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• By Ann Wulff
• 03-05-2024

Ann Wulff felt like pregnancy was "permission to just eat whatever I wanted," the teacher told PEOPLE.

COURTESY ANN WULFF; KELSEY LEE

Ann Wulff felt like pregnancy was "permission to just eat whatever I wanted," the teacher told PEOPLE. Through three pregnancies, she gained more than 100 lbs. and kept going from there, eventually hitting 360 lbs.

"I convinced myself that it didn't matter if I ate unhealthily because I was already overweight," she said. "I was busy with a full-time job and three little girls, so did it really matter if I eat the ice cream?"

But Wulff started to notice little issues; she lacked the energy to walk the five minutes to the park with her daughters, she had to twist into odd positions just to get the car seatbelt to buckle and she was struggling with constant headaches.

"I was in my mid-30s, and I realized that very quickly that there were going to be things that I absolutely could not do."

Wulff joined WeightWatchers, paying for a full year upfront, and focused on losing just 5 lbs. at a time to stay motivated. With healthy dinner swaps and walks around her neighborhood, she lost 207 lbs. in just over two years.

"I feel so much lighter, and I don't mean physically," she said. "I just have so much more energy, I'm more positive, I'm more likely to put myself out there. I'm a better teacher, a better wife, a better mother. A better everything."