Certified Personal Health Advisors
Diana and Mike McClelland

Diana and Mike McClelland– A 2-Part Work in Progress

As lifetime residents of the San Francisco Bay Area, we both grew up, earned science degrees at local universities, and began teaching careers completely separate from each other. Our paths crossed on the internet in 1996, which lead to our marriage in 1998. We continue to be best friends and partners in all things. Our passion is our shared journey toward enduring health and Divine happiness for ourselves and those around us. Based on our own experiences with Take Shape for Life, we have become Certified Personal Health Advisors, a position which allows us to again combine our love of helping others grow and learn with our backgrounds in Biology and Human Development. There’s a tremendous amount of joy and satisfaction in supporting the success of others as they improve their health. We look better, feel better and live better. And you can, too!
 

Mike’s Story
As is common in my family, I have been well overweight all of my life. I remember being 75 lbs in 1st grade. My first driver’s license at 16 showed 320 lbs. Since there’s more than one Mike in my extended family, I soon became Big Mike.

By the time I met my wife Diana, I was 420 lbs. Three years later, I was 460 lbs with diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, asthma and a BMI of 60. Realizing that we weren’t enjoying life like we wanted to, and that my current state was truly life-threatening, Diana and I tried many diets and programs together – all failed attempts. Finally, out a sense of urgency and frustration, I had gastric bypass surgery on November 23, 2003.

I lost a total of 160 lbs over the next year, and then realized I could eat whatever foods I wanted again without having problems. My weight started to creep back up.

When my wife decided to start the Take Shape for Life program, I decided I would just get serious with my gastric bypass diet again and we would get fit and healthy together.

Diana started losing much faster than I was, and eating food that looked and smelled pretty tempting. I decided I would give it a try for a month and see what happens.

I now weigh less than I did as a teenager. I’m enjoying greater health than I have at any time I can remember in my life. There are so many things I can do now that I simply couldn’t before. I can’t believe I’ve gotten a second shot regaining my chance for a long, healthy life!

It doesn't matter who you are or what you have tried. It doesn’t matter if you have 20 lbs to lose or 200. Try this and see if it works for you. Let's all be losers together, and in the end, we will all be triumphant winners!

Diana’s Story
As a child, I was chubby. It was cute when I was 3, but became increasingly less so as I got older. I was put on my first diet when I was 9 years old. At 17, I discovered that the starvation method actually worked…in the short run.

As I got older, the pounds packed on despite my constant pursuit of every weight loss promise and program. You name it, I tried it! Not only had I pretty well destroyed my metabolism, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and the prescriptions I was taking to lessen migraine attacks made losing weight a losing battle. At best, I seemed to be able to drop only about half a pound a week. A brownie and a glass of milk effectively undid an entire month’s worth of work. Eventually, I was over 300 lbs. It was going to take more than six years of steady, uninterrupted progress to shed all those pounds I had collected!

Christmas, 2005               Christmas, 2006
The Difference a Year can Make!!

Before I even hit middle-age, I literally resigned myself to believing I had lived the best years of my life. I was convinced there was nothing to look forward to except steady physical and emotional decline full of aches, pains, frequent sick days, severe migraine attacks and general incapacity.

With my sister’s encouragement, I joined Take Shape for Life in mid March, 2006. I began eating the Medifast meals and receiving guidance and support from my personal Health Advisor. Within days, the decades of accumulated body fat began to simply melt away. But at the end of the first month, it wasn’t the loss of over 20 lbs that excited me most. It was the improvements I began seeing in my health. I felt so much better! By Christmas, I’d melted 95 lbs off my 5’4” frame. I can’t even lift 95 lbs! Yet, I was carrying it around every day and trying to tuck it in every night.

To be honest, I was leery. As soon as I ordered the products, I told my Health Advisor this was just going to be one more failed attempt. But it’s not! Mike and I literally have our lives back, thanks to Take Shape for Life and the Medifast products. I never would have believed it if I hadn’t tried it myself. It’s working for us and we’d love to be a part of helping it work for you, too.

We're pleased to be able to introduce you to Mike and Diana. If you would like to choose them as your personal health advisors, use the links and information below. They are looking forward to helping you regain your health and reach your goal.
The MakeMeThinner Team.

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