Anissa lost 35 pounds

Let’s show some BWLW love to Anissa.  She lost 35 pounds.  Changing her diet and using Leslie Sansone’s walking DVD were major parts of her weight loss journey.  Read more…

“Hi, my name is Anissa Hairston. I want to share my weight loss journey with you. I started my journey January 2013. My heaviest weight was 240 pounds as seen in the picture where I am wearing the yellow dress. I bought a walking DVD by Leslie Sansone and started walking everyday at home. I tried diet pills and they made me sick. I tried eliminating carbs from my diet completely. That lasted about 3 weeks and then I began to feel ill.

I continued to walk everyday and made more changes to my diet. I added more fruits and veggies. I ate more salads and started drinking at least 50-64 oz of water everyday. I changed my carbs to whole grain and only ate them during the day. Now, I hardly ever eat any carbs with my evening meal unless it’s brown rice or wheat pasta. I make fruit and veggie smoothies all the time as snacks. I use Fiber One brownies as my dessert most days and to satisfy my sweet cravings. They’re only 90 calories (but watch that you don’t over do it with them). I make soup often with a lot of veggies because it’s filling and tastes really good.

I also purchased a fitness game for my Xbox as well as a weighted hula hoop and I try to do some sort of physical activity daily. My goal is to burn 2000-2500 calories a day and I try not to eat more than 1800-2000 calories per day. I bought a FitBit pedometer that tracks my calorie burn, total steps taken daily, and it is so helpful. In the pic where I’m wearing jeans and a black shirt, I was 215 pounds. I’m currently 205 pounds and am still on my journey to reach my goal weight of 170 pounds. I just want to let you know that your challenges, success stories, tips, and words of encouragement are very much appreciated and I try to share everything I can from you onto my timeline so that others will be motivated to start their weight loss journey.”