By this time, I was still on asthma medication, now diagnosed with sleep apnea, went to a hormone specialist to be told I had an extremely slow metabolism (that was just depressing), and was now at 279lbs. The crazy thing was that even then, I never had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and the heart of an athlete according to the cardiologist. After so many years of trying to fight off multiple medical conditions and genetics, I decided to get gastric bypass surgery in June 2016 as a last resort. As some have told me in the past, that it was the easy way out of losing weight, I’m here to tell you its most definitely nothing easy about it (we’ll talk about that journey another time).

Fast forward to 2020 and I’m the healthiest I have ever been and getting better. I’m off all my medication, took up running, and became a motivator too many to live a healthier lifestyle. Looking back at all those years of being dedicated to losing weight, nothing worked because I was not dedicated to doing the research of what I was putting into my body and what I needed to obtain my goals. So, I started to research more about living a healthy lifestyle, how nutrition plays a part on various medical conditions, physical fitness (personal trainer Felix Nunley thought process), and better ways to handle stress. Most importantly I learned to keep learning. There is always more room for growth. What works today may not work tomorrow. What works for me may not work for you, but I most definitely can help you figure out what will work.