Tan & Tone America,

After much prompting from the great staff at Tan & Tone America (TNT) on 50th and Meridian in Oklahoma City, I am finally telling my “on the weigh” to Success Story. I say “on the weigh” because I am not to my final health destination as of yet. This is my story so far...

My name is Sandra Ferrell, I am a 28 year old executive assistant to a state level politician, and have a great family, many friends, and lead a very charmed life. However, I have always been heavy, and like every one else, all I ever wanted was to be thin, beautiful and accepted. Through many failed diets and much needless torture, I molded myself into someone who became heavier instead of thinner. I would vow to stay on diets and then “fall off the wagon”. I had no self control.

During this past fall, I had a magical experience. I can’t tell you when it happened, or the moment I felt the change, but I did have a life changing experience. I had been a member at TNT for well over a year and had joined with great intentions only to stop going about two weeks after I joined. I simply tanned from that point on. Don’t get me wrong, tanning is great, but I paid every month for toning and never went.

Here is where my story becomes fun. One day, I decided to go tone, I thought if nothing else this would be a great, inexpensive massage, and after all, I have been paying for it all this time. When I went to TNT, I thought to myself, ‘this isn’t that bad’. After about a week of faithfully coming almost every day, to my true shock, my clothes started fitting more loosely, actually they finally quit cutting off my circulation. After my first eight visits, I had lost 14 ½ inches. After one short month, I had lost more than 20 inches, including 5 inches in my waist. But the best part was that my entire body started responding to the exercise, and even more so, my mind finally caught on.....and in seven weeks, I have lost 45 pounds! I have gone from an astounding 267 pounds for my 5’6” frame to 222 pounds! I have gone from a size 26 to a size16!

Everyone asks me what is the big change, what are you doing? Honestly, it was just a simple fall day when I decided to go tone. Friends used to tell me, ‘Oh, you have such a beautiful face, it doesn’t matter how big you are’. Well, if that is so true, why did I want to be thin so bad? I used to tell myself I was happy with the way I looked - bottom line, I was lying. People today are looking for magical weight loss, and although my original “get off the couch” motivation and revelation did come magically to me, losing weight is hard work. Every day I drink my water, I gave up my calorie loaded 2 liter habit of Coca-Cola per day, and as far as food is concerned, if nature didn’t make it that way, I don’t eat it. No complex diets, just simple natural nutrition sense and toning.

I have an old saying that I hold steadfast to...”IN LIFE, you dress for the job YOU WANT, not the job you have”. This applies to more than just your occupation. It is a great analogy that expresses the idea that people simply have to “get off the couch” to initiate their own success.

Hold me accountable to my words, I will be an example, because from this day forward......I am on my weigh”.............

Thanks TNT for that day last fall...it changed my life.

Sincerely,

Sandra F.