An interesting thing happened to me that has made me smile from ear to ear and it has to do with me being “an old Marine.”  This is a very difficult article to write because how do you correctly describe what an “old Marine” really means.  I do not want to say I am an ex Marine because “once a Marine, always a Marine.”  I was in the Corps for 10 years so I am not a retired Marine and that sort of leaves me with the term “old Marine.”  Since I am only 49 years old I do not feel old, but for the sake of this small article I will use the term old Marine.  The interesting thing that I speak of is the fact that last week I heard from my friend Tom, from my Marine Corps days, and he is still in The United States Marine Corps.  If he would have called me just a few months ago I would have been ashamed for him to see me.  I would have been embarrassed because of the fact that not too long ago I weighed 99 more pounds than I do now.  Since Tom is still in The Corps, I knew that when I saw him again, I would have been fat and he would have been The Marine I will always remember.

Looking back on the years of my service in The United States Marine Corps I must admit that my weight problems started while I was in The Corps.  It was somewhere after Parris Island but before I accepted my commission as an off icier.  Since I was a forward observer I was pretty active (very, very active) so the calorie burn was substantial and I was always able to fit into those dashing dress uniforms with little waist problems.  Overall I always knew that I had the ability to get fat, but I did not pay much attention to that little fact during that period of my life.  If you stop to think about it….do you ever see any fat Marines?  For me, being a fat Marine was not going to happen.

Somewhere between The Corps and “later” I did get fat.  I had a weight of 297.6 pounds hanging from a 6″ 1/2″ frame.  My belly was always the embarrassing part of my physique and I thought that if I sucked it in nobody would notice just how big I became.  Now that I have been able to lose the weight, I look back on the pictures from my fat days and wonder how I was ever able to convince myself that people did not think I was fat?  My legs were fat, my neck was no longer visible!  Yet I still thought that if I sucked in my stomach, people would not notice.  Now how retarded was that thought process?

Last week Tom called me on the phone and he said he was visiting Pensacola, Florida…which is where I live and he said he was passing through with some of the old gang and wanted to hang out for a nite.  Since he is a life long friend with the word “friend” sorely lacking, there was no way I could say no.  There was no way that I could ever even think of saying no.  The interesting thing about the whole phone call was that after I hung up the phone I was not going to be the old fat Marine that all of the buddies would mock and make jabs at my belly.  Because I was able to lose the weight, I was not going to be embarrassed by meeting some of my old Marine friends.

Meeting these guys again will be an event that even caused my wife has cleared my calendar.  Even though she did not know me in my Marine Days, she knows how important those days are to me.  Since I watch over this website I decided to add a section for those Marines wandering the Earth that have gained too much weight and want to do something about losing that weight.  Because of my time in The Corps and my time out of The Corps I have decided to create this section of this site to help those older Marines get their weight under control.  The Marine community frowns on obesity and because of that you never see any active duty obese Marines.  If you stop to think about it for a moment…have you ever really ever seen a fat Marine at all?

When I started this site I only envisioned it to be one that would help young civilians prepare for Marine Corps Boot Camp.  Once again I see the need to expand it in a different direction and now it is my intention to help the older generation of Marines that are no longer on active duty.  It is my desire to show the way that I was able to not only lose the belly and all the flab, but to also help gain back the self respect that each and every Marine maintains.  I hope to show the way to many of the Marines that pass through this site to regain the pride their body held while serving as an active duty Marine.

Please feel free to check out this section if you are an older Marine that has gained weight and wants to get back that Marine Corps body of yesteryear.   This section is going to be all about how I was able to transform myself from being fat Marine to one that has the waistline that I had when I was only 19 years old.  I know that the next time I see my Marine buddies, I will not be ashamed of being a United States Marine, even if served on active duty

I can help you, if you want to lose weight to join The Corps or if you want to lose weight to feel the way you used to feel.  I have figured it out and I have been able to keep my weight down and I will never be fat again.  I have figured it out and I can help you.  Call me 850-449-0121 anytime for a FREE consultation about what it will take you to lose weight.  That is not some corporate phone number…that is simply my personal cell number.

I do this website as a labor of love for my Corps and the future generations that will fill the ranks.  This little section is really for those Old Fat Marines that know they let their body slip and are grasping at ways to get back to that supreme human feeling of being in control over your body.  Let me help you get healthy and feel like you are once again in charge of yourself!  This post is not just about business…it is about offering a hand to help my fellow Marines that ask for that help.  There are a number of ways you can contact me.

Cell: 850-449-0121

Email: KeithQBush@Gmail.com

My Company Website: Click Here

Semper Fi!