1. Early Issues

2. The Love of Lexi’s Life

3. Unhealthy Habits

4. A Dangerous Cycle

Lexi admitted that the cycle of unhealthy habits started in her childhood. “Growing up, we never had a lot of money and my parents never cooked. Processed foods were always easier to purchase than healthy foods…









5. Unhealthy Limitations

Being overweight, Lexi and Danny couldn’t do things other people could do. Despite being in a happy relationship, the two weren’t able to go on romantic walks, go biking, or go hiking. So they were left with staying at home, watching TV.

When I started going to the gym, it was so hard. I had joint pain everywhere, but I knew it would only get worse if I didn’t lose the weight. I forced myself to stay on the elliptical for 30 minutes at first. I was blessed to have my husband there to keep me motivated. On the days I didn’t want to work out or my body was in pain, he pushed me to go anyway. Every single time I went back to the gym, I tried to push harder and beat my previous time. I was so determined to finish the workout that I pushed through and didn’t let me size hold me back—even if I was probably over the weight limit for the machine.

6. The Engagement

Danny finally asked Lexi for her hand in marriage, and she accepted. “He never saw me as my size, asked me to change, or made me feel as anything other than beautiful,” Lexi wrote on Instagram. But finding a wedding dress in her size would prove to be challenging because by this point, she weighed 485 pounds.

7. and TODAY…









