Today’s featured success story: Actress Brely Evans has lost 40 pounds with Jenny Craig and is their newest spokeswoman. You may remember her in the remake of the movie “Sparkle” as “Tune Ann”. You have likely seen her in the new Jenny Craig commercial (posted below). She looks great and she’s part of the BWLW […]
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Do black women have a problem with the concept of being “thin”?
Do black women have a problem with the concept of being “thin”? I ask this question because of the reaction that always comes out when I post success stories where the before photo doesn’t show a woman who is “classically” overweight. I understand that one woman’s before photo could be another woman’s after photo. For […]
Gewanda lost 45 pounds
Today’s weight loss success story: Gewanda lost 45 pounds. She attributes her weight loss to “daily cardio, strength training combined with a low carb diet.” I would add hard work and researching what would work for her. My weight loss journey was one of trial and error. I failed plenty of times but in the […]
Natasha lost 95 pounds
Today’s featured weight loss story: BWLW Online Community member Natasha lost 95 pounds going from 225 to 130 lbs. She was featured in the Huffington Post’s Healthy Living weight loss success profiles. In our online community we always ask what people’s weight loss goals are. Natasha says, “I’m in maintenance mode now, after having lost […]
April lost 70 pounds!
Today’s amazing weight loss transformation: April lost 70 pounds with hard work and the help of Weight Watchers. She says, “I don’t call it a diet, because its a life style Change for me! I plan to Eat Right!!!. Workout!!! For the rest of my Journey! Once you get started you just keep going… At […]
Angelic has lost more than 70 pounds
Today’s weight loss success story: Angelic has lost more than 70 pounds. She says, “My before and after picture! The before is from my company Christmas party 12/10/11 and the after is from 7/4/12. I have lost over 70 lbs the hard way-Eliminating white sugar, flour, bread, pasta, and processed foods. Doing the work—Walking, drinking […]
My Sigma Gamma Rho Soror Charlene lost 50 pounds
Today’s weight loss success story: My Sigma Gamma Rho soror Charlene is today’s featured success story. She lost 50 pounds with Weight Watchers. Here is her story: I have never been skinny, but about a year ago I started to think about how lucky I am in terms of my health in relation to my […]
Jeanine lost 70 pounds with weight loss surgery
Today’s Weight Loss Success Story: Jeanine has lost 70+ pounds and gone from a size 22w to a 10/12. She is a member of our online community. She says, “My journey: I am 5’2” and come from a family of plump women, so I talked my self into believing that it was okay for me […]
Shalonda G. has lost 107 pounds!
Today’s Weight Loss Success Story: BWLW online community member Shalonda G. has lost 107 pounds! She says, ” I have lost almost a hundred pounds. I was at a family gathering for new years’ eve party, my cousin took a picture of me and put it on facebook. I could believe that was me in that […]
Jacqueline lost 74 pounds
Today’s Weight Loss Success Story: Jacqueline lost 74 pounds by eating 6 small meals per day and getting her cardio on! She says, “The pic on the left is at my heaviest 330. The pic on the right I am 256…that’s a total of 74 pounds..i am also 5″11…I am 26lbs away from my first […]
