In 19 months, I've lost 262 pounds. New Me, New Life.

SenoritaTamarita

Freedom...yes, that's an excellent way to look at it! Congratulations!

husseycd

Wow. That's all I got. Just...wow.

1yoyoKAT

Wow, well done, incredible transformation inside and out! You look fantastic and I'm so happy for you! Thanks for sharing your story. :flowerforyou:

Yogabearmama

Congrats man! Seriously!!! Your story is powerful..btw you look totally hot on the motorcycle!

LOVEsummer

Wow. You are incredible, impressive, brave and so many other things I can't even wrap my mind around. Congrats on getting healthy, you look wonderful.

misalillstead

Amazing! Thanks so much for posting!!

dorkof82

great writing, all the details. i could feel your pain, and relate. you look great, and more importantly- im sure your health has greatly improved. you are truely inspirational! your weight loss is incredible for the amount of time it took. congrats

DiannaMoorer

Simply fabulous dude!! Absolutely fabulous!!

cseverin22

WOW!!!! Great Job!!!!

atb0821

Absolutely amazing job!

retirehappy

So far is such a short time. Amazing results. Ah the power of eating right and exercising.
You are rockin' it.

Happy new life. :flowerforyou:

BringingSherriBack

Absolutely amazing!

FixIngMe13

DAMN!!!!!! Whew! Seriously WTG!!!! I am without words....you totally KILLED it!!!!

Lunarbeanie

wow, just wow.No other words. What an impressive feat.

ngottstein

Your story is beautifully written. Congrats on your success. You are such an inspiration.

366to266

Can't be the same man -- must be photoshopped ;-)

Seriously, I felt EXACTLY the same as you when I was in the 360s at only 5ft 3. Your description of the bingeing, the feeling stuffed till sick and yet still hollow inside. The sense of outrage at the world, at the shops, the shoddy clothes -- that could almost be ME talking. I recall being forced to shop, like you, only at one special store and pay top money for rubbish --- a button fell off and a hem stitching came apart when I merely tried something on! Like you I was angry at having my clothes "chosen" for me. In my case it was everything offered was black, grey or navy, yet I longed for scarlet jeans, yellow tee shirts and bright orange dresses! It's different now, with the internet I now have bright clothes!

So HOW did you lose? How did you get control of your over-eating?

seltzermint555

I'm so proud of you. You look amazing and thanks for sharing your story.

My fiance's top weight was 390 and now he weighs 230 lb. Not as big of a loss as yours but still an amazing transformation :-)

Brige2269

Simply amazing....

gigibear7

YOU are an inspiration!!! Way to go!!!!

DSeay88

I only had time to skim, but I plan on reading your whole story when I have more time. What a tremendous accomplishment! I would love to hear from you again in 6 months or so to find out how you're managing your maintenance. Congrats on the new you!

RawOogle

Wow!! What can I say? When I first started to read your story I thought this guy can write!!! As I read on you despair and pain captivated me! I found myself thinking how much pain the people around me must be in and was drawn into compassion! You my friend are an amazing human being!! I'm so happy for you!! Congrats on creating the life you wanted, enjoy your ride!! :drinker:

jmdax

You da man!

reneekise

Thanks so much for sharing your story - it is extremely inspiring and I'm very happy that I had the chance to read it. :happy:

FixIngMe13

I had only seen the picture and didn't even read... so I went back to read because you had taken the time to write it, so I need to take the time to read it... and I'm SO glad I did!!! You had me in tears. I can't tell you how many times I've done that walk of shame. I hate the clothes I have to wear, the clothes I'm forced to wear because the smaller clothes... the cuter clothes are too small for me. It makes me angry that just because you are big/obese, they expect you to not care what you look like. Then it dawned on me.... that is the one thing that can push me.... because I want to wear those cute clothes, not those horrible *tent* looking clothes that make me look like a damn clown.

Could I ask you what you did in those 19 months (besides saying no to fast food) to change your life?

Congratulations.... I'm just in complete awe of you!

luisalg14

"Christ, more skulls" made me laugh!

Your story is amazing, and am thankful for you to have shared it with us :flowerforyou:

phocid

What a moving and motivating read this morning. Thank you so much.

JanaCanada

Holy Crow! This is the MOST amazing transformation I have seen on MFP!! GREAT JOB!!!

Gemma_Louisex

OMG you look absolutely incredible!!!!! What an inspiration!

alwaysgreen17

Thank you for sharing. That was brilliantly written. You look (and I'm sure, more importantly, feel) incredible. Way to stick with it. :flowerforyou:

Hendrix7

I salute you sir.