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A 110 Percent Mentality

“January 18, 2022. I stepped on the scale: 309 pounds.
Two years earlier I had retired from the Marine Corps after 39 years of staying under 220.
I had become what I used to discharge Marines for.
That morning I made a decision: I would attack my body the same way I attacked every mission in the Corps—with a 110% mentality.
110 pounds later I’m 199 pounds, have a six-pack at 63, and feel better than I did at 35.
If a hard-charging Marine can do it after retirement, you can too.
My book shows you exactly how.”

From 309 Pounds to a Six-Pack at Age 63: Retired Marine Colonel Drops 110 Pounds Using the Same 110% Mentality That Forged U.S. Marines

“Marines don’t give 100%. Marines give 110%!”

That scream from Drill Instructor Sergeant Antoinette still echoes in Colonel Dan Hunter Wilson’s head—nearly 45 years later. In January 2022, the 6’3” retired Colonel stepped on the scale and saw 309 pounds. The man who once ran a perfect 300 on the Marine Corps PFT, led Marines in Fallujah, and retired as the senior Colonel in the Corps had eaten himself into obesity in under two years.

He didn’t make excuses.

He didn’t buy pills.

He didn’t get surgery.

He simply decided to attack his body the same way he attacked every mission in 39 years of active duty—with his 110% mentality.

The result?

110 pounds gone.

Cholesterol from 235 to 171.

Blood pressure from 185/121 to 106/75.

Resting heart rate in the 40s.

A visible six-pack at 63.

And a book that is already changing lives.

A 110 Percent Mentality: My 110-Pound Weight Loss Journey is not another diet book.

It’s a battle plan written by a warrior who refused to stay soft.

Inside you’ll discover:

• The exact “Daniel Diet” (yes, straight from the Bible) that Colonel Wilson used—vegetables + lean protein + portion control that tastes so good cheating never tempts you

• The Basic Daily Routine that rebuilt his body, mind, and spirit (includes a 5-minute ice bath at 42–45°F every morning for unbreakable discipline)

• The wake-up run + garage circuit + 2 hours of Pickleball + iron + wind sprints schedule that melted fat while building muscle

• How he used faith, accountability, and ruthless consistency to power through every plateau

• The same leadership principles he used to turn civilians into Marines—now applied to turning your body into a fighting machine

This is NOT theory.

This is a retired Colonel who packed his seabag for 39 years, led in combat, trained thousands of Marines, and then proved the same principles work in retirement when the stakes were his own life.

He lost the weight slow and steady (never more than 10 lbs a month) so his skin tightened naturally—no loose skin, no Ozempic face, just lean, hard, Marine-ready muscle.

And now he wants to help you do the same.

Ready to stop making excuses and start making progress?

Grab your copy of A 110 Percent Mentality right now and begin your own transformation today:

→ Buy on Amazon (Paperback)

→ Kindle/eBook version

One reader already lost 42 pounds in 90 days using the plan.

Your story could be next.

Semper Fi and 110%—let’s get after it.

— Colonel Dan Hunter Wilson

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

A 110 Percent Mentality

OUT OF AFRICA AND INTO THE CORPS

From Naked in the Nile to Colonel in the Corps: One Man’s Epic Journey Will Make You Want to Live Harder

I just finished a book that left me staring at the wall for a solid ten minutes, half laughing, half wondering how one human being could possibly have packed so much life into one lifetime.

The book is Out of Africa and Into the Corps by Colonel Dan Hunter Wilson, USMC (Ret.).

And yes, the title is exactly that good.

Imagine being conceived in Bethlehem (the real one), born during a Pacific Northwest snowstorm, then shipped back as an infant to a mud-hut village on the banks of the Nile where your earliest memory is stripping naked so the local kids would stop feeling sorry for you. That’s page one.

From there it only gets wilder:

• Learning to swim in crocodile-infested waters because Dad literally threw you in (“sink or swim, son”).

• Throwing spears with Zulu warriors, hunting with Bushmen who taught you to track lions and kill black mambas with an air rifle before breakfast.

• Building a bridge in the Sudanese bush at 18 while the village chief tried to marry you off to his daughters.

• Then… enlisting in the Marines, rising from enlisted electronic warfare operator to Mustang Colonel, commanding in Desert Storm, Fallujah, Iraq again, the Pentagon, Parris Island, Okinawa, and somehow still finding time to get Black Belt in MCMAP, earn 23 Expert rifle/pistol badges, and fly a Cessna at age nine because Dad handed you the controls.

And that’s just the first half.

The second half is the part that will gut-punch you: the raw, unfiltered story of what happened when a truth-telling, irreverent, combat-proven Marine ran headlong into the military justice system. It’s ugly, it’s infuriating, and it’s told with zero self-pity and a lot of dark humor. You will finish Chapter 16 and want to throw the book across the room—then immediately pick it back up because you have to know how it ends.

Wilson writes like he talks: straight, funny, occasionally profane, always honest. He doesn’t polish the rough edges. He hands them to you and says, “Here. This is what actually happened. Can you handle the truth?”

The Kindle/e-book version is loaded with photos—actual snapshots from the Nile, Zululand, the Sudan, boot camp, Fallujah, the brig, retirement. They make the stories hit even harder.

If you’ve ever wondered what real resilience looks like, what servant leadership actually costs, or what it feels like to stare down crocodiles, terrorists, bureaucrats, and your own demons and still come out swinging—this is the book.

I’m not saying it’ll change your life.

I’m saying it might remind you what a life actually looks like when it’s lived at full throttle.

Grab it. Read it. Then go do something that scares you a little.

Out of Africa and Into the Corps is available right now on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, Kindle (with the pictures), and audiobook (read by the man himself—trust me, you want to hear him tell these stories).

You’re going to want this one on your shelf.

And you’re going to want to hand it to your kids someday and say, “This. This is how you live.”

Semper Fi, Colonel.

And thank you for the ride.

“The Man, The Myth, The Legend!

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