I was 22 years old and my life was going through a tail spin of health problems. I weighed 305 pounds and was suffering from slow breath, bad knees, and had began to start having chest pains. Seeing where my life was heading I knew I had to make a change. I saw my family and my Fiance and thought if I wanted to grow old with my wife to be that I had to make this change. (continued)

Terri

My name is Terri and I am a registered nurse and massage therapist. Six months shy of my 50 birthday and with the help of my friend Dallas Page, who helped me understand that only I had the power to take control of my life by accepting responsibility for the physical shape in which I unhappily found myself, I changed my attitude and my lifestyle and lost 64lbs. (continued)

Arthur

My name is Arthur Boorman. I am a disabled veteran of the first (1990-91) Persian Gulf War. I am a special education teacher, and I work as an assistant administrator (vice principal) in an alternative education (summer school/night school) program.

It all started with that first step in February. On February 9, 2007, I weighed almost 300 pounds. (continued)

Stacey

“I found Diamond Dallas Page and DDPYOGA at the perfect time in my life: Worn out from the physical and emotional baggage of carrying 300+ pounds for 20 years, I was finally ready to make some changes. There’s nothing magical about me or my story. I’m a typical American hardcore overeater who found her way out of the woods. And there was no one magic answer. (continued)

Chad

I turned 35 this past May. It was a sobering day, to say the least. I was heavier than I’d ever been, but it wasn’t just about my weight. I was always tired, my joints stiff and my moods seemed to swing under the slightest duress. (continued)

Stacy

I am a 38 year young, single Mommy of three daughters. I have had weight issues since having my youngest daughter and she is now eight. When I think of taking time out to focus on myself it seems overwhelming... in addition to the time factor, the costs of gym memberships, clothes, gas, childcare, etc. make it nearly impossible to achieve. (continued)

Dylan

My name is Dylan and I am 16 years old. Many months ago I was known as "Pudin". Guess the name really went with my appearance at that time. I never really showed it but it hurt inside to think that is what people thought of me. I believed that I was over weight and that is just how it was going to be. I was always active in sports. I played football, wrestled and lifted weight but always remained heavy. I figured that it was meant to be that way. Late in my Sophomore year of high school I stepped on the scales and realized that I weighed 292 lbs. I was a heart attack waiting to happen. (continued)

Linda

At 47 yr old I am what you might call a typical single mom with two children... two jobs and not enough hours in the day to accomplish the daily list of commitments and chores.. Until I ended up in the hospital with a life threatening lung & heart disease which made me realize some serious changes needed to be made in my lifestyle or I was going to leave my two beautiful girls without a mom… (continued)

Smokey

That picture was what 270 pounds looked like, and although my goals for weight loss were very conservative, I was able to shed weight quickly. My transformation wasn't about scales and inches, although it was wonderful to hear that people were noticing the hysical changes that were taking place. It was the confidence that DDPYOGA gave me and the feeling that I was continuing to change and improve in so many varied ways...every day that made the difference. (continued)

Diane

I've pretty much struggled with my weight all my life. It was like a Yo-Yo going up and down, up and down. I was never able to lose more than 10 pounds. I had no strength, no flexibilty, no concentration, and I had what you would call thunder thighs. I have always been very self-conscious about my thighs I had given up. My motto was "you're a big girl, it's genetic, you are always gonna have big thighs so get use to it". (continued)

Eric

I started DDPYoga because I wanted to try to lose some weight and get in shape. What I didn't know, is that DDPYoga would transform my entire life. Diamond Dallas Page took me from the who I was to the who I should be; from shooting for the curb to Living Life @ 90%.

Many times before, I *tried* to lose the weight and get in shape and *thought* that it was just going to happen. Trying wasn't doing. I wanted to *do* it. And thanks to Dallas, DDPYoga, and Team DDPYoga I did it. (continued)

Tracy

Growing up I was never the skinny girl. It was never something I aspired to be. I was always athletic and played multiple sports. After high school, I played college softball. To this day I still play softball in the summers. After college, I put on a few pounds here and there. Over the years I would do the yo-yo dieting. Lose 20 pounds then put it right back on. Having repeated this process way too many times I pretty much became convinced that I had no choice in how much I weighed. (continued)

Doug

In my younger years, I was always active, especially in sports. I maintained a decent weight. If I did not stay active I would start gaining weight. As I grew into adulthood, I added weightlifting and continued playing sports. Then the injuries came. (continued)

Lindsey

As a dancer, I have always fought hard to keep my weight down and my body toned. I have struggled over the years as I have moved from the dancer to the dance teacher, to maintain my ideal weight. With the birth of my first child I gained 65 pounds! I managed to lose almost all of my baby weight when I got pregnant again with my daughter. Everyone told me that the weight you gain with the second child doesn't come off as easily as the first! At 29, I figured it was time to become comfortable with buying those dreaded "mom" jeans.

That's when I met Dallas... (continued)

Motown

I know was not on the Team DDPYoga website for a bit but you can bet your ass I was not without my DDPYoga and the living life at 90% philosophy. Trust me with a family of five to manage that is a lot of livin...lol but I love every minute of it. The good news is I have reached my goal weight as of 8/29/11 (my 40th Birthday) and am still going strong.

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Angella

I've pretty much struggled with my weight all my life. It was like a Yo-Yo going up and down, up and down. I was never able to lose more than 10 pounds. I had no strength, no flexibilty, no concentration, and I had what you would call thunder thighs. I have always been very self-conscious about my thighs I had given up. My motto was "you're a big girl, it's genetic, you are always gonna have big thighs so get use to it". (continued)

Christian

I was never really in bad shape, but I certainly wasn’t in good shape I was 14 years old. I wasn’t an athlete. I needed something to take myself to the next level and I wanted to do it in the best way possible. (continued)