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Olga Arias, 46, knows what it's like to be obese. "Ever since I was a kid, I was probably always chunky," she says. "Every year I would just gain weight." By the time the 5-ft. 5-in. San Francisco city worker was 34, she tipped the scales at...
Like millions of other plus-size Americans, Arias had tried a couple of times to lose weight--only to regain every pound she shed and then some. Finally, one August day in 1992, she says, "something just clicked. I knew I had to do something." Arias started swimming at a...
What is Arias' secret? She didn't undergo gastric-bypass surgery. She didn't do Atkins, South Beach or any other diet plan. What she did was buy a couple of books that listed the nutritional value and calorie content of the foods she ate, including prepared items. Then she...
Arias' success story qualified her to join the National Weight Control Registry, a study of men and women who have lost at least 30 lbs. and kept them off for at least a year. The registry was founded in 1993 by James Hill, an obesity researcher at the University of...
There's enough blood here to appease the Passion of the Christ crowd, plus a nifty catfight in a trailer, a virtuoso buried-alive scene and some Old Testament retribution (an eye for an eye). But Vol. 2 reduces the casualties and gentles down the mood. You get less kill...