Mike Huckabee is a politician who practices healthy living and has managed to lose no less than 105 pounds in a year. While Arkansas' Governor, Huckabee also worked to stop his state`s obesity plague.

Huckabee is 5 ft 11 in and when he was 280 pounds he followed a friend`s advice and started a weight loss plan. The main purpose was to change his lifestyle into a healthier one and get fit, not to lose weight, said Huckabee. It`s not good to set weight loss as your goal because once you have achieved it, you may be tempted to go back to your unhealthy habits, he added.

The ex-Governor also wrote a book called “Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork” with the purpose to help successful, busy, middle-aged men change their lifestyle. If you`re looking for detailed information about nutrition problems, recipes, or a miraculous weight loss plan, that is not what you need. This is a motivational book written by a very busy person who is not an expert in nutrition but who had a weight loss success that changed his life.

Huckabee claims if you follow twelve simple rules for twelve days, you will be able to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Mike Huckabee`s twelve "stops" include: stop procrastinating, stop sitting on the couch, stop listening to destructive criticism, stop whining, stop storing provisions for failure, stop seeing food as a reward, stop making excuses, stop ignoring signals from your body, stop expecting immediate success, stop making exceptions, stop fueling with contaminated food, and stop neglecting your spiritual health.