I can't help but being curious as to whether Reducer was officially part of your name of if you added that after your weight-loss odyssey became successful. I know someone who could possibly benefit from this story. Did you ever get to tell your story on news channels such as CNN? It does seem as if weight loss has reached the urgency that smoking cessation previously did. Never thought I'd see the day when nearly every public building is now smoke free. Were you inspired by the trend toward overweight people being considered outcasts? I am new to this forum and have self-published three books. Right now only my latest, JUDAS TIMES SEVEN is listed here, but will get the other two on when I can. This is a story of greed, betrayal and jealousy set in the modern workplace where office politics and political correctness trump reason; where petty jealousies can and often do lead to real-world consequences. Should be a must-read for anyone concerned with restoring a sense of fairness to the workplace. Hope you'll check it out.

I self-published three books with AuthorHouse. After I did the first two I had heard some people had negative feelings about them, but when they gave me a sweetheart deal for my latest book, I decided to use them for my latest. JUDAS TIMES SEVEN is a story of greed, betrayal and jealousy set in the modern workplace where office politics and political correctness trump reason. Getting back to subject at hand, I tried going the traditional route but never was able to land an agent, and figured I could well be dead before I found one and wanted to get the story out because I feel it is very timely giving some of the sentiment against some of the practices of the corporate world today. The downside to self-pub is that you have to pay the costs for everyting. Hope my books gets results especially since I don't have a big budget for marketing.