Everyone knows Jared Fogle! Jared tipped the scales at 435 pounds while a student at Indiana University. After unsuccessfully attempting numerous diets, Jared grabbed a nutritional information brochure at his local SUBWAY® restaurant and started a reduced calorie diet by eating two SUBWAY® submarine sandwiches a day.
In a year’s time, and by incorporating exercise into his daily routine, Jared lost 245 pounds. Since then, Jared has appeared in numerous commercials for SUBWAY® restaurants and has traveled throughout the world talking about the importance of proper dieting and exercise. Earlier this year, Jared embarked on the “Jared & Friends School Tour” which is designed to teach children the benefits of healthy living. Since it started, Jared has spoken to more than 31,000 students. Jared has appeared on the “Oprah” show and “Larry King Live,” was the subject of a story on the CBS news program “48 hours” and was featured in the Washington Post, to name just a few.

Since Jared’s commercials aired, the SUBWAY® corporate headquarters has received thousands of letters, e-mails and photos from people who have been inspired by Jared to lose weight and live healthier lifestyles. In all, these people have lost a total of 160,000 pounds! (To get an idea of how much 160,000 pounds is, it is equal to: 14,545 skateboards; 10,000 Marching band Tubas; 1,568 sets of Encyclopedias; 842 Jareds; 492 Black Bears; 426 Gorillas and 184 Grand Pianos). Now, Jared tells his remarkable story of being overweight as a child and how he decided to take control of his life and to eat right, exercise and get fit!

• Diet Start Date: Mid-March 1998
• Height: 6' 2''
• Starting weight: 425 pounds (193kg)
• Current weight: 190 pounds (86kg)
• Exercise during diet: At first nothing, until he got down to about 300 lbs. Slowly, he replaced riding the bus with walking to classes. By 250 pounds, he walked everywhere during the day. Typically 1.5 miles per day.
• Ending diet date: Early March 1999 (not quite a full year from start date)
• Approximate weight loss during this period: 235 pounds (107kg) or 2kg per week !

Diet today: Slowly started eating other foods. Chooses foods with low fat. Eats a lot more calories (about 2,400 per day), but now limits the fat. He drinks only diet drinks, little liquor or beer and walks whenever he can.

Motivation: He stayed motivated with the help of his college friend, JL (currently in medical school) and with the support of his family.

Why SUBWAY® Sandwiches?: There is a SUBWAY® restaurant right next to where Jared’s apartment had been while he was at the university. He passed by everyday. He used to eat there frequently but one day when he was at his heaviest, he noticed the sign advertising sandwiches with 7 sandwiches with 6 grams of fat or less. He ate a 6-inch turkey (no oil, mayo or condiments or cheese) for lunch and a 12-inch veggie (no condiments or cheese) for dinner. He ate the same sandwiches every day. This is what made it so easy. Once he saw the *weight begin to come off, it only made him want to eat more of the low-fat sandwiches.*

What he ate everyday:

• Breakfast - coffee
• Lunch - "I ate the 6-inch turkey, tons of vegetables, including hot peppers and a bit of spicy mustard." He left off the mayonnaise and cheese and had a bag of Baked Lays® potato chips and a diet soft drink
• Dinner - Footlong veggie sub - again no mayonnaise or cheese.

Maintenance: Today, Jared still enjoys his favorite SUBWAY® sandwich, but has eased himself into eating other foods. He always chooses foods low in fat and limits the amount of alcoholic beverages. He still drinks only "diet" beverages and continues his walking regimen.

What he says about the SUBWAY® brand: "The SUBWAY® chain helped save my life over and over. I can't ever repay that."

*Individuals lost weight by exercising and eating a balanced, reduced-calorie diet that included SUBWAY® sandwiches with 6 grams of fat or less. Their results are not typical. Your loss if any will vary. The SUBWAY® chain does not endorse the diet Jared created and cautions anyone embarking on a weight-loss plan to consult their physician.