Motivation & Inspiration

Valerie Moskowitz weighed 270 pounds, had Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and had experienced a mini stroke when she contracted COVID-19 in the hospital where she works as an ICU nurse.

While she wasn’t hospitalized from COVID, she spent a month at home struggling to breathe. During that time she reflected on her health and decided she needed to make some changes. She worried that if she contracted COVID for a second time, she might not survive […]

At 5 foot 3, and 320 lbs, Tina Minasyan decided she had to make a change. Like many people suffering from obesity, she struggled with daily tasks such as putting on clothes, walking up steps, shopping, taking public transportation, and many simple, everyday tasks people often take for granted. That change began with her decision to have Gastric Sleeve Surgery.

Five years after surgery, Tina has lost an […]

Kimberly Parker, 35, from Boise, Idaho, who is 5ft 2in, comfort ate to deal with a string of personal crises including postpartum psychosis and the breakdown of her marriage.

Kimberly Parker, 35, from Idaho, US size 22 clothes before weight loss

Her previous diet consisted of two or three burgers for lunch and takeaways

She used food to help cope with a string of personal crises before losing weight

She has now dropped 10 dress […]