Jeremy Rochford is a weight loss success story, personal trainer, inspirational speaker, musician and all around nice guy. He lives in Nashville with his wife Charity and is always looking for his next challenge. Currently, Jeremy is training for the 2010 Music City 1/2 marathon.
Growing up in Pittsburgh, Jeremy Rochford had a pretty common upbringing. He played baseball, built Lego buildings, rooted for the Steelers every Sunday and above all, loved being a kid. Oh…and he liked to eat. A lot. At first it was cute, because everyone is a little chubby. But after a while, the words cute and chubby, no longer become exclusive. By the time Jeremy was able to realize this, things were already out of control.
After years of failed diets, multiple interventions, doctor urgings and parental initiatives, a family vacation the summer before Jeremy’s senior year of high school brought his morbidly obese 16 year old life to a sudden halt. While a few paragraphs can never fully explain what happened that hot summer day on the Jersey Shore, we can say that Jeremy’s life would never be the same.
Upon return he knew that life as he knew it was over. Being fed up with faltering weight loss solutions and loving his life too much to end it, Jeremy dedicated himself to losing weight in a way that would work for him. The results were remarkable.
Fast forward 5 years and we find Jeremy with an entirely different life than he ever thought possible. He found love, was happily married, and found confidence as he was touring the country playing music to hundreds of fans. Most importantly, he found faith and a purpose. It is with that same faith that propelled him to play music in front of church and stadium crowds alike. At this point in his life Jeremy decided it was time to leave that phase of his life and begin work on what we know as “The Gospel According to Chubby.”
“It was the hardest decision of my life.” Says Jeremy. “All I wanted to do was play music. I felt that of all those who were qualified to write a book about weight loss, I was the least of them. But as I prayed about what my purpose was and how I could use my life for good, God made it abundantly clear that I needed to share my story. No matter how painful it might be.”
After a series of extremely providential and coincidental events, (some of these events are documented in “The Lost Chapter” which will be shared through blog posts) Jeremy and his wife Charity packed up and moved back to Pittsburgh to focus on his new book project.
What was thought to be a “life settling move” turned out to be nothing more than a 6 month hiccup as providence intervened once again and Pittsburgh was hop-scotched for Nashville.
…and that brings us to today. Jeremy and Charity are now official “Tennesseans” who have set before them the mission to educate and aid a country that is quickly losing the battle of obesity.
