Josh Michaelis, Sponsored PHAT Muscle Lead By Example 2022 Recipient

Josh was awarded the first ever Lead By Example award at the 2022 PHAT Muscle Customer Appreciation event, receiving a 1 year sponsorship.  Josh bleeds PM and has been a huge supporter since the beginning.  Here's more on Josh:

I started my weight loss journey in 2017 at 215 lbs.  I wanted to make a better change in my life, be a better father and to live a healthier lifestyle.  I want to inspire others, help the next person to be better than they were than yesterday. 

I am the Food Service Administrator at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield Mo.  I am in charge of feeding 1,025 inmates three meals a day.  My responsibility is purchasing menu items for the following diets.  Regular mainline, heart healthy, kosher & halal religious diets, renal diets for the dialysis patients, puréed, and other therapeutic diets. I do all of this on $4.01 a day per inmate.  I supervise 12 cook supervisors, one Assistant Food Service Administrator and one Food Service Administrative Assistant.

I have been with the bureau of prisons for 16 years and I have been working at the fed med as the food service administrator since May of 2021.