“I was bloated, fatigued, and increasingly unhappy with my situation, financially and emotionally. I felt like I was coming up short as a husband and father.”
‘I was putting away two cases of beer each week’: Man decides to shake his ‘dad bod’ on Father’s Day, loses 70 pounds one year later
‘The red numbers flashed 302. I felt the bottom of my stomach drop. I thought I was going to throw up on the scale. The way I was living my life was killing me.’ Woman credits a ‘single, random conversation’ with her 95-pound weight loss
“A friend asking me to dinner could send me spiraling. What if they want to sit at a booth instead of a table? What if I don’t FIT in the booth? What if my stomach rests on the table? Every single moment of my life felt this way. The entire world felt like it was made for someone else. There wasn’t a single place I fit or felt comfortable.”
‘I thought it was in my genes to be obese’: Mother and son lose a collective 330 POUNDS after striking a ‘deal’
“The one thing we didn’t get right was eating.”
‘I was killing myself. I didn’t want to die’: Man loses 140 POUNDS naturally after confronting his ‘addictive personality’
“I made an appointment to have a physical done. When I saw my lab results, I knew I was in trouble.”
‘Eating was encouraged’: Man drops a whopping 77 pounds after deciding ‘enough is enough’ about being a ‘very fat kid’
“I had never kissed a girl, I was scared to meet people out of fear of what they’d think of me, I refused to look at photos I was in because I felt disgusted. It was time to make a change.”
‘I shouldn’t have met him in a public space. I thought he was safe. He ‘knew me well enough’ to engage in a physical relationship.’: Woman shares incredible weight loss journey after ‘tumultuous’ breakup, sexual assault
“In high school, I was healthy. Then suddenly at 16 my world turned upside down. I began dating my high school boyfriend. The beginning was like a whirlwind. I felt so in love, I was positive I’d spend the rest of my life with him. I’d like to say everything was his fault, but we were both to blame. I was suffocating but couldn’t imagine living a life without him.”
‘I was going to die before I turned 30’: Woman loses incredible 155 pounds to be ‘someone people could look up to’
“I thought I could never lose weight, that I would always be miserable with myself and never change. But I did.”
‘I’m never ever ever EVER, doing yoga again.’
“I farted. I farted at yoga. I’m a walking cliche. My pelvic floor has failed me.”
‘I used to dream of looking like this’: Teen loses nearly 100 pounds, contacts Air Force to enlist
“After years of being depressed and uncomfortable, I no longer felt like a burden to others. I was genuinely happy.”
‘I unexpectedly conceived the same month I reached my goal weight’: Woman thanks weight loss for giving her life ‘purpose’ again
“When we moved in with my mother, it became clear how far I had fallen. My asthma and allergies were untreated, I was obese, and I slept, drank, and ate far too much.”
