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Dropping LBs: Peter Andes, 54

Originally published: January 27, 2012 3:42 PM
Updated: January 30, 2012 11:47 AM
By SYLVIA KING-COHEN  sylvia.king-cohen@newsday.com

Peter Andes used the iPhone MyFitnessPal app to

Photo credit: Handout / Danielle Finkelstein | Peter Andes used the iPhone MyFitnessPal app to help regulate his eating and exercise, eventually losing 58 pounds.

Peter Andes

54, Massapequa

Occupation Librarian

Height 5-foot-10

Weight before February 2011 212

Weight after December 2011 154

HIS STORY

Like so many, Andes found his weight creeping up, but it took a medical scare to push him along the road to weight loss. "In 1999, I got very sick and lost 70 pounds in three months," Andes remembers. "I...

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