Team Members: John Spence and LeAnn Spence
Relationship: Spouses
Coca Cola Addicts Blog

Starting Weight: 669 lbs.
Last Weigh In: 581 lbs.
Loss Percentage: 13.14%

Though they both live sedentary lifestyles, they both have completely different eating habits. For this husband and wife team, their Coca Cola addiction is what formerly held them together.

Now, LeAnn and John Spence both want to lose weight. John normally likes to eat, but LeAnn has a difficult time forcing herself to eat on a regular basis. However, when they come together for the sole purpose of losing weight, their seemingly contradictory eating habits now form a parallel for discipline.

In order to have a healthier lifestyle, this dashing twosome now cooks healthier meals together. Since John has a naturally competitive drive, he urges Leann to eat regularly while Leann helps John to resist fast food. It’s all about team work and John and Leann are helping each other to lose those unwanted pounds.
It seems only natural that Leann is looking forward to possibly owning a brand new Ford Fusion and driving around while basking in the new car small and her smaller wardrobe, but John’s aspirations seem to be a little simpler.

John, a truck driver for Fed Ex, says, “I followed last year’s contest and liked how the contestants were well informed about training and nutrition.” As John has tried everything from Phen-Fen to Medifast, he appreciated the wealth of information bestowed upon the contestants. This motivated him to enter the competition this year. For John, it’s difficult to get past his plateau. He quickly loses 30 to 40 pounds, but then has trouble shaking off the couple of stubborn pounds he needs to get rid of to reach his goals. He finds that the convenient way of eating, i.e. gobbling down fast food, is the largest obstacle to work around, but having a nutritionist and trainers is helping him to overcome that plateau.

Leann, a Real Estate Agent with Tarbell Realtors, typically lives a sedentary lifestyle with a lot of driving and sitting, but she is hoping to change that after the challenge. “I believe that this program really works,” Leann says, “It’s the motivation I need.”

Leann and John currently take long walks together every day with their miniature poodle, Shadow. Leann acknowledges, “He could lose a few pounds too.”

This easy going couple is enjoying the transition to a more active lifestyle and is hoping that the introduction to better eating habits will abolish the addiction to Coca Cola forever.