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Patricia lost 45 pounds

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Today’s weight loss success story:  Patricia lost 45 pounds with the help of Zumba.  She says:

“I started my weight loss journey almost a year ago by eating healthy and by joining Zumba! It was the best decision that I could of made and has changed my life forever! I’ve lost 45 pounds, went from size 16 to size 8 in 6 months!! I’m also off of high blood pressure medication after taking it for 8 years.  I took sugar out of my diet and lowered my daily carb intake.  I never thought that I would be able to work off the weight but I did.  If I can do it, anyone of you can! Best of luck ladies!”

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Ashley lost 86 pounds

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Today’s featured weight loss success story: Ashley lost 86 pounds the old fashioned way, by cleaning up her eating habits and working out.

I’m 29 yrs old from Mississippi.  So you can imagine the comfort soulfood I was raised up eating. I was relatively thin growing up until certain traumas occured in my life, and I turned to food for comfort, kinda was my outlet. So after 2 sons and a failed marriage, I moved to the Bay Area of California where of course image and beauty is everything! I thought, “So, I’m big and beautiful not superficial like them so I’m eat whatever I want”. Until my heart started feeling weird pains.  I felt sick, weighed down and fatigued all the time. I was just like no, I cant live like this. Dec. 2011 was when I started, weighing in at about 350!!!! I started to eat really clean gradually and began to work out every single day! I met with a dietician who educated me on how to set my plate, using the 9 inch plate method, healthy alternatives to the things I had to have. Thank God for her beacuse I had broke up with my currrnt boyfriend and had picked back up on my bad habits and started gaining the weight back. So I got back on track. I drink about a gallon of water a day, I take CLA & raspberry keytone vitamins, and b12.  Muscle Milk protein shakes are the bomb! Helps ya tone up faster but it goes hand in hand with your exercise regimen.  To date I’m at 264 lbs. I never let the scale bother me.  I focus on inches lost. I cut out beef and pork and anything white (All wheat everything). I count calories and carbs try to keep my calorie intake between 1500 & 1800 because of my height but I know for a fact I eat much less because I eat til I’m full and then stop wether I finish the meal or not. I dance on the kinect with my kids, I do alot of cardio, (elliptical mostly), anything that keeps me sweating and active I do it!”

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DeAngela lost 76 pounds

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Today’s featured weight loss success story: DeAngela lost 76 pounds going from 215 to 139 by changing her eating habits and exercising.

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Here is what she said about her weight loss journey:

“If I can do it, you can do it too!!! From 215 lbs in April 2010 to 139 lbs now. Hey, with God ALL things are possible. No pills, no surgery, just pure change of eating habits & exercise.  I started with small changes transitioning from fried to “mostly” baked & grilled foods & decreasing my intake of carbs. From there, I did a strict 6-month regimen of only seafood & veggies. During that time, I not only saw the weight coming off, but as I increased my cardio & added weights, I became leaner, decreasing my body fat percentage from 33 to 19.8%. Today, I still do some high intensity interval training, Zumba + other cardio (rope jumping, arc trainer, & some walking/jogging, & weights for lean muscle building. MyFitnessPal.com is a phenomenal tool to help u keep track of such things as calories, fat, sugar, protein, & carbs. I’ve been logging my food & exercise on that tool since March 1. As they say, “steady wins the race”, but ya gotta keep pushing….pushing beyond fear of failure, pushing past comfort zones, & pushing in spite of plateaus. With God ANYTHING & ALL THINGS are possible!”

Britney lost 105 pounds with weight loss surgery

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Britney lost 105 pounds with weight loss surgery.  Her journey was not easy, as she had complications  and had to have a second surgery.  Read what she has to say about her weight loss journey below.

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“My success story: In April 2009 at 310lbs I had the Realize Band Weight Loss surgery and after a year the band had failed. I was so depressed and defeated because after battling with my weight all of my life I thoughts I had finally found something that would work & it didn’t. So I ended up gaining all of my weight back plus 30lbs within a years time. I had reached 340lbs. I went back to my bariatric Dr & he said I was able to get a conversion because of all the complications of my band. A conversion is when they take the Band out & convert you to the Gastric Bypass. So in April of this year I had the conversion to the Gastric Bypass and now in November I am down 105lbs. God is Good!!!  I eat high protein foods, I do eat carbs I just don’t overload on them. I make sure I have a good amount of fiber in my diet as well. I exercise just with basic living. Park far away, take steps instead of elevators, I try to do Zumba twice a week with my busy schedule.”

Caren has gone from 260 in Nov 2011 to 206!

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Caren has gone from 260 in Nov 2011 to 206 now!! She looks GREAT.

She says, “Hiii!!!, Im Green ( as they call me). Im so happy to be apart of this page. I needed the extra motivational push. Well, I was going through complete hell last year, and i was already big and i just ate my way thru for comfort . I decided that MY End , was not gonna be from this!!! I LOVE GOD!!! he is amazing. i was dieting no carbs, limited sugar ( 4g a day) , no fruit, no dairy……. and the best part I had NO CRAVINGS. I have been on plenty diets and workout regimens. But, this time I activated my FAITH, and included GOD:) I started in Nov. 2011 and lost 54lbs. by February 2012, start weight 260.6 and my weight now is 206. I’m still pushing my goal weight is 175. I walked only cause i had a knee issue. But know its completely healed. I drink 64oz. of alkaline water a day and it has helped me extremely. i used to get sick all the time not anymore.” https://www.facebook.com/carengrn

Thank you so much for sharing your story with us, Caren!
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