Andrea says that weight has always been a big issue in her family. When she was growing up, her father was known as big papa bear because he weighed nearly 400 pounds. She refers to being overweight as the “triple-H effect” — heavy is a handicap and humiliating. While Andrea never considered herself fat, she felt chubby and a bit padded. She didn’t enjoy shopping or exercising with friends because these group activities always made her self-conscious.

Andrea aspires to be a dentist, and one of her professional goals is to give people a reason to smile. Her personal goal was to lose weight and give herself something to smile about. After starting Joy’s LIFE Diet and sticking to the meal and fitness plans, she not only hit her goal of losing 30 pounds, but also recently surpassed it. She went from a size 12/14 to a tiny 2/4! Andrea, a true LIFE success, is now happily flashing her pearly whites!

As a bonus, Andrea's dramatic weight loss was featured in a January 2009 Woman's World cover story about walking off the pounds!

*Weight loss varies by individual. You may not achieve these results.