GRATITUDE

I NEVER set out to create a fat loss program for the general public.

From the beginning of my journey in 1989, I was motivated to discover the truth of fat loss for purely selfish reasons -I just wanted to lose weight and live a “normal” life. I didn’t want to change the world.

I spent 16 years in dieting hell. I naively believed all the lies promised by the fat loss industry and I paid the price. Even though I was constantly dieting between the ages of 10 and 26, I ended up weighing almost 350 pounds.

By the age of 26, I was a physical and emotional wreck. But I NEVER lacked the commitment to change; I only lacked the truth about how to do it. The Fat Loss Blueprint (FLB) saved my life and gave me a second chance at a different life – one filled with health, hope, and happiness instead of pain, misery, and despair.

The Fat Loss Blueprint (FLB) was not handed to me on a silver platter. Its creation was the result of years of painstaking research, trial and error. It was a journey plagued by numerous fits and starts along the way. But once I had all the pieces in place, the fat melted off my body and my weight eventually fell to 160 pounds. I have lived in this lean and healthy body for now going on three decades.

I tell you all of this because I NEVER had any intentions of sharing what I learned with others. Physical healing takes time but psychological healing takes longer. The reason I didn’t share what I learned with the rest of the world until now was because, honestly, I didn’t think I had anything of value to share – at least that was the story I told myself. It turns out that perhaps I was wrong.

In 2004 I embarked upon a serendipitous journey that eventually forced me to finally write down all I learned about fat loss. But like most stories of triumph over adversity, my journey began in a crucible of desperation and despair.

I left a wonderful position as the Clinical Exercise Physiologist for two hospitals in the Chicago area to care for my dying father in 2004. I moved my family from the city to the farm where I had grown up.

I was very successful at my former job and had great references from numerous doctors, nurses, and patients I had worked with for almost ten years. I naively thought that I’d have no problem finding work near our new home. I was wrong.

I remained unemployed for over two years. I applied to every hospital within a hundred mile radius of our new home but to no avail. I was forced to take whatever job I could find just to feed and take care of my family. Then, in desperation and with a second child on the way, I reached out to my cousin, Steve, a very successful and influential businessman in my area, to see if he could get me a meeting with someone at the local area hospital who would at least listen to my ideas. Steve came through.

I met with Alice, a departmental manager at the largest hospital in our rural community. Alice is brilliant, a fantastic manager, a wonderful nurse, and remains a close friend to this day. She listened intently as I proposed my plan for teaching a hospital-based preventative medicine class to patients suffering from obesity and multiple chronic diseases.

I explained to Alice that teaching a preventative medicine class had been my dream since I began working in the field of Cardiac and Pulmonary rehabilitation nearly a decade earlier. But I wanted this class to be different. I wanted it to be both informative and practical. I wanted to teach my students everything I had learned about HOW TO EAT to help them lose fat, improve their health, and enhance their fitness.

Alice was excited by my ideas and literally hired me on the spot (thanks Steve!). We decided to call the class Lifestyle Medicine and that it would debut in March of 2006, just two short months away. I told Alice I would be ready to go. But there was only one small problem: no class actually existed. Everything I wanted to teach was still in my head. I quickly learned that necessity is truly the mother of invention!

So I went back to the farm and wrote continuously for two months and hit the ground running for my inaugural class. The Lifestyle Medicine class debuted in March of 2006 and lasted for seven years. I taught over 1,500 students during those seven wonderful and miraculous years.

Word soon spread about the success my students were achieving in losing fat and healing their bodies. Local doctors jumped on board and began referring their patients to my overflowing classes.

Eventually over 40 physicians from every specialty imaginable were regularly referring their patients to my classes. Some of my biggest supporters were doctors who I’d never met before and didn’t even practice locally. They were referring their patients to my classes based solely on the results they were witnessing with their own eyes. Their patients were not only losing loads of toxic fat but were also healing their bodies!

From the beginning, I made a somewhat controversial decision to shun conventional advertising. I know how crazy this may sound, but you have to remember that I was lied to by unscrupulous marketers for almost twenty years – and I didn’t want my class to come off as sounding like just some new weight loss fad.

Right from the beginning, I decided that my class would “sink or swim” based entirely on the results it produced for my students. Word of mouth and doctor referrals would constitute the sole source of my marketing plan. I figured if it worked I’d have enough students to teach each month. If it didn’t, well, at least I saved the hospital’s marketing department a lot of money.

And it worked beyond my wildest expectations! For seven years, my classes were continually filled to overflowing and demand was so great that I began to offer private seminars for those too far away to attend my month long class. But that was seven years ago.

Now it’s time to try something new, something even bigger and more audacious. I want to offer the FLB to as many people as possible in the time I have left. This is why I created my website.

What you are about to read below is a small sampling of the unsolicited testimonials I received from my students during those seven wonderful years. I never asked for a single testimonial in all my years of teaching. After all, I knew nothing about marketing and, at the time, I was only concerned with helping my students lose fat and improve their health. Thinking and acting local was probably a mistake, but it’s a mistake I plan to fix with my website.

The testimonials collected below were written out of a sense of profound gratitude from students I was honored to teach and help through my classes. But now I intend to use their inspiring stories to reach and inspire a larger audience. The FLB gave me a second chance at life; it can do the same for you if you’re ready.

I would like to end this introduction with one of my mom’s favorite prayers. She suffered horribly during her lifetime from mental illness, but never lost her faith in God. She was a loving and gentle soul until the day she passed. She loved me unconditionally and never gave up on me even while I was giving up on myself. I love and miss her every day.

Her favorite prayer serves as my “North Star” guiding me as I teach my students. It gives my life meaning and direction. And I know that as long as I remember it, I’ll always have the spirit of my mom with me, helping me to inspire others to find their way.

Where there is doubt, may we bring faith.

Where there is sadness, may we bring joy.

Where there is darkness, may we bring light.

Where there is despair, may we bring hope.

My prayers were answered when I created the FLB. The program saved my life and it’s why I call it a miracle program. If you’re looking for a second chance, you need look no further. Hope has finally arrived.

