never find a way to get my weight done to normal.
   I weigh 260lbs.
   I would like to win because perphaps your program will work.
   I will follow it to the letter.
   Thank you

8. Valory Moore Says:
   April 26th, 2008 at 3:26 pm

   I think I should be the big winner because I am fat and tired. I have been lossing weight for 20 years and I am now 49 years of age and weigh in a 213 pounds. I am tired of carrying around another person. This program can get back on track with diesired goals in mind. Thanks so much

9. Dillon Dye Says:
   April 26th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

   I think i deserve to win this contest because i am so concerned about my bodyweight, that i wont even take my shurt off in front of my girlfriend! For years my family has been going to the beach (im talking like 10 years in a row, and about to be 11) and not once have i taken my shirt off on the beach. Somedays i dont even leave the condo. So thats why i think i deserve this! THANKS!

10. Denis Flaherty Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    I’m 63 yrs old, diabetic, well muscled, work 70-80 hrs per week, need to lose 20-25 lbs, but have very limited time to work out obviously. I am super-energetic but not happy with the way I look. PS. I am a beer drinker…..whatcha got??

11. Arlene Finke Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    Hi Rob,

    I appreciate the opportunity to win the set! I am 60 this year and had 8 surgeries in the last 20 years! They have left me weak and out of shape!
    My knees have no cartiage~ My hands have carpal tunnel! I have had a gall bladder removed, a colon resection and a hysterectomy! I had a breast biopsy and my nose stemun fixed!

    I walk several times a day and have not been able to built much strength! I am much better since my colon resection! Now I can walk a mile and not be out of breathe!

    I would like to rebuilt my body to a leaner more healthy body! I don’t think I can do lunges or squats without knee pain. But I will try again!

    Thanks 4 reading this! Your a real inspiration!
    Love & Light,
    Arlene

12. Gwenna Gundy Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    I’m motivated, driven and I probably have the most difficult challenge ahead of me. I’ve lost 14 lbs following Rob’s lifestyle and diet change recommendations but the last 15 as we all know, are the most difficult to lose. Please choose me as the contest winner.

    Thank you,
    Gwenna Gundy

13. Tricia Hall Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

    Scott, Angie, and Robb,

    I’m sure you will receive many quality entries, and I hope mine will be one of them. I’m hoping it will and will stand above the rest and merit being the winner. I’m 32 years old so still many great years left to enjoy my youth and a great body. Only problem is I’m minus the great body. I used to be about 135 pounds, great strength with mesomorphic tendencies, and a great body at that time. My husband closely compared me at the time to Mariah Carey. I had a great tan, strong legs, and was thin but not skinny.

    Now I’m 195 pounds, and my body fat is also high on top of my weight. Luckily and probably the only reason I haven’t before been motivated to lose the fat is that I’m 5′7″ and carry the weight evenly. So the good news is I don’t look nearly as overweight as I actually am. I remember a conversation one day with a coworker where I advised I would like to be down to 150 or less, and she was shocked to learn I wasn’t already 150. I think her exact words were you need to lose what 5 pounds? The down side to that is that I can lose 10 pounds and nobody notices, so it’s hard when I lose what I consider to be a lot of weight and have it totally unnoticed. I actually can lose 20 pounds before anyone can really tell.

    But I’m to the point in my life where I realize I want to make a complete life change. I’m in accounting and feel my job is a dead end job. My husband just completed his 2nd year in law school and has direction in his life and I don’t feel I do. I’m ready to take the next step in my life. I’m ready to make a career move that will make me happy in the 9 hours a day I spend away from my family.

    I also want to make a change to my health. My weight though high does not seem to be a health problem for me. I read a lot about people who are overweight and talk about all the other health issues associated with those issues. I am constantly reading about nutrition, many coworkers even think I’m the one going to school because I have so many books at work that I’m always readying. But I’m always hesitant to take the next step because I’m afraid of failure.

    But none of the problems I read about do I ever experience from a poor diet. I can still run up & down the stairs in our house with ease. 2 years ago at the same weight I am now I took up Lacrosse and was running around with the high school girls with ease. I have been in my job 2 years now and haven’t taken even 1 sick day. I guess that’s probably another reason I’ve not been motivated to lose the weight, it doesn’t “appear” to be a problem for me.

