Hi there, this is Abel James and welcome to the Fat Burning Man Show.

Today we're here with Drew Manning, the man behind the New York Times bestseller,

Fit to Fat to Fit, who's going to share his his crazy incredible story of weight loss and weight gain

and the wild emotional journey that came along with it so i have a bit of exciting news a bunch

you listeners have asked if i can put together a best of compilation on cd so you can listen in your

car or share with friends or whatever. And being musician, I know that

usually you have to print out thousands of CDs at a time to make that sort of thing worthwhile,

and I don't want to lose my pants. But I've been exchanging a few emails with a guy who runs

a small print shop, and it looks like we might actually be able to put the best of the Fat Burning

Man Show CD collection together soon, along with hard copies

and my books and videos and that sort of thing. So does that sound cool to you? Shoot me an email

at Fat Burning Man.com and let me know. I always love hearing from you guys. All right, so Drew Manning,

this guy is a personal trainer and fitness addict. He'd always been the ripped dude with a six-pack he

never craved processed foods always lived in the gym and he had a difficult time

relating to many of his overweight clients but now he gets it so this is what

happened in May of 2011 Drew decided to get fat on purpose and documented on his

blog so for six months he stopped exercising and ate the far too Drew decided to get fat on purpose and documented on his blog.

So for six months, he stopped exercising and ate the far too common American diet of fast food and refined processed carbs.

So what happened?

He gained 12 pounds in the first week, 24 in the first month, and a total of 72 pounds in just six months. So then Drew decided to devote the

next six months to losing the weight. And he shared his meal plans, exercise strategies,

an emotional journey with his followers on his blog. And now Drew even has a best-selling book

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