Local man price of 171 pounds honored weight loss

(WLNS) - A man from San Juan is honored for her weight loss, which amounted to £ 171.

Recognized John Gillespie of San Juan in 2013 as King Michigan Mai.

Now he is king is crowned International TOPS to loss of 171 pounds.

Tops "Take Off Pounds makes sense" is an organization that supports non-profit weight loss. After TOPS, picture are men and women who experience greater weight loss of initial weight at the end of the year.

"I've always said that if I do, I had my graduation from high school is not the smartest kid in the class, but I am one of his biggest (over 300 years) was" Gillespie "My doctor told me said that it was probably only a cheeseburger from high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke, diabetes - .. or a heart attack in my highest weight, I weighed 552 pounds "

After losing 171 pounds Gillespie is now the head of the TOPS chapter. Gillespie, says he began to stop, to bring his people back in March 2008. Soon he was able to see positive results and began to run. He walked a few blocks with sugar cane to three miles a day, five days to go a week without help.

To learn more about TOPS, visit www.tops.org.