This week: 396 lbs. Last week: 400 lbs. Start: 470 lbs. Total lost: 74 lbs. - I wonder if the professionals who tried to help me lose weight years ago feel they had wasted their time. After all, I ended up spiraling out out control and gaining more weight. People like my former ...

This week: 400 lbs. Last week: 400 lbs. Start: 470 lbs. Total lost: 70 lbs. - My wife can’t understand why people compete in sports endurance events — marathons, triathlons, etc. — and when I’m working through the pain of training for the Lake Placid Half-Marathon on June 8, ...

This week: 400 lbs. Last week: 405 lbs. Start: 470 lbs. Total lost: 70 lbs. - I’m always on the lookout for inspiring stories of weight loss and physical achievement, and last year when I saw a photo of my friend Roy Holzer posing with his road bicycle, I was awestruck. I had no ...

This week: 405 lbs. Last week: 401 lbs. Start: 470 lbs. Total lost: 65 lbs. - My name is Andy, and I am a compulsive eater. Step 1 on the road to recovery is the following: “I admit that I am powerless over food and my life has become unmanageable.” Eleven soul-searching ...

This week: 401 lbs. Last week: 410 lbs. Start: 470 lbs. Total lost: 69 lbs. - I’ve seen Lake Placid’s Don Hare shrink over the past two-and-a-half years, and every time I see him in the press room at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, I swear he’s lost even more weight. ...

This week: 410 lbs. Last week: 410 lbs. Start: 470 lbs. Total lost: 60 lbs. - Thanks to the support of my family, friends and readers, I was able to climb out of my hard-hitting depression this past week, stop the weight-gain express and get back on track. By Sunday morning, I had ...