Students come up with diet plan for teacher using McDonald’s
MARATHON COUNTY, Wis. – John Cisna decided it was time to lose weight and used the opportunity to teach his biology class a lesson. “This, basically, was a simple experiment to make sure that we could...
View ArticleDetermined not to fail, retired teacher loses 250 pounds
Missing Attachment Missing Attachment (CNN) — There are workout horror stories and then there’s Kathleen Riser, who was mocked by the most unlikely of sources: a fitness trainer at the gym. “There’s...
View ArticleHypnosis helped her lose 140 pounds
(CNN) — A dream vacation to most sounded like a nightmare to Julie Evans. In 2006, Evans’ husband won an all-expense-paid trip to Hawaii, and scuba diving was one of the included activities. She...
View ArticleHypnosis helped one woman lose 140 pounds
Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment (CNN) — A dream vacation to most sounded like a nightmare to Julie Evans. In 2006, Evans’ husband won an...
View ArticleNo longer lonely: He lost 225 pounds
CNN CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (CNN) — Throughout high school, Tevante Clark felt ashamed about being overweight. It wasn’t just his hefty size that depressed him, but the distance he felt growing between him...
View ArticleWhat they never tell you about losing a lot of weight
By Shannon Britton (CNN) — At 27 years old, I weighed 486 pounds and decided to have gastric bypass surgery. I know what you might be thinking: “Oh, you took the easy way out.” Let me tell you, having...
View ArticleWant to lose weight? Health department offering free weight loss class
OKLAHOMA CITY – If you want to lose weight before winter, a local health department is offering a free course to help you drop those unwanted pounds. Total Wellness is an eight-week weight loss course...
View ArticleShe lost 127 pounds thanks to one dance class
Angela Baldwin can pinpoint the day she changed the course of her life. Her friend invited her to a dance fitness class in March 2013. Baldwin tried to think of an excuse to skip it, but couldn’t come...
View ArticleNew weight loss pill approved by the FDA
NEW YORK – The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new weight loss pill for the third time in the last decade. Contrave, which works by decreasing a patient’s appetite, was approved for people...
View ArticleNBC’s ‘Weight for Love’ holding casting call in Dallas
Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment NBC is adding a second weight loss reality show to its lineup. Do you and your spouse or significant other each have some weight to lose?...
View ArticleAmazing transformation! From ‘sumo wrestler’ to distance runner
(CNN) — Yusuke Kirimoto was always overweight. When he visited his relatives in Japan, they would jokingly say, “the sumo wrestler is back.” Their comments were meant to be funny, but Kirimoto still...
View ArticlePower walker takes it one step at a time, loses 150 pounds
(CNN) — In the fall of 2011, Jen Corn was the heaviest she had ever been. At 5 feet 6 inches, Corn weighed more than 300 pounds. Her mother and aunt had just offered to pay for her to have weight-loss...
View ArticleFormer 800 pound man’s Facebook workout videos inspire the nation
FLORISSANT, MO – Their motto is get up, get out, and do something and that moto seems to be working. They are Team Larry. This three member pack of pals centers around 39-year-old Larry Evans, a once...
View ArticleTheater buff loses 121 pounds, nabs the leading role in his life
(CNN) — Two years ago, Dino Mazzetti hit the lowest point of his life. The Lake Zurich, Illinois, middle school music teacher was hovering dangerously close to 300 pounds and was feeling horrible. Pain...
View ArticleRabbi loses 100 pounds after ‘come-to-Jesus moment’
(CNN) — Pesach Sommer, 42, is an eight-time marathon runner. He’s completed at least 10 half-marathons and lost count of the number of 5Ks and 10Ks he has run. His track record isn’t bad, considering...
View ArticleMan loses 270 pounds, wins ‘Teacher of the Year’
(CNN) — “Gosh, I wanna be that guy again,” Jeff Baxter would think when he remembered how it felt to be in shape. The 66-year-old teacher wasn’t exactly accustomed to the extra pounds he was carrying...
View ArticleShe lost 145 pounds and shares her weight-loss secrets
(CNN) — One day, Kari Ianuale had had enough. The Nazareth, Pennsylvania, resident was embarrassed to discover that her size 24 pants no longer fit. “I refused to go up yet another size,” she said....
View ArticleDown 150 pounds, lifetime dieter feels ‘unstoppable’
(CNN) — Danyeil Durrant was 10 years old when she first began dieting. She had no idea she would be wrestling with her eating habits for the next three decades. In 2012, after years of alternating...
View ArticleFirefighter drops 40 pounds to become an Ironman
(CNN) — Joe Van Veldhuizen was 19 miles into his first Ironman. He had two hours left to complete the race, and only three miles to go in the 26.2-mile marathon. Every muscle in his body ached, and the...
View ArticleMelissa McCarthy sheds some weight
(CNN) — You’ll be seeing a lot less of Melissa McCarthy. GO GIRL! Melissa McCarthy lost 45 lbs! Check out more pix: http://t.co/7fRGZVt0rd pic.twitter.com/RYVDIQqCxY — HLN (@HLNTV) November 18, 2014...
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