Tag: Pounds

My name is Kassidy Reikens (@dilla7) and I’m from Cheyenne, Wyoming.At 260 pounds, I decided it was time for a change. So I dove into meal prepping, hit the gym, and lost 190 pounds. Before I got pregnant with my first daughter, I weighed 200 pounds. I was extremely unhealthy. And it didn’t get any

Massimo Giusto loves challenges. The 39-year-old has lived with his family in Hong Kong for the last 14 years, where he owns and manages a company devoted to high-end timepieces and accessories. He’s a driven guy who sets goals and commits himself to hitting them. He freely admits there were times in his life when

It took the unexpected offer of a new job for Clayton Gee to realize he could change his life. A 31-year-old regional safety coordinator from Breckenridge, TX, he’d been obese for most of his life. At 12 years old he was 200 pounds; he graduated high school at 220, with a BMI of 32.5, making

My name is Natalie Gruendl (@tasteslovely) and I am 33 years old. I live in the Bay Area of California. I’m a full-time food blogger at Tastes Lovely and full-time mom to Ryan, 1 1/2, and Josh, 4. I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart Shawn for seven years. I created a hybrid Whole30-meets-keto

My name is Amber Clemens (@amber_clemens). I am 29, born and raised in Wisconsin. I currently live in Green Bay and work for a local construction company as an administrative assistant. I lost 150 pounds without fad diets or any gimmicks. I can’t remember a time in my life (until now!) when my weight wasn’t

Jessica Simpson lost 100 pounds of baby weight in six months earlier this year. Now, her trainer is opening up about the secrets to her success. The singer reportedly only worked out about three hours each week. Jessica Simpson blew people away back in September when she revealed that she lost 100 pounds of baby

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dolores Catania, 48, revealed that she lost 25 pounds on the controversial HCG diet. The HCG (Human chorionic gonadotropin) diet requires daily injections of the HCG hormone and eating around 500 calories per day. Doctors say it’s not really an effective weight loss strategy because you often gain it

Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver lost 26 pounds recently without going on a drastic diet. Instead, Oliver made two simple dietary changes, according to UK outlet, Express. “I lost 12 kilos quite quickly and I didn’t do it through not eating,” he explained in the outlet. First, he traded meat for nuts to meet his fat

Ian Sullivan was working four jobs, spending long hours away from home, and he still wasn’t getting ahead. In fact, his routine was killing him. While working at the local mall, Sullivan relied on an expedient diet—fast food and sodas—just to get himself through the day. By the time he came home each day, he

• In his 30s and 40s, lifestyle changes led Dylan Thomas to gain weight, topping out at more than 230 pounds. • A regular workout regimen including free weights, pushups, and planks helped him begin to achieve dramatic results. • He also restricted his calorie intake to 1200 calories per day, which helped him complete

Not long after he turned 56, Glen Shultz found himself overweight and facing a likely pre-diabetes diagnosis. He couldn’t keep up with his teenage tons, couldn’t socialize like he used to, and couldn’t move around the way he wanted. He knew the time to make a change was long overdue. “A lot of obstacles derailed

I first noticed I was heavier than other girls my age at the beginning of high school. I’d gained about 25 pounds the summer before and walked in on the first day at around 175 pounds. Despite having never gained this much weight in such a short amount of time, I didn’t feel like I

“I was 30, more than 270 pounds, and it was a burden,” says Paul Eulette, now 33. Weight crept on slowly, starting in his teens, “partly from the emotional comfort I got from my family’s favorite Caribbean dishes and partly due to the cultural norm of overindulgence in food,” he says. By age 30, “I

• Years of unhealthy eating habits caused David Myers’ weight to top out at more than 350 pounds. • After experimenting with the keto diet and taking up running, in addition to other healthy habits, he’s now lost more than 130 pounds to date. • Myers says his next goal is to run a 10K

Michael Searls vividly recalls the time he knew his weight had gotten out of hand. He was in the store buying pants—he knew he’d put on a few pounds, and figured he was now too big for his usual 32 or 34 waist size. After he tried sliding on a pair of 38’s, however, he

Growing up, Brady Golden had always been a big kid—”chubby,” as he puts it. Weight gain happened steadily for most of his life: By the fourth grade, he weighed 180 pounds, and by high school, he was tipping the scale at 350. “I just ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, and I barely moved

At his heaviest, Matthew Izzo couldn’t bring himself to step onto the scale. His best guess is that he probably weighed around 250 pounds. What he knows for certain: He didn’t feel good about himself, though he wasn’t fully aware of it at the time. “Looking back, it’s a night and day difference, but part

11.8 million pounds of frozen, ready to eat chicken strips have been recalled by Tyson Foods after several customers complained that their chicken contained fragments of metal. This marks the expansion of an on-going investigation which began in March with the recall of more than 69,000 pounds, prompted by two complaints that the food contained

Patrick Eslick remembers the first time someone made a “comment” about his weight. It was in the second grade. Things got worse during his teenage years, not only because of his growing size, but also the realization that he was gay. Eslick started shying away from the physical activities other boys were participating in (football,

Like many guys, Ryan Bamford let himself go a bit after he and his wife had their first kid. “Over the span of a year or two, I creeped up to a max of 213 pounds,” he says. That didn’t make him terribly obese, but on his 5’7″ frame, he was still noticeably out of