LEXINGTON, Ky. Five years ago, Bill Cole weighed 420 pounds, had little strength and less endurance, and generally avoided physical exercise.
Cole, 49, is a Lexington real estate consultant. Before that, he taught sociology at the University of Kentucky and Morehead State University.
"I was born with some foot problems and had a bunch of surgeries, which kind of gave me an excuse not to be active," he said. "In college, I started to get sedentary.
"I worked behind a computer, essentially lived in my car commuting to different college campuses, and ate nothing but drive-through."
Five years later, Cole has cut his weight roughly in half. He now weighs a little more than 200 pounds. He eats small portions of healthy foods only and is a hard-core bicyclist who pedals 150 miles a week, leads rides around Central Kentucky several times a week and tirelessly spreads the word that physical activity is a key to good health.
Cole never took an exercise class, never joined a spa. He says he turned his life and health around with wise eating and lots of walking and biking - and he did it on his own.
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