I’ve been eating Subway Salads for four months straight for lunch every day- I can get any sandwich as a salad which is good for me because I have Celiac Sprue- no wheat, no gluten, no bread. I was hoping Subway would label their salads gluten free food so I could claim my salads as a tax item at the end of the year like I do with the rest of my gluten free food. Thanks for the consideration and giving Celiacs more choices everyday, keep up the good work!

My twin and I love subway! It helped us to become healthier and we both were able to lose about 30 pounds. We also are competitive figure skaters and us and our skating buddies go to subway every Monday after a long day of practice. We enjoy how healthy and fresh the subs are without sacrificing the great taste! Thanks Subway WOO HOO!

Weighing in at 246 pounds with elevated liver blood enzymes (AST/ALT), high cholesterol, and high triglycerides, my PCP and GI doctors advised me to lose between 25-50 pounds and improve my diet which, at the time, consisted of fast food and 5-6 cans of soda a day. With support from my wife, I embarked on a weight-loss journey, beginning December 31, 2007. Having known about the success of Jared, I decided to incorporate a daily Subway sub (my personal choice is turkey on wheat!) to my diet. Accompanying my sub is an order of apples and a bottle of water – once my own personal diet kryptonite. In addition to changing my diet, I signed up at a local gym and began a 5-6 day/week exercise regimen. Long story short, as of July 20,2008, I have dropped 66 pounds (to 180) and reduced all my blood levels to normal and improved my blood pressure readings tremendously (from 135/90 to 105/65). The before/after pictures are remarkable. A little Subway and a little exercise go a long way!

My name is Michael, but I go by Brandon. I am currently a student at East Carolina University, studying Recreational Therapy. In January 2008 I was 330lbs, but determined to finally get my weight off and make myself a healthy person who lives a healthy life, after all, how can I teach people to live healthy lives if I’m not living one myself. Now, since January I have lost from 330lbs to now 240 (90 total so far) with a goal to lose a total of 115. I have cut out all unhealthy foods from my diet but without sacrificing taste. Subway, which is located 1 mile from my house, is a place I frequently get a healthy meal or snack, and I especially love the salads. Thanks.

In November of 07, I started eating Subway 4 times a week, a footlong loaded down, sometimes double stacked. I weighed 360 pounds at age 17. I’m 18 now, and since I started eating Subway and exercising 8 hours Saturday morning, I have lost more than 50 pounds, and still losing weight. I purchased a belt, which I still have, a week before I started eating Subway. I have had to punch about 5 holes in it. I lost 10 inches off my waist, and I have almost nothing of a gut anymore. Thank you Subway, for making it easier to keep up with my dog when we run.

I used to weigh 290 pounds and had very little self esteem in myself. I saw a picture of Jared on the television and it made me believe that if he could do it I could too, so I started dieting and eating a 6-inch sub once a day for the last 4 years and today I weigh 150 pounds. Thank you Jared!

I started eating Subway when I changed jobs a few years ago. Although I did not know much about the offerings it was a close and quick option for lunch. I quickly realized the variety at Subway and found myself going 2-3 times a week. I also noticed I was losing weight by eating there. I feel better about myself and the food is tasty. Thanks Subway.

I have been faithful to the Subway challenge and have lost 16 lbs. in 3 weeks. I have fit into the next smaller pants size! I find the sandwiches to be very delicious and the variety is awesome. I eat the footlong for lunch & the 6-inch for dinner. I start my day with a granola bar and snack on fruits and vegetables. I am 44 years old and glad I can say I am finally eating healthier!

Thanks Subway and Jared for the inspiration to become healthier. I am amazed how much easier it is to move around and my knees don’t hurt anymore! I encourage anyone who wants to lose weight to take the Jared challenge! If it can work for me, it can work for you too! I will keep you posted on my further progress. I feel so good about myself and the positive comments from people feel great too!

All through school I was overweight. Even after my two kids. So I decided that it was time for a change so I started eating from Subway twice a day. And this really worked for me.

Back in 2007 I was weighing 268 lbs. Now today 04-03-08 I’m weighing 223!

