Regina Frazer weighed 260 pounds when she started participating in roller derby in September 2009.
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Regina Frazer weighed 260 pounds when she started participating in roller derby in September 2009.
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Frazer, far right, was positioned as a blocker because of her bigger size. Although she was good at using her weight to "move people," she says she couldn't move very fast herself.
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Frazer, far right, was positioned as a blocker because of her bigger size. Although she was good at using her weight to "move people," she says she couldn't move very fast herself.
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Frazer, center, has since lost 100 pounds and upped her blocking skills. "This is one of the reasons why I love playing the game!" she wrote in an e-mail.
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Frazer, center, has since lost 100 pounds and upped her blocking skills. "This is one of the reasons why I love playing the game!" she wrote in an e-mail.
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Frazer's husband Steve has also lost weight -- more than 90 pounds. He's known as Burley in the roller derby league, and took on the job of bench coach this season.
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Frazer's husband Steve has also lost weight -- more than 90 pounds. He's known as Burley in the roller derby league, and took on the job of bench coach this season.
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Frazer, second from the left, ran her first 5K race last April with a few of her derby teammates.
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Frazer, second from the left, ran her first 5K race last April with a few of her derby teammates.
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Frazer's 14-year-old son Morgen, a.k.a. Trucker Chuck, has been pretty accepting of the family's new lifestyle, she says. "In the beginning he lost a little bit of weight himself. I think it got him feeling good about his own body image."
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Frazer's 14-year-old son Morgen, a.k.a. Trucker Chuck, has been pretty accepting of the family's new lifestyle, she says. "In the beginning he lost a little bit of weight himself. I think it got him feeling good about his own body image."
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Frazer and her husband celebrated meeting their weight loss goals by going skydiving in Las Vegas last summer. They also attended a roller derby conference called <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollercon.net%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Rollercon</a>.
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Frazer and her husband celebrated meeting their weight loss goals by going skydiving in Las Vegas last summer. They also attended a roller derby conference called Rollercon.
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The Fairbanks All Stars celebrate a win in January. Frazer, top right, is now co-captain of the team.
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The Fairbanks All Stars celebrate a win in January. Frazer, top right, is now co-captain of the team.
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