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Angela Williams
Then: 430 lbs., Now: 180 lbs.At 430 lbs. Angela Williams suffered from arthritis and sleep apnea and was a borderline diabetic. Still, "I thought, 'Nothing's wrong with me. I'm cute,'" she says. "I was in denial." Her wake-up call came in '04, when her aunt died of heart disease. Fearing a similar fate, Williams, now 27, signed up with LA Weight Loss. Paying $8 a week for the program's diet counseling, she soon cut out Cap'n Crunch and fast food for chicken breasts and low-fat cheese.
She also started taking walks and during the next two years lost 250 lbs. The Alexandria, La., health worker, who takes aerobics classes three times a week, can now cross her legs and tie her shoes. "I was in the store one day and saw someone in a mirror and thought, 'She is so pretty,'" she recalls. "Then I realized, 'That's me!'"
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