Former Fat Girl Nicole Ransom Nichole is the very image of a Southern California girl: long, bronzed legs; sun-kissed, stick-straight hair, curves in all the right places. But it wasn’t always that way. Read her story, discover her secrets. Former Fat Girl Michele Federle When it was time for them to head off for school, Michele;’s three kids used to have to wake her up for a kiss goodbye. Now, two years later and 85 pounds lighter, Michele’s the early bird in the house. Read about her Former Fat Girl transformation. Former Fat Girl Sherry Williams During a long-delayed doctor exam, Sherry was finally forced to confront her true size after years of hiding under bulky clothes. “I was disgusted with myself,” she says. “I looked at myself naked in the mirror, and thought, ‘I know there’s something better underneath.’” Read about Sherry’s journey to uncovering that “something better.”