Below is a just a sampling of what the FLB can accomplish when you combine truth with commitment. It unleashes a beautiful miracle that resides within all of us.

 

Stories of Health

“Health is a large word. It embraces not the body only, but the mind and spirit as well; and not today’s pain or pleasure alone, but the whole being and outlook of a man.

-James West

 

Below is the first unsolicited testimonial I received. It will always hold a special place in my heart for a couple of reasons.

First, I cherish it because its author, Bob H., actually took the time to write out his feelings and gratitude for my help. No one had ever done that before for me. And it was the moment when I realized what I truly wanted to do with my life.

I wanted nothing more than to spend my life teaching my program to all who were in desperate need of a second chance like I had been.  And, as you’ll read, Bob surely needed one.

Second, Bob was so pleased with his results that he took it upon himself to share his words of gratitude with his friends and family in the hopes that they too could benefit from his experience.

And finally, I guess I find Bob’s letter so moving because it was the first real demonstration I had of the miraculous ability of the FLB to not only burn fat but to heal the body as well.

I knew what the FLB had done for me, but now I had actual proof of its amazing power to help others. Below is Bob’s letter.

To my friends –

I would like to tell you a short part of my story. If any of it helps you in some way that will be a good thing.

In October of 2005 I had quadruple bypass surgery and thought I was doing well. I walked 5 days a week to heal my heart, lungs and muscles, but I ate as I always had. I was up to 237 pounds, a Type 2 diabetic, and felt tired and listless all the time.

On December 25th of 2007, I had another heart attack and the doctor performed another angiogram and found the bypasses were working fine, but he scheduled me for several other tests without consulting my cardiologist which greatly upset me. However, one of his suggestions was that I contact Bryan Frederick to help me lose some weight. June (my wife) called Bryan who got us both into his class in January of 2008, just after I left the hospital.

It is now May of 2008 and I have lost a total of 36 pounds since beginning Bryan’s program on January 16th. I have completely replaced my wardrobe and feel great for the first time in a very long time. But that is only the beginning of my story! Let me share with you some of the exciting changes I have made in my life as a result of attending Bryan’s class.

1. I eat anything I want to eat as long as I follow the plan Bryan designed for me. No special foods, etc. For the first time in my life, someone showed me how to eat and now I eat the foods I like and enjoy without feeling guilty.

2. I learned that my body knows how to heal itself if I give it a chance. I was using 80 units of insulin per day in the beginning and I now use only 8 – 10 units per week! My sugar is under control and I am not experiencing large swings any longer.

3. I used to come home, eat my meal, and hit the recliner and I was out for the rest of the evening. Now it is not unusual for me to come home, eat, and get out and enjoy the rest of the day for an additional 5 to 6 hours. I now have the energy to enjoy doing the things I love again.

4. I sleep well because I know my body is burning fat and healing itself even while I sleep. 

5. June says my outlook on life has turned completely around. She told me that following my second heart attack that I was acting like I was just waiting to die. Now I am enjoying my life and living again. She’s right!

The reason I wanted to share my story with you is in the hopes that it may encourage some to make the changes in their lives that will help them too. It is not to sell you anything whatsoever; I just felt that it is important to share good news with friends.

Bryan is not aware that I am spreading the word for him so I am emailing this to him as well. I am attaching a copy of his business card so that you may contact him if you wish to. I have lost 36 pounds in 18 weeks and that’s without even exercising!

Bob H.

Obesity and Type 2 diabetes go hand-in-hand and are now approaching epidemic levels – even among our children and grandchildren – and threatening both the quality of their life and their life expectancy. The medical establishment has coined a new word to explain this growing phenomenon – they call it diabesity.

The methods the experts are using to treat diabetes are not working. It is not from lack of trying nor from a lack of compassion on their part, but rather, I believe, from a flawed premise.

The experts say that our growing diabesity epidemic results from what we eat and too little exercise – but what if the experts are wrong, what if they missed something?

What if obesity and Type 2 diabetes results not from what we eat but from the fact that we don’t know HOW TO EAT? This is the problem the FLB is designed to fix. It’s a personalized program that shows you HOW TO EAT the foods you love that places your body in its natural, fat burning healing state. And it has nothing to do with the foods you eat or how much you exercise.

Yes, the FLB burns toxic fat and that’s ALWAYS a good thing! But its true potential, I believe, lies in its ability to heal your body naturally! No pills, no exercise, no counting carbs required. And if all this sounds too good to be true, consider Dave’s example below.

(Dave attended my seminar on 26 June 2009 and I received this email from him on 6 August 2009 – about six weeks later.)

Dear Bryan,

I attended your seminar on June 26th. Just wanted to let you know your program is working great for me.  As of today I’m down a total of 30 pounds.

Three months ago I went in for my hypertension check up and my triglycerides were 825 and my total cholesterol was 215. I had another check up two days ago (04 August 2009) and my entire lipid panel was normal!

My triglycerides dropped 700 points and my cholesterol dropped 78 points. My physician, Dr. L., was as amazed as I was. 

I have you and your program to thank for this. I’ve been passing around you business cards to people at work who are very interested in attending one of your upcoming seminars. Everyone can see the difference the program has made in my life in such a short time. Thanks again!

Dave J.

I fervently believe that the FLB program can eradicate Type 2 Diabetes from the face to the earth.

Impossible you say? Perhaps, but I’ve seen miracles happen with my own eyes numerous times over the past 15 years. Here is just a small dose of what the FLB can accomplish for those suffering from this horrible disease.

I was at your last seminar in Byron, IL. I had recently been told that I would NEVER get off of insulin. Well, after one week of following your program my doctor has taken me off my morning insulin, and I’m waiting to hear back from them now because I can’t keep my blood sugars above 65! I am hoping that my doctor will eliminate my need for insulin for dinner and reduce my bedtime dosage too. Thank you for all your research and time you spent developing this program Bryan. It works!

Kim K.

Jane is a nurse at the hospital where I work. She attended my seminar in May of 2011 and sent the following email on 19 July 2011.

