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Topping the scales at 534 LBS, Dusty struggled with obesity for over 30 years until he found a way to start taking actions daily which eventually led to him lose over 300 LBS. That’s a great story, but the best story is that he’s maintained his weight loss for over six years, with strength training becoming his secret sauce. And now the strongest part of his body is probably his brain, as he’s created a whole new mindset of “ways + weighs” to always FIND A WAY to overcome life’s obstacles. 

So, let’s get started…

Jay: Dusty, Thank you for taking time out of your schedule because I know you're a very busy businessman, husband, and a new dad. I shared before we went on air, that I really your Instagram posts because you have a great way of taking something which many people get uncomfortable with and you always deliver helpful information and content, and it's enjoyable as well. Love your attitude and I think it makes a big difference with people.

Dusty: I enjoy giving a lift to the health, wellness, and anyone’s weight loss journey. It's not all waking up and being depressed or happy with what the scale says on this journey. So, I try to provide content that's enjoyable.

Jay: That really makes a difference. Your transformation of weight loss and maintenance has been amazing and so inspiring for so many. You're in the rare air of being somebody that's not only lost a lot of weight, but has maintained that weight loss, which has been great. One of the things that I want to explore a little today is your love for strength training. Sometimes people start losing weight, and they just keep eating and doing the same thing which usually creates a plateau. Whatever happened for you in transforming and maintaining that change really has created a zest for your life. And your transformation also inspired your wife to make major changes for herself as well. That's where you are now and the people that know you are obviously inspired and love following you. And … it's very important for people to get a sense of where you were before. Let’s start by sharing what I call The Tail of Your Scale. Let's face it, you didn't get to be over 500 LBS because you had a slow metabolism. There's something early on and then for quite a while that was a catalyst for you to keep gaining weight. There's something that's been going on forever. So take us back to the early days… where did that start for you?

DUSTY: I believe I do you know my Tale of Your Scale story.

“The Tale of My Scale” story started on a Thanksgiving morning with me weighing in at 11 pounds. The story goes that the first nurse that saw me called me a Butterball which may have set me up for my future.
Annual School Weigh In
Very early on in my childhood my emotional and stress-eating helped me cope with being the size that I was in elementary school. I don't know why they weighed you in front of all the kids and shared your weight so everyone could see.

One of the memories that stands out the most is stepping on the scale, getting off and thinking I was the biggest kid in school and then someone actually says it out loud for the whole class to hear…

“WOW, you’re the FATTEST KID in school.”

Not Being Selected for the Basketball Team
That starts to take a toll on not being able to connect or really get new friends in school, not really relating with anybody, not being picked on the basketball team, even though I was very good. I grew up in Los Angeles and was a big fan of Kobe Bryant. I remember working really hard on my basketball game, showing up for practice and showing up for the tryouts. I won the three-point contest at the tryout and not being picked for the team. And you know, a lot of the other players that made the team said…
“Hey, Coach, it was obvious that he did really well why didn't you pick him?
And the PE coach being said …,
“You know, I don't want a FAT KID on my basketball team.”

