http://www.344pounds.com/2009/02/motivating-others/ I lost nearly 150 pounds by counting calories. I once weighed 344.2 pounds, now around 200. My story has been told on CNN, CBS, and Newsweek and will soon be in a book. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:25:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.344pounds.com/2009/02/motivating-others/#comment-11481 Melissa Weeks Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:23:09 +0000 http://www.344pounds.com/?p=348#comment-11481 I've only been on an elliptical maybe twice in my life, and both times it was ridiculously hard. The display was oddly non-user-friendly, and I couldn't tell how to set the level, so I have no idea if I was on the hardest level or the easiest, or somewhere in between. I could barely get out 5 minutes, and my quads were burning like Sherman through Atlanta. And this was when I was in fairly decent shape! I can't even imagine being able to do 45 minutes. I tip my hat to you, Shawn. I’ve only been on an elliptical maybe twice in my life, and both times it was ridiculously hard. The display was oddly non-user-friendly, and I couldn’t tell how to set the level, so I have no idea if I was on the hardest level or the easiest, or somewhere in between. I could barely get out 5 minutes, and my quads were burning like Sherman through Atlanta. And this was when I was in fairly decent shape! I can’t even imagine being able to do 45 minutes. I tip my hat to you, Shawn.

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