>> i don't know so much you. i felt like i needed a different prospective. i was always fit, never struggled -- >> these are pictures. amazing. >> scary. >> that's you on the left before. that's what you became in the middle. >> yeah, six months. >> and that's what happened after. quite extraordinary. >> six month period. >> a yearlong. >> a yearlong. you did it because you wanted to relate to i guess what your climates were going through, heavier clients and working out and the problems they might have. my issue with my trainers is they are like you, like meat ball machines. >> yeah. >> when they say go and knock out 30 presses, fine for them but for us not so easy. >> that's what i felt like i needed a different perspective. becoming over weight gave me a better understanding. know that i would know exactly but i would have a better -- the train we are a six pack. >> never been over weight? >> never been over weight. >> what were the key take aways? >> more so on the mental and emotional side.