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Walking + Subs = Weight Loss

Jared and Friends

By Wendy Bumgardner, About.com

Created: February 06, 2004

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I have gained weight eating fast food. So I was astonished by the story of Jared Fogel, who lost 245 pounds eating nothing but fast food - Subway sandwiches twice a day for almost a year. He went from a 425-pound couch potato to a 180-pound daily walker.

Jared not only has maintained his weight loss for over 3 years but inspired many others to try his portion-control method of losing weight. Subway is featuring 5 of these successful dieters in their "Friends of Jared" ads.

Portion Control
Portion control and low fat is the secret of Jared's "Subway Diet." Subway has 7 sandwiches with under 6 grams of fat. Jared ate a 6" turkey sub and a bag of baked chips for lunch and a 12" veggie sub for dinner, with extra veggies and no cheese, oil or mayo. This totals about 1000 calories per day. The convenience of a Subway restaurant right next to his apartment made it easy for him to choose their well-advertised low fat sandwiches. As the weight dropped, he stuck with what was working.

Walking and Exercise
At 425 pounds, Jared was a stranger to exercise. When he got down to 300 pounds he began walking rather than taking the bus, then began walking everywhere he went, getting in about 1.5 miles a day.

Friends of Jared
Meet a couple of the Friends of Jared featured in Subway ads.

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