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3 Inspirational Weight Loss Stories – And How To Use Them To Strenghten Your Motivation And Self-Belief

Reading inspirational weight loss stories like the 3 stories in this article is a powerful way to motivate yourself and strengthen your own self-belief. This is because reading about people who were in the same situation as you (or WORSE) and yet who managed to successfully lose weight helps you realize “if someone else can do it, so can I”. This is a powerful way to maintain your motivation to lose weight.

Often we fall into the trap of thinking that we’re the only one faced with the challenge of being overweight. Reading about other people who faced similar challenges who succeeded reminds us that we are not alone and that if anyone else has ever been in our situation and yet succeeded, then we are capable of doing the same.

What follows are 3 real life weight loss stories to use to inspire and motivate you.

Inspirational Story 1: Donna Lennart

Donna Lennart lost 83 pounds, going from 245 lbs to 162 lbs – and she has kept it off for the past 5 years. Donna stopped being active and became “addicted to food” after graduating from school and went from a reasonably petite girl of 175 lbs to overweight and 245 lbs. The turning point? Reading an article on BMI which told her that being obese can shorten life expectancy by 5 to 10 years, and seeing her son picking up her bad eating habits. Donna used the weight watchers method to lose weight and keep it off for 5 years since, and appeared on the cover of Good Housekeeping for a “half her size!” story. (more on donna at http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/success/lose-weight-inspiration-stories)

Inspirational Story 2: Joanne Abbot

Joanne Abbot went from a size 16 to a size 6 in less than 12 months. Her transformation was driven the realization at age 40 of the life threatening danger she was in if she continued to live in such an unhealthy way. Realizing that it would just be a matter of time before she would be taking daily doses of high blood pressure medication, cholesterol medication, and perhaps even diabetes medication if she didn’t change, Joanne made the decision to make her health her number one priority – and set a new year’s resolution in 2007 to reach a size 6 dress size by the end of the year, starting from size 16. She made this happen by joining gym contests, controlling her eating habits and reducing portion sizes, and by becoming a running and regularly participating in 5k races. Joanne achieved her new year’s resolution goal, and having done so has remained committed to never going back to the person she was before (more on Joanne at http://www.runwalkjog.com/weightlossstory/weightlosssuccessstory23.htm).

Inspirational Story 3: Kris Bierek

Kris lost 50 pounds in 6 months, going from 230 lbs to 180 lbs (overweight, to the perfect weight for his height) – and has kept it off for the past 10 years. The catalyst for Kris’ change was being told that he was failing to fulfill his potential in his high school football team due to being so overweight. Kris transformed his body by dropping junk foods (sweets, chips etc.) and adhering to a strict nutritional regimen, as well as hitting the gym and conditioning his body through focused cardio and weight training. Within 6 months, Kris lost his target 50 pounds. Not only has Kris kept that weight off and remained in prime physical condition  for 10 years, he also went on to set up ShapeFit, LLC (ShapeFit.com) – where he helps others make the same transformative changes as he did. (more on Kris at http://www.shapefit.com/success-stories-weight-loss-kris.html).

These are just three of the countless stories of people all over the world who have managed to achieve dramatic and lasting weight loss changes in their lives. Use stories like these to motivate and inspire you, because NONE of these people had anything that you don’t have. If anyone else on the planet has been faced with the situation you may be faced with and managed to turn things around, SO CAN YOU. Anything anyone else has been able to do, you are capable of doing too. Use stories like the ones above to remind yourself of this fact and motivate yourself anytime you find yourself doubting your ability to successfully lose weight.

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