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Barb, my sister; Ida, my mom; and Dave, my dad....
I think about you every day.

Only those who can see the invisible can achieve the impossible

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Its been said that when the students are ready the teacher will arrive, but in my career of helping men to change their course of life by changing how they think about food, Ive learned that the real truth has been when the teacher is ready, the students will arrive.

Every time another man asks me to help him learn to change, I realize what a gift I have been given. Through my words and example, and through my clients determination and tenacity, miracles take place. Hopelessness turns into hope, and new lives are carved from those that often seemed headed for an uncertain and perhaps diseased-filled future.

The men who are part of my world today can take comfort in the fact that this practitioner, this learner, their mentor and coach, has benefited from the lessons of all those who came before them.

In 1971, my wife Helen and I started the Toronto branch of a Boston-based franchise, the Diet Workshop. There were about 99 women for every man attending. Within the first year, a man called Bob, who was one of our original male clients, lost about 100 pounds.

Maybe 10 years later, Bob called me from the intensive care ward of the Branson Hospital here in Toronto. He had gained all his weight back and then some, and he was pleading with me to help him. He had type 2 diabetes and had already had his leg removed. He was scared. To this day, I can still hear the tremor in his voice.

I knew that by that stage, there was nothing that anyone could have done for Bob. He died just a few days after our conversation. That unspeakable tragedy shook me and changed me forever.

I had to ask myself, What about all the other Bobs? Who was going to help them? Ive had Bobs wordsHarvey, please can you help me?in my ears ever since.

In November 1985, I began working exclusively with men. There was little a man could do in those days; after all, it was thought, a fat person was a fat person, and the differences in gender really didnt matter. That thinking was wrong then, and it is wrong now. There is a difference when it comes to losing our weight and changing our lives.

This book is dedicated to my clients, to Bob, and to all the other guys who just want someone to show them a lasting way to a healthier and slimmer life.

Ive been given a talent, the ability to speak about my calling with a passion. I do that every Sunday morning at 10 a.m. None of this would have been possible without the support and strength of my good friend Terry Howes, who after losing 60 pounds with me about 20 years ago, has been on a mission to make certain that I keep the group going no matter what.

In 1994 Terry placed ads in the local newspapers to try to bring more men to the all-mens group. He paid for these ads out his own pocket. Thanks, Terry, for your belief in me.

My teachers have been many. My buddy Raymond Aaron came to me to learn how to live a healthier life in 1999. After losing 50 pounds himself, he sold me on continuing my learning by joining his wonderful program, The Monthly Mentor. Thanks, Raymond; youve shown me that everything is possible.

At this point in my career, I have worked with more than a thousand men, some who got it right away and some who were slower to see the way to a better life. I have learned from each and every one of them.

I believe I will be learning and growing to the last day of my life, and I will keep searching for answers to help men see that they dont have to settle for their current state of health and obesity.

This book is dedicated to all men. There is some in-your-face attitude in these pages that you may feel is unreasonable at first, but I hope that in time, you will get the point. These pages will help you to change the course of your life for the better. Always remember that the power to do this is in you, never give up or give in.

I would like to thank my friend Rick Gossage, who believed in this book and felt we could bring my philosophies to a bigger audience of men.

I would also like to thank Leah Marie Fairbank, who helped to organize my lifes work so that it would fit concisely into these pages.

Special thanks to Patti Plant for her personal support of me and my program.

I want to recognize the Sunday crew who make my life so much easier by being there for me each and every week. Marlene Rumanak, our friend whose smiling face and pleasant character is comforting for all the men who come to us each week. Our volunteersBen Bijak, Charles ONeil, Stephen Rath, Don Oates, Nick Ellis, Walter Dobko, Eric Cohen, Richard Burton, Oscar Orellana, Michael Kohnle, Peter Dunst, and Marty Roy, who said, Believe that you can and find out how along the way.

To my children, David, Evan, and Felicia, and their families, whose ongoing love and support continue to provide me with motivation to work to make other mens lives as happy as mine. I thank you every day.

And finally, I thank my life partner and my best friend, Helen, who always believed in me and gave me strength to keep moving in the direction of my dreams.

Harvey A. Brooker
Toronto, 2007

INTRODUCTION

BEFORE

AFTER

COULD THIS BE YOU?

Are you the guy standing at the back of all your family photos, so that only your neck and head will be in the picture? Or are you the guy who always volunteers to take the picture so that you can completely avoid being in it?

Do you notice your reflection in the store window and think, That cant be me?

Do you think that youre not that fat, but for some time youve been gaining a bit more weight each year?

Have you been putting on weight as a result of stress related to a domestic break-up? A loss in your family? A business setback?

Is frustration over the behavior of a particular child causing you to make trips to the refrigerator?

Are you now at the stage where you finish all the food that is left by everyone else at every meal?

Have you noticed that you have less and less energy?

Do you have older clothes that you really like, and you just cant get into them anymore?

Have you been gaining weight every year and you keep thinking someday youll do something about it?

Have you run into an old school chum on the street and he simply didnt recognize you?

Are you the guy who used to be a jock and now all you can do is watch sports?

Do you find that you cant fit into a booth in a restaurant and need to find a chair?

Are you the guy who used to walk the golf course and cant anymore?

Do you find yourself using the second stair to mount your foot so you can bend down to tie up your own shoelaces? Have you started to favor Velcro shoes?

Does your neck bleed over your collar?

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