Hendersonville Chiropractor Loses Half His Body Weight

Hendersonville Chiropractor Loses Half His Body Weight

Ryan Footit’s secret to losing 165 pounds in 345 days is simple.

“I eat healthy and I work out,” Hendersonville chiropractor said. “That’s my secret to success.”

Footit recently lost half of his body weight without surgeries, pills or other artificial methods but naturally with determination. Now he tells his story to inspire and help others.

Footit had battled obesity since childhood, weighing 150 pounds in the fifth grade.

“I was always the fat kid, who was never popular,” Footit, 41, said. “I had self-esteem issues and it was always challenging because people look at you.”

The mere thought of gym class was a nightmare.

“I hated it, I hated it, I hated it,” Footit said. “I’d think of every excuse under the sun to try to get out of gym class. I’d get headaches the days I had to go because I was so stressed having to go.”

He struggled finding clothes he liked. Other children called him “fat and every other name that come along with being overweight.”

Footit tried multiple diets.

“Sometimes they’d be successful,” he said. “But as soon as stopped the diet, I’d reverse to my old eating pattern.”

Chips, candy bars, cakes, cookies, pies and lots and lots of sodas.

“I could kill a 12 pack in a day,” he said. “That kind of eating lasted my whole life until I started my lifetime modification.”

Modified living

The transformation started on June 29, 2014, the day Planet Fitness opened in Hendersonville.

Footit had recently celebrated his 40th birthday weighed 330 pounds, more 150 pounds heavier than the average 5-foot- 8-inch man. As a chiropractor, he realized the negative effects and consequence of having high blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol issues.

“I knew that if I didn’t do something, I’d die,” Footit said. “Unless I wanted to live a lifetime on medication, I knew I had to make a change because that’s not who I am. I’m a very natural and holistic person.” (continue reading at the Tennessean)

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