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Joanna Schrager: 'My weight used to make me feel like such an outsider'
Quick ReadThe seventh profile in Dropping LBs, our biweekly feature highlighting weight-loss success stories, is Joanna Schrager, a 21-year-old student from Albertson
Photo credit: Newsday.com composite | Joanna Schrager, a 21-year-old college student from Albertson, lost 154 pounds after joining Jenny Craig.
Dropping LBs: LIers share weight-loss success stories
Who: Joanna Schrager, 21 Town: Albertson Occupation: Senior at C.W. Post, studying elementary education
Height: 5'7" Weight before: 318 (Nov. 2006) Weight after: 164 (April 2009)
Her story: Since she was a little girl, Joanna Schrager has had issues with her weight. As the only overweight member of her family, she said her mom, dad, housekeeper and grandparents would always push her...
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