Ben Davis has a remarkable weight loss success story. Ben’s video with his Coldplay soundtrack has been viewed over 1 million times. It is hard to watch and not think about signing up for a race. On Christmas day 2008 Ben was depressed and weighed 360 pounds. On that day he made a promise to his grandmother to lose weight and get his life together. In two years he has lost 120 pounds and has run marathons and finished an Ironman Triathlon. 
Ben started to run – it was extremely difficult at first but he perservered with the help of his brother. Together they signed up for a 5k and started training. Ben started to lose a lot of weight pretty fast – sometimes 8-15 pounds a week at first. After the initial success of his first 5k Ben started to train for more and more challenging races. Eventually he snuck into the Boston Marathon and completed the race as a bandit. He is going to be featured in Runners World magazine in April.
Here are some of Ben’s Weight Loss tips
- Find an activity you love
- Join a group that meets a couple of times a week to get into a routine
- Change your diet – replace fast food with grilled lean meat and fruit and vegetables
- Blog to keep yourself accountable and supported during difficult times
- Use BodyGlide to prevent chafing
You can watch the video and read about his inspirational story on his blog www.bendoeslife.com
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