Our Story

When we married in 2002, Joshua and I were in good health. Joshua had been an elite swimmer in college and then served our country in the U.S. Army. At the time we married, he weighed 185 pounds.

Early in our marriage, Joshua had gotten out of the service, and followed in his parents footsteps and became a teacher and a coach. I remember every year at the beginning of the school year, the coaches got new coaching clothes. Every year for three years, his shirt was a larger size. He went from a large to an XL to a XXL and was heading to the 3X shirts. During this time as newlyweds, we celebrated everything, usually with food! We also welcomed our son, John into the family. We both gained weight with the pregnancy!

Fast forward through years of raising our son, the grief of loss of family members, job changes and just living life. Joshua, now at 305 pounds, told me he was seriously considering gastric bypass surgery. I was miserable and trying to do intermittent fasting. I wanted to support my husband, and really did not want him having surgery. I knew that he would be miserable if he could not enjoy food due to a tiny stomach. I ran across a post from my friend, showing her weight loss and just told her that she looked fantastic! She reached out to me and all of a sudden we were on a call with her and her husband. They shared with us how they lost weight and we knew this was what we were looking for!

Fast forward again…Joshua has lost over 100 pounds and I have lost over 50 pounds. We became health coaches and are enjoying life again:

• more energy

• less weight on our joints

• communicating better

• feeling fantastic

• living life to the fullest

We love sharing this gift that we have received!