Justine McCabe (born January 31, 1985) is a blogge r and Influencer who gained viral fame by documenting "a selfie-a-day" over her year long weight loss journey. She has since written for her weight loss blog "I Choose to Live". She is a native of Los Angeles, California.^[1]

Justine McCabe grew up in the city of Los Angeles, California but currently resides in Burbank, California. Her mother died in 2013 from complications of Chemotherapy exacerbated by being obese. McCabe couldn't help herself to believe that her mother was no more, so she coped by eating. As at then, the 5-foot-10-inch hairstylist weighed 285 pounds, yet she kept binge eating.^[7]

Then in February 2015, her husband of six months, John Paul, died by suicide after a lifelong struggle with depression.

After the death of her loved ones within the space of two years, she decided to talk with a grief counselor after which McCabe realized she needed to change her life.

On April 1, 2015, she finally went to the Gym to prove her friend and family wrong, for 60 minutes, she trudged on the elliptical. As she huffed and puffed, she began processing everything she experienced over the past two years.

Afterward, she snapped a selfie and sent to her friend as proof.

But the next day, McCabe surprised herself by returning to the gym.

She took another picture.

And another, then it became a daily routine.

When her back hurt too much from the physical strain, she would swim.

She just kept moving.

Within a month she lost 30 pounds.

Then she decided that she was going to make a real effort to lose weight.

She started a clean eating diet and being more intentional with her workouts.

After six months (what would have been her year anniversary with her husband), she had lost 75 pounds.

To try to avoid an emotional setback, McCabe’s sisters and friend took her to Hawaii in July 2015.

While in Hawaii, she snorkeled, hiked, rode horses, climbed a climbing wall and even went Parachuting, none of which she could do before the weight loss.^[6]

McCabe is acquainted with Savannah Guthrie and Jenna Bush.^[8]

She was born in Los Angeles, California, she currently resides in Burbank, California. She is a widow but has two sons (Age 15 and 12) with her previous husband who died in 2015. Justine's astrological sign is Aquarius. Since losing weight, Justine McCabe had enjoyed traveling and made it a big part of her life. After losing 124 pounds by taking a selfie a day, Justine McCabe "chose to live." She tried things she couldn’t do when she weighed 313 pounds, such as snorkeling, cliff diving, hiking and sky diving. While she embraced life, an unexpected injury forced her to slow down and find balance.^[4]