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Spiros Panayiotou

At the age of 17, I lost my father. I felt totally lost with no sense of academic direction, piles of mortgage
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Dan Mulder

For more personal reasons, I was always the small kid and man. When I started my fitness journey I was 155
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Christopher McDonald

I used to be 260-270 lbs and I just got tired of being overweight plus having high blood pressure, I was
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Jade-Kelsie Wolfenden

As much as cliché as it sounds, failure is the fuel the burns the fire. I didn't succeed at my first
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Hailey Staker

I wasn't happy with my image and as a mother, I wanted to start setting a good example for her early
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Kristine Cunningham

I was diagnosed with Scoliosis at the age of 10 and wore a Milwaukee brace for 4 years
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Joe Wilkie

From late 2019 into early 2020 my life totally changed and the trauma left me demotivated
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Stephane Gagnon

As a father of 3 girls I always tried to give a great examples and advice.
Fell in love with running
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Emerald King

My family has always promoted healthy living, since I was a child. As I matured I wanted to make
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Luke Moore

I started working out back in 2008, when a friend of mine called me fat in front of a lot of people. My world ...

Lauren

All of my life I have always been “little.” While I did not always view my weight as little, my height and
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Veronica Richer

Growing up fitness was always important. I was a champion swimmer, cheerleader, and enjoyed
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Gizelle Garcia

I am a type 1 diabetic. I was always struggling to control my blood sugar levels and maintain a healthy body
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Joshua Farrugia

I was scared that I was going to give up but with support of friends and family I haven’t given up
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Lisette Morales

I was always a big girl. Since I was a little kid. I never worked out, dreaded running the mile in middle
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Randi Smith

It is a privilege to be healthy enough to move your body and be able to work out whenever you want
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Hiten Makwana

At school, I was the skinny weak kid and always wanted to be stronger and more muscular like some
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Jeancarlo Danies

My Cardiologist told me I had 2 years to live. My obesity, emotional obsession with food and
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Maya Shirvani

So when I was diagnosed with cancer (Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma) I was shocked. Here I thought
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Alessandra Cantor

To my disbelief, about eight months after I got swabbed, I received a phone call and found out
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Basma Kenaya

I started working out back in 2008, when a friend of mine called me fat in front of a lot of people
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Tom Post

In early 2015, at age 59 I was overweight and wore XXXL shirts and had a 44 in waist.
Early in 2015
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Jason Molloy

From the age of 16-24 I became dependent on alcohol. Around the age of 24/25
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Hannah Stanton

Fitness nearly killed me & then saved my life. My journey has involved highs & lows
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Tina H.

I would run on and off before this, but I was limited in my mind that I “can’t” run very far
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Joshua Taylor

I was and always have been a very self contained person. This has translated into my goals for myself
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Carla Parson

I was broken, and instead of giving up on myself, I decided to fight, I rose from my bed of depression
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David Infantino

In order to make it more difficult, I grabbed a backpack, filled it with books and put it on my
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Ramzan M.

Being raised in one of the worst cities in America and attending one of the worst High Schools in America
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Pam Major

Weightlifting helps me distress from my job as an RN working with COVID-19 patients. I’m heartbroken
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Jojo Miller

"I am a reformed “chubby girl”. I always had body image issues and low self confidence
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Philip Diaz

I was always overweight in high school and some years after. My confidence was low, I didn't
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Annette Haavasoja

It is super important to me! I have diabetes, since I was eight years old. So exercising
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Daniel Ledden

Then I got the flu. Dropped another 10 pounds. Finally had surgery and he moved my bicep Brachialis
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Jon Wise

I was addicted to drugs and alcohol and literally all I cared about was getting high or drunk and when
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Rob Kresnicka

I started seriously training when I was 14 years old, with only a bench press in my basement
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