Leanne

Almost two years since her X-Weighted journey, Leanne says that she is feeling happy and healthy. “I still weigh 200 pounds, but you know, things are good,” she says. She is graduating school this year, and is very excited about that. “I’m planning to take a year off of school, work and save up money while I decide what it is I want to do with my life. I still have my job as an usher at the coliseum here, where all the concerts play, which is really good fun,” she says. 

(Her brother Aaron is also doing great, and is involved in football and cadets, which he loves.)

“I am so glad that I did the show,” says Leanne, “when I watch my episode I look back and can’t believe that I was that big.” (She lost 18 pounds on the show and has kept the weight off.)  

When she watches the show, she can get pretty emotional because it brings back so many memories, but feels very positive watching the end where she can actually see the results of her hard work pay off. “After the show aired I just got so many compliments from people. I went to work the next day and it seemed like everyone I met had seen the show and I got so many positive comments from strangers,” she says, “it was a bit embarrassing, but everyone has been really nice about it. I kina like it when people say they saw my episode.”

Leanne learned a lot from being on X-Weighted. “Since being on the show we’ve eaten a lot healthier foods, and there is always healthy food available in the house. I haven’t drank pop in I don’t know how long and we used to eat Kraft Dinner a lot, but since the show I haven’t eaten a single piece,” she says.