All my life due to poor food choices and NO exercise, I have been heavy. High school was not fun. Dating, the prom, and all those things were miserable because I was overweight. I carried it into my adult life. Telling myself I was a happy “Big Girl.” Knowing it was a flat out lie. I was miserable, miserable, miserable. Every choice I made in my life stemmed from that misery. After two kids and a failed relationship, I know I had to reinvent myself, my eating habits and my life, for my sake and my children’s.

I have spent the past 4 years making myself aware of nutrition and portions. In a fast food life, Subway was and still is a Godsend. I can always depend on fresh and fit food, that I can alter anyway I see fit. I started my journey at 230 pounds and in a size 22. I sit before you today at 128 pounds and in a size 6.

At the age of twenty-two I maxed out at a whopping 300 lbs. I had always wanted to join the military but guess what, they don’t take overweight individuals. I talked to the Army recruiter and was all but laughed out of the office. I could not blame them, I was not the image that the military wanted to represent them.

They sent me on my way with a weight loss plan and a goal. I had a goal and the motivation but I did not have a way to lose the weight. I tried the plan the recruiter gave me to no avail. I even tried a lot of the weight loss gimmicks seen on TV. After all that nothing had changed except that I had a lot less money in my pocket. It came down to one last ditch effort to reach my goal. I decided, even though it looked like it could never work, to try the Subway diet. I started with a normal footlong cold cut trio and over a period of time cut it down to a six-inch sweet onion chicken teriyaki. This with a mild work-out routine helped me to lose over 100 lbs.

After reaching my weight goal I returned to the recruiter’s office. I proceeded to ask to speak to the recruiter that helped me the first time and he did not recognize me. I then proceeded to tell him that I was in his office a few months earlier but I looked a little different. They all were in awe at the drastic change in my appearance but refused to believe that Subway was responsible. It took me having a few of my friends vouch for me til they wound up believing me. This was such an astonishing thing for the guys in the recruiting office that they had to make it known.

They then had my story put in the recruiter’s digest and proceeded to recommend this to other potential recruits. Not only that, they decided to try the diet themselves. Well I have been in the army going on 3 and a half years now and still to this day have people ask me how I lost the weight. Although they don’t believe me I tell them Subway was the way. This has earned me the nickname “Jared” from my fellow comrades. Well that is the gist of my Subway story. I am still sitting at a healthy 175 lbs. and enjoying every minute of it. Thank you Subway!

I went from weighing 598 lbs. in May of 2007, to weighing 329 lbs. presently (a 269-lb. loss in 10 months!) by incorporating Subway into a healthy diet and exercise program. I am 6’4” and my goal is to weigh 245 lbs. I estimate I will attain this goal by August of 2008, my 35th b-day. Eating at Subway will assist me in achieving this goal!

Hi my name is Tammy and I have lost 140 lbs. with 30 more to go. Two years ago I weighed 336 lbs. and I was at an all time low. Subway has been a lifesaver for me. It makes eating healthier so much easier! I think Jared’s success at keeping his weight off is a great inspiration to all of us who are on a weight loss journey.

As a young teenager in middle school, I suffered from extreme childhood obesity. During the summer before my freshman year in high school, I met Jared at a health fair in Kentucky when visiting my grandmother. Out of all the people, medications, and gadgets at this health fair, Jared was the most inspirational and realistic of it all. I got to hear his story, see his vision, and live his dream despite the difference in our weight loss totals.

After his speech about the Subway diet, exercise, and motivation, I was fortunate enough to talk to Jared and receive an autographed picture of both of us. “All it requires is a will and plan best-suited for you,” Jared said. “I have faith in you and know that you will be successful.”

To hear Jared, a celebrity and man of character, have confidence in me instantly sent my confidence through the roof. From that day forward, I changed my life for the better.

I went on the Atkins Diet, which included at least one Subway salad per day. My workouts increased dramatically. I would swim twice a day competitively for four hours and then did weights and cardio for another two to three hours. In the summer before my freshman year in high school, I lost eighty pounds with my plan, work, and inspiration from Jared. I have kept the weight off and continue to lose weight.

Currently, I am a freshman in college and still frequent the local Subway often for a salad or two. This reflection comes during my fourth year of keeping it off, and I am so happy that both Jared and I could successfully carry out our plans. But the words Jared told me ring loudly in my mind to this day and serve as inspiration to me still. I framed that picture of us and look at it constantly to remind myself of my goals, dreams, achievements, and positive outlook on life.

