How This Woman Lost 80 Lbs. with Small Changes
How This Woman Lost 80 Lbs. with Small Changes Randi Vasquez was “always pretty chubby” growing up, but it never affected her confidence . “I was always feeling myself,” the 27-year-old tells PEOPLE. “I wasn’t scared to wear a two-piece bathing suit or trendy outfits. I wasn’t always the happiest about my image, but I didn’t let that hold me back.” But after she graduated from college, Vasquez found herself in “a post-grad slump.” “I couldn’t find the job that I wanted, and I had trouble adapting,” she says. Living in Chattanooga , Tenn., she and her friends would go for hours-long, mimosa-filled brunches every weekend and dine on fried chicken and waffles. And her other meals were just as caloric — Vasquez relied on fast food and remembers one day when she and her roommate ate at the southern burger joint Krystal’s three times. ...