Richard Simmons saved my life: Superfans mourn 80's fitness idol
, one day after his 76th birthday, was calling and emailing hundreds of fans even in his final days, he revealed in his
“I wrote to him and told him the situation and said ‘I can’t help her. Can you call her?’ And he called her and encouraged her. He said, ‘One day at a time. You’re worth something.’ Once Richard called her it was as if she was lifted,” she said, noting that her“Richard taught the world to focus on how far you’ve come rather than how far you have to go,” she said.
Mauskopf, who credits Simmons’ portion control weight loss system “Deal A Meal,” with helping her personally shed 30-pounds, told The Post the exercise guru brought hope to her older sister Joan. Together, they followed Simmons’ guidance. When Mauskopf suffered a house fire in 2000, Simmons sent her merch after she wrote in telling him she lost her beloved VHS tapes.“He encouraged us to understand that eating food is a way to live and not a way of life ….
“He said, ‘Why’d you wait so long in line to see me today? I said, ‘Because you’re a nice person and you make me want to exercise – maybe if I exercise people will be nice because I’ll lose weight.
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