I thought I would let you know my progress so far on your program. I stopped taking my diabetic meds because of constant low blood sugars. My doctor had me come in and checked my Hemoglobin A1C. It went from 8.3 before attending your seminar to 5.8. No wonder my blood sugar readings were so low! 

Jane G.

Here is my favorite testimonial of the power of the FLB to heal the body of Type 2 diabetics. It’s composed of two separate emails.

(First email received on 18 April 2013)

Good Afternoon Bryan,

We have stuck to your program and feel incredible! Dan stopped taking his meds and his blood sugar when we checked it this morning was 105! Pretty good since even on his meds and trying to completely cut our carbs, his sugar was still running 175! Can’t tell your how amazing your program is. We are so happy to be on the road to good health.

Mary F.

(Second email received 5 days later on 23 April 2013)

Just wanted to let you know that Dan stopped taking his meds 5 days into beginning your program. He took his blood sugar on day 8 of your program and it was 75. WOW, so happy you have no idea!

Mary F.

Doctors and nurses talk, especially when they discover something that works for their patients. Since I began teaching my program in 2006, I have had the pleasure of being invited to teach my program at a number of hospitals throughout the Midwest. Below is a testimonial I received following a seminar I gave at a hospital in the Chicago area.

Hi Bryan,

I am one of the Lutheran General RNs who attended your seminar back in April of 2012. My motivation to attend your seminar was to take better control of my health and not just to lose fat. I have a family history of high cholesterol and cardiac disease. After six months on your program and two fasting labs during that time, I can report to you now that all my lab values are normal!

My doctor says no need for statins! I am so thankful to you for getting me started on this journey. I had always wondered and been told that my cholesterol problem was genetic but now I know better. I may have some bad genes, but following your program allows my body to heal in spite of those genes.

Here’s to a great 2013 and thanks again!

Nora C.

Below is an email I received on 30 April 2014 from Sharon who attended my seminar on 20 October 2013. She included her before and after lab values to demonstrate the miraculous progress she has made in improving her health.

Your body is designed to be lean and healthy and doesn’t require diet pills, supplements, special foods, or even exercise to burn fat and heal. It can do those things naturally when you learn HOW TO EAT! 

Hi Bryan,

I’m so excited to be reporting this update to you. So far I’ve lost over 40 pounds but more importantly, my body is healing! I recently had blood work done and below is a comparison between my labs before beginning your program and six moths after starting it.

Glucose: 158 now 113

HbA1C: 7.5 now 5.6

Cholesterol: 265 now 167

Triglycerides: 494 now 91

Needless to say I am pleased and the nurse reporting these results to me said I am doing fabulous and to keep doing what I’ve been doing and they’ll re-evaluate me again in three months. Hopefully as my body continues to heal, I’ll soon be able to get off all my meds – especially thrilled with the change in my triglycerides because high triglycerides run in my family. I will continue to keep you updated on my journey.

Sharon B.

Many skeptics scoff at me when I tell them they were created to be lean and healthy – especially if they’ve been heavy all their lives. Since 2006, I’ve been blessed to witness many miracles like the one from Dwight below. I received his email on 5 September 2013, and believe it or not, he had only been following the program for one week!

Hi Bryan,

Just checking in with you. It’s been one week since I began to change my life and I’ve already lost 6 pounds. More importantly, my blood sugar readings have fallen 30 points! It was 93 this morning, 95 yesterday, and 98 on Tuesday. I am making continual progress and I’m never hungry or feel starved. In fact, most days I have to eat something before I go to bed just to make sure I get all my calories in. Thanks for the program and for being such a passionate advocate. I will keep in touch.

All the best,

Dwight

What I find most humbling is the trust physicians place in my program. They continue to refer their patients to my seminars despite the fact that the program is not covered by insurance nor taught by a dietitian.

In fact, the FLB breaks every rule they’ve learned concerning nutrition and dieting. Nonetheless, these wonderful doctors continue to place their patients’ results over dogma and tradition when it comes to their health. For that, I will always be grateful.

Below is an email I received on 14 July 2007 from Ann who attended my seminar in April of 2007.

Just to let you know that I went to see Dr. K on Friday. I have lost 30 pounds and my lab numbers took a big dip! My cholesterol was down over 50 points. Dr. K was very happy with my results so far. I have been on Glucophage for 2 years and he said I can now stop taking it. I am very happy with my progress but still have more work to do. Dr. K told me to tell you thank you and I thanked him for telling me about you in the first place!

Ann D.

I have been referred students from many wonderful doctors I’ve never met and from hospitals I’ve never heard of. Doctors continue to send me their patients because they care about results.

Hi Bryan,

I hope you are doing great! Still losing and having fun doing so. The doctor who I work for has been handing out your cards to some of our patients that have repeatedly failed on multiple diets. In fact, we are out of your cards now and need more! It’s funny because my doctor NEVER endorses anything … ever! She has me talk to the patients personally who are interested in your program. During these conversations, I take my phone out and show them my “before” pictures.

My only regret is that I didn’t find you sooner. This has been a fun process so far, and yes, I said fun! I am off my insulin completely now, and my oral diabetes pill, and now I’m also off my blood pressure medication!

I am down a total of 42 pounds in about 4 months which is amazing. I have cleaned out my closet and now have so many empty hangers it’s ridiculous. All the bigger clothes are gone. But I prefer to buy new clothes than pay for medications!

You are doing a great thing. I have to tell you that the patient who introduced me to your program came in the other day and we didn’t say a thing to one another. We just smiled and then giggled. No words needed to be spoken.

You’ve changed many lives and I pray that you will continue to do so in the future.

Gratefully Yours,

Kym

Stories of Hope

We can endure many hardships if we have hope. But when hope disappears, we see only a future filled with darkness.

When I finally lost hope in 1988 following my brother’s wedding, I started to consider suicide as a way to ease my pain and suffering.

What is it about the loss of hope that poisons our souls? What made me consider the unthinkable thinkable?

Here is the answer I came up with. Hopelessness occurs when we convince ourselves that our future will never get better; that it will only be worse. This was my state of mind at the age of 26.

Of course I understand the irony of beginning a section called “Stories of Hope”  by relating my grim experience. But there is a method to my madness.