    I think it’s because I still have a small appetite so my overall caloric intake and fat intake is low, even though the foods I do eat are not at all good for me. I drink regular soda for example and have a hard time not drinking it, but I usually only drink 1 cup per day and often less when I do. Or if we order pizza I don’t hesitate to indulge but its only 1 or 2 slices when I do. Or the ice cream in the freezer is one of the small containers and I have no hesitation to eat it if it’s there, but when I do its only a spoonful or 2.

    I’m ready to make the next change in my life. I know my family has a history of heart attacks and I don’t want to be the next one to suffer that fate. We don’t have any children at this time, but if we do I want to be able to enjoy my time with them as healthy as I possibly can. I’m also excited about trading in the excess body fat for muscle. I know a lot of women fear “bulking up” and I know from everything I read and what I know about estrogen that is not possible for women to “bulk up” without external means. So I am excited about being able to gain noticeable muscle tone. I have already purchased a couple of cute shirts that are slightly too small for when I drop a size.

    I’m also don’t have any problems with keeping and sticking to a clean and healthy eating plan. The only food I will have a hard time giving up is actually not a food at all, it’s soda. But I’m an avid tea enthusiast and will have an easy time trading in the expensive unhealthy cans for inexpensive cups of fresh brewed ice tea. I also love fruits and veggies and love creating new and interesting smoothies and salad concoctions. I’ve been making smoothies since before they called them smoothies. The recipe was for a yogurt drink, from a cooking class I took when I was 8 and I’ve been making them regularly ever since. I even like making them with tea as a liquid base.

    I’m hoping you can help me lose the 60 pounds that is hiding the really sexy me that’s been here all along.

14. Heidi Lewis Says:
    April 27th, 2008 at 7:16 am

    Oh, can’t wait to read everything on the site. I had my thyroid removed 2 years ago, and my fitness goal stalled. I need this jumpstart to kick me in gear.

15. Nichelle Harrison Says:
    April 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am

    I’ve been the chubby chic all my life. As a child I would often overhear my father pointing me out to his friends at picnics and beach barbeques as “the little fat girl”. When puberty hit I had a brief moment of feeling normal as my height shot up a whole six inches- to 5′2″. Unfortunately breast development was right around the corner and I found a new source of discomfort and embarassment. Growing up in Florida in a culture obsessed with being thin and tan and scantily dressed made the nightmarish teen years nearly impossible. I was the girl with the enormous boobs who wore baggy sweat shirts and jeans to hide whatever I had going on. I stressed over my weight and developed an eating disorder that went unnoticed until I passed out in line to get my driver’s license. The bienge and purge and swearing routine went on for years. On my wedding day I weighed 98 pounds and most of that was in breast tissue and the dark circles under my eyes. Pregnancy brought me a brief respite from my body image problems, but left me 27 pounds heavier.

    My body image issues took another twist and I began to feel objectified and worried that men were constantly staring at my breasts, my husband referred to me as “boobs on a stick”, and his airforce buddies were constantly having conversations with my cleavage. I put on more weight, hoping to become less attractive. My excuse was that I needed to have a proportional silhouette. By the time I reached my 30th birthday I was 5′2″ tall, 190 lbs and wearing a 40G. I resolved to make a change, hired a personal trainer at the gym and made a preliminary visit to a plastic surgeon. Six months later I was down to 160 lbs and went under the knife and lost 8 lbs of breast tissue. Recovery was slow and painful and I hated being away from the gym because I was really enjoying exercise and was pleased with my results. I was worried that the 3 month break would be my undoing.

    Three years later and I’ve not been back. My trainer no longer works at the gym and I am back up to 180 lbs. To make matters worse, I’ve got a high stress day job and go to school every night at Le Cordon Bleu. I knew I was going to gain weight at culinary school, but I hadn’t counted on the loss of energy, bouts of depression or the urge to purge.

    Feeling to need to move on to a helathy lifestyle, I began to investigate organic and raw foods. I stumbled into Rob’s newsletter and beta test for his 12 week natural foods program. I was not and am not looking for a diet. I am looking for a meaningful way to change my lifestyle. I am looking for exercise I can master and enjoy. I am looking for nutritional guidelines that make sense and translate into reality. I am looking for something that will revive my inner gym rat and reacquaint me runner’s high. I am looking for a safe route to a healthier me. No gimmics, no pills, no unrealistic expectations, and no overwhelming burden of pressure to freak me out and sabotage my efforts. Help the chubby cic out before she becomes another fat chef hiding behind her apron?

