Hi there, this is Abel James with fat burning man.com and thanks so much for stopping by.

So today we're going to kick off the inspiring stories series with a man named David Garcia,

who's a fellow blogger who lost an incredible 167 pounds and has been able to keep it off with remarkable patience, grace, and perseverance.

David chronicles his weight loss at Keep It Up David.com, and it's a blog that I visit often and thoroughly enjoy.

So how about it? Let's meet David.

Hey, David, how are you?

I'm doing great. How are you? I'm good great. How are you? I'm good. You're super

functional. I love it. Yeah, that's how I tried to do it. Well, but firstly, I really want to

thank you for agreeing to do this. It's going to be a lot of fun. I know folks are really going to

be inspired. I agree. Thank you so much for asking me.

I love stuff like this.

You know, I've decided to kind of do this interview series with a bunch of people who haven't just lost a whole lot of way, but who've really kept it off.

Keeping a chronicle of it is a very courageous thing to do.

So I think that's really a testament to what you've been able to do,

and I think you're a huge inspiration, so I'm stoked.

I'm stoked as well, thank you so much.

I brought your book with me when I was traveling,

and I got through most of it, and it's really great.

I really love it.

That's awesome.

I'm really impressed with the way that you've enlivened what can be sort of driving material and I think that your use of footnotes is particularly hilarious.

Thanks.

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