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Edalynn: 150 lbs Lost

Posted: Dec 06 in Success Stories by

Edalynn Weiss is a veteran dieter. At the age of 12 she remembers starting her first organized diet club. In the last 36 years she has been on many weight loss journeys, losing 40, 60, and even 80 pounds. She considered gastric bypass, but had her reservations about undergoing surgery. Edalynn knew she needed to do something, but was unsure what that “something” was.

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Jay: 100 lbs Lost

Posted: Nov 04 in Success Stories by

Jay Blazer is a 43 year old teacher and coach. He was called to action when he realized that his weight was affecting his health at an all-too-young age. Jay was dealing with acid reflux and also was given the diagnosis of impaired fasting glucose, which is another term for prediabetes. His blood pressure was on the high side. The father of young children, Jay needed to make the changes necessary to improve his health. Those changes had losing weight at the top of the list.

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Ed and Penny: 154 lbs Lost

Posted: Oct 12 in Success Stories by

Ed and Penny Barnett are looking forward to many more years together thanks to their commitment to each other to lose weight. Here is their story. As is the case with many middle-aged overweight men, Ed was dealing with diabetes and high blood pressure and was taking medication for both. His diabetes has gotten out of control, and Ed was told that he needed to either start insulin or lose weight and change his lifestyle. Although the thought of starting insulin got his attention, his real motivator to lose weight was the fact that his younger brother died at age 47 because of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Frightened by his family history, Ed decided he wanted to have more years to enjoy life and his family. That meant getting serious about losing weight.

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Kathy: 88 lbs lost

Posted: May 04 in Success Stories by

Kathy Vansant ignored her doctor for a long time. Her doctor told her she had high blood pressure and exercise-induced asthma because of her weight. Rather than doing the obvious by following her doctor’s advice to lose weight, Kathy “took the easy way out” by taking medications for these problems. Kathy is a very busy, constantly on-the-run music teacher. At first it seemed “easier” to take medication than to put in the effort to diet and exercise. But, as time went on, it became clear to Kathy that the excess weight took a toll beyond the medical issues she already was dealing with. It was time to stop ignoring and begin taking her doctor’s advice.

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Delano: 93 lbs lost

Posted: Apr 04 in Success Stories by

Delano Davenport was tired of being tired. His sedentary job as a bus driver, along with poor eating habits, had put him on the path traveled by so many others. A slow but sure weight gain over the years had become significant, and it was impacting his health. Delano was dealing with high blood pressure, reflux, and sleep apnea. His blood sugar had put him in the prediabetes category. If he did not lose weight, he would eventually have full-blown diabetes. It became clear that what he was doing to himself was detrimental to his health. The time had come to make a lifestyle change.

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