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SUCCESS STORIES
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Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness
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July 1, 2005
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NEW LEASE ON LIFE
Heavy all my life - I was 300 pounds at age 16 and ballooned to almost 420 in my late 30s - I suffered serious complications after abdominal surgery because of my weight. Due in no small part to fear, I simply lost 130 pounds over the next year and a half. I maintained my weight loss for nearly three years, then it started to slowly creep back on. Not wanting to regain all I'd lost and more, I began walking, eating lots of protein and lifting weights. Obsession is too light a word for what had become my life focus. My trainer urged me to ditch my low-carb diet, so I began counting calories, avoiding processed sugars and white flour, and eating a balanced diet. I told ...
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