My Parent’s Divorce
I really believe that maybe my parent’s divorce played a factor. I went from having a home where my parents were together and then they separated, and got a divorce. I went from spending one night at one parents house and then the next night going to another parent’s house. A lot of my childhood was spent playing the peacekeeper between them. If one would say something about the other, I'd go back and forth and try to keep peace. Out of all that turmoil, food became a very easy way to feel good in the midst of not so few good times.
And there were a lot of interactions that I had as a child that didn't really support me having a good healthy eating habits. I tried SlimFast as a kid and I thought that SlimFast would burn the food that I was eating. I ate what I would regularly be eating as well as SlimFast and for some reason in my mind, I thought fat burning was happening from the SlimFast. I didn't have food education. It's not like I picked all of my meals. A lot of the meals were put in front of me, but just the stress of life, the stress of broken relationships, the stress of not being able to really connect with anybody on the schoolyard led me to having food as a coping mechanism.
No Roadmap
I always knew I needed to lose weight. It's not you know, If you're on social media, you’re constantly reminded by others that you should lose weight. I hadn’t been given a roadmap since my childhood with how to go about dealing with stress and emotion and things that are tumultuous in my life, and without a roadmap how to deal with it. My roadmap was food which evolved into a food addiction. I ended up getting up to 300LBS and then dropping 45LBS in high school by joining the football team. I was so proud, then football season ended, and I gained 100LBS. Once again going on a crash diet and trying the diets that you see on TV and diets that you see in magazines, eventually getting to 534LBS. I got there because of bad food education, food addiction, stress, emotional eating and all kinds of things that put me in a bad headspace in dealing with the issues of life. We all have obstacles. I medicated my obstacles with food. It felt good. It felt good to just sit there and dive into 13,000 calories a day which I was having at my top weight. It was just so easy to sit in my car and enjoy the food without anybody judging and looking at me.
I don't have to make the food happy.
I have to make me happy.
The Tale of My Scale was never really understanding how to have a proper relationship with food and allowing that improper food relationships to really affect my mental and emotional health. I physically lost 320LBS and I know the 320LBS is gone and the real work that keeps needing to be focused on is mental. I really had to come to terms with my problems. My underlining issues, my relationship with food, my food addiction, and my overall mental health. Getting to 534LBS came with a lot of issues. Very stern warnings came from my doctor that I probably wouldn't be around in six months if I did not make changes. Obviously getting that large was not the plan. I'm very grateful that I lost the weight and I've been able to maintain that for six years now. I just I can't see myself going back there. Not because you know the weights gone, but because I’ve dealt with and continue to deal with any underlying foundational issues. And I feel like my relationship with food is a lot better and it's improved so that I can continue to process the obstacles of life. It's not like the weight goes and the obstacles go; the obstacles are still there. Maybe they are even worse now. The difference is I am addressing those obstacles by not harming myself with food, by putting myself in a position to protect the length of life and how long I'm going to be around. It's been quite a journey so far and it's not done yet. I still have plenty of skin to remove but nonetheless I've made it this far.
I'm very grateful.

Jay: You mentioned that your parents divorced and that's always something that's challenging, especially when you are young. Another common family factor that often affects a lifetime of obesity is coming from a family of people who were overweight. Was that your situation or were you the Lone Ranger of weight challenges in your family?

Dusty: My mom was very, very thin. She was a blond hair, very light green eyed Cuban. My dad was a fanny pack, short wearing Canadian. My dad was always small, always walking and running. As my mom began to have kids she put on more weight. I remember my mom being a little overweight, to getting overweight. She did go through her own weight loss transformation after she got up to over 400 LBS and over time lost a significant amount of weight. As a child I always kind of knew that my mom was bigger than my dad as he was always someone that liked running. And that being said, I still always felt I was the odd man out as far as my weight.

Jay: Did you ever have anybody in your family come to you and say you got to do something about your weight or did they never bring it up?

Dusty: Yeah, I would definitely say that. Folks in my family brought it up. Folks in the schoolyard and folks outside the family brought it up. Walking home from middle school one day someone yells out the car window…

“LOSE WEIGHT FATTY!”

Okay, got it. Obviously, I knew I was extremely overweight. In my family there were lots of suggestions. I heard over and over that…

“you got to take care of your weight, you know, you're pretty heavy.”

There wasn't a roadmap, and my biggest struggle was well how do I start? What do I do? There were a lot of suggestions, but never really a roadmap on how to lose weight which is what led to extreme yo-yo dieting. I went through bouts of losing 125 LBS and then gaining it back and more. I repeated this cycle over and over.

Jay: What would you share with somebody who is going to get gastric bypass surgery, or have already had it to be successful in the long haul? You had the surgery but obviously it’s your thinking that has fueled your success at keeping off the weight for over six years.

Dusty: The doctor was very clear with me. He shared that gastric bypass surgery is a tool, but there are plenty of people that have sat in my office that have successfully lost lost 50-75 LBS and then gained it all back and then some. He continued to share that some have lost a significant amount of weight and then slowly ticked it back up. From what the doctor shared, it was clear I wasn’t immune to gaining it all back and more, let alone maintaining any weight loss. For me, the beginning of post surgery life was very difficult and I got to a point about six months after where I got very emotional.

Is this all I can eat today?

One day I remember getting very emotional with so many thoughts that were running thru my head which had nothing to do with what I was or wasn’t eating, and that became a real pivoting moment for me to really understand that WOW!, this isn't just about food.

I realized I had to take the food out of the equation.

The issue is me.

