It's Never Too Late To Lose Weight: 63 Year Old Jan Wilke Drops Half Her Weight!

Think you’re set in your ways by age 63 and can’t turn your life around? Don’t tell that to Jan Wilke who, less than 15 months ago, set off on a journey with a goal of losing half her weight and has dropped 151 lbs. now weighing in at 149!

A resident of Grayslake, IL for 54 years, Jan weighed in at 300 lbs. On May 14, 2013 she told herself “enough is enough.” That was the day she started on Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating’s (SSHE) meal plan and less than 15 months later, at age 63, achieved her goal weight.

All her life Jan was overweight. Her father told her they were “big pants people.” Her mother told her she couldn’t take ballet lessons because they couldn’t find a leotard big enough to fit her. Her nickname, “Jumbo Janet” was given to her in the second grade after she broke her desk. Those messages became instilled in Jan’s psyche and she resigned herself to always being overweight.

Then one day she saw a friend who had lost a great deal of weight on the SSHE meal plan and Jan decided she wanted that for herself. She was tired of being in pain due to her size, constantly out of breath, unable to be mobile and unhappy with the way she looked. Not anymore! Jan is incredibly proud of her success and hopes to inspire other people who have been overweight all their lives. Jumbo Jan now calls herself Joyful Jan!