Eight weeks ago, we talked to three people who were looking to make a change in their lives. Mentally, emotionally, but most important, physically. We catch up with Julie Szydlowski, Howard Gordan, and Carl Buz to see how there progress is going. It'll take more than blood,sweat and tears to keep these three from reaching their weight loss goals.
Our Melrose resident Carl Buz had Ingestable Gastric Banding eleven weeks ago. Before the surgery, Carl weighed 340 lbs. He now weighs 265 lbs. Carl says he has gone down from a pants size fifty to a forty. He stays active hoping to lose more fat and gain more muscle.
And Gainesville resident, Howard Gordan has been on the Jenny Craig program for 16 weeks. The sixty five year old began the program weighing 283 lbs.
He has lost close to 28 lbs. Howard checks in every Friday with his consultant Tiffany and picks up his weekly order. Now that he's on a vacation, Tiffany says this is where the program comes in handy. Howard has 22 more pounds to go before reaching his goal of 50 lbs lost.
Forty one year old,Julie Szydlowski of Haile Plantaion has been going to the gym after a two year hiatus. She joined Gainesville Health and Fitness to get back to a healthy lifestyle for her and her family. When Julie began, she was 40 lbs. over what she wanted to be, but is starting to see results. Julie contributes her loss to getting her family on board with changing their eating habits and being consistent at the gym. She also says this is helping her blood pressure.
Stayed tuned, in our last story, we will have the results of Julie, Carl and Howard and conclude our weight loss programs.