Annette Miller Lost 190 Pounds Through Fit Nation
LEMON: For most of her life, Annette Miller has been burdened by her weight. But, after losing 190 pound, she's just completed a Malibu triathlon as a member of CNN's Fit Nation team. Doctor Sanjay Gupta has her story in today's Human Factor.</s>DOCTOR SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Growing up in Tennessee, Annette Miller always dreamed of playing basketball. So, as soon as she was old enough, she decided to signed up for the team.</s>ANNETTE MILLER, CNN FIT NATION 21013 TRIATHLETE: I got a permission slip from her coach in school and I came running home and I was so excited. Instead of getting a signature from my parents, I was told you are too fat to play.</s>GUPTA: At 10-years-old, and more than 200 pounds, she says, that mantra instantly changed her life.</s>MILLER: You're too fat followed me into adulthood. And I didn't realize how much that held me back.</s>GUPTA: But years later, when her twin sister, Bobet (ph), needed a kidney transplant.</s>MILLER: I was not even tested, weren't considered to be a donor because of my weight. That was</s>GUPTA: So she changed her diet. She started walking. She hit the gym. She was determined to get the weight off. By November of 12012, she was well on her way.</s>MILLER: I'm proud to say that at this point, I have lost over a hundred pounds.</s>GUPTA: And she wasn't finished.</s>MILLER: There's a little 10-year-old kid in here that still wants to play, wants to be a part of the something, be a part of the team.</s>GUPTA: Miller applied for the CNN Fit Nation challenge and she was accepted in January. Congratulations. We have already picked -- for eight months, she trained, swimming, biking, running, to compete in the Nautical Malibu triathlon. And she got below 200 pounds for the first time in decades.</s>MILLER: And then it stopped 198 and I never had a break down on the scale, but I started crying.</s>GUPTA: And on Sunday, September 8th, Miller got her chance to play crossing the finish line in Malibu squarely in the middle of the path.</s>MILLER: Amazing. I made the turn around. I knew I had it. If I can do it, you can do it.</s>GUPTA: Next up for Miller, surgery to remove the excess skin leftover from her years of being overweight to complete her transformation.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just pass, nice.</s>GUPTA: And as far as that basketball game, that dream came true as well. Doctor Sanjay Gupta, CNN, reporting.</s>LEMON: Up next, they are scenes eerie reminiscing of hurricane Katrina. Victims of the flooding and the Colorado rescue by air. We are talking to a National Guard about the heroic rescues underway.