You're Fat, Gimme Back My Shoe...

It was 17 years ago when I first met Kelly Walker. I was a young, chubby, nugget-headed little kid who had a crush on a girl two years my elder and way out of my league. As a love-struck child, I did everything I could to be in her company. One day, at a neighborhood Christmas party I somehow got ahold of Kelly's shoe. Don't ask me how I got it but soon I found myself being chased throughout the house by the woman of my dreams. Being overweight, you can imagine that I wasn't the swiftest creature on earth and quickly found myself cornered by the beautiful young girl. The next words that came from her mouth changed my life, she said, "You're fat! Give me back my shoe!"

That night I walked home with tears in my eyes, closed my bedroom door and weeped bitterly for what seemed to be hours. Eventually, I caught my breath, wiped the tears from my eyes and saw something in the corner of my room that I had never noticed before...a little set of old weights. I picked up one of the weights and holding it in both arms curled it for what felt like 300 times. I did this every night when my parents thought I was sleeping until one morning I woke up with a little bubble on my arm, you guessed it, it was a muscle. From that moment I was hooked on fitness. I began to run, took up martial arts and read every book I could find on health and fitness.

Today I am known as Dr. Ray Hinish. I earned my Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Maryland, my nutritionist certification from the American Health Science University and my Personal Trainer certification from the American Counsel on Exercise. It is my mission to help people get through the hype to the solid science of weight loss! As a reformed overweight child I, like many, have started with the cards stacked against me and in the last 5 years have achieved a body fat of 14% from over 22%. My own personal mission is to reach a body fat in the single digits and in the process help as many people as I can reach their own weight loss goals! I am convinced that you will find the information in this site based on solid scientific evidence. I am interested in the truth and welcome all questions, challenges and comments!