After being overweight for several years and a bad smoking habit, I’d finally hit bottom. My wife was battling cancer… and she was losing her fight. When I was young, I was an avid swimmer and also loved cycling – I cycled all through my city in the south of […]
Winter, where the days are shorter, the weather is colder, and the mornings are tougher. As runners, we know how tough it is to wake up early in the winter to get in a quick run, especially when it’s snowing. Although it’s tempting to go back to sleep after the […]
An amusement park and a hula hoop saved my life. I was overweight since childhood, but nothing pushed me to truly change until an afternoon at the local amusement park. My four-year-old daughter and I had climbed onto the pirate ship when I realized the attendant couldn’t push the safety […]
I don’t know how to begin this testimony. My heart gets tight even thinking about writing it. Just thinking about it takes me to a place I don’t really want go. I guess I never really, really, really thought about why I became the “fat guy”. In high school I […]
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 […]
From Super Morbidly Obese to Running Addict Growing up, I considered myself lucky. In a family of overweight and obese people, I was small and skinny. I never had to think about what I put in my mouth. And since I was a sickly child, I was always encouraged to […]
My name is Billy Keleman and I developed this new lifestyle after a roller coaster of personal and professional events that led me to a sad reality of being unhealthy, unhappy, and unmotivated. Like many others, I have always struggled with weight my entire life. One thing that always held […]
Hi my name is Tanya Smith. I’m a mom of three beautiful kids, wife, and woman who survived obesity. When I started my weight loss journey, it was after I had my three kids and lost my mom to cancer. I was at my lowest of lows, trapped in an obese […]
I’ve struggled with weight all my life. The common combination of inactivity and poor eating habits resulted in a very unhappy woman with a body fat of about 35%. All day, every day, I was consumed with thoughts of how unhappy I was with my weight. I had tried nearly […]
