This is the first time I have ever decided to try and lose weight - ever! I was always of the mindset - "I will start something tomorrow". I will be honest - I was not comfortable at the onset of this program / I had no idea what to expect and wasn't sure about sharing personal info in a group setting. My first realization was you need to get out of your comfort zone if you want to impact change.

 
I am very competitive. My original goal was to get down to 220llbs - but once I had heard that the record weight loss for the program was 30lbs - I quickly put all focus on that numbers. Final weigh in came to 225.5lbs - total weight loss of 27.5lbs. At first I was pissed - I don't accept losing well. But then my second realization hit me - I did not "lose" at all / and although I came short of a couple of goals - I have incurred an incredible transformation that I didn't think achievable!! I have most certainly won!

I heard the saying "if you could do it alone - you would've done it already". I believe this to be a fair statement - and my third realization is I truly believe that my transformation was achievable because of joining this group. It is much easier to embark upon a journey into the unknown with some dudes that do it solo.

Gil - your guidance and encouragement was fantastic - one of the best things I have done in a long time was joining your group. Special kudos to Steve and Sue - they were the ones that encouraged my wife and I to join!