When I reflect on my success, I am reminded of a quote my Abraham Lincoln. He said, “The reason why I am a success today is because I once had a friend, who believed in me, and did not have the heart to let him down.”

Thank you for being my friend and inspiration Jared, and I have not let you down.

I started watching my calories and exercising seven years ago. Seeing Jared was a wonderful inspiration and a reminder that Subway is a great healthy eating option. I eat at Subway at least three times a week. I lost 100 lbs. and I have kept it off for five years.

Thanks Jared and Subway!

My name is Matt. I am 23 years old and live in Columbus, Ohio. I have been doing my version of the Jared diet for the last 3.5 months. I started at 297.5 lbs. and have gotten down to 257 lbs. A total loss of 40 lbs. I have a ways to go but the help and inspiration of Jared, I’m gonna keep plugging away at it. I also want to than whoever came out with the Subway point system, because as much Subway as I eat, it’s a real nice reward to catch a free sub every now and again. Thanks again Jared and to the Subway team.

This story is about my son, in whom I am very happy for. He was always overweight during his first 18 years of life. In earlier 2000 he decided it was time to lose weight. This was the first time he had ever expressed a desire to lose weight. Not long into his diet the commercials with the now “infamous” Jared starting appearing for Subway. I have to say Jared may not have inspired my son to start dieting. Not only was he inspired to keep dieting he found a new love for “you guessed it” Subway’s low fat sandwiches. He worked at night and his normal supper was eaten after he returned home at 10:30pm. After seeing Jared’s success, he started taking a Subway sandwich to work and eating it at a normal supper hour. His starting weight was 300 lbs., his finished weight was 180 lbs. His weight 9 years later is still 180 lbs.

At the time of his weight loss my family encouraged him to send his story to Subway so he could be in a commercial with Jared. Now ironically Subway is having a contest for a chance to be in a commercial with Jared. I secretly entered my son’s name. I sure hope he wins. I am also going to watch for a place on Jared’s tour that is nearby. Just maybe he will finally be able to meet Jared face-to-face. As a proud mother I want to send a BIG THANKS to Jared and Subway.

Tina, proud mother of Kevin

With so many children with overweight issues these days, it makes me feel confident that I am not adding to the problem by feeding my child a nutritious Subway sandwich on those occasions when there’s not time for cooking a dinner at home. My son loves Subway, and even chooses the wheat bread option as opposed to white! As for me–I love Subway too! Thank you Jared and thank you Subway!

I can remember the last visit to the doctor’s office, 262 pounds. I decided right then and there that I was going to do something. I’ve seen the commercials. I knew that if it could work for Jared, it could work for me.

I have a healthy breakfast, a 6-inch Turkey Breast on wheat with Frank’s hot sauce for lunch and the same 6-inch for dinner. I also work out 5 days a week on the treadmill for 30 minutes and have lost 50 pounds in a six-month period. I truly believe that Subway has helped me out. I am a regular at the store I go to. I don’t even have to let them know what I want, because they already know. The people in line just look at me funny. Anyway, thank you Subway for providing me and many people across America the opportunity to eat fresh and healthy.

I am now 22! When I was about 18 I weighed 450 pounds.

I was so sick of being overweight so I decided to eat right, and exercise a lot more! So I did, and now I have lost over 250 pounds! I started about 2 years ago, and now I have managed to get myself to 198 pounds! I feel so much better about myself, and hope that I can also inspire as many people as Jared has! Let’s keep the world healthy! I love being skinny again!

I am a mother of an 8-year old boy and a 3-year old girl. I started to eat Subway after I gave birth to my daughter. I wanted to lose the extra pregnancy pounds, and with my busy life, I often find myself eating fast food. I switched from burgers and fries, to turkey and veggie subs and baked chips. I have lost 25 pounds. What I truly find amazing is that my children have also made the switch. My 8-year old son gets a 6-inch turkey from Subway and my 3-year old daughter gets a junior turkey sandwich from Subway. They absolutely love it. They would much rather go to Subway than for burgers or chicken nuggets. Subway has totally transformed my family to healthy eating.