The challenge going forward will be my ability to mentally process what's happening in my life in ways that won't harm me. To be successful I have to do the mental work. I always share how therapy is so important. Identifying triggers, attitudes, and relationships with food, and then finding alternatives from that is a large part of therapy. For me, it’s been a very hard road but luckily my wife was extremely helpful and supportive along the way. She was committed to set me up for success. One of the things I did in the very beginning is I set aside a pantry area that was strictly just for me so I wouldn't be lured by another part of the pantry or fridge. This allowed me to stay away from the stuff would not help me be successful. There were things that she wouldn't bring in the house. She was and remains very supportive and a great source of accountability for me. A lot of my story is what’s happened after my surgery. I’ve come to see and hear that the belief of having surgery was an easy way out is widespread. I can spend forever in a day explaining how it isn't. The real understanding for me is I got to a point where it got so bad that I had to have surgery. My first experience with “taking the easy way out” certainly was not easy. I remember waking up from my surgery being terrified because the world I woke up in, the recovery room, was yellow dingy tile. I think they were remodeling, but there were three or four people next to me groaning in pain. I remember waking up and feeling like I'm in a horror film. I am not an actor. It was very scary. What really scared me as I laid there recovering was that it got so bad that I had to have surgery. That memory has been a driving force for me to stay the course. I’m always committed and focused on dealing with the mental stuff. No longer using food as a coping mechanism and finding alternatives like going for a 10-minute walk, journaling, or talking things out with a trusted friend. Learning to work with things that are not always associated with food. The box breathing technique is something that I started putting into practice for mindful meditation. I’m always open to things that help me process stress, emotions, and the obstacles of life so that food isn't my go-to solution. Understanding the importance of protein in your diet. Knowing what your daily calorie limit should be, and what’s the thermic effect of food you are eating. All this information has been around for quite a while but I just didn't know about it. Doing the nutritional research and getting my health coach certification has really helped me maintain my weight loss for over six years. I share in my bio on Instagram that mental health is the key because ...

You can lose 50 LBS physically, but if you don't lose 50 LBS mentally,
chances are, give it time, that 50 LBS you lost physically, is coming back and more.

It's having those tough conversations on why we get emotional about things, you know, are there unresolved issues within me that I still need to work out? Do I need an outlet to help alleviate some of the stress, like going to the gym which has been a good outlet for me on my journey.

Jay: Your journey is a perfect “Going Beyond the Scale” story. Yes, you’ve lost weight, a lot of weight. And yes, you’ve maintained that weight loss. The spirit you’ve captured and are living into everyday embodies what we want people to get when we share content and interviews with people who are … “Going Beyond the Scale.” Your shape, size and weight is now the background vs the foreground because you’ve put your mental health first, and you have also created a portfolio of resources to continually support your physical transformation. For example, the gym you built for your garage.

THE DUSTY 5

Dusty: Yes, I’ve created a home gym in my garage so I can easily do what I call “The Dusty 5.” It consists of five stations for high intensity interval training circuits. Its’ essentially a focus and burst of 30 seconds of energy at a particular workout station. Then you give yourself a short break of about 10 to 15 seconds and then you go right into something else. The nice thing about it is, it's five random different workouts every single day so that that boring kind of approach to fitness lifestyle is taken care of because now you can incorporate random things into the five stations. If I’m doing my best for 30 seconds at any one of the 5 stations, that’s all that is needed. It’s my best. I always tell people who follow what I do, if you can do 12 box jumps in the 30 seconds, great. If you can do 2 and that is the most you can do in 30 seconds that that’s fantastic!
In fact, I had a company like what I was doing so much, the made my program into a fitness app. They built it into a 12-week program, which for me, coming from 534 LBS was a little confusing. On my first call with them I was like …

“are you guys sure you want me, my program, right?”

Strength Training is the Secret Sauce

I think strength training really supports the mental health side of things. Just doing cardio to lose a number on the scale can be very fleeting day-to-day and doesn’t build the best foundation for your long term metabolism sustainability. When we talk about body composition, strength training is the secret sauce for sustained transformation. Strength training doesn’t lower the scale right away, or as quickly. In fact, most likely the number on the scale will increase as you gain muscle mass, which eventually burns excess body fat, which is what you ultimately want.
When you talk about the journey itself, it goes like this: I just want to get to 225 LBS and you weigh 250 LBS. If you incorporate strength training vs cardio, it might take a little bit longer to get there because strength training takes longer. When you get to your 225 LBS, you're not going to look like 225 LBS. You're gonna look smaller because a LB of muscle and a LB of fat weigh the same, but muscle takes up much less space. For example, a lot of people think I weigh a lot less than I actually do because a lot of the muscle tone I now have which really changed the shape of my body. Yes, I still have a lot of loose skin, but I have also built a lot of muscle as well because I have prioritized strength training versus everything else. I believe strength training is essential, as secret sauce for a sustainable transformation, and it’s something that really combats the I’ve just got to lose it all right now! mindset.

