For those of you who've been in newspapers/interviews/etc..

First question to ask yourself is "why is my story more spectacular and unique than the person stories of the other 30 million people losing weight?" Once you have that answer, you need to market yourself to the group that loves that unique difference. For example, if you just gave birth to your 16th kid and then lost the weight, TLC is the place to go. Or if you just got back from IRAQ, have depression, gained 150lb after losing a leg and decided to take your life back, then FOX is the way to go. Etc. Every media source has it's unique interests and you need to match your story to their desires. Once one shows interests, the others jump on the bandwagon. That's for TV though. For newspapers and websites, that is usually by basically telling the reporters your story and begging for them to write about it - be it through email, phone conversations, or posting to a reporters/fitness sites blog.

First question to ask yourself is "why is my story more spectacular and unique than the person stories of the other 30 million people losing weight?" Once you have that answer, you need to market yourself to the group that loves that unique difference. For example, if you just gave birth to your 16th kid and then lost the weight, TLC is the place to go. Or if you just got back from IRAQ, have depression, gained 150lb after losing a leg and decided to take your life back, then FOX is the way to go. Etc. Every media source has it's unique interests and you need to match your story to their desires. Once one shows interests, the others jump on the bandwagon. That's for TV though. For newspapers and websites, that is usually by basically telling the reporters your story and begging for them to write about it - be it through email, phone conversations, or posting to a reporters/fitness sites blog.

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Plus, just call the papers, radio, or write them, tell them your story. Someone might pick it up. For instance, I live in a big city, but our local paper will take any story. It might just be a couple paragraphs, but they'll take it. You just call them, tell them your story, and they'll probably print it, if it is interesting. But, if there's not an interesting slant to it, they wont care about it. I mean, everyone loses weight at some point in their life. That's no big deal. You kind of have to run a marathon on one leg or something around here or else no one really cares about it. Myabe you raise $1,000 per lb lost and donate that money to some cause. Something that is special, different, and has interest to a broad spectrum of people.

First question to ask yourself is "why is my story more spectacular and unique than the person stories of the other 30 million people losing weight?" Once you have that answer, you need to market yourself to the group that loves that unique difference. For example, if you just gave birth to your 16th kid and then lost the weight, TLC is the place to go. Or if you just got back from IRAQ, have depression, gained 150lb after losing a leg and decided to take your life back, then FOX is the way to go. Etc. Every media source has it's unique interests and you need to match your story to their desires. Once one shows interests, the others jump on the bandwagon. That's for TV though. For newspapers and websites, that is usually by basically telling the reporters your story and begging for them to write about it - be it through email, phone conversations, or posting to a reporters/fitness sites blog.

This.

Plus, just call the papers, radio, or write them, tell them your story. Someone might pick it up. For instance, I live in a big city, but our local paper will take any story. It might just be a couple paragraphs, but they'll take it. You just call them, tell them your story, and they'll probably print it, if it is interesting. But, if there's not an interesting slant to it, they wont care about it. I mean, everyone loses weight at some point in their life. That's no big deal. You kind of have to run a marathon on one leg or something around here or else no one really cares about it. Myabe you raise $1,000 per lb lost and donate that money to some cause. Something that is special, different, and has interest to a broad spectrum of people.

An 18 year old who lost 100lbs without a diet/pill/etc. That's about all I got right now.

Well, if you realized it or not, you dieted. If you increase your physical activity or increase muscle mass, you are creating a higher demand for calories. By not taking in enough calories to offset that increased demand and maintain your weight, you have just dieted.