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From 300 pounds to basic training standout

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    Airman Mitchell Imlah proves a little motivation can go a long way

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This could be another great story of the morning a teenager's dream to serve in the united states air force.

Was almost derailed because.

He was way overweight and nearly 300 pounds.

Mitchell -- -- knew he needed to get serious about this is hard work eventually paid off.

After dropping 100.

Pounds he is now airman Mitchell in law and he joins us from -- -- regulations chairman.

Thank you very much sir and you are a young man when he had turned nineteen in August and sent.

Yes sir okay pop dropped a hundred pounds now did you use any weight loss program like -- Jenny Craig or some like that.

No sir I did on myself I started running biking just at all healthy and normal.

So in other words the motivation and -- -- some outside company it was to serve your country.

If -- wow.

So you started with biking that led to running.

Jack you have you inspired.

The rest of your family I know that you say that the couple members your family -- maybe following years footsteps.

Yes sir my I come from a family that -- pretty overweight.

So when I went home and look -- normal to be overweight and I started inspiring them to start dropping into.

-- so my grandparents -- preparing meals for them and and my mom.

-- and it's great -- for you -- so when you went to the recruiting office.

I should they put this today I mean it looked at you 300 pounds a day.

Did -- laugh -- out of the officers say I don't think this is gonna work.

Well first occurs office I want to wasn't the branch and -- answer and yet.

The feeling that I did -- was that they took -- -- -- jokes there but when I won -- the air force recruiters office when I was a little bit lighter.

My recruiter had every intention to give me into the air force.

And you did avoidance inspired by wanting to serve your country what what is it about the air force that -- You wanted to be in the air force most -- -- what does it.

The respect -- I've always wanted to be in military for that respect level and then to.

To be all that I can be in the air force puts me in that directions -- While OK so you lose any more weight.

Yes sir so plan on losing -- sir I don't I don't plan on regressing at all and the only place the only.

Thing now is to push forward sure -- real quickly here how did you do as far as your class was concerned.

-- -- -- you mean well you I understand you were happy pretty high percentage in your graduating class.

Yes sir I made honor graduate in which is on top 10%.

Trainees that go through -- how things -- nicely done.

Well you're very positive matches for the rest of us trying to lose some weight just a little but -- much -- hundred -- congratulations.

Thank you very much --

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