My advice is hold on, slow down, build muscle …

The Forever Body

If you want to make a sustainable transformation to whatever shape, size and weight you want to get too, I suggest you start thinking about what your “Forever Body” would be. Creating a “Forever Body” is more of a mental game than a physical game. If it takes an extra month, and extra 3 months, a year or more for you to arrive at a place where your body has more muscle mass, it is worth it because that’s going to last longer. It’s going to give you better structure. I'm going to need muscle tone because my legs, my joints, my knees went through a lot carrying all the weight that it did. I've got to strengthen my muscle so that I can continue to hold myself and position myself and not just lose the weight to get to a number on the scale. It is so important to know the %’s of your lean muscle mass, your body fat percentage, your visceral fat and how well your overall body is hydrated. You can’t know that on a bathroom scale, or even your doctor’s scale. You need a good quality body composition scale, and you need to understand what makes those numbers move. And forget anything about someone telling you your BMI (body mass index) because BMI is just a calculation of your height and weight nothing else. It doesn't break out your % of body fat or your % of muscle. A person like The Rock would have a high BMI, and would be considered obese based on only his height and weight using a BMI calculation. What’s really important to know and you can only find this out on a body composition scale is what is your % of visceral fat, the dangerous excess fat around your organs. What is your % of overall body fat %’s. That’s the weight you want to lose, not just water weight, or lean muscle mass. Really it all comes down to knowing your visceral fat. If those are in line, rather than your BMI, you're in a lot better position to be around longer and at the end of the day.

Jay: I love the term for your “Forever Body”. I think that's a really a great term to use. And I love your mantra “FIND A WAY.” What inspired that?

Dusty: I remember saying it when I was 500 LBS. I remember going to an Escape Room for the very first time and I actually have a video of it. After that Escape Room was over, I sat in the car I was you know what …They give you all these obstacles and all these things you have to do , and eventually you just find a way to get through it. No matter what was put in your way you just had to find a way through it, to get out of there. Now when I have obstacles and all these things you have to do, front of me, or in my head, I think back to my Escape Room experience, and I say to myself find a way and I do. It might not occur at first and it might not be easy, but I stick with it until I do. I always find a way to push through whatever I need to do to make it happen. When the pandemic hit my gym shut down. The gym was a solace for me. It was a place where I could go and use it as an outlet. When that happened, was I going to sit back and let whatever happens, happen? I couldn't so I had to find a way. I ended up taking up half of my garage to make a home gym. I got some wood, gas pipes, cables, wires, screws, and plates from Home Depot. I built a homemade squat rack made out of wood. I think it was like 50 bucks to build. I found a way. And now even though I can go to my gym, I have another way to still work out, no excuses that I don’t want to drive to the gym, keeping my health as my priority, so yes, find a way continues to be my mantra. I don't know your obstacle. I don't know what's sitting in front of you right now. But we've all got obstacles. We've all got chaos at times running around us, but we're responsible for finding a way through those that when there perceivably is no way we've got to find a way we've got to find a way because it's not only just for those around us and our family but it's for ourselves like I mean once this life is done, that's it that's all like we get to this life once like I get to live this once. I mean technically, today's the only today I'm going to get a next year I might get the same date, but I'm never going to get this day again. So, making the most of this day and living the best way that I can comes from me putting my health as a priority. Not being able to tie my shoes not being able to go on roller coasters or fitting into an airplane seats. I was so limited by being over 500 LBS and now I'm not limited by those things anymore. It's because I had to find a way to put my health as a priority. I can do things like play with my daughter and crawl around on the ground. I don't know how many times she's dropped her pacifier and I've had to pick it up. I wouldn't be able to do that at 500 LBS. I've got a video of that me playing with my nephew and rolling back and forth and just flying my hand around to see if I can try to play with him. That's just no way for my daughter to have a father in her life so finding a way is not just for those around us, but it's for ourselves in to really remove the limitations of us not being able to do things.

