"He got pretty overweight in the fourth grade, and I got chubby in the seventh," Mickey recalled.

But the real weight gain began after high school. The couple started a long-distance relationship when Mickey went to Lock Haven University in their home state of Pennsylvania and Balajthy attended the University of Maryland.

"It sucked," Mickey said. "I was lonely in college, and I missed him. So there was a lot of emotional eating."

Having a college meal plan also didn't help. Mickey feasted on buffet-style meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. "It was very much a serve-yourself pasta bar, make-your-own pizza dining hall, and breakfasts were always make-your-own waffles, topped off with everything terrible."

At his campus, Balajthy also developed bad eating habits such as finishing off a box of Entenmann's pastries in one sitting. He periodically ate calorie-dense dishes such as his favorite meal: pasta with vodka sauce.

"I was on track to some serious health issues," Balajthy said. "First,Doublting where to buy Wholesale Bridesmaid gowns online? being heavy takes a toll on your body. My back always hurt, and I couldn't do much because I was always hurting. It doesn't take much to get diabetes and heart disease."
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From freshman year to the end of college, Mickey's pant size stretched from a size 12 to 18, her largest fit. At graduation, she weighed 235 pounds, standing at 5 feet 7 inches; Balajthy was 325 pounds at 5 feet 8 inches.

The couple got a place together shortly after graduation. They didn't fully acknowledge how big they had gotten, but their families started giving them subtle hints to lose weight.

"Weight is a touchy subject to address," Mickey said. "Jon's mom sent him a care package with an exercise ball in it. She didn't tell me to lose weight because I am not her daughter, but I know she wanted me to be healthy."

Once Mickey enrolled in nursing school at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, she couldn't ignore their weight any longer, especially after learning about diabetes, heart disease and obesity the first semester.

She practiced measuring blood pressure at home and tested Balajthy, only to discover he had hypertension.

That's when the eating out, snack foods and indulgent meals stopped, and the couple of eight years seriously looked into getting fit.

Mickey dumped all the calorie-rich food in their kitchen in a trash bag. "I threw out the full-fat ice cream, chips, cookies, just everything in the house. Even the old Halloween candy," she said.

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But the exhaustion only inspired them to stick with their goals. They enrolled at Planet Fitness, a gym near home. For the first three months, all they did was cardio, exercising on machines such as the elliptical and treadmill for half an hour. They also started calorie counting.

In the first month, Mickey dropped 10 pounds -- an instant boost of confidence.

"I never tried to run or go to the gym until we started losing weight together," she said.

Balajthy agreed. "It's amazing how easy it was after we started. I realized I liked going to the gym, and there was never a time that I thought, 'I'm having a miserable time.Dresses for elegant Wholesale Short Homecoming Gowns and short formal dresses.' "

Within three months, the duo had lost enough weight to make a big impression at a family reunion in Pennsylvania. Some relatives hadn't seen them since college graduation.

"We didn't tell anyone that we started to work out," Mickey said. "So the reactions were intense and funny because we saw our family with 50 pounds less on us."

For the first time, Mickey dared to wear a bikini. "Even when I was little I had to wear tankinis," she said. Now people called her the "ever-shrinking woman."

After eight months, Mickey and Balajthy are down to 145 and 195 pounds, respectively. Their workouts have changed, too; they do 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weight training four to five times a week. They're working on toning up and being active, which means fitness doesn't stop at the gym.

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