Low Carb Lifestyle Leads to Dramatic Weight Loss

Dan before at 340 pounds and after at 182 poundsThanks much to Dan for submitting his story; The sudden death of my wife of 37 years from diet related causes changed my life. I knew I had to make a change or I would be next. For the sake of my children still at home I began to study.I began living a low carb high fat lifestyle two and a half years ago. I’ve lost 158 pounds, my type 2 diabetes...

Losing 50 Pounds on the Atkins Diet

Kristine, age 21, is elated that she's lost about 50 pounds. Two years ago she weighed 174 pounds and was wearing black clothes everyday to look thinner. Her mood was bad and she often felt fatigued.That's when she decided to try the low-carb Atkins diet. The Atkins diet doesn't ask you to count calories or watch your portions. It does severely restrict your carbohydrate intake. She was...

Average Women's Size in 2012

Here's a couple of interesting infographics I saw today on In Your Face. The average woman's dress size in 2012 is size 14, average height is 5'4 and average weight is 164 pounds. (This is for adult women over the age of ...

Teen Loses 100 Pounds in Ten Months

Charles before weight lossCharles after weight lossCharles is a teenager, age 16, who became determined to lose weight 14 months ago. At that point he weighed 285 pounds. Within ten months of starting, he had succeeded in losing 100 pounds! Three months later he had lost another 15 pounds to reach his goal weight of 170 pounds. (He is 6'0 tall.)Charles did this with amazing tenacity and has completely...

Getting in Top Shape after Losing 110 Pounds

Adrian lost 110 pounds in one year. She's 5'4" and weighed 230 pounds three years ago. She lost all the weight in one year and has kept it off since then, for the last two years.These days she is training for a second marathon. She finished her first marathon just two months ago.Now she has a chance to win a cover model contest for Women's Running Magazine! Please see her inspirational website...

Losing the First 40 Pounds in Four Months

Don wants to weigh 210 pounds again.He has been overweight for over 25 years.Four months ago he weighed 365 pounds. That's when he set his goal to lose the weight and to bike an average of 100 miles a week. He has lost 40 pounds since then.Last week he posted this on his blog;"I am a half pound from my official “40 pounds lost” day! It has been a little bit of a culture shock.Don on Day One, Four...

160 Pounds of Butter Lighter Now

 Jough recently reflected on his four years of "clean livin'". He made the decision to lose weight four years ago when he weighed 451 pounds. He has successfully lost 163 pounds since then, although there have been many plateaus along the way. He's now at 287 pounds, and would like to ideally reach 200.He's lost the weight so far by aiming to stick to a 2000 calories a day diet and by exercising regularly....