When Johanna Eppley’s daughter turned 1 year old, the morbidly obese mom realized that her eating and exercise habits were setting a bad example and that she needed to make a change.
“She was starting to walk, and I was always tired. She was starting to eat real food and what I was eating was not something I wanted to feed her,” Eppley tells People. “I had to change.”
Overweight all her life, Eppley, 32, a choir director from Marshall, Texas, decided to entirely revamp her lifestyle, and her life. Once 285 lbs. and a size 22, Eppley embarked on a healthy eating and exercise plan,...
“She was starting to walk, and I was always tired. She was starting to eat real food and what I was eating was not something I wanted to feed her,” Eppley tells People. “I had to change.”
Overweight all her life, Eppley, 32, a choir director from Marshall, Texas, decided to entirely revamp her lifestyle, and her life. Once 285 lbs. and a size 22, Eppley embarked on a healthy eating and exercise plan,...
- 11/1/2017
- by Hilary Shenfeld
- PEOPLE.com
Shauna Newbold was the very last person to cross the finish line at a recent half marathon, but she’s still very much a winner.
The single mom from Toledo, Ohio knew she had come a long way from her high of 397 lbs. two and a half years ago. Newbold, 36, suffered from a dysfunctional childhood, panic attacks and fat shaming, but in an attempt to inspire her 11-year-old daughter, who struggles with self-confidence issues, took up running to set an example that, “We do the hard stuff,” she says.
At first only able to run short distances, she worked her...
The single mom from Toledo, Ohio knew she had come a long way from her high of 397 lbs. two and a half years ago. Newbold, 36, suffered from a dysfunctional childhood, panic attacks and fat shaming, but in an attempt to inspire her 11-year-old daughter, who struggles with self-confidence issues, took up running to set an example that, “We do the hard stuff,” she says.
At first only able to run short distances, she worked her...
- 6/16/2017
- by Hilary Shenfeld
- PEOPLE.com
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