Vital Signs Jennifer Powell, 36, Lebanon, OH
Occupation housewife
5'8 "
The time needed to achieve their goals 3 years, 1 months
Before weight 312
After 165 weight
Lesson learned "No Excuses. Once I changed my attitude, with a bad knee too busy or had no reason not to be healthier."
Secret weapon "My gym buddy, Tammy. Their meeting at the Y every day at five o'clock I went to bed."
Win
A chubby child into a fine family, Jennifer took her older sister, even in elementary school. When your diet rich in carbohydrates spent the last 300 pounds, 30 years old, has bottomed. "I was ashamed of how I let go."
Change
In July 2005, Jennifer was once the heaviest in a member of family reunification. In line with the breakfast buffet, which stood about him that no one else had accumulated his plate with everything.
"I was not very hungry," he said. "That's when I saw how out of control I was."
Lifestyle
Jennifer joined the support group for weight loss Take Off Pounds Wisely, or TOPS, and discovered his competitive spirit. "It became a competition: What I can change this week I can walk an extra mile today" The addicted to carbohydrates became a farmers market regular red meat and vetoed it?.
took daily walks, and in winter, joined the YMCA to be able to burn calories cardio machines.
A year later and 80 pounds lighter addition, Jennifer has suffered a major setback: cardiac arrest. Then he had a second heart attack in the hospital. "The doctors said that if he had not lost those 80 pounds, my heart probably would not have taken the stress." Jennifer struggled through 12 weeks of rehabilitation and sustained effort in their goal of "worked at first to a crawl" weight., Said. "But I knew I had to be with her." She did, and in August 2008, weighed a healthy environment 165.
The reward
Jennifer's husband marked the occasion with a diamond "ring trip." "The computations begin to get smaller, like me," he said. But the best reward is the new positive. "I have no doubt," he said. "I can look in the mirror and say that I deserve it."
Every little bit counts. "My philosophy is that if you move, you lose." Having a fan club. "Finding a support system to remind you that you are not alone." Be selfish. "Gym Time me is time. This is my reason to go".
Occupation housewife
5'8 "
The time needed to achieve their goals 3 years, 1 months
Before weight 312
After 165 weight
Lesson learned "No Excuses. Once I changed my attitude, with a bad knee too busy or had no reason not to be healthier."
Secret weapon "My gym buddy, Tammy. Their meeting at the Y every day at five o'clock I went to bed."
Win
A chubby child into a fine family, Jennifer took her older sister, even in elementary school. When your diet rich in carbohydrates spent the last 300 pounds, 30 years old, has bottomed. "I was ashamed of how I let go."
Change
In July 2005, Jennifer was once the heaviest in a member of family reunification. In line with the breakfast buffet, which stood about him that no one else had accumulated his plate with everything.
"I was not very hungry," he said. "That's when I saw how out of control I was."
Lifestyle
Jennifer joined the support group for weight loss Take Off Pounds Wisely, or TOPS, and discovered his competitive spirit. "It became a competition: What I can change this week I can walk an extra mile today" The addicted to carbohydrates became a farmers market regular red meat and vetoed it?.
took daily walks, and in winter, joined the YMCA to be able to burn calories cardio machines.
A year later and 80 pounds lighter addition, Jennifer has suffered a major setback: cardiac arrest. Then he had a second heart attack in the hospital. "The doctors said that if he had not lost those 80 pounds, my heart probably would not have taken the stress." Jennifer struggled through 12 weeks of rehabilitation and sustained effort in their goal of "worked at first to a crawl" weight., Said. "But I knew I had to be with her." She did, and in August 2008, weighed a healthy environment 165.
The reward
Jennifer's husband marked the occasion with a diamond "ring trip." "The computations begin to get smaller, like me," he said. But the best reward is the new positive. "I have no doubt," he said. "I can look in the mirror and say that I deserve it."
Every little bit counts. "My philosophy is that if you move, you lose." Having a fan club. "Finding a support system to remind you that you are not alone." Be selfish. "Gym Time me is time. This is my reason to go".
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