Melissa Corral

BMI 38

Melissa, employee of Northeast Georgia Health Partners, signed up for the competition as a favor to herself. Knowing for a while she wanted to lose weight, Melissa is looking forward to getting healthier and developing healthy habits that will help her prepare for children in the next few years. “I think it’s important for us to start making better choices now so that we can live a long and healthy, happy life with our future children and each other,” she states. Wanting to get back to her weight from 2006, Melissa knows that consistency is key and hopes to develop habits that will keep her on track from here on out as she ventures back to that goal weight. She is also hoping to make some lasting connections through this contest; whether it is with the other contestants, or a new friend from the gym. “I enjoy meeting new people and finding out their motivation and hopefully it will help me too,” she says. Her inspiration to get healthy? “I would like to set a better example for my family…husband, mother, father, brother; heck, even my grandparents! I would like to feel like they are proud of me, and not only about my appearance, but by the way I carry myself and remain a positive role model for all those around me through the choices that I make with regards to food, and life, in general.”