I started watching what I ate in May of 2007. I started eating Subway sandwiches (usually a Turkey or Chicken Breast on Wheat, American Cheese, vinegar, and an array of vegetables). I ate this sandwich at Subway almost everyday for lunch and followed with a sensible dinner. I went from weighing 220 lbs. last year to weighing 165 lbs. today. I have lost 35 lbs. and still going!

Thank you Subway!

Well I’ve been overweight for most of my life until about two years ago when I decided to change what I eat and be active. I started to work out on a regular basis and eat healthy meals and of course I have to throw a sub sandwich in a few times a week. My total weight loss came out to 100 lbs. from 280-180 in about one year’s time. Well that’s my story in a nutshell.

Thank you.

I was challenged with extreme obesity since very early childhood. Jared’s success with his weight loss encouraged me to enjoy fresh, low-fat Subway sandwiches in my effort to lose weight. It worked for me! I learned that Subway sandwiches are an excellent alternative to fast-food restaurants and earning points on my Subway card makes it so much fun. Exercise and activities have become easier since eating healthy and shedding 210+ lbs. Additionally, I have conquered adult-onset diabetes. My lifestyle has dramatically improved with Jared’s inspiration, and after 51 years of obesity, my dreams are becoming reality and life is just beginning. Thank you Jared!

The healthiest way I have found to control my weight is by eating Subway footlong sandwiches several days per week. Perhaps that is not sexy, but it is interesting when you consider that I have been a practicing doctor of chiropractic medicine for thirty-one years who has advised thousands of patients with respect to weight management and nutritional health. Permanent weight loss can ONLY be achieved by changing one’s nutritional model and living it. Diets per se never work! I know of no better way to effectively lose weight while concomitantly gaining health quotient than the eating at Subway and exercising 20 minutes per day---I’ve proven it in practice and with myself!

Well, after visiting the Subway for lunch one day close to where I work, I fell in love with the fresh vegetables and fresh bread. I convinced several of my co-workers to join me there at lunch time. That has been 2 years ago. Since then, they don’t ask me anymore where I am going to lunch, they know it’s Subway! They all laugh at me and tell me how I love to eat the same old thing each time! But each time is like the very first time! I even crave it! If circumstances at lunchtime keeps me away from Subway, my friends tell me I am irritable and need a “Subway” fix! I honestly can eat at Subway 7 days a week, 3 meals a day if I could! I also have to stop and get me a footlong for my supper time! The Subway people kid me and tell me I am trying to take Jared’s place! I have lost 33 pounds by eating at Subway, and I know I am eating healthy food!

Thank you Subway!

I started eating Subway 2.5 years ago. They were so good I just kept going back day after day. In 18 months, I ate 384 Subways! Really! Everyone calls me “the female Jared”. I have lost 80 lbs. Every holiday, I get Subway gift cards from all my friends.

Thank you, Subway!!!

I left the U.S. Army a Disabled Veteran, not really knowing what to do with my life, got depressed, which led to over eating. My top weight was 265 lbs. I was pounding down burgers like I was still a soldier. Now I have lost 40 lbs. I did it exactly the same was as Jared. I walked to Subway everyday. I think people at my local Subway think I’m crazy–I still go there at least 5 times a week, even after the weight loss–its been 4 years of healthy eating and it worked (this is 100% true) I am not fat today because I go to Subway. And thanks to the walks that I’ve grown to love, I’m not depressed.

Today, I’m in LA trying to fulfill my childhood dream of becoming a stand up comedian..I’m really funny. I’ll make the whole world laugh someday! So thank you so much–I love the tuna!

I used to be about 225 lbs. I have eaten one turkey sub (foot long) for lunch and dinner. I did this process for one year straight. I lost about 50 lbs. I still eat at Subway daily. I weigh 183 lbs.

Thanks Subway!

I have worked for Subway for 3 years now. About 9 months ago I decided it was time for a change in life. I weighed 300 lbs. and I was very unhealthy. But now with the help of Subway I have lost 100 lbs.! I feel so much more healthy and alive and I owe it all to Subway. Everyday I eat a 6” Turkey for lunch and a 12” Veggie Delite for dinner.

THANKS JARED!

I saw how Jared has lost over 200 lbs. and I wanted to lose weight. With the help of the low-fat sandwiches at Subway and healthy exercise, I love about 50 libs. and I feel great!

