I feel like I’ve been “big” all of my life. Since I can remember I was always bigger than most of my friends. My dear aunt nicknamed me “Munchie” for obvious reasons. It was cute, even endearing, but when I started school I was mercilessly teased. It was awful! No […]
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I had been overweight my whole life as a result of unhealthy eating habits and a very sedentary lifestyle. Growing up with a single mom, who unfortunately had limited skill in the kitchen, I survived on cereal and fast food, a trend which continued after I moved out and […]
I was never a small child growing up. Being overweight burdened me through high school. Despite trying to lose some of it before prom, I didn’t get very far. I refused to wear an open back dress that night, afraid that others would make fun of my back fat. Years […]
For nearly 20 years, I’ve struggled with food. I tried many different times to lose the weight. Diet pills, shots, weight loss programs, excessive exercising, and Overeaters Anonymous. “Hi. My name is Tiffany and I overeat.”I lost weight only to regain it and then some. I’m an emotional eater. While […]
By Valentina Monteleon: Growing up I always enjoyed food and I did not think anything of it until I was six years old. I realized at a young age that I was bigger than the rest of the kids my age. As I grew older, my clothes got bigger, and […]
As a guy that has trained on and off for over 10 years, you’d think one would not let themselves slip into such a terrible place. But I did. Life was moving along with my career and a new relationship. But as life always does, it changed. In late 2010, […]
This is to anyone who ever thought they could not do it. At the age of 38, I had been out of shape for most of my life. I was actually comfortable with it in my 20’s as pizza and late night runs to 7-11 for a Big Gulp and […]
How I Went from Couch to Marathoner By: Adrian Crouch Let me travel back in time…four years ago…there I was, 20 years old, living a sedentary lifestyle at a whopping 230 lbs.I pushed myself into a deep depressive state, and there were some days when I didn’t even want […]