In thinking about my own dark period, I came up with a definition of hope that I would like to share.

“Hope is nothing more than the possibility that tomorrow can be better than today, that next week can be better than this week, and that next year can be better than this year.”

This is the essence of hope to me.

Hope returned to my life because of the following ten words:

 “Maybe you didn’t fail the diets, maybe they failed you.”

This idea profoundly changed my thinking and eventually led to the creation of the FLB.

Those ten words gave me a reason to get out of bed and try again. They gave my life meaning when that’s what I needed most.

The creation of the FLB helped heal my body and my soul. It saved my life and gave me a second chance. I am humbled to be its messenger.

The FLB has the power to restore hope in one’s life as you will read in the following stories below.

If you are drowning in a sea of hopelessness at this very moment, the FLB can be your lifeline – as it was for me and for many others.

This first story never fails to bring tears to my eyes when I read it. I often complain about losing almost twenty years of my life to fat loss failure and frustration while never considering that others may have suffered longer.

I taught Jeanine my program when she was 78 years old. She had fought the good fight for most of her life and never gave up. When I read her words of hope and gratitude, I feel ashamed for complaining about what I went through.

“Bryan, just a short note to tell you how much you and your program means to me. I got off the scale this morning weighing 149 pounds and I am thrilled! I have not felt better in my life – especially since I will soon be 79 years old. As you know, I have fought the weight battle since my grade school days and I am so enjoying being told that I look great and that the weight loss shows! I am sleeping better now and I am able to go shopping without getting so tired and the best part of all is that I am enjoying life so much more! The eating program has been a snap for both Jon and I and we both plan to continue it for the rest of our lives. You have helped so many people in our area.

Thank you, thank you!

Fondly,

Jeanine H.

And then there’s Dave and Deb.

Bryan,

How can we ever thank you for giving us the knowledge to live the life we’ve struggled with for so long? Thanks to you it’s no longer a constant battle. We think of you every day and tell everyone about how wonderful you are. Thank you.

Ever Yours,

Dave and Deb A.

I never had a girlfriend until losing my weight. Getting married was something that wasn’t even on my radar for the first thirty years of my life. The FLB changed all that for me.

Here is a beautiful letter I received from Karen who was able to celebrate and enjoy a very special day in her life. Isn’t that really what life is all about? I certainly think so.

Bryan,

My dream came true! My husband and I planned on renewing our wedding vows on our 25th wedding anniversary. My dream was to be able to wear the same dress I wore 25 years earlier on that day. But three kids and 35 pounds later, I never thought it would be possible. But when I met you for the first time I’ll never forget what you said to me. You said that if I could see the person I wanted to be six months from now, that you could get me there. I committed to following your program with everything I had and the results were simply amazing! In just four months, I lost over 40 pounds of fat and 15 inches from my waist, arms, and hips literally reshaping my body. My dream came true – and then some. I not only was able to wear the same wedding dress I had 25 years ago, but I felt I actually looked better! I guess dreams can come true more than once in a lifetime. Thanks for everything Bryan.

Karen M.

I’ve struggled with a love/hate relationship with food beginning around the age of ten when I began my first diet. For the next 16 years of my life, food was my best friend and my worst enemy.

When I was grossly overweight, happiness was a rare commodity. Eating foods I craved became my only source of guaranteed pleasure. But once I had finished off an entire pizza along with a quart of ice cream, the hatred and self-loathing returned with a vengeance.

Sadly, I know I’m not the only one who has experienced this painful and self-destructive behavior. The FLB was able to put an end to my destructive way of living. It also helped Jill break her cycle as well.

Jill attended one of my seminars in March of 2007 and I received this email three months later. Listen to her heartfelt words of hope for a brighter future.

Hi Bryan,

I just wanted to fill you in on my progress as I’m sure after you set people out on their own, you are curious to their weight loss progress.

I started you program on March 11, 2007. As of today I have lost 30.5 pounds! I absolutely love this way of life! Let me tell you a few of the benefits other than weight loss that I have experienced.

First, I did not even notice but my husband brought it to my attention that I have not napped at all during the day. I used to take naps of Saturday and Sunday typically, and sometimes during the week, when I came home from work, I would take a nap. I have not done that at all since starting your program.

Second, I don’t have the cravings that I used to. I used to crave sweets constantly throughout the day … I likened it to an alcoholic. I absolutely could not stop eating sweets, especially chocolate … and I wouldn’t just have a little bit, I would eat and eat until I made myself sick. Those cravings have stopped! I still usually work a nugget of chocolate or some type of sweet in throughout my day, but I’m now SATISFIED with this amount. This is HUGE  for me.

And finally and most important, I don’t hate myself any longer. Every single day I would go through the same cycle … eat, over eat to the point of being miserable, and then absolutely hate myself. I like myself once again!

Also, this past week I started going back to the YMCA and doing the weights. I think this is really going to kick things into high gear for me plus help shape my body.

Thank you Bryan for revealing this “Truth” to me. I pray that this will become a way of life for me.

Thank you and God Bless!

Jill S.

When I was at my heaviest and well over 300 pounds, finding clothes to fit was a nightmare. I remember the most terrifying gifts I could receive during Christmas were clothes because they never fit. Even on Christmas, I suffered humiliation. Nothing, it seemed, was sacred in my life. My weight poisoned everything.

My nightmare finally ended in 1990 after losing over 180 pounds. I now enjoy shopping for clothes. I still buy clothes that are too big for me because I continue to suffer from an aversion to tight fighting clothes – it seems some sins we never stop paying for. But the stress and dread of shopping for clothes has mostly disappeared.

Below is a nice story about how the FLB touched the life of Dana and how she too now enjoys shopping for clothes.

“Everything is going GREAT! I have lost 22 pounds and 30 inches so far. I had been 35 pounds overweight for the past 7 years and I finally reached a scary point in my life to where I was resigned to being overweight for the rest of my life. On my wedding day two summers ago, I was almost 150 pounds. I have prayed for a way to lose weight for so long because as we all know … self-image effects everything we do and experience in life … relationships, self-confidence, happiness, energy to play with the kids, worrying about being an embarrassment to my family.

