Scott Wiggins started 2010 off right— he bought a brand new home, lost 44 pounds and won $5,000 as a third place of the 180-Day Get Slim Challenge! Scott said the challenge helped him to reinforce a positive attitude in his life and now he feels anything is reachable.

“The feeling of winning is ecstatic! I worked so hard towards my goals and it’s great to feel this sense of accomplishment. I’m proud I was able to stick with it and it paid off. The challenge helped me to be focused. There was a start date and an end date and getting rewarded for your hard work is fantastic!”

He added, “I just moved into a house on New Year’s Eve and we got to spend the first day of 2010 in our brand new home. The $5,000 check is going to help us make our house into a home.”

Only three days after Scott finished his first 90 days in the Get Slim Challenge, he broke his toe, which limited his ability to exercise. However, it didn’t stop him from achieving his goals.

“I couldn’t exercise for a month so I increased the number of times I drank Slim and made better food choices. I was successful when I finished my 180 days. Going into the process of losing weight, you’re going to have ups and downs. You have to acknowledge upfront that you may have relapses but that it’s not going to derail you. You have to keep going. Commit and get tired to being where you are at.”

Before joining the Get Slim Challenge, Scott was sluggish and lifeless. “I had reached the point in my life I was fed up with being heavy. I avoided mirrors and my clothes didn’t fit well. I wasn’t motivated and my weight seemed my excuse for not living life. I didn’t have the energy to play with my kids. I didn’t ride bikes or take them to the park. That would make me feel guilty and I would eat more. My children didn’t know me when I was fit, just as ‘fat daddy’ and I wanted to change that.”

Since he started to drink Slim, Scott is full of energy and flashes a contagious smile.

“Since I’ve lost the weight, my life has changed a lot. I’ve been able to take my family to go hiking. I bought a pass to the national forest, we go on trails. I feel good that I’m teaching my kids that being healthy is important. I don’t ever want to go back to be the way I was six months ago.”

Being 44 pounds lighter, Scott is now thinking about running a marathon. “A co-worker talked to me about doing a half marathon. Six months ago I would’ve had said, ‘Absolutely not. No way. My knees hurt and I can’t even run.’ I remember going to Disneyland and going up the stairs carrying my kids and my knees would hurt. But now I can say, ‘Maybe. It’s not out of reach now. Maybe I can do even a full marathon. I feel that I’m able to tackle any physical activity.”

He added, “Before committing myself to drinking Slim, I just wanted to sit around and every time I felt bad about myself, I just wanted to eat more. I’m a lot more conscious of what I put in my mouth. I eat more fruits and I’m no longer a stress eater. I have more energy, greater focus, and appreciation for living healthy and being fit! Slim helped to satisfy my hunger, cravings for food and reduced my binge eating.”