"Take a good look at yourself. If you are unfit, do yourself and everyone else a favor. See a professional about a proper diet and a fitness training program, quit smoking, limit alcohol intake and start thinking self-pride, confidence and respectability. And stop making excuses for delaying what you know you should have been doing years ago. We didn't hire you unfit and we don't want you working unfit. Don't mean to offend, this is just straight talk. I owe it to you."

How would it make you feel? Would you take offense to it or would it spur you into action if you do have a problem with carrying around a few extra pounds?

Well, just ask former Winter Haven, FL Police Chief Paul Goward because he is the author of that now-infamous e-mail. Disgusted by the weight gain that so many of his officers have experienced this year, Goward decided enough was enough on October 11th, so he sent the message to his 80-member team that he desires to see them strive to lose weight and get healthy.