They Lost Half Their Size!

Without pills or surgery, these six people dropped half their body weight – see their amazing transformations!

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PAIGE SCHMELZER: THEN

239 lbs.
The Seattle teacher, 31, used to hide her eating habits from friends and family. "I'm sneaky. Nobody knew the volume of food I ate because I had food stashed at my desk and in my car. In front of other people at work, I'd have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, chips and a soda – and later eat four candy bars in my office," she says. "At fast food restaurants, I'd order a regular meal and a kid's meal, so it would look like I had a kid, but I'd eat both. I lived a lie."