465lbs ➡️ 230lbs.

I was an avid binge eater. I used food as a source of comfort and escape from my life. You don't get to 465lbs without some sort of eating disorder. I'd guess every day I'd eat roughly 3,500-4,000 calories a day.

In August 2022 I decided it was time for a change, I was hitting limitations physically on what my body could do at that weight. I always knew that I was a BIG dude and I knew I had to change eventually, and one day it just clicked that I had to change my life around.

For the first year I didn't track any food, go to the gym or do anything like that. I started off doing a Keto diet which worked for me mostly since it helped me feel satiated and full and helped me stop myself from binge eating.

I maintained that diet for roughly a year, and by summer of 2023 I lost 120lbs and got to around 345lbs.

I traveled a lot for the next year, slipping back to my old ways of binge eating and not sticking to a healthy diet when I was at home. After that year (between Summer of 2023 to 2024) I crept back up to 360lbs and by the time June of 2024 came back around I decided to lock the fuck in.

I started counting my calories and going to the gym. Jumped back on a Keto diet and pushed myself. Maybe a bit too hard because I ended up herniating a disc in July but I pushed through the pain and the discomfort because of how determined I was.

By the new year I was roughly 315lbs, ready to get back on my diet after taking a break during the holidays. I dropped the Keto diet and started just having a normal diet incorporating carbs back into my life. I was terrified that I was going to fail doing that but I pushed through the initial fear.

By March I hit my next huge goal, losing 200lbs. I felt so accomplished and so proud, but honestly I knew there was more to be done. I had no idea what my next goal was but regardless I knew I could lose even more weight.

I always dreamt of being in the low 200s, but didn't ever feel like I could get there, but here I am. I'm now literally half the man I used to be, and I still can't believe it to this day.

And while I do feel so accomplished and proud of my achievement, my one last thing I know that I need to change is getting all of my excess skin removed. It's purely a cosmetic thing, it's not a health thing at all (at least physically).

I'm lucky to where I've lost weight at a slow enough pace where the skin isn't too loose, but there's only so much the body can do to retract all the skin that's been stretched out for so long. So now my goal is to save up money to get skin removal surgery.

Unfortunately it's considered a cosmetic surgery so insurance doesn't cover it. It's not a cheap surgery since they literally remove 10-20 pounds of skin from my body and reconstruct my whole body.

I plan on getting this surgery regardless if this GoFundMe succeeds, but it will take me a while to save up the money to afford it. I figured I could put this out here to share my story and to help inspire people and to show people that anything you put your mind to you can achieve.

At the end of the day what I want to stress to everyone is that no matter how much you weigh, what you look like or where you are in life, you are surrounded by a support network you might have no idea about. You are cared for and loved more than you'll ever know.

Thank you for taking the time to read this all. Thank you for those that cheered me on and supported me not only over these past 3 years but over my whole life.

I love you.