In 2008 Lucy made the decision to transform herself from an obese 275 pound goddess to “a lithe and supple goddess of healthier proportions”. She has lost about 85 pounds so far and feels she has about 38 more to go. She has a great blog at Diminishing Lucy. Please go visit and give encouragement.
I’ve just stumbled on a great selection of weight loss success stories at AOL’s “That’s Fit” website. Check it out at That’s Fit: Success Stories. They have motivational stories from a diverse range of people of all age groups. If you would like your weight loss story profiled at this AOL website, please contact Martha [...]
Reddit.com is a great source of genuine weight loss success stories. The photos shown here were submitted by jxmac just seven hours ago and she has already received over 2,000 comments. She has lost 65 pounds. Check out her weight loss story and other people’s comments here.
Listen to this interesting 13 minute NPR audio on Diet and Diabetes, where one doctor discusses the differences he noticed between Afghan patients and the bodies of North American patients. He says; “Typical Afghan civilians and soldiers would have been 140 pounds or so as adults. And when we operated on them, what we were [...]
Check out this page, which has four inspiring stories of men losing weight. Here’s an exerpt from Calle’s story, he lost 136 pounds and was asked; If someone reading this has repeatedly tried and failed to change their life for the better and they are considering giving up do you have any words of encouragement [...]
Thanks much to Eli who sent in this inspiring weight loss story: In March of 2008 I had been married for almost 18 years. For the last 5 or 6 years of my marriage, I had gained weight exponentially each year. Not only was I obese (6’1/2″ 280 lbs), but I was also a heavy [...]
Sparkly_81 has lost 80 pounds in 13 months. In a discussion forum she says; Last Jan I was feeling really down about being overweight. I was also was getting married and being a bridesmaid for my sister. I was really not confident at all about looking good and decided I had to do something about [...]
Thanks to Adriana for giving us 25 free copies to hand out. Here is the scoop; This app helps you visualize your weight loss. It’s great motivation for losing weight! You begin personalizing the model by setting your current height and weight as well as your heaviest weight and your goal weight. Keep a track [...]
Kelley sent me the following email; Hi there,I found your website and wanted to share my weight loss story with you. The photo I’m sending you is a picture of me after I lost 72 lbs. along with the before photo. It’s hard to believe but I did it. I’m also sending photos of the [...]
Ryan lost 135 pounds in 13 months with diet and exercise. He went from 308 pounds to 173. Someone had told him he could change a habit in 21 days. Within 21 days he had lost 18 pounds. This motivated him to keep going. Within five months he lost 100 pounds. He gets up at [...]