Reader Finds Pain-Free Running Success By Changing Her Approach
April 26, 2013 by Jenn
Filed under Motivation, Reader Success Stories, Running
We get so many inspiring emails from readers, and today we’re sharing another reader success story with you! Read on for Shannon’s super-cool experience from injured to running rockstar. Loving your healthy lifestyle, too? Feel free to share your story here! I am Shannon, the girl who wrote in last year about the compartment syndrome issue. I no longer have ANY [...]
My Best Friend May Kill Me For Writing This (And Sharing This Photo)
October 29, 2012 by Susan
Filed under Fit Journey, Motivation, Reader Success Stories, Weight Loss
I first met Meghan 11 years ago, on her first day of her freshman year of college. As an older, wiser, and way cooler sophomore, I took the kid under my wing and did what any role model would do: I showed her where she could buy cheap cigarettes and beer without getting her ID [...]
On the Two-Year Anniversary of Losing 100 Pounds: Lessons in Maintaining Weight Loss
August 9, 2012 by Jenn
Filed under Guest Posts, Reader Success Stories, Weight Loss
Hey, hey, it’s Guest Bloggers’ Week, which means we’re bringing you some of the best and most inspiring posts from writers around the web! Click here to see all of the great guest posts that inspire, push us to get fitter, make us think in new ways and crack us the heck up! Three years ago this month, I decided I [...]
Reader Success Story: From Overweight and Unhappy to Fit
July 20, 2012 by Jenn
Filed under Beginner, Fit Journey, Reader Success Stories, Weight Loss
We get so many inspiring emails from readers, and today we’re sharing another reader success story with you! Read on for Grace Goodman’s inspiring weight-loss experience. Grace has lost 115 pounds in the past three years and just ran her first half marathon this spring! Lost weight, too? Feel free to share your weight-loss story here! I have tried numerous “diets” [...]
Reader Success Story: Small Steps to Big Results
April 6, 2012 by Jenn
Filed under Guest Posts, Motivation, Reader Success Stories
We get so many inspiring emails from readers, and today we’re sharing another reader success story with you! Read on for Jaki Sinclair’s inspiring experience. Now the creator of Slim Down U, Jaki has lost 120 pounds and is committed to encouraging people to make healthy habits one step at a time. And feel free to share your weight-loss story, too! I’ve been [...]
5 Realistic Weight-Loss Tips and a Reader Success Story: I’m Still at It!
January 20, 2012 by Jenn
Filed under Motivation, Reader Success Stories
Remember Anna P.’s reader success story from November 2010? Well, girlfriend is still kicking booty! At the age of 36, she’s gone from 210 pounds to a fit 137 pounds. Read on for an update on her progress and fitness, plus some of her own realistic weight-loss tips. So proud of her! No one thought [...]
Reader Success Story: How I ‘Re-Started’ My Healthy Lifestyle
December 1, 2011 by Jenn
Filed under Beginner, Fit Journey, Motivation, Reader Success Stories, Tips
We get so many inspiring emails from readers, and today we’re sharing another reader success story with you! Read on for Jenn Coppacks’ inspiring story on finding balance and enjoying a healthy lifestyle as a 28-year-old Aussie living in London. And feel free to share yours, too! My name is Jenn and I “re-started” my healthy lifestyle back in [...]
How to Overcome Binge Eating: One Reader’s Experience and Tips
October 7, 2011 by Jenn
Filed under Body Image, Guest Posts, Hot Topics, Motivation, Nutrition, Reader Success Stories, Weight Loss
FBG’s second-annual Guest Bloggers’ Week may have come and gone, but this guest post and reader success story was good enough that we just had to share. Tina Reale, who blogs at Faith Fitness Fun, candidly shares her struggle with binge eating. A stay-at-home mother of two, she shares her life in order to show a balanced, healthy [...]
Becoming a Runner: One FBG Reader’s Journey
September 29, 2011 by Jenn
Filed under Motivation, Reader Success Stories, Running
We get so many inspiring emails from readers, and today we’re sharing another reader success story with you! Read on for Brigid McCarthy’s inspiring story on becoming a runner. And feel free to share yours! I used to be one of those pedestrians who would gaze enviously at the runners in my neighborhood, making comments like, “Ugh, running.” Correction: I [...]
Ivori’s 3-Year-Long Journey to Loving Life
July 7, 2011 by Jenn
Filed under Hot Topics, Reader Success Stories
We get so many inspiring emails from readers, and today we’re sharing another weight-loss success story with you! Read on for Ivori’s inspiring story. And feel free to share yours! Ivori’s Weight-Loss Story Hey FBG! I went on a 3-and-a-half-year journey that involved fitness, improving my health, building my self confidence and learning to love life that I’d like [...]