16. Jerriann Nelson Says:
    April 27th, 2008 at 11:16 am

    I am a 36 year old mom of 4 boys and I have a daycare in my home so most days I am caring for 6-10 children. I had lost 80lbs several years ago before my husband became very ill and left me with lots to deal with on my own. As I nursed him back to good health over the next three years I let my own needs go and slowly gained back almost every pound that I had lost. I started my weight loss journey again in February of this year and have currently lost 33 lbs. but I have recently hit a plateau and no matter what I have tried or done nothing has changed. I will get this weight off and become the healthy person I know that I deserve to be.
    Jerriann

17. Patricia Says:
    April 27th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    Good Morning,

    Just wanted to say Hi and thanks for allowing me to become a member of your site…..what great info you have there.

    In 2005 at a weight of 337 lbs and my DR telling me I needed to lose at least 10% of my weight or she would have to put me on blood pressure pills, I decided that I wanted to live and went home and cleaned out all the bad foods that were in my kitchen.

    I started with changing my eating habits and lost 70 lbs. I then hit a plateau and knew that I had to start exercising to keep losing. I went to my local gym and asked to see a personal trainer. Today I credit Joey with saving my life.

    He was so nice to me and understood just what I was going thru…..we made that special connection and with his help I lost another 110 lbs!! We are now the best of friends and he gives me a “kick” when I feel I need it.

    With losing that 180 lbs my body for some reason would not shrink up the loose skin and I ended up having 2 surgeries to have it removed…..the best money I’ve ever spent and would do it again in a heartbeat.

    Well just over a year ago I started to go thru some heavy stress at work due to some harassment and ended up quiting the gym, then slowly going back on my old eating habits and have now gained back 40 lbs…..something I’m not proud of.

    Everyone keeps telling me how good I still look, but it’s not where I want to be……my goal was at the loss of 180 lbs and I want to get back there.

    Due to a current change in staff at my job now, my stress level has dropped back 100% and I’ve started to eat well again and I just started back into the gym. All I want in life is to be healthy and happy. I now understand why they call stress “the silent killer”….it’s so true.

    Today I’m so glad I clicked on the link from Rob Coopers email to find your site. I know that reading the articles will help me to get back to my goal.

    Have a super day :0)

    Patricia

18. Cynthia Says:
    April 27th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    It’s simple. I WANT MY ENERGY BACK!

    Once, I had lots of energy. I played outdoors, I swam, I walked and felt alive and reasonably active. But I also liked to read, draw, watch TV/movies, do the computer and generally be sedentary. Unfortunately, a love of too much junk food and the sedentary lifestyle took my energy away. I ate for emotional satisfaction and loneliness and food became my friend, rather than me establishing real relationships. Bit by bit I gained weight and lost energy, not so much that I really noticed it until BOOM! Suddenly I found myself as a person who was enduring life as much or more than I was living it. I don’t like myself as that person!

    I’ve always been the chubby kid, then the fat girl, then the obese woman and for a period, the morbidly obese woman at 5′7″ and 262 pounds! I was literally heading for a wheelchair because my bad ankles and bad right knee (torn cartilage) would barely support me at that weight. Standing was painful, walking was painful. Worse, when you are carrying around 100+ pounds, you just have NO energy. Cooking, simple things like house cleaning all cause PAIN! And that’s hard to overcome.

    Today, after getting the emotionional eating under control, I’ve done part of the journey… close to 40 pounds gone starting from October 2006. I’ve had setbacks, but have gotten back on track each time.

    I like myself better, my energy is improved, if not optimal. I continue to struggle with physical issues, after losing the first 20 pounds, I was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis and that has limited my exercise so I now feel like I am in somewhat of a vicious circle. I’d like to be able to do more lower body resistance and weight lifting exercise, as I know that DOES burn fat, but the foot doctor has nixed nearly all of that as being bad for my feet. I’m doing some very simple bodyweight resistance training… but I can’t do very much without aggravating my foot problems. Ice is my friend.

