“I’ve always been a big guy. But at over 300 lbs., I was slowly killing myself.”

As long as I can remember, I have always been known to my friends and family as “Big Mike.” This was simply a nice way of saying “Fat Mike.” What they didn’t know was that I was suffering from type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. When my doctor told me I needed to go on an insulin pump to help control my diabetes, I told him there was no way I was doing that—certainly there was something else I could do besides a pump. His answer was simple—lose some weight.

"I LOVE my body!"
I had always been the picture of health and discipline to the people around me. I participated in fitness/figure pageants, was a fitness officer in the Air Force, and became a personal training coach, all before the age of 25. But being on an extremely strict diet for three years sent me on a dangerous downward spiral of binge eating, and I found myself losing control. When I eventually got up to my highest weight, I was at my breaking point. I hated how I looked, and most of all, I hated how I felt. I couldn't stand how sluggish I had become. I stopped exercising, going out, doing the things I loved. I stopped being a young person in her twenties. When I saw an ad for Nutrisystem one night as I was gorging on pizza and ice cream, I thought, "What are you doing?" I immediately went online and ordered my first month. Now, I'm 30 lbs.* slimmer, and a size 2/4*! I feel great and it's wonderful to have my body reflect that.

"I can't believe how great I feel just from eating right."
After my older brother passed away unexpectedly, I gained a lot of weight. I struggled to lose it, but never really succeeded. I was my heaviest at about 185 and saw no light at the end of the tunnel-until I found Nutrisystem. Nutrisystem not only transformed my body into unbelievable shape, but it trained me how to eat right, too. It only took a few months to see extraordinary results that I never thought possible.

"Nutrisystem helped take the weight off the scale-and my shoulders!"
All my life, I've been struggling with my weight. Being the youngest of five (four of which are girls), I was constantly reminded of how I looked. Everyone was always dieting and exercising as I grew up, battling genetics and McDonald's. For some reason, they were winning, but I was not. At 9 years old I started exercising with Buns of Steel®, Tae Bo®, Yoga and Pilates. Ever since then, I've collected every workout fad known to man! I've tried every diet as well. I even had my bodybuilder brother train me for my wedding in 2000. I was on a strict regimen of working out seven days a week, two hours a day. And I ate nothing but high protein, low fat, and barely any carbs. I must admit that it did work and I was finally thin, but miserable and starving as well. After I had my beautiful twins, I managed to thin down again, but, of course, all good things must come to an end. The weight came creeping back just like it always had. When my twins turned two, I'd had enough. I decided to give Nutrisystem a try. I figured all I had to lose was weight, and that was fine with me. I have to admit I was a little hesitant at first, but when my clothes started hanging off of me and all I ate was chocolate, pizza and pasta I was definitely a believer! I immediately called my brother to tell him I found a better way to get in shape-no suffering involved. Just lots and lots of chocolate! Thanks to Nutrisystem, I learned I could still live to eat, lose weight and love life!