Weight Loss Story Submissions

LYNISHA from Florida

Let me introduce you to Lynisha, a former obese African American female. My starting weight on May 6, 2007 was 253 pounds. As of today my weight is down to 186 pounds! I am no longer Obese, but now considered Overweight. I am so happy; of course I am working to get in the healthy range, but to be in the Overweight instead of Obese...

Mary Frances Houlihan from Kentucky

On 4/11/07 I was struck by a truck while walking across the parking lot at work. The events that followed changed my life. I now had to deal with things I was not used to dealing with. As I dealt with these changes my attitude changed. In June I had a total meltdown at my doctor's appointment. It felt as though my world was crashing...

Alice D'Agostino from Michigan

I am a 61 year old widow. I have lost both my daughters to cancer and my husband to suicide. I am overweight because I am not motivated to care about myself. I need to exercise and learn that I matter. I have one granddaughter from my oldest daughter whom I have raised since she was 9. She is now 19 and also overweight. I know if I...

LYNISHA SMITH from Florida

It took 26 years, but I finally get it. I have been dealing with my weight for quite some time now. It has gotten worst over the past 4 years; my heaviest was 270. I had just given up on "being skinny." I would tell myself God wants me fat because if he did not, I wouldn't be. I just had grown to accept that I was fat,...

Jerry A Barrett US Navy DAV from Florida

I am a disabled Vietnam veteran who has diabetes, high blood pressure, high-cdl, DJD, choundromalacia of the pattela, and weigh 337 lbs. - down from 375 six months ago! I got a little puppy named JAMBO! He's a...

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Gilda Carter from Mississippi

My name is Gilda Carter. I am a 47 year old woman, and I try to take care of myself. However, I was diagnosed with Lupus in 2000. I'm doing really well thanks to God and my doctors. I was diagnosed in the early stages of it, so it is manageable without a lot of medication; I take one pill a day. My physician, Dr. David Sullivan,...

Susan Watkins from Georgia

I'm a soon to be 55 year old woman, who has just lost 100 lbs. due to WLS. The last 20 years of my life were so stressful and I seemed to have all the wrong habits; like eating once a day because I just didn't have time, not to mention when I did eat, (you guessed it) I ate the wrong foods. And exercise? Well if I didn't have...

Deidre Malcom from Missouri

At 33 I can finally look forward in my life instead of backward. After undergoing 10 years of infertility treatments, 6 pregnancy losses, battling depression, and some major weight gain I can see myself in a way I have never seen myself before. Instead of constantly remembering the babies I lost, I look forward to discovering all the...

Orlando Johnson III from North Carolina

My name is Orlando Johnson from High Point, NC. I was in the military for 15 years, and I use to run a lot. When I got out in 2002, my lifestyle became very sedimentary. I went from 190 in '02 to 265 in Mar. '08. I attended a funeral in Feb. '08 and my mother, who lives in Chicago told me, "Baby you need to lose some...

Candace L. Ehret from Ohio

A small investment that yields GREAT returns! Four years ago, my life changed drastically when I was injured on the job. My story is not unique. A serious back injury changed my entire life. I gained weight...I lost my job ...I was treated for depression...my physical...