Today’s Success Story: Anniese has lost 45 pounds and is striving for 15 more. She says, I started working out in 2011 and I was 215 pounds. Now, I’m 174 pounds. I began working out 1 hour a day and drinking lots of water. I just stopped eating fast food and stopped drinking sodas and […]
Ebony has lost 50 pounds
Today’s Featured Success Story: Ebony has lost 50 pounds since May 2011. As of May 2011, I was 217 lbs. I took a Nutrition Course online that helped me calculate my calorie intake! We had a semester long journal of all of the foods we would eat on a daily basis. I used drink alcohol […]
Check-in Day #3 – October Challenge
It’s Day 20 of our October Challenge!! Time to check-in and let us know how you are doing with the Challenge weight loss goals you committed to at the beginning of the month. Accountability is Key! If you need help, reach out. If you are doing well, let us celebrate with you! I reached my […]
Shanta lost 60 pounds!
Today’s Featured Before and After comes from Shanta who has lost 60 pounds this year! “I started my journey to get healthy and fit in late March of this year. Since March, I have lost 58.8 pounds. My starting weight was 276 pound and now I weigh 216 pounds. (I just weighed myself) So, all […]
Tasha has lost 73 pounds!
Tasha has transformed her body going from 236 to 163. That’s a loss of 73 pounds!! She Says, “Hi my name is Tasha and I started my journey mid January. Journey as in life style not diet! I worked hard to lose weight starting at 236 and I’m down to about 163 close to goal […]
Crabs in a Barrel?: Are Black Women Supportive of Other Sistas Who Lose Weight?
Question: By and Large, are we as black women supportive of one another’s weight loss efforts? Are we quick to encourage or find fault? Having run this site for a while, I’ve been impressed with and overwhelmed by the amount of love that I’ve witnessed. We really know how to lift each other up and […]
Shawntia has lost 48 pounds
Today’s Success Story is Shawntia who has lost 48 pounds. This mother of 2 started her weight loss journey on Feb 2011 at 203 pounds and reached 155 by Sept 2012! She says, “Hello ladies! Im Shawntia and I love this site. People need motivation &*inspiration like this for weight loss. I myself has struggle […]
Valencia has lost 50 pounds
Today’s Featured Success Story: Cheers to Valencia who lost 50 pounds over the course of a year and a half!!! She says, “A work in process. My weight loss has been a roller coaster up and down. I have loss over 50 pounds by eating right and exercise, and yes a few bad days( junk […]
Katrina lost 60 pounds!
Today’s featured success story comes from a recent grad, Katrina, who has lost 60 pounds with weight loss surgery. She says: “As I reflected on the day I walked across the stage at Mississippi State University in 2010 to receive my Ph.D., I remember thinking about how making the decision to pursue higher education AND […]
Amber has lost 45 pounds!
We are sending out BWLW Love to our Featured Success Story of the Day, Amber, who has lost 45 pounds, going from 207 to 162. She’s a mother of 3 as well!! Note: One of photos is flipped so that the comparison could be the same. She still has the tattoo. This caused some controversy […]
