Here at Shibboleth we are dedicated to your success and achievement. Our passion comes from a sincere desire to see people liberated from the effects of obesity and the addiction to food.

This week our little team welcomed its newest member. Tony Quinn comes to Shibboleth by means of his personal weight loss journey. It is one full of ups and downs, but ends in victory. We spent just a few moments with Tony asking him about his journey.

"After back surgery and a divorce in 2009, I put on more weight than I could have ever imagined. I was a few pounds shy of 290. At the time I had just accepted a new job and moved back to Atlanta from Richmond, VA. When I saw my sister for the first time in over a year, she was 100 pounds lighter from a weight loss program designed by Travis Martin.  I was desperate for answers and I decided to give it a try. I lost weight immediately and did well for nearly three years.

In 2012 I lost my job, my home, my health insurance, Rx meds, my emergency fund account, my 401k account, my friends and eventually a woman that decided she did not want to spend the rest of her life with me after all (and I don't blame her for that).

I went into a severely deep depression and was self medicating with the cheapest most addictive drug on earth: poisonous food.

It was the same form of addiction as alcohol, drugs, gambling or porn. There are only two exceptions: it's on every street corner and is sold legally for 99 cents! I hated who was in my head, I hated who was in my heart and I hated who could no longer fit into my clothes. The person I saw in the mirror could only fill my eyes with tears.

One evening I found myself naked in the shower floor curled up in the fetal position crying and HATING MYSELF! I got up, dried off, and on bend and knee I followed the instruction of Dr. Charles Stanley. I challenged God to speak to me in a way that I would never be able to doubt, whether it was Him or a voice in my head with another hair brain idea. I walked to the top of a nearby mountain and decided I was going to get back on the old program.

What was and continues to be your biggest challenge?

"Oh boy, here you go, going to make me cry. Well, I actually fell in love with myself for the first time in my life."

I have been given a second chance at life by living a healthy lifestyle. I have left the corporate world along with planet earth and I am 100% committed to doing what God wants me to do. I am going to be transparent when telling my story to my friends and I will unload all of my dirty laundry. They will learn how I survived and how I am successful at living with an addiction to food. I will help love what is on the inside so they can love themselves and others. And number one, I am going to follow my new boss, Travis Martin's advice: Treat everyone that walks in that door, calls that phone number or streams online with us, just like Jesus would.

I know that I am not the only one that almost died in the deep hole of depression. Being addicted to food and self medicating with it is a serious issue. And smiling on the outside and living a lie in order to hide the hurt is downright exhausting. God has put me with an amazing new family of co-workers. We teach, engage, discover and encourage each other. We are a group of individuals with goals of losing weight and gaining a healthy mind, body and soul. We are a family. A way of life. And I want nothing more than to reach as many people as God will allow. I am on fire for this ministry, I cannot let my friends suffer anymore."

New classes are beginning weekly in Kennesaw and online! Join us for our 5 week Phase 1 Shibboleth courses and now our Phase 2 Courses.

 New Phase 2 Classes

 Our Kid's Program begins Tuesday, August 27 @ 4:00 PM

Our kids program is about building self esteem not about weight loss. Children successfully completing the program will lose weight. They will be healthier. They will know they are loved and accepted. They will know that they have the potential to achieve greatness.