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Name: Tim C.
Location: Stuart, Virginia
Age: 37
Height: 5’11”
Was: 451 pounds
Lost: 115 pounds* and
20 pant sizes*
As Of: August 2009

Recycling Center’s Scale Reads "Success" For Scoutmaster

Tim used to have to take a trip to the local recycling center in order to get an accurate reading of his weight. At 451 pounds, his doctor could no longer weigh him in at his office because his scale only went up to 350 pounds.

“Every time the nurse would weigh me, she’d have to ask me my weight,” the 37-year-old from Virginia shares. “I’d tell her I was 351 pounds and she’d write it down, but add a smiley face next to it.”

But Tim’s health was no laughing matter. Though he wasn’t struggling with many of the traditional ailments someone his size normally might, he was finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with his scout troop of more than six years when they went hiking. His weight also affected his family life. Tim’s five children would have to patiently wait as he caught his breath whenever they went shopping together and often he would have to sit on the sidelines and watch them play rather than participating.

Then, one day his friend and fellow scoutmaster Barry offered him a lifeline in the form of Isagenix® and told him about the 2009 IsaBody Challenge®. A competitive person, Tim decided to sign up and go for it, aiming to lose 200 pounds with Isagenix.

He started the Challenge on his son’s first birthday. His first choice on his weight-loss journey? Pass up the birthday cake.

“Everyone was having cake and asking me why I was skipping cake on my son’s birthday,” he shares, choking up a bit. “By starting this Challenge and skipping this cake on his first birthday, it was my guarantee to him that I’d be there for his 50th birthday. That’s a commitment I wanted to make.”

Now 133 pounds lighter,* the second-place winner in the Men 36-49 Category of the Challenge is well on his way to his ultimate goal. Tim says when he committed, he was in it for the long haul.

He gave up indulging in junk food and started focusing on having regular Cleanse Days. Daily hikes in the evening at a nearby state park kept him active and motivated. Even his children began changing their eating habits as he encouraged them to eat their broccoli and cauliflower, which he dubbed “trees” and “snowy trees.”

“With Isagenix, it was never a diet, it’s a lifestyle. I wanted to change the way I ate because I had so much energy — I wasn’t miserable like when I was dieting,” shares Tim. “On my first Cleanse Day, I wasn’t sure I could do it, but then I had so much energy and just felt great.”

As the numbers on the scale at the local recycling center began dropping from 451 pounds to 400 pounds*, the workers at the center grew more inspired by his success with every ticket they issued him with his new weight. Even though he’s long since reached a weight that could be measured on his doctor’s scale, he continues to visit the recycling center because the men there “are my biggest cheerleaders.”

His robust 68-inch waist is now down to 48 inches* and he no longer has to purchase his clothes from a big and tall catalog with limited choices. When he was finally able to buy new clothes in a regular store, Tim admits he cried.

“Isagenix has saved my life,” shares Tim. “I used to be tired just walking 100 yards and now I’m hiking 11 miles. There’s nothing that I can’t do anymore.”