In the fall of 97 I began walking and eating low fat. I lost 120 pounds over the course of 1 year. I did a solo cross country bicycle trip, riding over 2000 miles in 17 days prior to returning to college. When I returned to college in 2002 I began to gain weight. Finally at the end of 2007 I am back to a healthy lifestyle. I have lost 27 pounds since 12/26/07 and hope to lose 50 more to get back to a healthy weight.

Seeing Jared continuing to succeed helps. People are inspired by people who have been there and won the fight. I was an inspiration to people in my town, and now I hope to be again. It’s easy to be a vegetarian at Subway, which I am now. Jared is an inspiration to all of us.

I have changed my lifestyle to incorporate low fat but delicious foods into my diet daily. I love Subway’s Turkey Sub and their salads! I have made it a life long commitment to stay healthy. (I started at 232 and have lost 75 pounds)

A desk job with long hours left me overweight and inactive. I decided to make a change in my life so I committed myself to doing the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk and eating healthier. Inspired by Jared’s commercials I began to replace my normal fast food habit with healthy subs from Subway and started training (admittedly very slowly at first) for the 3 Day Walk. Nine months later I had lost 30 pounds and was able to complete the entire 60 mile walk. I have kept the weight off for over a year and am now proud to say that I am using Subway as a healthy, nutritional choice for my pregnancy diet. I am looking forward to welcoming my little one to the world in October and being fit enough to be active with him/her and healthy enough to live to see him/her have children and grandchildren.

Six years ago, I was 75 pounds overweight. I saw Jared’s commercial for Subway. I decided to try to lose weight with exercise and eating Subway low fat sandwiches. I lost 75 pounds in about 6 months and have kept the weight off for the past 6 years. I could not have done it without Jared’s inspiration and Subway.

I am a guy in my mid 20s. I myself have tried diet after diet. I decided to try the Jared diet. I have been visiting the Subway store at 309 W Monroe St in Downtown Chicago for a year and a half, every single day. I eat the 6” low-fat subs and I have lost 65 pounds. Combining that with exercise and a few lifestyle changes, I am now down to 177lbs at 6’ tall. Now I have 4-5 mid 20s people join me at 11am every day to jump on the “low cal express” as we call it. Everyday we are greeted by LaShunda at Subway with a smile – she is the best part of our day!

I have been working out 3 days a week and eating at Subway after each workout. I have lost 30 lbs. and my blood pressure has lowered and cholesterol has lowered. Each time I eat at my Subway in Moorpark I get a smile and a warm hello. This is my house with special friends.

My email address tells it as it once WAS! I was called Big Jim because I stood 73” tall and my waist was 66” around. At my peak weight I tipped the scales at 483 pounds! I took control and I took actions necessary to change and to SAVE my life. I am now 225 pounds and a 36 inch waist and I have been this way for 7 years! Subway helps me to maintain my “new” size by giving me tasty, delicious choices of food that is FUN to eat! I especially love the Veggie sub! All of that flavor, all of that good eating, and very little of the bad stuff we do not need in our bodies! Thank you for listening to my story.

A little over a year ago, while I sat watching Monday Night Football and munching down my favorite potato chips, my son looked over at me and said, “Dad, you’re fat.” Sad to say, he was right.

That night, I vowed to my son that I would begin a weight-loss program the next day. He said, “You’ll never do it.” But, with the help of Subway (where my local Sandwich Artists now know me by name) I lost more than 50 pounds in one year! First I lost 10% of my body weight, then 30 pounds–and finally 50+. Wow! I knew if Jared could do it–so could I!

Now; I have much more energy; can keep up with my 13 yr old, I sleep much better, and I don’t run out of breath walking up stairs. Besides all this, people tell me that I look much better–and, I feel more confident in everything I do. I’m glad I made the commitment to ‘Eat Fresh’ at Subway.

Thanks Subway (and you too, Jared)!

Hi! My name is Mike. Over the last 17 months, I have lost 155 lbs. My goal was to get healthier by getting my body in shape. I looked to Jared and other people like him as inspiration to help me keep striving toward my goal. Subway food was a great tool to help me stick with it! The sandwiches are healthy and allowed me to make healthy choices.