HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Six years ago, Becky Griggs weighed 352 pounds and was haunted by the simple task of walking to the bathroom since it left her out of breath. Today, a slimmed down Griggs works as a fitness trainer while also competing in body-building contests.
“It’s taken time, but I know now that this me is the me who I am, and that fat girl, she is not me anymore,” Griggs, who shed more than 200 pounds, tells CNN. “I am me because of her, but I won’t ever go back to being her.”
Griggs says she usually weighs around 150 pounds now. She credits her weight loss to exercise and a heavy protein diet in which “sugar and flour were out.” Ever since she dropped the weight, Griggs has continued on a regular exercise routine and maintained her mental power.
“Food doesn’t control me anymore, I control it,” she said.
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