In 2022, Detricia Woods-Meadows committed to making one single change: walking 10,000 steps every single day. The simple goal has since transformed her health, and led to a 65-pound weight loss. The 52-year-old mother who lives in Dallas, Texas, shared her success story in a segment on the TODAY show on Feb.
27, 2023. Not too long ago, Woods-Meadows' life looked very different. "By 2022, I was out of shape, at my highest weight ever and in pain from arthritis and a torn meniscus," she said on .
"For years, I made excuses about why working out wasn’t for me." Although Woods-Meadows was used to walking every day to work, the pandemic flipped her daily routine upside down — like many of us, her workdays turned into a lot of sitting around at home — and a knee surgery set her back even further. "My mom who is in her 70s was walking more than me," she said.
"I had recently learned that two people I knew growing up had passed away. One was complications of diabetes and the other one was heart disease, and we were the same age," said Woods-Meadows, adding that she did not want to be in the same position. "I knew I needed to make a change, but I never felt motivated enough to do it on my own," said Woods-Meadows.
So in the spring of 2022, she called her cousin Anthony, and the two decided they would hold each other accountable to , sending their step counts to motivate each other. A few months later, she came across another TODAY show story about . "I read that Doreen was part .