I have been giving my “fat clothes” away as I lose my weight. I have gone from wearing size 12s (I’m barely five feet tall!) to wearing size 4s. I have no doubt that within a few short months I will have reached my size of goal of fitting into my college clothes. Your program has changed my life. Thank you for sharing your program with me and so many others!

Dana B.

I spent almost twenty years of my life finding reasons and excuses not to be photographed. I was embarrassed and ashamed of how I looked in pictures. I paid a horrible price for my self-induced “photophobia”. I have few pictures of me with my parents between the ages of 15 and 28 to show my children. My parents have long since passed and seldom does a day go by when I don’t wish I had more pictures of us together.

Sometimes, however, pictures can serve as the catalyst for change in our lives as one did for Beth. Seeing herself in a picture caused her to enroll in one of my seminars and finally take control of her life.

Hi Bryan,

Just wanted to thank you for helping me get my self-esteem back. I knew I was overweight, but never realized till I say a picture of myself back in 2009. OMG! It made me cry … I have been on your program for a year now and have lost 71 pounds! You are so right – this program is a lifestyle and one I know I can do and must do to keep the weight off for the rest of my life. Your program made me realize just how much I was eating every day and it makes me ashamed of myself. Thanks for all of your hard work in figuring this out and sharing it with everyone. Have a great day!

Beth E.

I’m definitely not an expert on men’s clothing and I know even less about women’s. But fitting into a size 1 must be a good thing right? Well, at least Mary thinks so.

Just wanted to thank you for getting me on the right path to losing weight. I am now at 110 pounds and busy firming up my arms and legs. It has been a real relief to finally find the answer to keeping weight off and feeling really good about myself. Without your program, I would still be overweight and feeling depressed about the way I look. I would never have believed that I could go from a size 16 to a size 1 after years of struggling with my weight. Thanks again for your help and your program. I cannot find the words to express the difference you have made in my life.

Mary L.

Fat loss is always nice, but improving your health and your quality of life can often be even more important.

When I first met Cheryl, she was recovering from a long stay in the hospital due to complications from congestive heart failure, diabetes, and morbid obesity. She was unable to travel to one of my seminars so I met with her in her home. Below is her touching story about the miraculous ability of the body to heal itself and the power of the FLB to unleash that miracle for anyone.

Bryan

I weighed myself this morning and my weight is down another 6.8 pounds. That makes it a total of 102.8 pounds in 16 months! I feel great and can get around a lot better now. I’ll never walk perfectly again, but the improvement in my abilities is simply incredible. My family is so proud of me. I’m so happy that you and your program came into my life when you did. Who knows where I would be today without your help. I’m enjoying more things now. Before I would just stay home and feel sorry for myself. Now I’m the one wanting to do things and go places. It’s great to be able to go shopping for clothes and leave the larger sizes on the rack. One thing I want to say is Thank You! That just doesn’t seem like enough to say. You are super and do so much for so many.

Cheryl L.

Through all of my dark years, my mom was always by my side. She was always able to see beauty where I saw only ugliness; she saw light where I saw only darkness. No matter what I thought of myself, my mom never stopped believing in me.

Below is a wonderful letter from another special mom. Patti delighted in the changes her son, Reilly, was making after he attended one of my seminars. The love of a mother for her child is as close to God’s love as we will ever experience here on earth. I was truly blessed to have such a wonderful mom and I miss her every day.

Hi Bryan,

My name is Patti and I’m Reilly’s mom. He’s the big, cuddly teddy bear guy with a sweet spirit who came to see you a few months ago.

First off, I wanted to say thank you for helping him. He’s doing great on his weight loss journey. He’s lost 50 pounds so far and is going great guns! I’m happy for his success, but I am most grateful for the life lessons that he is learning along the way. To see his confidence grow is such a blessing to his mother. The knowledge that he has gained from learning your program and putting it into action has given him something that he can claim for his own – a sense of accomplishment. For this fact alone I am so grateful.

Thank you so much for helping my Reilly.

Sincerely,

Patti

Now we come to my favorite letter of all time. Ray started out as a student of mine and has since become a very dear friend. We share many of the same unique interests such as comic books and professional wrestling (well … we all have our little idiosyncrasies I guess), and we enjoy each other’s company immensely.

Why is Ray’s so special to me? For one, Ray has been confined to a wheelchair for most of his adult life suffering from the debilitating physical effects of Spina Bifida. For another, he sent his unsolicited letter to the hospital where I work to show his appreciation for my program. He wanted everyone to know what is possible when someone commits to the Truth.

But really, I did very little for Ray. I gave him a principle-based program and made him a promise that if he followed it unconditionally, he couldn’t fail at losing fat and improving his health. Ray succeeded beyond his wildest expectations. He is one of the most inspiring people I know and it’s an honor to call him a friend.

If you’re ever in need of a little inspiration in your life, do what I do and read Ray’s letter, again and again and again …

Hello,

My name is Ray. In April 2010 after dealing with a lot of medical issues I went to see my doctor. He mentioned that because of my deteriorating health that I really needed to lose weight. But he didn’t state it quite in those terms. He told me to either lose some weight or get fitted for a pine box!

The extra weight I had put on was messing with my heart and lungs and I had to go on oxygen 24/7, which, I might add, was no fun. Now losing weight is hard enough for most people but I figured it would be even harder for me because I was born with Spina Bifida and am extremely limited on doing any sort of exercise. Dr. K then told me of Bryan Frederick and his weight loss plan that requires no exercise to be effective. 

We made the call to Bryan that very day. He came over to see me in my home and my journey began. At first I didn’t see any results other than my need for daily oxygen was falling and then disappeared altogether. When I would go out with my family, people who had not seen me for awhile could tell that I had lost weight. Now as I mentioned before, I have Spina Bifida and I’m confined to a wheelchair so I don’t have a scale to stand on and check my weight. I had another unfortunate instance and had to spend some time in the hospital again. The hospital has beds that can weigh you and so I weighed for the first time since I had visited my doctor and began Bryan’s program. Well, when Bryan came to visit me at my home and teach me his program, I weighed 246 pounds. At the hospital they weighed me at 192 pounds. I was in shock! The only thing I could think of is to keep going!

