Denver Post: Stuffed to Sleek
Check out the front page of the Denver Post’s Health & Fitness section. It features a Colorado couple who shed some significant weight and are healthier because of it. It’s great to see this kind of story and painted in a positive light.
As Troy Raper’s weight ballooned to 260 pounds, his wife metamorphosed from tubby to toned, dropping 60 pounds. At 40, she was in the best shape of her life. She entered a bodybuilding competition, and Troy Raper gawped in awe when his buff, tanned wife flexed her muscles on stage.
“Suddenly, I realized that there was more to life than just getting your stuff done, and thinking ahead more than five minutes,” said Troy Raper, who teaches orchestra at Palisade High School and is the principal bassist with the Grand Junction symphony.
