A group of about a dozen friends and family members circled the track at Guthrie High School Saturday morning to celebrate Mason Harvey’s big accomplishment. In the past year, the 12-year old has lost 85 pounds.
It was a big change but it happened with small changes over time. He started by cutting out soda pop, then candy and chips. Next it was only eating one serving instead of three or four plates of food at dinner. The most important thing was moving. His family was all on board with the change. Mike Harvey, Morgan’s dad, even started to hit the gym.
“I’m getting more active than I was. [I] used to come home and just sit at night, watch some TV but now I’m hitting the gym every morning,” said Mike. “[Morgan] says small steps, smart choices, equal big changes and that’s really it.”
Mike admits his attention was not always on his kids a year ago, “We were more focused on TV than we were on the kids and unfortunately, even though that’s embarrassing for me to admit, that’s a fact of life, that’s what we were doing.
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We haven’t seen the guys (*Brennan, Mason, or Casey) in years, regrettably, but we are VERY proud to hear that Michael and Mason have both changed (Julie, we know it takes the help and support of a good woman!) for the better. It’s not easy to do something so huge, kudos to you all! 🙂 Take care, hope to see you all soon!
Very Proud of Mason!!
HI,
MY NAME IS KIM HAYNES. I SAW THIS AMAZING 12 YEAR OLD BOY THAT LOST 85 LBS IN A YEAR ON THE NEWS HERE IN GROVER BEACH, CA. I WAS TOUCHED BY HIS STORY SO MUCH THAT I CRIED. I WANTED TO ASK THE PARENTS OF THIS YOUNG MAN IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO SEE MY GRAND DAUGHTER. JAYDEN IS 8 YEARS OLD AND WAS RECENTLY IN THE HOSPITAL. SHE COULDN’T BREATH AND MY DAUGHTER, HER MOTHER TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE SHE IS OVERWEIGHT. SHE LIVES IN OKLAHOMA CITY. IF THIS IS POSSIBLE COULD YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME AT KMYKOOP@YAHOO.COM
change of any kind is hard…..you have given many people the courage to try and do the same very proud od you from just another over-wieght person