400+ down, looking for a writer.
humankevinjones
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I started with a high weight of 673 & maintain around 200. I'm legally blind, have lived in ICU & had brain surgery since that high weight. I'm looking for somebody with writing talent that can share my story for me as I don't feel I can properly do so.
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Amazing work!!! Your photos speak a thousand words!
Congratulations and well-done!
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Sir, you have made a amazing turn around! You make my on going journey look like a trip to the corner store! Amazing job Sir! Hope you find someone that can do justice to your story! (eager to hear more about it!)6
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First of all congratulations! Amazing transformation.
Secondly, record your story. Only your words will truly tell your amazing journey. The tears, the anger, the joy, the laughter, the frustration. You will relive it and you will remember and recall more and more.
Then have someone write it down or perhaps edit it a bit, but never forget this is about you. People won't care about your grammar, they want to get to know you.14 -
Kudos to you Kevin... congratulations and hope you do get your story out soon. Will look out for it Thanks for sharing your inspirational pictures & good health, happiness & fortune to you.2
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Thank you all for the kind words.1
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Wow, congratulations. As someone who has decided to dedicate myself to losing at least 350 lbs, you are truly inspiring. I hope you find someone to write your story. I am very anxious to read it.7
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You have done an amazing thing. Your struggle deserves so many more words than I have inside me, but I am in awe of what you have done. Your story does need to be shared to inspire others who face the same struggles you've faced. I'm sure you'll find someone who'll do justice to your story.
May you find joy and happiness in each day!!2 -
chrisalexander851 wrote: »Wow, congratulations. As someone who has decided to dedicate myself to losing at least 350 lbs, you are truly inspiring. I hope you find someone to write your story. I am very anxious to read it.
You can & will do it. As long as you never stay down when you stumble (as we ALL do) you will be unstoppable.2 -
Wow you are amazing!!! Such an awesome transformation!!!1
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You are truly an inspiration! Have you ever given thought to creating a youtube channel and recording your story there?6
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Wow- what an amazing job you have done. I hope you can find a writer to share your story, I am sure it would be interesting and motivationg to a lot of us. Congratulations on a job well done!2
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Wow, you are such an inspiration. Congratulations! I am looking forward to reading about your journey.3
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Thank you all for the kind words. Somebody from MFP actually did email me to ask if one of their writers for this site can interview me for a Victory Story so stay tuned!15
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I'll be so excited to read you victory story. Your transformation is jaw dropping! Well done!2
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Congratulations! You have made an amazing and inspiring transformation! Your pictures are breathtakingly inspiring. I will so enjoy reading your victory story.
Lot's of health and happiness to you in the future, handsome Kevin.2 -
CONGRATS—- I agree, verbally record your story and then release it as a PodCast!
Good Luck in maintenance, it’s twice the work of losing weight...if not even more.
Amazing Progress!
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Well done! I'm not a great writer, but I am a good proofreader and grammar checker!
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Just read your story this morning - congrats again. I too was turned away from the MRI for my size. Not for something as serious as you, but still pretty humiliating. On the bright side though, as of today I am down 80 lbs since Jan 14.
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Phenomenal!1
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Thank you both for the kind words!0
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Just start writing. It might require some clean-up by a professional but it will still, mostly, be your own words.
When/if you get interviewed or if you begin writing I encourage you to create resonance by being inspiring but not being the hero of your reader's/audience's story. Make them the hero.
By the time I am done, and I am mostly done, I will have lost close to 300 pounds myself. I do not consider it a source of pride that I have done it while so many have failed. I consider it something to address and fix. I do not want to be special. I want everyone that has weight to lose to be able to lose it and my story be common. I am sure you have been places and treated almost like a celebrity. I have received that treatment and it saddens me.2 -
Just start writing. It might require some clean-up by a professional but it will still, mostly, be your own words.
When/if you get interviewed or if you begin writing I encourage you to create resonance by being inspiring but not being the hero of your reader's/audience's story. Make them the hero.
By the time I am done, and I am mostly done, I will have lost close to 300 pounds myself. I do not consider it a source of pride that I have done it while so many have failed. I consider it something to address and fix. I do not want to be special. I want everyone that has weight to lose to be able to lose it and my story be common. I am sure you have been places and treated almost like a celebrity. I have received that treatment and it saddens me.
I don't know how to respond to this. I'd congratulate you on your own success but you went out of your way to say praise depresses you so um, thanks for reading I guess?1 -
humankevinjones wrote: »Just start writing. It might require some clean-up by a professional but it will still, mostly, be your own words.
When/if you get interviewed or if you begin writing I encourage you to create resonance by being inspiring but not being the hero of your reader's/audience's story. Make them the hero.
By the time I am done, and I am mostly done, I will have lost close to 300 pounds myself. I do not consider it a source of pride that I have done it while so many have failed. I consider it something to address and fix. I do not want to be special. I want everyone that has weight to lose to be able to lose it and my story be common. I am sure you have been places and treated almost like a celebrity. I have received that treatment and it saddens me.
I don't know how to respond to this. I'd congratulate you on your own success but you went out of your way to say praise depresses you so um, thanks for reading I guess?
Communicating on a message board has drawbacks. I didn't really explain myself as well as I should have.
I, like you, know what it is like to suffer by being quite large. I am not sure to what degree you felt disabled but I was quite disabled. I am constantly happy with my weight loss. I am free to do things I haven't been able to do in many years. Some of them quite ordinary like just fitting in a restaurant booth which is still exciting after more than a year and a half of reacquiring the ability. That happiness translates in wanting it for others. I don't mind praise but when people make a huge deal out of it I am reminded that my story is unique... too unique. I don't want to be unique, I want others to be happy.
What I wrote below might explain it further:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10815550/mine-is-not-a-success-story/p1
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I may not know you Kevin, but I am really proud of you!2
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Congrats! Check Reedsy for a ghostwriter or co-writer.0
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