In just 15 months, this 441-pound man who couldn't fit in a theater seat lost 228 pounds and completed a full marathon. The motivation to change came when the 31-year-old recognized that he didn't have the energy to play with his two young children. Since that realization a little over a year ago, Rob Sparkes […]
Theresa Borawski primarily relied on an electric wheelchair to get around. She hadn't even walked to the mailbox in two years. That was March 2011, when Borawski weighed 428 pounds. It took a decisive moment and some will power but she changed her eating habits and lost 276 pounds, and became a participant in life once again.
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A study from the universities of Exeter and Helsinki shows that a junk food game, available to download, does help people eat less and lose weight.
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