I have continued following Bryan’s program and as of July 2011 I weigh 163 pounds – a total loss of 83 pounds in a little over a year! My pants size has gone from a size 48 to a size 40 and my shirt size from a 3X to an XL. I was told by Bryan that if I can succeed at this program, then ANYONE can. Just remember why you are doing it in the first place – for your loved ones and for yourself. To take a line from one of my favorite athletes: NEVER BACK DOWN AND NEVER QUIT! 

I am living proof of what’s possible for everyone who commits to the program.

Thank you,

Ray C.

 

Stories of Happiness

 

I remember the last time I had a chance to go swimming with my mom and dad and my 11-year-old brother Mike.

It was in the summer of 1988 and I was well over 300 pounds. By this time in my life, I was in a continual state of depression fueled by constant feelings of self-loathing and self-hatred because of my weight.

It was mid-July and I was home from graduate school for a short visit to see my family.

One evening the four of us, mom, dad, Mike, and me, were sitting outside around a picnic table trying to stay cool on a hot and humid evening. I remember my dad’s face breaking into a smile as he suggested we jump into the family car and go swimming at our favorite local pool.

The pool he was talking about was in a nearby town and held a special memory for our family because it’s where my dad taught all five of his children how to swim. When I was young, our family spent many wonderful summer evenings swimming and enjoying a little respite from the daily toil of hot and sweaty farm work.

Everyone was excited about the idea except me of course. The thought of wearing nothing but a bathing suit at 350 pounds filled me with dread.

There was no way I was going swimming on that particular evening, or any evening ever for that matter, looking the way I did. Hell, I was ashamed of my body fully clothed and I couldn’t bear the thought of being seen in public wearing nothing but a pair of swimming trunks. But my mom and dad wouldn’t take no for an answer. I vividly remember how hard they tried to get me to change my mind. They obviously noticed how depressed I was and figured a trip to our favorite pool might just be the thing to cheer me up. But I steadfastly refused to go. Nothing they could say was going to convince me to put on a pair of swimming trunks in public.

I naively thought nothing could be worse than going out in public clothed only in swimming trunks and weighing well north of 300 pounds I was wrong about.

I can still remember my heart breaking as I watched my family leave without me. I knew I was paying a price for not going with them that evening – I just didn’t know how high it was going be.

As it turned out, I would never get another chance to go swimming with any of them again. My brother Mike was tragically killed in a car accident a few years later and my parents never went swimming again.

My weight and self-hatred had once again “stolen” a precious moment from my life. I carry that lost memory with me to this day.

Painfully, I now understand that happiness doesn’t always come from the big events in our lives. Rather, it flows from the small, every day interactions we have with those we love. It’s made up of all of those special moments which bring a smile of contentment to our faces when we realize that the world is, at least for the moment, perfectly aligned. We don’t get many of these moments in our lives and we should treasure each and every precious one.

I believe true happiness consists of the little things in one’s life like playing catch with your kids, taking them swimming or fishing, baking a cake with your mom, or just cutting wood with your dad. These are the moments you don’t want to miss – and I had so many of them “stolen” from me because of my weight.

Time is our most precious resource and time spent with those we love rarer still. It was a lesson I had to learn the hardest way possible.

I know that Travis would agree.

Travis attended one of my seminars when he was in his early thirties and weighing over 400 pounds. He listened, learned, and applied the principles of the FLB to his life and unleashed a miracle. Travis sent me this email on 14 June 2010. I think he understands well what true happiness is.

Dear Bryan,

I hope your summer is going well. I just wanted to share with you how I am doing on your program. I now weigh 244 pounds and have lost a total of 186 pounds so far. I wear an XL t-shirt and 38 inch pants – these were the sizes I wore in high school! I want to share with your the difference you and your program have made in my life.

I recently took my family to Florida. This is something I never would have done before for several reasons. For starters, I finally fit comfortably in an airplane seat and I don’t have to use an extension for my seat belt. I no longer bump into everyone’s shoulders as I walk up and down the aisles. I finally fit in every ride at the amusement parks. I now feel comfortable swimming at the beach, pool or water park without being in the embarrassing position of having to always wear a t-shirt to cover up. However, I did get a little sun burned due to the fact that my body had not seen the sun in over 20 years!

Your program has helped me so much and has made such a difference in my life and makes me feel like a better person and father. I am no longer sitting on the side lines of life. Thank you again for helping me live.

Your Friend,

Travis H.

Jessie was in his mid 30’s when he enrolled in my seminar in May of 2009. Below is the email he sent me six months later. Jesse would continue his fat loss journey after he sent this email and ended up weighing 157 pounds, less than he weighed in high school. He was such an enthusiastic speaker and proponent of my program that I invited him to speak at several of my seminars. He remains a wonderful friend and constant advocate for the program to this day.

Hey Bryan,

I just wanted to let you know that the decision to enroll in your seminar was the best decision I ever made in my life. In just 6 months my weight has gone from 259 pounds to 170. My waist measurement fell from 42 inches to 34 inches and I used to wear 3X shirts and now I fit comfortably into XLs. Your program is something I can easily do for the rest of my life. You know, it’s not true what they say. You can have your cake and eat it too! Thanks again Bryan for everything!

Jesse P.

Below is an email I received from Marilyn. She had been battling obesity her entire life and was recovering from from thyroid cancer when she reached out to me. I continue to meet with her regularly and she never stops improving. At our last meeting, her body fat percentage was 13 % – not bad for a 58-year-old female! Her commitment and dedication are Olympian in scope and I admire her greatly.

Dear Bryan,

In a nutshell, your program is the most liberating eating plan I have ever encountered. After 55 years of unsuccessfully battling my weight, I finally gave up after menopause began. I attended your seminar on a Saturday and started your program on Sunday and have not looked back since. Now when I eat half a Subway sandwich with all that bread I’m in heaven! In three days I started to lose pounds and inches and now, two years later, my body fat is at 16 % and I’m still following your program to the letter.

