It's Health Week at have some cake! Enjoy - A Personal Message to you all.

Hey Friends,

Some of you know I had to lose a lot of weight quickly for serious health reasons. Well, I'm glad to so say I'm on my way! Back in May my weight was at 307 pounds, the largest I have ever been. It was my last trip to DC back for Memorial Day weekend I fully realized I had a problem. I couldn't dance like I wanted. I was tired all day. My head was aching the whole time and my knee was killing me. I announced my retirement. I thought I was too old to keep up. It turns out that it was not my age, but my body was in trouble. I know now that thirty-five is still too young to sit down and let the kids keep playing.

At the beginning of June I went to urgent care because of a the pain and the doctor sent me to a heart specialist that same day! He said I had to go now because my heart was not beating right and my blood pressure was over 200. Well I cried right there. As I went to the heart center I called my grandmother and a friend because I was a wreck. My grandmother and my friend both told me to calm down and pray. I did just that stopped and prayed. God got me to the place and to my shock my friend got in his car and walked into the office while I waited to see the doctor. Praise God! Well the Doctor told me I need to fix this now if I want to see the age of 45. See 45? I want to able to see 85 and counting just like my grandparents.

Well God stepped in.

I changed my habits.

As of Tuesday Sept 4. my weight is at 275.4 pounds. Praise God! and I'm looking forward to reaching my goal of being under 200 by June of next year. Michael promised to buy me a pair of jeans from Banana Republic if I can safely get into them. lol

I went down from 3 blood pressure medications a day to now 2 a day. Praise God! I'm having more fun. I'm eating more fruits and vegetables than meat. I'm more social and I'm looking at myself a lot more in the mirror. Praise God! Praise God! Praise God.

I'm "not no where near" perfect. I've slipped up every now and then but thanks to hard looks from my great true friend Lynette and reminders of how important this is to me, I'm walking, soon running, forward. I'm a work in progress. Excellent progess.

So have some fruit with your cake this week.

love you all, really I do

John McMillan

P.S. Thank you grandma, Thank you Kern. Thank you Jesus.