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Former Pro Football Player Puts Skin In The Visalus Weight-Loss Game

 
At 46, John Robinson weighed in at 531 lbs. ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss gave him the opportunity to set and achieve major weight-loss goals. Read on to learn how he became a member of the 200-lb. Club.
A Dream Deferred
John was in the best shape of his life while he was part of the military and later during college. His weight gain started after he was injured playing professional football.

“I lost my dream at that point,” says John. “My main focus in life was to become a professional athlete and I got that chance, briefly, but after my injury I stopped going to the gym. Depression set in.”

John went on to become a surgical ICU nurse and now works with post op open heart patients at the VA hospital in Washington D.C. Despite

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