Man says he lost more than 130 pounds while eating Chick-fil-A every day

LINCOLN, R.I. — If you’re trying to lose weight, fast food restaurants like Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A might not be very high on your list.

But a Rhode Island man says he ate Chick-fil-A every single day and still lost 132 pounds.

Tom Carroll told WBZ in Boston that he weighed 346 pounds at 32 years old and started experiencing some health issues.

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“I knew I was really big and I didn’t want to go to a doctor and have them tell me you’re really big and be embarrassed by that,” Carroll said.

So, he said he decided to make a change.

“We stumbled into this awesome salad at Chick-fil-A and I thought to myself, ‘If I could just have this salad every single day, I’ll be okay with eating salad all the time,’” he said.

Carroll says he gave up alcohol and started eating a Chick-fil-A salad each day.

After months of salads and no alcohol, doctors told Carroll his blood pressure was down to a healthy level and his blood sugar had improved.

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That’s when he said he felt compelled to pass along the secret to his success,

“After about six months of keeping the weight off, that’s when I decided to sit down and write [an essay about my experience,]” Carroll said. “Being able to help other guys like me has been the most rewarding thing that I’ve ever done.”

A nutritionist with Boston University says that making a small change can lead to better results than you anticipated.

“You can just by starting with one meal, focusing on making one meal healthier than it used to be on a consistent basis, can have a dramatic effect on your health,” Joan Salge Blake said.

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