Hey folks, this is Abel James and welcome to the fat burning man show where we talk about real food and real results

Every once in a while I get a note from one of your listeners that really

affects me and

Recently I've been getting a lot of those especially because I've opened up a little bit and had that emotional show where I

Described my near-death experience from carbon monoxide poisoning just a few weeks ago and one of the people who helped me through that

Turned out to be James Lugo the guest this week and I'm gonna start with his story because it goes back a little while

So about three years ago at 51 years old James a

Music producer and also someone who was a coach on American Idol and a very talented guy in his own right

He weighed almost 300 pounds and he was bedridden at just 51 years old and so

On August 1st of 2015 James began his journey

You'll hear why some of the reasons are in lightning he began his journey to lose

100 pounds and gain his health and his life back and

When he sent me his picture of of what had happened over the past few years when he really dialed in his health after being

At the trough of his life hitting rock bottom and not knowing if he was going to make it out

It's been

Exceptional to not only get to know James in the past few months

But also he's a vocal coach and was on American Idol for many years and so as a singer myself

I decided to study with James and so we've gotten to know each other a little bit better and in fact for my new book

My new audiobook designer babies still get scabies James even went along to help me out and do some extra compression on the audiobook

Because he's like I said he's a very talented dude. So anyway

When you folks get in touch with me you never know what's gonna happen next up

But my best collaborations over the years with Denny Hemingson making the

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