Woman Loses 211 Lbs., Gets First Kiss
Filed under: Diet & Weight Loss, Motivation
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Kimberly Anne Evans was overweight her entire life. Teased in grade school, never asked to a dance in high school, she used her weight as body armor, shielding herself from a cruel world. As an adult, she reached 347 pounds.
“Food was my friend, my blanket, my comfort, my lover — my drug,” she told NBC’s “TODAY” show as the newest member of the Joy Fit Club.
Unlike many obese people, Kimberly never dieted. Instead, she constantly subsisted on fast food in huge portions for three decades. She would eat multiple McDonald’s breakfast burritos in the morning, two cheeseburgers with fries for lunch and pizza followed by ice cream at dinnertime. It came to approximately 9,000 calories a day, nearly five times the recommended daily allowance.
One day, however, she saw a movie that would change her life.
