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"For most of her adult life, the 31-year-old graduate student from Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, has struggled with her weight. She started gaining as a teenager and by the time she graduated from high school, she was carrying 215 pounds on her 5' 2" frame. Over the next three to four months, she began walking, without any real goal or expectation. Pless believed that if she just focused on eating less and moving more, everything would fall into place. "At first, it was hard to start exercising because I was worried people would make fun of me," Pless said. "But then I just told myself, if that's the worst that could happen ... I just got out there and didn't care." All of the hard work and determination paid off. Pless has lost 95 pounds and kept it off for 1½ years. As a result, she says, she's healthier and more confident. She's also set a new professional goal -- to pursue a doctorate in food and exercise psychology -- so she can help others who are battling obesity and eating disorders "[The] negative side to weight loss is that people treat people differently. Being fat was a good filter -- I'm automatically treated better by people because I'm thinner. Society is so hard on people who are overweight or obese," said Pless. "Now, those people think I'm funnier or smarter." Pless runs about 40 miles a week while she trains for two marathons she plans to run this winter. The first is in November in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the second is in Miami, Florida, in January. "

Wow, good for her.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/10/03/weightloss.kelly.pless/index.html

[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 4:27 PM. Reason : forgot the link]

10/3/2007 4:24:19 PM

if I lost 95 lbs people would think I had cancer

10/3/2007 4:25:37 PM

SAGGY TITTIES

10/3/2007 4:26:17 PM

I lost like 80 something, where the fuck is my thread?

10/3/2007 4:27:02 PM

oh yeah I want to see what her tits look like

I bet they're weird

10/3/2007 4:28:02 PM

I guess the pigment in her hair was lost too.

10/3/2007 4:30:14 PM

Why is this threadworthy? People lose weight all the time.

10/3/2007 4:34:36 PM

threadworthy is a pretty low threshold in the greater scheme of things.

other than that, I'm just impressed that she actually did something about it without resorting to gastric bypass or some other quick fix, she just changed her life.

10/3/2007 4:37:24 PM

people do that all the damn time, why the hell did you make a thread about it

[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 4:40 PM. Reason : if that excites you, The Biggest Loser will blow your mind]

10/3/2007 4:40:06 PM

i don't watch tv

10/3/2007 4:42:35 PM

I think this is good for all the fatties out there who are worried about being made fun of for exercising.

10/3/2007 4:43:28 PM

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"31-year-old"

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"by the time she graduated from high school, she was carrying 215 pounds on her 5' 2" frame. Over the next three to four months"

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"lost 95 pounds and kept it off for 1½ years."

how old was she when she graduated high school?

[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 4:44 PM. Reason : [/quote]]

10/3/2007 4:44:10 PM

if you read the whole article it says she lost it, then gained it back, I just took excepts.

10/3/2007 4:45:31 PM

She looks like Kelly Bundy now.

10/3/2007 4:55:21 PM

^my thoughts exactly

10/3/2007 4:57:59 PM

the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer I think

10/3/2007 4:59:20 PM

why do people think gastric bypass is easy, i think getting cut on and then never being able to eat again would blow

10/3/2007 5:00:05 PM

You can get a doctorate in food?

10/3/2007 5:01:44 PM

good for her.

and she looks very bangable now.

10/3/2007 5:02:21 PM

she didn't lose that smile though, which is cool.

10/3/2007 5:04:35 PM

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""[The] negative side to weight loss is that people treat people differently. Being fat was a good filter -- I'm automatically treated better by people because I'm thinner. Society is so hard on people who are overweight or obese," said Pless. "Now, those people think I'm funnier or smarter.""

Perhaps she actually is funnier or acts smarter now that she is more confident due to her better appearance.

10/3/2007 5:05:31 PM

people make a lot of assumptions about others based on their first physical observations.

[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 6:36 PM. Reason : you don't even have to speak]

10/3/2007 6:36:06 PM

I love how she dyed her hair blonde to boot.

10/3/2007 6:46:07 PM

there are plenty of skinny ugly people.

10/3/2007 6:52:33 PM

if i lost 95 pounds i'd be dead.

if i lost half that i'd be dead.

10/3/2007 6:53:01 PM

i would be dead too

10/3/2007 6:55:31 PM

that was a lot of weight for a little 5'2" frame!

10/3/2007 6:57:56 PM

^^^^^^ ya thats very true.

I think its more important to look healthy than anything. but I will say that everyone looks better skinnier.

10/3/2007 7:00:14 PM

this thread needs more Kristy Swanson

10/3/2007 7:04:07 PM

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"I guess the pigment in her hair was lost too."

10/3/2007 7:05:18 PM

d

10/3/2007 7:06:16 PM