My name is Benjamin…
…and I’m a 31 year old fire fighter. I struggled with weight loss for a few years before turning to the weigh station in November 2011. During high school I wrestled weighing in around 215 pounds. I was able to maintain at that weight for most of my high school career. In 2000 I attended Longwood University where I pursued my degree in physical education and continued my wrestling career. During my time at Longwood University they cut their wrestling program and I decided to take up rugby. Although I was still active my lifestyle became more sedentary. I went from 215 pounds to 250 pounds in about a year. In 2002 I left college and started working full time. During a three year time frame I put on 80 pounds, weighing me in at 330 pounds. I started to cut weight to pursue my career as a fire fighter. I started the fire academy weighing 300 pounds and through my time in training cut down to around 275 pounds. In 2009 I started training for my EMT intermediate. The pressure of the course and working full time began to weigh on me and I rapidly gained 50 pounds. At my highest weight of 350 pounds I decided to join The Weigh Station. I lost around 40 pounds in my first month! Over the next seven months I followed the program and lost down to 229 pounds. I’m am now joining the maintenance portion of the program and very excited. The employees of the weigh station were very encouraging and knowledgable support system. This program gave me very fast results and has taught me how to make this a lifestyle. Thank you!
Ben & john
I’m fifty-nine years old. I have always been active, and have worked as a firefighter for thirty-six years. But, as the years came and went, my weight simply increased. The weight became a hindrance to my lifestyle. I no longer had stamina, or the ability to do the work I was accustomed to doing. I thought I could work the weight off by exercising more but that became a catch twenty-two.
The more I exercised, the more I wanted to eat. To shorten this story; My son used the Weigh Station and had great results, so I joined. The results were almost over night. I literally saw weight loss every day. I calculate that I lost about 1/2 pound a day. I’ve been in maintenance almost three months and sense starting with Weigh Station I’ve lost fifty five pounds. Weigh Station gave me the tools and encouragement to make a great change in my quality of life.