Chris Powell's Choose More, Lose More for Life (54 page)

Photographs on
pages 4
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5
© Ashley Hylton Photography

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© Powell Lane Enterprises, LLC, taken by Allison Tyler Jones.

Photograph on
page 16
© Craig Sjodin

Photograph on
page 17
© Rick Rowell

Photograph on
page 48
© Guy D’Alema

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© Michael Ortega

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© Annette Galliher

All charts and illustrations © Powell Lane Enterprises, LLC, created by Bonnie Schroader

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© Vanessa Brennan

This book, and the information, motivation, inspiration, and experience within it, could never have existed if it wasn’t for the amazing team of people who have come together to make this all possible: Simon Green, Ryan Levine, Karl Austen, Constance Jones, Bonnie Schroader, Matt Inman, and the entire talented Hyperion team.

Thank you to my family, whose love and support over the years has carried me through my toughest times. I wouldn’t be where I am without you.

Thank you to our transformation “Peeps.” Without your courage to allow Heidi and me into your lives, to share openly and authentically, we could never have learned from one another. Our lives have forever been changed and enriched because of you, and for that we cannot begin to express enough our gratitude and appreciation.

Thank you to our team behind the camera: the production crew, trainers, coaches, therapists, counselors, and doctors who have come together to unconditionally support and brilliantly document our peeps’ astonishing journey through a year of their transformation.

Thank you to our network, ABC, who has believed in our vision and given us a platform to share these inspiring stories of hope and change with the millions who desperately need them.

And thank YOU. Thank you for believing that change is possible. The power that we have within, to believe, is the rare human phenomenon that
we
believe in. That is what keeps us going. Belief is the magic that makes everything possible, and makes us all extraordinary.

Chris Powell
is the transformation specialist on ABC’s primetime show
Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition
as well as a regular contributor to
Good Morning America
and
The Dr. Oz Show
. He is also the author of the
New York Times
bestseller
Choose to Lose
. Powell holds a degree in exercise science and the training accreditation Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). Over the course of his career he has helped hundreds of clients achieve their weight loss-goals.

www.chrispowell.com

Choose to Lose

^*
Now called Extreme Weight Loss.