Best weight loss success stories of 2011

Aaron Butler reached his initial goal weight in May 2011 and currently weighs 235 pounds. Total weight loss: 153 pounds. He's seen here in March 2011, holding up a pair of jeans he used to wear. "Trying to wrap my head around the fact that I was going to be changing my entire lifestyle and that it needed to be a permanent change was the hardest thing," he says. He approaches life one meal at a time, one workout at a time. Melodie Purcell, www.angelwingsphotography.com
