A Yarmouth man is the king.
The king of weight loss for men in Nova Scotia.
69-year old Ervin Olsen lost 50 pounds through TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly.
Olsen says his journey began after a trip to buy a new pair of jeans.
“I was getting up to size 50. There was a red alert that came on that said ‘I’m in big trouble here. I did go to the doctor afterwards and she said if I didn’t lose some weight soon that I would probably be a very sick man.”
Olsen was selected as the 2016 Nova Scotia King.
TOPS royalty are men and women who, at the end of the year, have officially recorded the largest weight loss from their starting weight, regardless of the time taken to reach their goal.
Olsen says TOPS gave him the tools, knowledge and support he needed to lose and keep the weight off.
“I needed accountability big time. I needed to make my body do more things, I was getting lazy. I needed the motivation, I needed the encouragement.”
Olsen says he got that from TOPS.
He says along with eating healthier, he lives a much more active lifestyle.
TOPS is a non-profit weight loss support organization.