Jay: I imagine you are more effective and influential in your job because of the healthier lifestyle you have created. Is that true?

Dusty: I started working out in the field where I had to physically be with customers and clients and stuff like that. It was a physically demanding job. I remember one of the very first meetings with my new manager who gave me that kind of that look of concern and wonder if I would be able to really fulfill my business obligations. My new physical fitness that really has helped me in my ability to be more present and confident with people everywhere. I feel like opportunities have expanded and it’s really helped me in the corporate world being able to perform my job better.

Jay: What was the catalyst for your wife to have the surgery? How do you both support each other on your individual journeys.

Dusty: My journey started in 2016 getting up to 534 LBS and having the alarms go off that I need to do something, and quick. I think the sleep apnea was probably one of the biggest alarm clocks as far as hey, you might pass away in your sleep pretty quickly. My doctor was very honest with me and I started to take care of my health. Before, during and after, my wife was right there alongside me through my journey. My wife had been struggling a long time with PCOS. PCOS is a hormone condition, which made it very difficult for her to lose weight. There were a lot of things that were just combating her building consistency and so she had struggled with her weight as well. But she was an amazing support for me in 2016. So being that support for me and going through the process of wanting to have kids what was a real focus point for us. Things started to get better once I started addressing the things that I needed to get through as far as getting the food education and dealing with the emotional stress issues. What I was learning and doing also became a roadmap and helpful source for my wife, as well as my mom to kind of see that it's possible and that it can be done. My wife has mentioned a couple times that if

“I've seen him go through what he's gone through and battled what he's battled through, I can go through it as well.”

She started meeting with the doctor and she actually elected to have a gastric bypass as well in 2018. It drastically changed things for her and then a lot of the flare ups she was having from PCOS and a lot of things that were really not helping on her journey of trying to conceive but also for the weight. A lot of that changed after the bypass and so she was able to drop over 100 LBS and soon after we got the clearance, she was able to get pregnant and in December of 2020 we welcomed our little girl and you know our little girl we've been dreaming and hoping and wishing for her for praying for her for over seven years. And to really have the opportunity now to see her run around and hold my finger it just it's been a remarkable journey to find a way but there are benefits to find a way. It's tough. It's rough. It's not easy waking up in the morning, you know, half the eyes open feeling super pumped to go to the gym. Most of the time I'm unmotivated. A lot of the times this journey is very boring and repetitive. But there are moments that are very gratifying too and one of the biggest ones for my wife and I was having our little girl I'm going to be the dad who’s there for my daughter and put her on my shoulders and playing with her through the years and staying healthy and vital so I can walk her down the aisle one day. It's been a very gratifying journey but hard work, nonetheless.

Jay: Looking at your website I see that you’ve taken all you’ve learned, and you’ve created a portfolio of tools to inspire, motivate, and support others to “Find A Way” for whatever journey they want to create. I’d love you to highlight some of what you’ve created. Let’s start with your Journey to Fit app.

Dusty: “Journey to Fit” is actually a program. It’s a 12-week workout program built around The Dusty 5, and there is also a meal plan there. There's also a lot of mental health videos in the program. In addition, to various mental health topics I cover, there are a lot of things I share about food education. A lot of what I share things is from what I learned along the way that really helped me position myself to make the better food choices when I’m walking into a store and reading labels. I cover things like What’s Carb Cycling? What is the Ketogenic Diet? I know that the Keto priority is often times protein, and often times fat, with a very minimal amount of carbs and sugar. It’s not that I am Keto, but I know if they’re minimizing process and added sugar, that might be something I can incorporate. I’m not saying carbs are bad. I’m going to need carbs for strength training. Food education is what the app was built on trying to give as much as I can in one place so that someone can access it through the app, pull it up and have it readily available and not just have to wait for another coaching call to learn something. They've got it right there through the program. So that's something that's been out for about a year.

On Instagram, in my bio the link takes you to www.dusty.fit. It's a homepage that breaks down what the program is going to look like. And then it gives you a little bit of a preview of what's in there. A lot of the workouts that I post, I save on my Instagram save stories. I’m taking the place of a therapist or psychologist. I always want to make sure I put that out there but sometimes you're looking for someone to talk to, someone to relate with and the conversations that I've had with folks have really validated why it's in place.

Jay: Dusty, I have a specific treat question. Like you, I’m a big fan of Built Bars. But as you know, many people think protein bars super healthy. But many of them are super loaded with carbs and calories. What are your thoughts on protein bars.

