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10 Encouraging Stories When a TV-Show Helped People Lose Weight And The Results Are Stunning!

  • 11:34 am November 11, 2020
  • surabhi

Weight loss is everyone's dream, well at least most of ours. But it all narrows down to how healthy we are while doing it. A lot of us struggle our entire lives to look the way we imagine ourselves and for this we take the most outrageous paths - some motivational, some toxic. A Television show called 'My 60 lb life' inspired people to lose weight. It motivated these contestants to lose weight and they saw a positive change in no time - at least these ten people did!

CHRISTINA PHILLIPS

When you grow in a family full of disdainment and fights, you want to channel those thoughts and that is why Christina started stress eating. By the age of 12, she was 286 lb, and by 25, she weighed more than 660 lb. She was so dependent on her mum and her husband that she would not even step out of the house. When her transformation journey started, she lost about 522 lb in just 2 years. She underwent a gastric bypass surgery and is now prepared to stay healthy for the rest of her life!



DONALD SHELTON

It took Shelton 4 years to go from 674 lb to 295 lb. He also had a gastric bypass surgery but during treatment, doctors diagnosed him with something called the "Guillain—Barré syndrome" This basically means a situation where you are paralyzed for a long time. It affects your extremities and mobility. This meant that Shelton was confined to a wheelchair for a long time. But he didnt give up hope and continued to work out even then and thats a true story of an achiever right there!

SUSAN FARMER

Susan Farmers former picture will shock you. At a whopping 606 lb, Farmer was far from fixing. She was demotivated, depressed and just full of bad habits. One fine day, she decided to make a change in her life and it all started with eating right. Then came in physical exercises and before she knew it she had successfully lost 407 lb. She describes the time she got her first pair of jeans as an adult. She says it was a phenomenal feeling!



CHUCK TURNER

With age comes a plethora of health risks. His downhill journey started when his wife was murdered. He was depressed and angry and mostly in deep despair. He tried to escape with food and gained over 692 lb. He soon got remarried and had a son but was unable to help his new wife raise him because he had a tumor in his leg. Thanks to the project, Chuck lost over 418 lb and became a whole different person!

BRITTANI FULFER

Fulfer was obese and thought her husband was disgusted by her. She would spend hours lying on he bed, eating food and doing nothing. It was harder for her to lose weight because of her thyroid cancer issues and immune issues. But she soon overcame it and became a weight loss champion!



CHARITY PIERCE

This 38 year old single mother was the most overweight woman in the world at a whopping 798 lb. She was to marry a 22 year old man called Tony and love is what made her lose weight. Charity Pierce also suffered from severe lymphedema which causes a lot of swelling. Today she is at a happy 299 lbs.