Thank you Bryan.

Marilyn F.

Below is an email I received from Allen recalling an ongoing conversation he had with his doctor about my program in April of 2008. It mentions the uphill battle I’ve had to wage against the entrenched bureaucracy at the hospital where I teach.

There’s a lot of opposition to my program because it “breaks all the rules“ of dieting. Since I’m the sole author of the program, it’s literally not available anywhere else in the world. That’s a problem for my hospital because since no one knows about it, they can’t bill for it. Apparently, if you’re not recognized by the government and the insurance companies, then you don’t exist.

But everything has worked out so far because my program delivers results. I survived and thrived for seven years teaching my program at the hospital. And during that time, over 1,500 students paid out-of-pocket to attend my classes. In those seven years, not a single student EVER complained about the cost of my program because they were so happy with the results!

I couldn’t have lasted as long as I did teaching my program at the hospital without the continuing support of a wonderful supervisor, who always had my back, and a staff of highly educated and innovative doctors who were willing to take a chance on something new and different. That takes real courage.

Bryan,

I had to take a minute to tell you a little story.

Last summer I told my doctor at the Clinic that I was taking your seminar at the hospital and starting to lose weight. He told me that he had never heard about you. Well, this surprised me because I was referred to you by another doctor at this same Clinic. When I told this doctor that, he answered that there are over 250 people employed at the Clinic and he can’t be expected to know all of the them. He didn’t make me very happy.

Yesterday I went to see this same doctor again. I told him that I had now lost over 60 pounds. He said that I should write a book. I said, no, Bryan Frederick has already written it. Oh yes he said, he is really making a name for himself around here. What a difference 9 months makes. Good for you.

Anyway, I have gone from a 48 inch waist down to a 32 inch waist. When I started your program I weighed 213 and now I weigh 154.

Thanks for giving me a new life.

Allen G.

Below is a wonderful letter from Brett. Brett’s mom worked as a nurse in a nearby hospital and heard about my program from some of her nursing friends who were familiar with my program. She contacted me because she was concerned about her son’s health, and had been after him for months to enroll in one of my seminars. Well, he finally decided to “bite the bullet” and attend one. I think he’s pretty satisfied with the results so far.

Bryan,

I attended your seminar in January of 2012. After hearing your speak I remember thinking that if there ever was a way that I could successfully lose weight, this was it. Well, nine months later I am 93 pounds lighter! I am a new person. I have tried to lose weight many times before, but could never do it … low carbs … low fat … low this and low that. Now I eat whatever I want and still lose weight! If I want a steak, I have a steak. If I want a candy bar, I eat one. It’s as easy as that and it works. Bryan, I cannot thank you enough. You have changed (saved) my life. I have gone from 273 pounds to 180. I have a few more pounds to go, but I now see the light at the end of the tunnel. There is not a program on the market that can do what your program has done for me. Thanks for everything!!!

Very Best Regards,

Brett B.

Bill was another doctor-referred student who attended my seminar. I really enjoyed reading his testimonial because it demonstrates how the program is triage both for the body and the soul. Bill initially attended my seminar for health reasons. Well … his health certainly improved as did his happiness.

Bryan,

After getting some bad news from my doctor, he suggested that I call you and enroll in your program. I had just turned 40 and was experiencing a major mid-life crisis. My health and social life were a wreck. I attended your seminar in August of 2006 and in only 4 months I experienced a rapid improvement in my body, my mental abilities, and my strength and energy levels. You’ll be happy to know that my life has changed in other areas as well. My dating and social life have NEVER been better and my life is now a joy to live. If anyone asks, here are the keys to success on your program:

Rule # 1: Commit yourself to the TRUTH like never before.

Rule # 2: If in doubt at any time, see Rule # 1.

Your program works Bryan and here is proof from my doctor.

Body fat: 25 % to 12 %

Cholesterol: 215 to 143

HDL (Good) Cholesterol: 30 to 43

Weight: 210 to 168

Blood Pressure: 145/90 to 110/63

Resting Heart Rate: 86 to 76

Bill P.

The story I hear most often from the women I teach is how they were healthy and lean before they began having children.

But becoming a mother doesn’t mean you have to give up on being lean and healthy!

Here’s a nice email from my first international success. Daniela is from Brazil and was living in Rockford, IL when she heard about my program from some of her friends. She initially came to see me when she was very overweight and unhappy with her body. She did so well on the program that I didn’t recognize her when she returned to be reassessed. But now she had a new problem and she let me know I was to blame.

After she attended my seminar, she lost a bunch of  weight, radically changed the shape of her body, and then met the man of her dreams and got married. Now she was expecting her first child and she told me I was to blame for her new problem.

Daniela confided in me that she was scared that she would begin to put weight back on during her pregnancy and end up being overweight and unhappy again.

I explained to Daniela that because my program is personally designed to fit the present nutritional and physiological needs of the individual, it was perfectly safe for her to follow during her pregnancy. I also explained to her that the program is completely safe for both mother and child because there are NEVER any dangerous pills, supplements, or exotic foods to eat in order to be lean and healthy. She decided to trust me, again.

I made a couple of careful adjustments to Daniela’s program and off she went. In her email below, Daniela describes her remarkable results. As a side note, Daniela did so well on my program both before and after her pregnancy that she flew her mom and sister in from Brazil to attend one of my seminars. So, I guess you could say that I’m an international sensation now?

Hello Bryan,

I am Daniela, the one from Brazil. I was pregnant last year and had my baby last January. I followed your program like you instructed me to do and everything went well. My baby and I are very healthy! Many people are asking me what I did to lose all my baby fat so quickly after giving birth and I just smile. I tell them that when you commit to the Truth, all things are possible.

I will send you pictures of the baby and me soon. I tell everyone how amazing your program is. Thank you so much for sharing the program with me.

Daniela B.

This is email hits a little close to home for me. It’s from Stacey, who like me, was heavy her entire life.

She courageously fought the good fight for years but with no success. It didn’t seem to matter how disciplined she was or how many diets she tried, she eventually failed and continued to gain weight – that is, until she attended one of my seminars.

