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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Muneer A.: Before
Muneer started gaining weight steadily after his family moved to the U.S. The last straw was when he was constantly feeling sluggish, and was severely winded after climbing a flight of stairs. At that point, weight loss was a "life or death situation."
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Muneer A.: After
A drastic change in diet and lifestyle helped Muneer shave 82 pounds off his frame.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Bart T.: Before
Bart always enjoyed food, and eating felt natural to him. So when his weight started to climb, his standards for how he wanted to look went down--until every chest pain had him worrying about a heart attack.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Bart T.: After
Bart cut back on his food intake dramatically and also began training as a triathlete. And when he slips on his diet? "I do not dwell on the guilt … I'm far from perfect and simply move on."
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Jan Z.: Before
Jan was a "stress-and-boredom eater--when I'm stressed I eat and when I'm bored I eat." When her husband threatened to leave because he was tired of being with someone who "just didn't care about life anymore," Jan took action.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Jan Z.: After
With a lap-band surgery in 2004, Jan was on her way to a healthier weight. She complemented the surgery with a strict diet and exercise.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Rebecca S.: Before
Rebecca was an active child, but after becoming inactive during college and having three children, she ballooned to 194 pounds and "barely recognized" herself.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Rebecca S.: After
Rebecca realized that her weight wouldn't disappear overnight, so she made lifestyle changes that included regular exercise and eating healthier. Now, keeping her health and future in mind helps Rebecca maintain her weight.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Sean R.: Before
After a foot injury in his younger days, Sean stopped running for 10 years and started eating the wrong foods, which lead to weight gain.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Sean R.: After
When a coworker decided to go on a diet, Sean offered to do it with her to help her out. Following a modified South Beach Diet he lost 8 pounds the first week, and the weight loss continued at a regular pace. He has since completed several 5k races and plans to run more.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Angela R.: Before
Angela was always heavy as a child, but all-nighters in college and working late-night shifts as a nurse led to a bad diet and weight gain. The last straw for her was when she realized she was a size 20 and weighed 235 pounds.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Angela R.: After
Exercising regularly, cutting out fast food and practicing portion control, Angela steadily lost weight. She also taught herself to stop eating as soon as she was no longer hungry.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Marybeth S.: Before
Marybeth began gaining weight during puberty, and eventually became a compulsive overeater. After developing obesity-related health conditions and experiencing weight bias at work, she decided to make a change.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Marybeth S.: After
Marybeth had Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch surgery, started a strenuous exercise program and completely changed her lifestyle. She reduced her BMI from 50 to 19.4.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Nancy: Before
When Nancy was 19, she recalled a terrible incident from childhood, and turned to food for for emotional comfort. At age 30 and weighing 300 pounds, she "decided that I needed to break out of the self-imposed prison that I had unconsciously created for myself."
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
Nancy: After
When years of past diets failed her, Nancy turned to laproscopic, ROUX-N-Y gastric bypass surgery. Pairing that with monitoring her daily food intake and incorporating exercise, she was able to lose more weight than she weighs now.
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Weight-Loss Success Stories: From Fat to Fabulous
April V.: Before
April had always been overweight, but when her children's father died, she turned to food for comfort. In 1993, she started having chest pains daily and knew she would orphan her children if she didn't do something about her weight.
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April V.: After
April followed the Atkins diet, kept a daily food journal and took pictures every month to track her weight loss. Although the first few days were tough for her, she soon started to feel more energetic than she had in years, and began to exercise.
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