Losing Sixty Pounds After Pregnancy

Andrea weighed 207 pounds eight months ago after the birth of her second child. Today she weighs 145 pounds. She's tall, at 5'10".

She was motivated to lose the weight by wanting to enter a beauty contest for Mrs. West Virginia. She's worked out every day since October and has kept to a strict diet. She's been able to work out even though she works as a nurse and has two kids under the age of 2 at home. Check out her story and some larger pics here.

From Fat to Healthy

Roni Noone is 5'9" and she weighed 225 after giving birth to her child. Thirty-two weeks later she was down to 145 pounds. She's got a very inspiring blog. Check it out here.

Stephen Fry Loses 80 Pounds

Stephen Fry, a British actor, age 51, has lost 80 pounds in just six months.

He is elated about it. He says he feels so much better due to the new diet and exercise, he feels it's even cured his manic-depression.

He says that in the first month "I did without bread, potatoes and sugar, and the weight rolled off." Later he dropped red meat. He's going to the gym and doing a lot of outdoor walking. He says the audiobooks he listens to on his walks have helped enormously.

See his story and the wonderful before and after photos at the Daily Mail.

Flattering Bathing Suits for Plus Sizes

SwimSuits for All has some flattering bathing suits in plus sizes. Check them out at Amazon.

Men's Weight Loss Stories

The majority of the weight loss stories I discuss on this blog are about women but I thought I'd sum up the recent stories by men for any guys who are looking. Here's a few stories that will inspire men;

Micheal Loses 50 Pounds on the Diabetes Diet

John Quits Soda, Loses 45 Pounds

Timothy Loses Fat and Gains Muscle

Phil Loses 192 Pounds

Tim Loses 128 Pounds

Lucas Loses Only 7 Pounds (His amazing Before and After Pics are shown above here) - He lost 19 pounds of fat but gained 12 pounds of muscle.

And more Men's Weight Loss Stories here.

Michelle Obama on Eating Your Vegetables

Michelle Obama met with some school kids today and told them “Too many kids are consuming high-calorie food with low nutritional value."

“We all have to eat vegetables every single day, every day."

The kids helped her pick lettuce and snap peas from the White House garden. Afterwords they went inside to eat a healthy meal of snap peas, brown rice and baked chicken.

Read the story at The Wall Street Journal. Image via scardey kat.

Good Food Ideas for Weight Loss

I came across a good article today reminding me of some of the healthiest foods I haven't eaten for a while. They discuss foods that help promote weight loss and help us avoid bloating. Their list includes sardines, eggs, oats, lentils and blueberries.

Check it out here.

See also more about sardines and lentils.

The poached egg photo above is via jo-h at Flickr.