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Elk Grove Twins Featured On People Magazine Cover

ELK GROVE (CBS) --Anyone looking for inspiration in keeping up with resolutions to lose weight can look to a set of twins from Elk Grove.

Tom and Michelle Larson have collectively lost about 270 pounds. The Elk Grove twins' success earned them a spot on this month's People magazine.

Elk Grove Twins Featured On People Magazine Cover

Tom decided six years ago he needed to make some changes when he hit 353 pounds in college.

"I always saw myself like I am now, in shape and lean and whatever. No one sees themselves as morbidly obese."

Now the 26 year-old is working as a personal trainer and finds his story inspiring to clients.

"People will come in and say 'You don't know what it is like', you have always had a six pack," said Larson.

Larson says his success not only inspired his twin sister to lose 100 pounds, but also his mother to drop 40 through dieting.

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