I understand the pain and frustration Stacey experienced during all those sad and lonely years. I also know the joy and happiness she is now experiencing because of her success. This is just a wonderful letter.

Bryan,

Let me begin by saying, “Oh, what a journey this has been.” It’s been just a little over a year since I attended your seminar. There I sat in the front row hoping and praying this would be the answer I was looking for. I had been miserable and overweight my entire life. This year I was turning 40 and was determined to lose 40 pounds before my birthday. That was the first part of the goal and I was determined to do it.

Well, I not only made my first goal, but I exceeded it! By the time I turned my “magic” age, I was down 53 pounds. I found myself in complete awe that this program actually works. I’m currently down 75 pounds now and only about 20 more to go. If you would have told me a year ago that I would have lost this much weight, I would have called you a liar. 

Your plan is brilliant and so easy to follow. I never remember feeling better. I’m officially wearing smaller clothes than I wore in high school. I can’t believe I have come so close to my goal weight. I cannot thank you enough for giving me the tools and the knowledge to fulfill a lifetime dream.

Thank you so much,

Stacey D.

Here’s a nice email with a very happy ending for Judy and Gary and my family.

Gary and Judy attended one of my seminars based upon the recommendations from a friend of theirs. They were a retired couple who lived in Illinois during the spring and summer months and then traveled to Orlando, Florida to escape our horrible winters.

While they lived in Florida they worked at Disney World. Anyway, after attending my seminar and following my program for six months, they returned to Florida in the fall and proceeded to shock and amaze their friends with their miraculous and sudden transformation.

Their Florida friends were so impressed with how well Gary and Judy looked, that they asked them to see if I would be willing to travel to Orlando and give a seminar. Needless to say, I jumped at the opportunity and enjoyed a wonderful “working vacation” in Orlando.

When my seminar was over, my family spent the next three days at Disney World as guests of Gary and Judy. Had it not been for the FLB and the kindness of Gary and Judy, my family and I would never have had the opportunity to visit that magical place.

Below is the letter Gary and Judy sent the hospital where I work and it was forwarded to me.

Sixteen months ago we attended Bryan Frederick’s seminar. His enthusiasm and knowledge impressed us and motivated us to put his program into practice. That was a total of 138 pounds ago! The weight loss and eating strategies have contributed to a more active and energetic lifestyle for us. We have noticed an improvement in our blood test results, and our doctor was impressed with what we have been able to accomplish. We find the plan easy to follow and feel that we can continue this way of eating for the rest of our lives. We are extremely thankful that Bryan and his program entered our lives.

Gary & Judy C.

Here is a sweet letter from Debbie who had a secret desire. She always dreamed of having a set of well-defined abs that she could show off but she had just about given up on her dream when she met me.

Debbie was now in her early forties, recently divorced, working full time, and busy raising two children alone.

During our initial conversation, Debbie expressed to me how frustrated she was at spending so many hours in the gym every week and not losing any fat. When she finished, I asked her if she really wanted to hear the truth about fat loss and she said yes. I explained to her that exercise was a very inefficient way to lose fat. I promised Debbie that if she committed to following my program unconditionally, she would eventually see her abs. She was highly motivated and signed up for my next seminar.

Below is the letter she sent me three months later – I think she’s pretty happy with the results.

Bryan,

When I first contacted you to talk about my goals and how your could help me achieve them, I told you about my secret desire – to be able to see my abs before summer. I was 44-years-old and the mother of two children. I was wearing over-sized t-shirts and sweat pants to the gym to hide my body.

You were supportive of my goal and once I attended your seminar, I followed your program by the book. Now, just three months later, I’m wearing a sports bra and shorts to the gym and I LOVE the way that I look and feel! And yes, I can see my abs!

Debbie S.

Jordon was a ten-year-old boy whose increasing weight was starting to affect both his health and his self-confidence. Jordon’s mom reached out to me and asked if I could teach him my program. I said I would love to help but only if Jordon was ready to change. She said he was.

Below is the email Jordon’s mom sent me some months later. After reading it, I had tears in my eyes.

I was also ten when I began dieting. But unlike Jordon, I didn’t have the Truth or a mentor to guide me. But Jordon did and he succeeded and for that I’m grateful. Perhaps by helping Jordon I’ve moved the cosmic scales of justice a little closer to being balanced. Regardless, I’m touched by his mom’s letter.

Hi Bryan,

Wanted to let you know that Jordon is still following your program. I meant to email you a while back because one day out of the blue Jordon told me that, “I want to be Bryan when I grow up.” Sorry to tell you that I didn’t  know who he was talking about at the time. When I figured it out I said that would be fine but that I wasn’t sure what you had studied in college. He innocently said, “Oh no, I don’t want to go to college. I just want to help people by teaching his program to others”. I thought that might bring a smile to your face this Monday morning.

Kay M.

It did.

Conclusion

The letters selected above are just a small sampling of the many I’ve received over the years from grateful students.

These letters all come from REAL PEOPLE. There are no fitness models here, no former professional athletes, no one who is supper rich or super intelligent or super disciplined. In fact, a majority of my students were overweight for most of their lives just like me. Also, many of my students were referred to me by their doctors because of additional health problems. All ages are represented – from 10 to 79, and one, Ray, has been confined to a wheelchair for most of his adult life. Yet they were all able to succeed on my program – why?

Because the FLB works with your body and not against it to unleash its naturally fat burning and healing powers. And because the FLB is built upon the principles of science, it can’t discriminate and thus is guaranteed to work for EVERYONE who commits to it.

The FLB NEVER asks that you be rich, young, intelligent, healthy, or athletic to succeed. It accepts you the way that you are and only asks that you commit unconditionally to its principles in order to be lean and healthy for life.

If you don’t like the way you look and feel right now, if you have recently lost hope in the possibility of ever being lean and healthy again, then come and take my hand and remember my promise:

You are not broken; you come complete for success.

You were created to be lean and healthy.

If you’re ready for a second chance at living a life filled with health, hope, and happiness, I’m ready to show you the way.

Yours in Truth and Commitment,

Bryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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