    I also have a bad left shoulder from a repetitive stress injury some years ago and that is impacting my ability to swim for long periods, as well as my ability to lift weights with my upper body. I am around 39% bodyfat… and I badly need to keep as much muscle as possible while still losing fat!

    So currently, I’m doing my best to control my eating and working out a lot in the pool. But I need to utilize EVERY tip and trick out there, because my body has been fat a long time and it’s not giving up the pounds easily! I’m probably also pre-menopausal at age 51, which surely isn’t helping. And I have an enlarged thyroid, though so far, my doctor says my thyroid output is OK.

    So that’s why I’m entering, because I am willing to try new strategies to get the job done, as long as they are healthy and fit with my goals of losing fat and achieving better body composition. (No crash, fads or weight loss pills for me!)

    What I do know is that I WILL NOT GIVE UP! I’m going to make goal somehow, however long it takes. I’ve got a blog for accountability, I’ve got good information and programs, I’ve got a fitness ball, adjustable dumbbells, a Nordic Track skiier, and even a TRX trainer, all of which ARE in use! And I have a gym membership with a pool. I’ll get there in the end whether I win here or not. But it’s been a slow journey and I can’t help but be curious about anything that might help me with it.

    So I’m glad I found the link to this this morning. Taking action towards one’s goals never hurts.

19. nikky Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 5:10 am

    Good morning,
    First of all i must say that big up! for this wonderful opportunity.
    I have always been overweight,i live in Nigeria where 60% of the food available will make your weight skyrock,i have gone on different diet with little or no result, i’ve suffered from bulumia!but im recovering.I’ve almost lost hope in being slim and fitter until i saw this site and read your amazing story and ever since i joined i ve definetely lost some pounds which is not water weight, i ve stop depending on magic pills and i’ve started listening to my body.I really do hope i get to win cos we dont have much of this kind of materials here in nigeria.Im already excited at the thought.
    Thank you

20. Katherine Bamford Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 5:24 am

    Oh please help me! I am so unmotivated, I look at all your success stories and try to imagine how I would feel writing one for myself. I would love to in a few months time be saying a huge thank you for not only helping me but doing it for nothing, I have spent a lot of money allready on various fads but my problem is that of pure motivation and time. I know what to do and how to do it but I have this month cancelled my gym mebership as I have not used it and cant afford it. Recently become a single parent and am a self employed shop owner, so am finging it increasinlgy hard to have me time! Little things I have done like parking my car further away and on top of a hill. Maybe if you take the chance on me then that will be my motivation as to not let you guys down for beliving that I can do it. And so as not to have wasted your time!!

    I dont have a great sob story to tell, I am just your normal run of the mill worn out working single mom.

    So as one final attempt to be inspired to lose the two stone I would love to be considered for your free giveaway.

    many thanks, and even if I dont get the products I still read your websites and one day may be e-mailing you with some great ‘after’shots.

    Katherine xx

21. RoseAnn Penn Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 7:37 am

    I’m probably too late to enter, as I did not receive this till the Morning of the Contest. I’m following a new lifestyle, thanks to Rob’s help, and exercise is just what I need to get into the shape I need to be in to lead a longer life and spend time with my grandkids…when my son gives them to me. I’ve had a challenging past with health issues; R.S.D. and hypercoaguable syndrome, to mention two, but I think if I get my weight under control, and build some muscles that I lost due to the R.S.D., this will do nothing but enhance my life and my path to success. Thank you for your consideration.

22. Christina Says:
    April 30th, 2008 at 7:58 am

    Even though the contest has closed, I have to say that I was fascinated and certainly can identify with many things you have written. Congratulations on realizing you need to take action and sharing your stories with the readers.

23. Bob Says:
    May 11th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    Well I know I am late in getting this in but i thought I would still write. I have been battling with weight for some time it is not that i eat cause I am bored or cause I am stressed i just have had this belly since i was little I have hated it and really dont know why my wife even looks at me. I weigh 220 currently at 5′11″. My legs and arms are normal but I can seem to lose the belly, i bike eat well but get discouraged and decide not to do it anymore. I have taken pills and have other then the sticking the finger in my mouth, done it all. I guess I need the bott in the butt to get it done and maybe this would be it. Congrats to all who have done it and to you guys who have given so much inspiration to others. I think I deserve to do it for my two young kids and beautiful wife. Thanks for listening…if you even read these still
    Bob