Hello, my name is Matt. I'm 31 years old living in a small suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. I have decided to join Tools to Life to better my lifestyle and overall health and well-being. I know it will take a lot of time and determination. I am not only ready to make these new improvements and changes in my life but also very excited!

I have lived a life where I have little regrets. Overall I feel I have molded myself into a respectable person. However I don't feel I have rewarded my body very well at all. Since the age of 14 I became a smoker, at 20 I became a drinker. Things didn't seem so bad at those points...if anything those could be easily known as "the glory days". What I have now realized is that is had been taking a toll on my body over the several years...and only getting worse. I always seemed to find a reason to justify continuing to do this to myself. Just recently (March '10) I found I may have oral cancer...at this point I am not sure if this is a fact but a biopsy result will tell me in a week. Either way this has become quite the reality check for me and a time to make changes with no excuses.

On the verge of 32 I now realize I am no longer as young and indestructible I as I had always thought. I need to finally start taking care of my body to better myself, to unlock the potential and the "real me" the me that has been trying to break free from being so dependent on the very things that have been breaking me down throughout the years. I am not only doing this for myself, but for my family and friends as well. It is important to me personally to be here for them for as long as possible. With Tools to Life I hope this program with assist me to becoming successful in the vision that I want to finally make my reality.