Now here's an inspiring WLS story

This guy's WLS journey is truly amazing and inspirational. Brian was a world class bike racer who qualified to try out for the 1988 US Olympic cycling team. 10 years later his weight ballooned and he had a heart attack at the age of 28. By 2003, he weighed over 300 pounds at 5'7". 

He had WLS in Aug. 2004, now weighs 145 pounds and is back to being a cycling machine. Ironically, Brian's nickname with his cycling team is none other than "Boner." In my eyes, he's the real Boner....  

In his profile, he describes himself as: "A formerly morbidly obese man that found a bike and who likes to ride.....FAST."

Here's a link to his profile and check out the link below too.

http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/trebone/  


Saving Brian

Brian Meiers and his teammates are master bicyclists racing with others who are over the age of 35, and many train together at least two hours a day. Brian rides anywhere from 40 to 100 miles a day, depending on his work and family obligations, but he always makes time to ride. What makes Brian stand out from the others is the fact that at age 28, Brian suffered a near-fatal heart attack because of the 225 pounds that were straining his heart and playing havoc with his overall health.

Brian was the youngest child in a family of seven boys and two girls. He was nine years younger than the next youngest, so he felt more like an only child. His siblings grew up with a dad in the Navy and spent their youth on a Navy base, but his dad had retired by the time Brian was born, and the family who had struggled financially for so many years was now living a better life in Union City, California.

Click here to learn more about Brian in ObesityHelp's Exercise and Fitness Forum.