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'I'm Lazy And I Love To Eat,' Westchester Woman Confides In Her New Book
In 1998, Mary T. Prenon vowed to lose 50 pounds no matter how long it took.
Nineteen years later, she finally achieved her goal and is ready to share her story with the world.
The Cortlandt Manor resident has just completed her first book, “I’m Lazy and I Love to Eat,” a short, inspirational yet humorous account of her almost two-decade struggle to drop the weight and get in shape.
Portion control, negative body image and the allure of countless fad diets were just a few of the hurdles she had to overcome.
Sudden employment changes, the deaths of her father, godmother, and lifelong bes…
Weight Loss Success Story: How A Westchester Teen Lost 100 Pounds
He was 10-years-old when, one day, his father “just didn’t wake up." Soon after, Yonkers native John Pike sunk into a deep depression.
His father, also named John Pike, was an active Yonkers resident that taught in public and parochial schools, was a lector at St. Anthony’s Church, and was a much-loved stay-at-home dad.
The junior Pike moved to Irvington in 2008 following his father's death, but it only deepened his depression. He had to adjust to a new school where friends were few. To deal with his new reality, he slept all day and turned to food.
At 16, he weighed 260 pounds.
Pik…
