I started on my weight loss journey in January 2013, I was 29 years old, and the following month I would be turning 30. I knew something needed to be done, I was 320 pounds and miserable. I’d let myself fall well past the point of physical or emotional happiness. […]
I started my weight loss journey in January 2012. At the time, I was hovering between 295-305 pounds and well over 30 % bodyfat. Throughout my life I was overweight and for the most part, didn’t have a problem with it. Anytime I would start to feel guilt or shame […]
The transformation started in January 2011. The year I was about to turn 40. I was just sick of being in a rut and I didn’t like the way I looked. I was not overweight growing up. But after children, like many moms, I neglected myself. The transformation for me […]
Whether you like it or not, this year is ending and another one is beginning. You know what that means. Yep. New Year’s resolutions galore! A time for setting ambitious goals and following through. You can be certain they’re going to flood the headlines and everyone will be talking about […]
I was never a thin girl. I guess you could say I was one of the chubby kids in school. After I graduated high school, I tried the fad diets and lo st a bit of weight only to put it right back on as soon as I went back […]
There comes a time where one has to analyze his or her own life and realize that if one is unhappy, he or she has to be proactive and do something about it. As a firm believer in that one creates his or her own happiness, I was the poster […]
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, […]
Hi, my name is Michael W. Smith. I’ve had a problem with my weight, literally, for as long as I can remember. I have a memory of a phone call with my very first girlfriend, you know, the one you “go steady with” when you’re in 4th grade? It was […]
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 […]
