Heather Kern was suffering a serious heart condition since age 11 which required extreme caution about her health. But, despite of being through such critical conditions she did not lose hope and started doing every exercise she wanted to do from running to swimming. The result was 125 pound weight loss.

A twist came in life of Kern, when she gave birth to her daughter in 2008. At that time, she found that she is suffering with left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy (LVNC), congenital heart disease, and also started gaining weight because of her medications, overheating and inactivity.

In LVNC, the heart muscle fibers in the lower left chamber of the heart do not turn into solid muscle. She was also diagnosed with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia by her doctor.

Kern shared her experience and said that it was very hard-hearted feeling for her, when she came to know of her two cardio-diseases.

She said that she became aware of a weight-loss challenge on a couponing website in 2012. Kern added that she participated in that challenge, which was free from causing any heart strain to her.

She even cut her food intake by about 500 calories and also dropped all candies and chocolates, which she loved to eat.

It has been reported that after six weeks of her challenge Kern lost weight, and reached her goal of 135 pounds. The inspiring story of Kern has been reported on CNN and also posted on CNN website.