While working as a Deputy Sheriff. I started noticing that our not so productive citizens were doing a lot of fleeing from our officers. That helped open my eyes to the fact that a lot of our officers were unhealthy and over weight. I can understand why after pulling a 12 hour shift setting in a patrol car with nothing to do but snack.

Within a year on the job I began to smoke about 2 packs a day. I really let my health go. Then I looked in the mirror one day and noticed that I was gaining weight and all that did was make me more depressed and lazier with everyday. I became very unhappy with myself and my life.

At the beginning of the year I became sick with a lung infection, and if you have ever had to fight to breath it's not at all a pleasant feeling. So I made up my mind right then and there that I would stop smoking and get myself into a gym of some sort and turn my life around. Knock on wood I've been smoke free since January 5, 2013 with nothing but will power. And now I'm starting to see a different in my body and attitude. Thanks to Bodybuilding.com and a lot of support from my wife. I will live a healthier life.

Every time I walk into the gym. It doesn't matter how tired I am or how many hours I have worked in a day. All the stresses and worries that have consumed me seem to just get smaller with every rep. And on completion of that workout I walk out of the gym feeling like a new man head held high without a care in the world.