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Total Makeover
Crossing the Finish Line
Chopin Rabin, 28, public-relations executive
At the beginning: "I learned very quickly just how short life is -- my mother passed away less than a year before the makeover. For me, this opportunity was a way for me to get healthy." The hardest part: "Understanding why I was overweight in the first place was very difficult for me. I had to become responsible for everything I put in my mouth. Food was my coping mechanism for 27 years, and trying to change that was not easy." The best part: "Weight loss can be a lonely road -- sometimes you feel deflated when it doesn't happen as fast as you'd like.
But having positive people behind you makes it easier. I don't know what I would have done without the support of ...