article_snippet.sent: A man has spent a year losing 70lbs
article_snippet.sent: Refusing to accept the diagnosis, PJ Spraggins embarked on a relentless fitness regime.
article_snippet.sent: Finally, in December 2014, PJ Spraggins got the green light.
article_snippet.sent: In February, PJ Spraggins went under the knife together.
article_snippet.sent: Transformation: PJ and Tracy Spraggins (pictured, left, in 2006, and right in 2015) together lost 145lbs in one year so he could donate he to her.
article_snippet.sent: After a year of grueling dieting and exercise, PJ Spraggins was given the green light to undergo surgery . '
article_snippet.sent: doctors advised PJ, who weighed 265lbs, to lose 30lbs before returning for an evaluation.
article_snippet.sent: Happy: Spraggins (pictured in hospital) described the feeling of dejection at every hurdle until they made it .
highlights_snippet.sent: PJ Spraggins was placed on the seven-year-long transplant list at end of 2013 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: PJ Spraggins embarked on year-long fitness regime until PJ Spraggins made the grade .
  