Becky Griggs once weighed 352 pounds. Now she is 200 pounds lighter and has become a personal trainer. According to CNN, Becky Griggs credits "positive self-image" as a key to her weight loss. Before and after photos of Becky Griggs are available at CNN.
Griggs then began to focus on adopting a "clean foods" diet, focusing on protein and cutting out sugar and flour. These days, she weighs around 150 and has been as low as 139. Having been through the experience of weight loss, Griggs is now giving back by being a fitness trainer. Helping others benefits Griggs as well as it motivates her to remain dedicated to her workout routines.
Becky Griggs runs a blog called I Believe in Fitness. Judging by her stunning accomplishments, the “I believe in fitness” statement is not just hype.
But Becky’s blog is not as popular as it should be, her Twitter presence is insignificant, her LinkedIn profile as poor as her Twitter account, her YouTube channel seems outdated, the Facebook Network Blog has only 32 followers and the list could go on. It seems that Becky decided to keep a low profile, although the CNN continues to keep her in the headlines. “From fat to gym rat, woman loses 200 pounds” was the title of the article that caused the media frenzy that made Becky Griggs the most popular personality of the hour on Google search.
These days, Becky Griggs starts her morning well before the sun comes up, in time to meet her clients at the gym at 5:30. It’s a big change from six years ago, when she was 352 pounds and, as she calls it, engaged in a “slow form of suicide.”
And when we look at the images below we see a beautiful woman, who achieved what many still consider impossible. It didn’t happen over night, it didn’t happen with a “miracle diet” or a miracle weight loss pill. The hard work, and determination, and the will to live a healthy life, are her secrets. Too bad that Becky is not more involved online, where people who really need to learn about her story are currently searching for wonder recipes to a healthier body. Being thin is not the same as being healthy, Becky would tell you, as she told CNN: “We are taught what is slim and skinny and pretty and right, but in reality, what is fit and healthy is a different thing.”
