Are struggling to lose weight? You will not be alone. However, providing you are prepared to do what it takes, and more importantly stick at it then you will achieve your aim. It might take some time but you will get there in the end.

The problem for most people is that they tend to give up too early. However this stickability lasting 10 years for one man has at long last paid off.

Russ L’HommeDieu who is now 45, was a pre-diabetic. He was so large he was unable to weigh himself accurately. It seems the scales couldn’t register his weight, which was over 400 pounds.

However Russ was determined to do something about this problem as he had elevated sugar levels which meant he was a bordering diabetic. In turn, this meant that if he didn’t reduce his weight along with his sugar levels, he was at risk of some major problems associated with his condition including limb amputation, a stroke and heart disease.

Besides the pre-diabetic diagnosis, Russ was also embarrassed by his young son who wanting to go kayaking. Russ told his child that he wouldn’t let him go into the boat alone.

So, coupled with his desire to improve his health, Mr. L’HommeDieu made the decision to do something about his weight; and more importantly stick with it whatever it took, and more importantly however long it took.

Ten years on, Russ is now a physical therapist and wellness coach using his own experience to help others in similar situations.

It was not easy for Mr. L’HommeDieu to lose the weight but in 2 years he did manage to drop 200 pounds. Armed with this he continued on his regime till he dropped to the weight he and his doctors felt was healthy.

Ten years on, Russ plans to celebrate his decision by kayaking the 275-mile circumference of Long Island, New York next month.

So, if you are struggling and wondering whether you will ever lose weight, just like Russ, where there’s the will you will find a way.