Murray Mackenzie calls himself “a fighter,” and we think you’ll agree. Though he emphasizes how much he enjoys his life, Murray has struggled with his health for some time. He recalls spending years visiting various doctors and specialists, but it wasn’t enough. In fact, he says that “my health got so bad I was on […]

Manutsawee Buapet’s story isn’t the typical weight loss story we often think of — quite the opposite. As Manut puts it, “I have been skinny almost all my life. I thought it was impossible to gain weight.” Though we sometimes mistakenly associate thinness with health, Manut makes it clear that her condition wasn’t desirable. “As […]

Ismael Anaya has suffered from migraines and depression for a long time — at least since he was 10 years old. They affected him a great deal. Speaking of his migraines, Ismael recalls that “I had one to two a week that were almost debilitating.” Even so, Ismael kept active. He played high school football […]

Jennifer Armendariz faced a familiar dilemma: she knew she needed to improve her fitness, but she just wasn’t doing it on her own. And given that Jennifer keeps very busy — she’s a mother of two young children and works as a nurse practitioner — it’s unsurprising that other things took precedence. Still, she wanted […]

Bob Skinner can pinpoint the day his life changed: June 25, 2016. Up until that point, Bob “loved how I lived my life” and “didn’t think I need to change anything about it.” Sure, he didn’t live the healthiest life — at 59 years old, Bob “had accumulated a lot of bad habits along the […]

Kiki Vasquez was very young when she began struggling with her image of herself. At 14 years old, Kiki was plagued by the fear of gaining weight, though she was very thin. She’d seen how many members of her family — including her mother — suffered from obesity, and she’d seen how her father despised her mother […]