Article: Hold the Mayo, Lose the Buns; The Poster Boy for the Subway Diet Has a Shrinking Fan Club

It's been a year since a 22-year-old Indiana University student named Jared Fogle burst on the scene touting his Subway Diet, through which he lost 245 pounds. For those who missed it, Fogle's secret weapon was the no-frills, low-fat submarine sandwich available at Subway restaurants. He ate two a day, along with a bag of chips, lots of diet soda -- and nothing else. Within a year, he was less than half the 425-pound man he used to be.

And every Subway sandwich shop in America had a laminated counter card showing before-and-after pictures of Jared, with a caption telling how the weight was lost.

Now Fogle's success has spawned a fleet of followers whom Subway has dubbed the "Friends of ...

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