Good golly it’s Friday – and a long weekend to boot! So I wanted to end this glorious week on a positive note.

I have a friend named Jim that I’ve known since I was 6-years-old. Now just to give you an image of our history…this is the boy, who when I was given the job of crossing guard in Grade 5, used to run out in front of traffic to scare the crap out of me…as you can tell we have a long history of him tormenting the heck out of me. Well it’s been well over 25 years of friendship for us, and during this time Jimbo has had a mess of health ailments stacked up against him – heart problems, being overweight and then developing type II diabetes.

Well last week I met with Jim for coffee, he’s now started a very successful photography biz by the way, and he’s lost 40-pounds! And better yet, he tells me that he feels better than he ever has in his whole life, and what's even more inspring is that he says he's taking risks with love and business, thanks to his newfound self-esteem, that he would have never had the courage to do in the past. What caused this transformation in my friend? Well it all started with him adopting a healthy diet, and doing a combination of strength training and cardio workouts to help manage his diabetes. And good news, last week his doctor cut his diabetes medication in half. The doc told him that if he loses 20 more pounds he’ll be off the meds forever, and he'll be able to control his diabetes with diet alone.

So I use today’s blog to congratulate my friend Jim. I’m proud of you buddy! And I hope his story inspires you, in some way, to take control of your health.