Someone once said "A man is truly three things...what he believes he is, what people believe that he is and what he truly is...God's creation!" I can't remember exactly where I heard that saying from, but I have read variations of it many times in my life.

The human body truly is magnificent; created to live a long time when properly fed and maintained. Feeding the body is where we, as humans, have fallen short, and because of this we now have the largest Obesity epidemic in the history of our country. For 25 years of my life I was one of the super-obese members of our obesigenic culture. I reached my highest weight in 1992 when I topped 467 lbs at 38 years of age. Because of my lifestyle and learned behaviors I maintained most of that weight for another 18 years. As long as I was not sick, I wasn't going to do anything about changing my behaviors.

Unfortunately, that is the mind set of 64% of Americans who have just accepted the 30+ lbs hanging over their belts as a norm instead of an unhealthy condition that needs to be dealt with. In 2009, I was falling apart fast, I had reached a state of metabolic syndrome where I was now a diabetic with high blood sugar and blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, and was told to lose weight or it would cripple me and I would be in a wheel chair. OK, so that woke me up.

I got serious about my life and joined a company called Take Shape for Life® as a client and a coach. The plan taught me why I had gained so much weight and with the help of my coach, I started taking the weight off fast. I have lost 110.2 lbs (as of this writing) in 7.5 months. I believe that I am healthier now than I have ever been.

As a health coach I work with my clients to help them reach a state of optimal health. For most that means losing weight, for some it means balancing their body's nutritional intake. Once a client is at a healthy weight I take them to the next level of living a healthy lifestyle of; healthy body, healthy mind and healthy finances. The final phase is that of longevity; living for the longest time we can at the healthiest level we can. That gives me a lot of pleasure to help others reach these goals.

Another important part of my life is I have also been a music minister on praise and worship teams for the last 19 years of my life. I have been a born again Christian for 44 years and a faithful member of my church, Joshua Springs Calvary Chapel, for 19 years. Through all of that, It took me a long time to figure out what God's real plan for my life was and I found out quite by accident. God wanted me to be a teacher; not a pastor, but a teacher to his people. There are many people today that need practical information on living healthy and the truth of God's word. The Bible teaches on all areas of life, but not a lot on eating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

God showed me that he had given me the ability to communicate things to others and he wanted me to help His people live healthier and happier lives through proper nutrition. This truth struck me right through the heart.

I offer my clients, through TSFL, a complete bio-network of tools to help them learn how to get healthy and stay that way. My services as a coach are FREE! I have been trained by TSFL and have received my certification from the Health Institute.

I am excited to offer several sites to educate and assist God's people into creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. If you follow me, I promise to lead according to God's word and in your best interest; together we can be successful. "We can do all things thru Christ who strengthens us" Phil 4:13

Ron Taber Sr
Certified Health Coach
Take Shape for Life