Dear Linda and Nancy,

     I would like to take a moment and reflect where I have been and where I'm going. In the fall of 2003, I weighed an astounding 485 lbs. I felt my life was in jeopardy, so I tried to "diet" my way to a smaller version of myself by using most of the popular diet plans available. I did have a modicum of success, as I weighed 477 lbs. when we started working with you in earnest on my obesity, May 26, 2004. An eight-pound loss in about as many months wasn't what I would consider an outstanding success. But it was progress and proved to me I was ready to work in earnest for my desired results.

   We dove in and examined the emotional aspects of my lifelong obesity problem. I will admit it was some of the most intense work I've ever done, but with your caring and understanding help, true changes began to take hold in my life. I have attached a photo of me today, along with one at my heaviest weight. The visual difference is startling, as a 156 pound loss is quite dramatic. The changes in my quality of life and emotional well being have been immense and evolve every facet of my being. I truly have been reborn these past few months. Thank you for making the life I've always dreamed of, possible.  I know I did the grunt work, but you are the architects and together, we will continue to remold the emerging new me. 

   Please feel free to share my story with people who may need to see the results of your methods of weight management for themselves. They may contact me at:

Steve Knipmeyer

205 East 4th. Street

Beardstown, Illinois 62618

217-323-1403 daytime Monday through Saturday

email: sdk@casscomm.com

Thanks so much for all you've done for me and my family,

   Steve Knipmeyer