my heaviest recorded way that’s 477 pounds no as new as a problem I just didn’t care enough to change the problem I remember one day he actually said you know what I’m just gonna eat whatever I want to eat I was tired of living the way I was so I knew I had to do something to change it [Music] it’s been a long five years of ups and downs well worth it though I didn’t know how bad I felt until I started to feel good because of the weight loss I didn’t have some loose skin as far as like a trigger that led to the weight gain I honestly have no idea it’s just kind of what I’ve always known even as far back as early high school I was considered morbidly obese because of my size and I was known as a problem I just didn’t care enough to change the problem as I got older it just became normal it was that’s just how life was gonna be even at my heavier weight I was tried to be active but of course there were things that it limited me to like I couldn’t go to a theme park and get on rides because I wouldn’t fit in I couldn’t go to someplace and go ride go-karts and actually I played at video games a lot growing up Mario Kart as most people my age was one of their favorite games so I thought maybe doing some go-karts in real life would be a fun thing to do I just was never able to our mom was really concerned she would always you know I really don’t know if he’s gonna be alive past thirty he’s got to do something there was a lot of times that we mentioned it to him but he just didn’t care that much I remember one day he actually said you know what I’m just gonna eat whatever I want to eat I’m gonna get as big as I want to get it so we just kind of waited and hoped you know something would click one day it just kind of happened I just one morning was like I don’t want to live the way I’m living anymore it’s not worth it sorry I chose to do something about it tries to change [Music] I was tired of living the way I was and actually started off in the kitchen changing diet changing the way to start it was just smaller portions I didn’t know anything about nutrition I knew that I needed to eat less opponent lose weight I have lost a little over a hundred pounds and then just kind of life happened and I gained a little over 50 of it back so it was never a straight line of weight-loss for exercise it was a lot of trial and error as the weight started to come off I started to do a little bit more research online so it’s just progressed from there my heaviest recorded weight is four hundred and seventy seven pounds I’m well aware I was heavier than that that’s just the first time I stood on a scale and got a number rather than an error message it’s been a long five years of ups and downs well worth it though now I’m down to 250 which is a 227 pounds loss when I come to work out I try to do about 45 minutes I was some sort of weight training I’m perfectly fine at 2:15 but I would love to lose a little bit more body fat put on his muscle it didn’t know how bad I felt until I started to feel good before I was couch potato Bend watching Netflix trying to decide what I was gonna do with life now I wake up full of energy because of the weight loss I did have some loose skin I’ve never considered skin removal surgery having a little bit of loose skin is nothing compared to walking around with all of the excess weight I never would have talked to people in public trying to avoid eye contact all the times not anymore I figured I’ve never been able to go kart is always too big to fit into a go-kart couldn’t get it straps on couldn’t fit in the seat and now I can so we’re gonna see how it goes I’m excited I just never thought that it was gonna go this far this fast [Music] that was fun our fastest time was a hair over 27 seconds my fastest was twenty-seven point zero two for Nicky’s fastest was twenty seven point seven five eight I’m glad he’s still here I’m glad that he went on this health journey so that we know he’s gonna be around and I’m gonna cry I’m sorry but it’s just like I’m I’m proud of him I’m so proud of him so I am a nutrition coach I have people messaged me from all over the country all the time to just kind of ask I’ve done it when you decide you want to do something know that there’s gonna be bumps in the road figure out why you want to change so I’m blessed I’m grateful for the journey I’ve for a long time growing up would live life going why me why’s this happening to me why me now I know the answer to that though I need as I can share it to inspire others you Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvOu_ZNZGQc
