a very inspiring start to the week right now the story of Breanna bond at just 9 years old she weighed almost 200 pounds one of the millions of American kids struggling with obesity but in less than a year Breanna transformed her body and her life were gonna meet Briana and her parents in just a moment take a look first at her remarkable journey by the time she was nine years old Breanna bond was a hundred and eighty six pounds the extra weight made it difficult for her to breathe and move around she soon became a
target for bullies everybody at school would call me names they would call me fatty they would call me fat head it's all right Briana's weight gain began when she was just a baby by kindergarten she was 100 pounds I was playing with my friends if they were running I couldn't keep up honey you want some tomato basil and mozzarella so Briana's mom decided to take matters into her own hands and decide an exercise routine for her daughter the entire family began walking a four mile trail near their home before long Brianna lost 37 pounds along
with a healthy diet that limits fat to 20 grams a day Brianna also began hitting her home treadmill for an hour and 15 minutes every day she began playing basketball and joined the swim team she inspires me on a daily basis she is an inspiration to the world and all children who were having weight issues across America that you can do it with a pair of tennis shoes and motivation it's totally changed the course of her whole life and wait till you see Brianna now you're ready to come on out come on Brianna [Applause] you
look fantastic so you lost now what's 66 pounds how do you feel great I'll bet you do and you look you look so great right now you look so healthy and happy Heidi and Dan bond Brianna's parents are here as well and Heidi you took the initiative here you really started this and there's so many parents out there who have the same struggle tell us how you did it well how we do it is an hour and 15 minutes a day on the treadmill out of that we run 25 minutes she along with healthy eating
we changed our eating habits completely that was an example for example on we focus on fat grams so she's weird as a family under 20 grams of fat a day or less and as well as sugar as possible but this was a this was not easy and dad I know it took some tough love absolutely yeah we've got a stubborn little girl here and and yeah there were definitely some battles it was the hardest part for you um when I first started it was the walking because it was just so it was it used to
it you order but you just went out there and you guys did it every single day as a family yes there's there's not in the beginning we did it as a family there was nothing that stopped us we went at night in the rain and the hell and the fog nothing we had a zero tolerance policy we're doing the walk no matter what and this wasn't just tea no unhealthy eating habits this was something you knew from the beginning when Brianna was a baby that she was gonna have to struggle with this yes yeah I'm
slow metabolism her pediatrician always said that she'd grow into her body and then after a while we you know went and got other doctors opinions we had her tested from everything from thyroid to diabetes her and her chronology got tested allergies and everything came out fine so we knew at that point that we had to step things up she joined us went a few months into that she was still gaining weight how else does this change your life all good what's the best part um that I can be involved with sports and I could keep
up with my friends when we're playing I could just move boy that makes a big difference and finally just have a few seconds left what would you say if you if parents are watching what is the one big piece of advice you'd give them is to start as soon as possible exercise healthy eating habits yeah and don't be afraid to do the tough love I mean it's it's worth it my mom run yes it's their life that's at stake it sure is you all look great you all look happy congratulations thanks for coming in this
morning thank you
