6'3' Started at 477 lbs(216.7 kg) 4 months in.

Hello, my name's Randy. I have been on MFP for about a month now, actually tracking my diet, exercise, and water in take.
Last August I tipped the scales, and I hit my highest weight, EVER, of 495 lbs, I started a new job and started to slim down a little bit. By December I had cut down to 477 lbs, and I met someone who changed my world forever. I found someone whom I wanted to change for, so I began a journey of fitness, at first for her; but now it's obviously for me. I found this out the first time I went and worked out after working a 14.5 hour shift, with a half hour break. That was my turning point(February 2013)

In December my best friend Aaron(MightyWarturtle) and I started our journeys to a better life. He wanted to lose a little weight(like 10 lbs) and begin toning. I had a much larger goal, of losing around 240 lbs, while going for that beach body I have always wanted. We started slow working out 1 or 2 days a week, now we work out 5 or 6 days a week and have fully progressed into being addicted to fitness.

Coming into this journey I had no idea how strong willed I would become, how each small event in my life would push me that much farther into my workouts. Through some of my other good friends giving me workout ideas, and pushing me to keep at it, even when it got bad. I then posted my first "reach-out" on MFP April 4th, and gained a bolstering number of friends, and people who just wanted to join together in our quests to achieve our goals.

Over the past month I have gone every hard on my workouts, and except for weekends(I work in a restaurant so it's more difficult those days) I have been very strict on my diet. 5 days ago I got impatient and weighed my self, I was shocked at the results and added them into my profile, and got tons of support. Today I went and confirmed that my scale was accurate by using a medical scale at Complete Nutrition.

It's official 4 months into my journey I am down 107 lbs, including all of the muscle I have been packing on. I just wanted to post this, so that you can see. No matter where you are in life, whether your 150 lbs, and you want to get down to 130. Or you have a goal like me, either for health reason or just for personal benefit and you want to lose well over 100 lbs, anything is possible if you are willing to commit, and put in the time and effort required to meet your goals.

This is me last October, I am the Gentleman on the far Right.



That was about 485 lbs, I was definitely a different person. I was a bit intoxicated that night, but I used to run from photographs so there are not many of me out there from that time.

This is me as April 4th, when I was down 78 lbs.



I was astonished by how much I had lost, you can see the expression. I am even more shocked today, but here is the most recent photo taken literally a minute or two ago.

107 lbs down.



Anyways, thanks for reading. Feel free to add me, I am by no means shy, I work a lot though. So I may not personally post on things often, i do it quite randomly; but I am always here if you need to message me and ask any questions.

Best of luck, and remember when the going get s tough; it means you're doing something right. This journey will never be easy, but it is so worth it, and I'm not even half way there yet!