Overweight

Jared's Story

Jared was not overweight as a small child, but through the years he gradually gained until by the time he was 18 years old he weighed 350 pounds.

Jared doing schoolwork

When Jared was 15, he decided he was ready to get in shape.  He weighed 294 pounds with a body mass index of 40.  He was wearing size 3X shirts. 

A tasty smoothie is a good substitute for soft drinks

He began to make better choices, but he was not ready to give up all of the habits he had acquired through the years which had caused the problem.

Jared's plan

Check in a few days for completion of Jared's plan.  how he lost and is still losing weight

Jared is now 21 years old.  He was not able to lose the weight he wanted to lose until this year.  I learned that the person who is trying to improve has to be truly motivated for it to work. He has to be able to set his own goals and stick to them.