As per statistics of the National Institute of health, Obesity is among the biggest killers in the US where an estimated 300,000 people die every year from obesity. Take this additional data into account wherein 2014, 35% men and 40% women were obese in the US alone. Obesity is almost an epidemic worldwide because of an unhealthy lifestyle and poor diet choices. Losing weight is somehow the hardest thing for many struggling on a diet plan. Losing weight is by far the most popular and common New Year resolution for many people and mind you, it isn’t an easy task to do so. Many even give up half way not because they want to but because the results aren’t always positive or maybe too slow to observe physically. Lack of motivation is one of the biggest factors people give up on a weight loss goal.
This is why if you are struggling with your weight loss plans and really need some inspiration then you need to read the incredible story of this couple who in January 2016, made a resolution to lose weight. This couple’s resolution to lose weight has gone viral because of their magical transformation which you need to see to believe.
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25-year-old Lexi Reed and her Husband Danny from Terri Haute, Indiana was a couple struggling with obesity. While Lexi weighed a whopping 485 lbs, Danny 27 weighed 280 lbs, well! He was certainly lighter compared to her but between them, that was a combined 765lbs in weight. They certainly needed to lose a lot of flab and lose they did but how. That’s the interesting part.
Believe it or not, if you thought weight loss for obese people was impossible, then it’s not!! This couple went on to lose 400 lbs. Impressive isn’t it? This is how they looked before their incredible journey.
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This photograph of Lexi was taken in October 2015 on her wedding day. In an interview, Lexi revealed that taking this journey of losing weight was a combined decision as a couple where they pushed each other to go and work out at the gym every day. They even prepped their meals together and set goals taking it one day at a time losing pounds slowly. They inspired each other and felt they were reaching their goal.
The couple also revealed how “fed up with the life [they] were living.”
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Before the Reeds could start out on their journey, Lexi created an Instagram account which she used to upload photographs and document their progress. She even gave the account a name that summed up her situation, it read “Fatgirlfedup”. Within a short while, the couple’s account went viral and they chalked up half a million followers. Many of whom were deriving inspiration from the couple for their own weight loss goals. Said Lexi “I never expected to have such an impact,” Lexi said. “I just wanted to get healthy.”
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The biggest question on everyone’s lips was how did they manage it and what was their secret behind the dramatic transformation? While so many others have failed, how did Lexi succeed?
Fitness trainer Latreal Mitchell has the answer to that all-important question. He says that the most important part of any weight loss plan is to have a partner. In an interview, he said Accountability is everything” “Not every day you’re going to want to go out there and give it your all.”
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Latreal Mitchell says that having a partner is extremely important because then at least you have someone to keep pushing you on. There will always be someone to egg you on and say “Come on. Today is my day to uplift you and vice versa”. In the same manner, Lexi went from a size 28 to a size 10. Danny went from size 46 to size 32 which is also incredible on his part.
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According to Lexi, The hardest part of their weight loss journey was the food. She admitted that when she was obese and weighing 485 pounds, the couple never did any cooking. They would regularly eat out. If they ate meals at home, it was frozen food like pizza or something unhealthy.
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As you can see the couple’s resolution to lose weight paid off in the best way possible. Lexi says that preparing meals was the important factor in losing weight because it helped them cooked healthier food. They also learned cooking just so that they could meal prep and relied less on fast food till ultimately they stopped fast food altogether.
The gym was a kind of therapy for both husband and wife and soon they were well in control of what they ate. “We were willing to learn every single day of our journey and we also started using the gym as therapy instead of food. By changing our minds, habits and emotional triggers, we changed our lives.”
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Danny could never have dreamed of lifting up Lexi but today the couple have shared a racy selfie showing Danny lifting up a very transformed and slim Lexi. This selfie is a symbol of their incredible journey and is a celebration of sorts for both of them.
Said Lexi “There are no words to explain the feeling of saving your own life,” The couple will be going into 2018 totally transformed and have kept to their new year’s resolution by fighting tooth and nail against obesity.
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Lexi says she feels so alive and that every day is a blessing for her. The 27-year-old wife weighs just 182 to 485 pounds. She said that she is no longer a prisoner in her body and that life doesn’t only about exist but finally living. “I no longer am a prisoner in my own body and instead of just existing in my own life.”
She is even more determined now that she will be losing more weight and has planned to lose 7 more pounds by the end of this year and she is absolutely sure now that she can do it.
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That is Lexi’s advice and she is ready to achieve her new goal of 175 pounds. She will finish 2017 as strong as ever.
Lexi and Danny’s weight loss journey is an inspiration to many and it can rightly motivate you on you if you are struggling with weight loss. If they can achieve such a transformation, why can’t you!!
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