at my heaviest i weighed 380 pounds i had lost a friend to suicide and my mother had unfortunately gone to jail i was really depressed felt a prisoner of my body i had a friend who noticed that i was really being affected and he reached out to me he gave me a diet plan within the first six weeks i lost 38 pounds since beginning my weight loss journey i’ve lost a total of 180 pounds since lockdown began i spent time getting back into healthy shape and building up my muscles i would say that i’ve been overweight since about 11 years old being overweight i’ve had pretty big issues on my health as well at 16 i had back surgery for a slip disc because i was just carrying around too much weight a lot of times i was i just felt depressed kind of felt a prisoner in my body i had lost a friend to suicide and my mother had unfortunately gone to jail it all kind of happened at the same time i found out both things on the same day and i was really depressed i probably put on another 20 to 40 pounds within a span of two months i was eating pretty bad at my heaviest my diet was a lot of fast food a lot of pizza just a lot of carbs a lot of dairy a lot of cheese a lot of sugar and a lot of soda it was extremely difficult to make a change to my diet kind of just makes me feel happy that i got over that that i got you know more willpower more confidence in myself [Music] so this is the typically what i would eat all the time i’m also having this in between pretty much each meal sodas in between each meal heavy doses of that and then we move forward to now and i’m getting better at having eating in moderation smaller tacos whole wheat tortillas i had a friend who noticed that i was really being affected he reached out to me he gave me a diet plan and he kind of gave me some basic exercises and some basic cardio to follow along with a diet within the first six weeks i lost 38 pounds and i was locked in ever since that point my diet i was strict for nine months i didn’t deviate i didn’t have any cheat meals i try to go on a on a two mile run every day and i try to do a workout of at least an hour and it’s usually a high intense cardio workout with some dumbbells mixed in there to do some strength training at my heaviest i weighed 380 pounds since beginning my weight loss journey i’ve lost a total of 180 pounds since lockdown began i spent time getting back into healthy shape and building up my muscles i was like i’m gonna commit myself to getting back on a healthy diet and i’m gonna commit myself to exercising i was 266 when the lockdown started and i got down to 200 pounds [Music] hello hi how’s it going guys someone seen me forever jelly uh tea i do my mom has helped me my weight loss journey by serving as a source of motivation and inspiration she was an alcoholic for quite some time and you know it really took its toll on her but she didn’t let alcoholism win she fought back and she’s been sober for over five years now and that motivates me to better my own self and battle my own addictions with food i know you do the work out here but i didn’t know you were out running especially when it’s 105 out this works definitely in my mind i knew he would lose it you know that’s he’s just got that kind of drive he’s definitely an inspiration to me that if he can do what he’s doing i can do what i set my mind to thank you for coming we finally got together of course it was a good thing i’m very proud of you i love you i have no interest in in getting a skin removal surgery this is my badge of honor my proof of hard work the proof that i put everything into it is this excess skin this is always going to push me to go forward because it’s always tightening and it’s always going to keep me on track i don’t have a plan to get any rid of the loose skin the only plan that i have is to stay committed to my healthy lifestyle i can’t really isn’t in my vocabulary anymore i believe i can do anything and anything i can set my mind to if you want to lose weight and you feel like it’s making you depressed and literally weighing you down and you can lose the weight and you know the world is yours you’ll look back and you’ll have you know nine months and 170 pounds behind you like i did you Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4oJAcLVGZc
