So, to finish a thought I had during our conversation this morning and you can share this with whoever you want.

I believe that the staff at GFT saved my life almost three years ago. I know that part of this was on me and that I had to be committed to make the change in my life. However, the place I was at physically and mentally was not good and I needed help and couldn't do it alone. I had tried and failed so many times that I really felt this was my last hope and if it didn't work, I was going to die at a young age.

Once I made that commitment the work that you and the staff put in to make sure that I wouldn't fail made it possible for me to push through. It wasn't easy I had a lot of crap that need to change, and you personally were more than once the counseling motivator that I needed.

It has been a wild ride and an amazing time of change for me. I am physically and mentally stronger than I have been in years. I have lost an amazing amount of weight and more importantly an amazing amount of fat.

Medically I have gone from being borderline diabetic to being told that my A1C is so low that they aren't even worried about diabetes. My blood pressure is that of a 120-pound woman. The last time it was checked it was 125 over 72.

You all are amazing and so committed to people being healthy and strong that I am still amazed. I'm glad to part of this amazingly awesome family and hope that I can pay forward everything that GFT has given me.

Keep working hard my friend and so will I.

Mike