Being from Louisiana and fully understanding how to enjoy cajun cookin’, Al Andrepont was never a naturally thin man. Out of
high school Al was 236 pounds with a 54 inch chest and 36 inch waist. Fast forward 40 years, 2 packs a day of cigarettes and 3
children, Al continued to enjoy Cajun cooking at every family dinner or gathering, Cajun cook-offs and community service events
where cooking for someone was part of the southern hospitality and a way to share evenings and weekends with family and
friends. With all of that fun and hospitality can come with a price when you are not giving any attention to your health. Al was up
to 342 pounds and a 54 inch waist and thought he was bullet proof because he felt great.
Fran had experienced several traumatic events in her life including being in a mentally unhealthy marriage and at her heaviest
weight of 180 pounds. After putting everyone else first for over 20 plus years Fran realized she needed to make a change and
change she did. As Fran says “ I built a new person” through eating very well and exercise, being happy with a new career and
putting herself first for the first time in her life.
In 1996 Al met Fran…you could say this testimony might be a bit of a love story and it is but it is also about two unhealthy people
loving each other and life enough to make a huge change in their lives to be healthy and fit again.