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Real Life Success Stories
“When my husband and I started dating we were both working in retail, and going out to dinner after work became our perfect date. After we got married, neither of us cooked and we kept our dinner routine going. Matter of fact, we ate our lunches out every day too.
“Next thing you know we had each gained 100 pounds. I think it was the first time I … saw some old school friends that didn’t recognize me, that I actually realized I had gotten fat.
“My husband and I decided that being fat wasn’t good for our health ... We decided to do something about it. We both went to our doctors who put us on [a prescription appetite suppressant]. We thought, ah, the magic pill. It will just make us be not so hungry and we won’t eat as much.
“We lost a little weight, but it just didn’t seem to do the trick, so we decided to join a gym. We were both very embarrassed at first because everyone looked so skinny. We actually tried a couple different gyms and found one that made us feel comfortable. I remember the first time I got on the treadmill I couldn’t do 2 minutes. My husband couldn’t either. The people at the gym were really nice and told us that if we just keep doing a little more each day, that every day we would get better. On my slow days, when I am tired and don’t feel like working out, I stop in for my daily 45 walk on the treadmill.
“What was amazing was that as we started exercising on a regular basis our need and desire for food reduced automatically. We got off the pills and stayed on at the gym. My family thinks my husband and I have become gym addicts, but I can think of worse things to be addicted to. We are both down to a weight we are comfortable with and have more energy than we can ever remember.
“We still go out to dinner and we have both learned how to cook. But our regular workouts at the gym are what keep us healthy.
“Thank you GlobalFit, for making gym membership affordable for two gym addicts.”
–– Amy B., Denver, CO
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