Dropping Lbs.: Cindy Miller, Farmingdale

Cindy Miller

42, Farmingdale

Occupation: Stay-at-home mom, volunteer and certified personal trainer

Height: 5-foot-7

Weight: 304 before January 2008, 137 May 2012

SEE PHOTOSHow did these 150 LIers drop up to 320 lbs. each?

"If I was bored, if I was upset, I'd eat," says Miller, who is married with a daughter, 11, and a son, 7. "And, it wasn't always the good stuff."

Miller says being short on money in the beginning of her marriage was the start of her road to obesity. "When we first got married, we ate a lot of pasta and fast food because they were cheap," Miller says. "Also, my husband didn't have a weight problem, so we'd eat all kinds of things at ungodly hours."

As the weight piled on, she began to have trouble keeping up with her active children, neither of whom has a weight problem. She eventually had knee trouble, finding it difficult to go up and down stairs. "I couldn't keep up with them," Miller says.

After years of yo-yo dieting, she turned to Jenny Craig, dropping 90 pounds in the first 16 months. "I feel great," says Miller, who now runs 10ks and is training with her daughter for a 5k.

"The weight loss has impacted every part of my life, especially my appearance and confidence," says Miller, who now is a certified personal trainer.