give up on it. If you’re the one pushing, you have to keep pushing. Don’t give up and then let both of you end up in the same boat.”
For the couple, who have struggled with obesity, working together to maintain a healthier lifestyle often entails cooking heart-friendly meals and doing fun activities together that keep them moving. What does a heart-friendly meal look like for the couple?
Their diet consists of high-protein, less carbs and more vegetables.
“My wife and I, we try to cook most of the meals we eat, basically staying out of the restaurants,” Lewis adds.
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“It’s all about us being on one page, one court,” Lewis notes.
“In avoiding the onset of cardiovascular disease, we are learning that we must be on the same page…of the same cookbook,” he adds. “It means developing and maintaining the healthier daily habits of your partner, like going for walks together when one doesn’t feel like it.”
With the help of his wife, Lewis has also committed to losing 100 pounds, a journey he is chronicling in an independent film called “Impossible”.
“I’ve gotten off to a great start at the beginning of the year, and a couple of months ago, I lost up to 40 pounds. I’m well on my way to meeting my goal by the first of the year,” Lewis adds.
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He also credits some of his success to his personal trainer, who just so happens to be NFL legend Donald Driver.
“For my birthday December 2021, I started my weight loss journey with him and he was my physical trainer and basically got me on a