Dusty: When I talk about food education, it's always about finding healthy alternatives. That's huge for me, you know, finding something like a protein bar that is low in sugar high in protein. So going to Costco and understanding the difference between the four protein bars that they present to you is really important for people to know. When I found Bill Bar, it was just a completely different taste. It was more of a candy bar feel. It was very easy for me for to incorporate that in my journey. I'm not a big fan of Quest bars. A lot of them just taste the same. There are a couple that I enjoy. When I want a snack or a protein bar, Built Bars are definitely one of them.

Jay: Dusty, as you know many times when people lose weight, they get too rigid and robotic doing the same things over and over again which quickly leads to boredom, and usually results in people quitting whatever they started. What I’m hearing you share is that you know the benefit of keeping things random, mixing things up, be it eating or exercise. Why … because eating the same foods slows your metabolism. And if you do the same types of exercises the same way, you won’t get as good results because your muscles adapt very well to the same actions. What else would you like to share about this that you’ve learned, and the people you’ve helped.

Dusty: Often plateaus we experienced are because we're just doing the same thing and our bodies not challenged, our bodies very good at adapting and adjusting to what we're doing. If you're doing the same thing your body, be it what you’re eating, moving, exercising, it’s going to move very much. The The Dusty 5 was created to keep things random and mixing things up. It keeps things active, moving and someone guessing. I've seen a lot of research about how interval training has been very effective. My life is just an interval. It’s a constant interval of either strength training or nutrition and it’s kept things coming upon six years since I started my journey and I’m still going in, I don’t feel like I’m going to quit, I don’t feel like I had enough. Things are still going, things are still active. Keeping it fresh, keeping it active through the chaos of life, still maintaining is really all about having to deal with mixing it up and not getting used to the same thing but will being willing to try something else. If it’s something you want to incorporate then great, if not at least you tried.

Jay: Any of us that has lost a lot of weight, usually have a lot of loose skin. You created a loose skin guide, tell us about it.

Dusty: I’ve got 7-10LBS of pizza dough skin. Some on my arms, midsection and chest. My legs as well. My arms and legs are not as bad as I was expecting, especially doing a lot of Google searches in the very beginning of my journey to learn what loose skin would look like. I think it is muscle tone, a lot of strength training along with massive fat reduction. I have been able to expand in a way where the excess skin isn’t much, but there’s nothing I could have done about my chest and my stomach. I was carrying a majority of my weight in my midsection. I always laugh in the mover Shallow Hal where the Seinfeld character talks about growing a little tail. I almost had a little tail growing because my excess weight could no longer go forward. I started going backward. I've just got a good layer of skin that I can pull out and move side to side. In order for me to find the abs that I've tried to work for, I have to pick up the skin and move it to the side so I've got about 7 to 10 LBS of excess skin. The loose skin guide I put together is very clear a lot of it has to do with genetics and has to do with each person’s situation and elasticity. Building a loose skin guide was created over 2-1/2 years ago on my journey. I was getting a lot of questions about what you can do to try to help improve any area you are challenged with excess skin, in the same way I talk about hair loss during weight loss. There isn't chia seed pudding that you can put on your hair for it to grow. When you give your plants the right soil, you're going to put them in the best condition to grow back. My loose skin guide was created by taking a picture of myself every two months from 534 LBS all the way down to my now lowest weight. I have a document with pictures in the exact same stance and position of showing what it looks like where I was to where I am now. If someone wants to know what to realistically know what it will look when faced with losing 300 LBS, they will be able to see what that transformation looks like. The guide captures what the muscle definition looks like, sitting on a body. I talk about things that I have done to help with rashes because overlapping skin causes rashes and tears. I include compression clothing reccomendations as well. One thing I did from the very beginning was to put vitamin E on my skin after showering since all your pores are open. Vitamin E does not cause the skin to tighten, but it puts your skin in the best position possible if I keep it properly hydrated.

Jay: Where's the best place for people to find you?

Dusty: Instagram for sure at @dustylost300lbs. I’ve tried other social media outlets, but because of my 9-5, I’ve tried to consolidate sharing a message that is clear and in one single area. I will post on Twitter sometimes. Instagram is where I share stories on my day to day progress, meals, and workouts.

Jay: Thanks again Dusty for sharing your journey today and I look forward to catching up again to learn where your journey is taking you next.