Brian Fleming's food menu consists of fast food in the morning and a fifth of vodka mixed with a liter of pop at night.
He was morbidly obese, depressed and an alcoholic when he met Jackie Eastham, who had a healthy lifestyle. He would have eaten his sorrow away and ended his life if it hadn't been for Jackie who would eventually inspired him to lose weight.
in 2012, he weighed 625lbs (that's 283.5 kg!). He was a 30 years-old college dropout who would spend hours everyday playing video games. Soon, she (Jackie) would inspire him to stop drinking. He lost 100lbs in the first month just from that.
Jackie lives an extremely health-concious lifestyle because of her condition, where the experience and wisdom comes in handy to coach Brian along. Almost a year after they met on Draw Something, countless online chats and encouragements, Brian managed to lose 400lbs (181kg!). He even found a new job, was in theraphy and trained for his first marathon.
He even flew to Paris to meet Jackie, his champion, in person. They climbed to the top of the Eiffel Tower together.
“Jackie is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I feel that she saved my life, even though she would never take credit,” Brian Flemming wrote in a blog post.
It’s never too late and no one is ever too far gone to make a change. Share Brian and Jackie’s inspiring story with others; maybe it will give people motivation to change their lives.
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