Incredible Weight Loss Transformations Vol.1 | BRAND NEW ME

when i was my heaviest i was 485 pounds i was an emotional eater so if i was sad i ate if i was happy i ate if there are celebrations i ate i was a prisoner of my own body i could barely walk a block without being out of breath or climb stairs you know i had to save my own life i didn't think i was going to live to see 30. i lost 312 pounds [Music] i've been left with a lot of excess skin i have always been overweight my entire life i didn't do anything but go to work come home sit on my couch and eat every single day and it just it wasn't living i was just existing i was a prisoner in my own body i knew nothing about nutrition i knew nothing about cooking healthy i knew nothing about portion control i would say i probably ate over 6 000 calories a day i suffered from joint pain i suffered with being fatigued all the time i could barely walk a block without being out of breath or climb stairs i was afraid to die i think between me and lexi we just over indulged on food we would order a large stuffed crust pizza breadsticks wings mountain dew mountain dew and just binge watch netflix and just overeat my wedding day should have been the best day but people definitely mistreated me at the stores as soon as i walked in they gave me looks just because of my size almost like i wasn't worthy of getting married just because i was overweight i wasn't living i was just existing so after all those moments added up i was just fed up and then i set a new year's resolution january 1st 2016 and that's when it all changed i had to save my own life because i didn't think i was going to live to see 30 and now i'll be 30 next year at my heaviest i weighed 485 pounds and then at my lowest i weighed 173 pounds i usually go to the gym about six times a week i try to mix it up so i don't get burnt out and quit my husband actually joined me on my weight loss journey and i also started documenting my journey on instagram i never expected to have a following i just wanted to help one person so to be able to help 1. 2 million plus danny being able to help plus doing it together it's really cool we do so much more stuff together now we're not just sitting on the couch not talking we're out walking running biking we are active we lost 407 pounds together so these are my 485 pound clothes and i am now half of that and to look at these clothes it's just a reminder of how far i came and the path that i was at one point heading down i had a lot of excess skin i knew it was going to happen going into my weight loss journey i have had one loose skin removal surgery but i do want to have two additional i've been left with a lot of battle wounds which is okay after losing all my weight we are going rock climbing which i'm really nervous about because i've never been rock climbing there's no way i could have rock climbed up my heaviest [Music] good i was scared but i did it because you got to keep trying that's all that matters i think that ultimately it's good to find somebody who supports you no matter where you're at in your journey um surround yourself with positive people start small and small changes will add up to big results and just never give up because you only fail if you quit trying [Music] at my heaviest i weighed 410 pounds there were a lot of bullies growing up and i just felt completely alone a suicide attempt literally changed my life automatic switch i lost 200 pounds and now i weighed 195.

there was no option to be lazy or to fall off track i was becoming me [Music] now the amount of skin that i have is just debilitating i really wanted to see the body that i had been working for for so long the only way i was going to do that was through having skin removal surgery there were a lot of bullies growing up but i almost built a shield against them i always call myself the funny fat friend because i was always making fun of myself for other people to laugh but of course i wasn't laughing inside at my heaviest i weighed 410 pounds anything physical was a strain either on my knees on my heart i knew what the doctors were going to say if you don't do something about your health you're going to die and i just felt completely alone and it wasn't until a suicide attempt that literally changed my life seeing the the look on my my parents face in the hospital waking up it was just like automatic switch [Music] i lost 200 pounds and now i weighed 195. when i started my weight loss i really hated going to the gym after noticing i'm getting better i'm getting stronger everything that i'm doing is actually i'm seeing results from doing it it just it's more like a challenge to myself now so i enjoy it [Music] this day i remember so vividly that's when i started my journey when i decided this was my first day i'm going to go to the gym and it was the hardest day of my life very hardest part about my weight loss journey has been accepting my body throughout the entire thing just like most people's reactions i can't it's hard to believe that i was actually that person but at the same time sometimes when i wake up when i look in the mirror i still i still see that same person it's like my my mind hasn't caught up to my body yet after losing the weight now the amount of skin that i have is just very debilitating mentally my skin is a reminder of the weight that i used to carry and it just feels like baggage i bought this dress maybe three years ago and i said once i lost my weight i was gonna wear it but after i put it on i just don't feel comfortable in it yet so at this point in my journey i look at myself as the butterfly that's stuck in the cocoon once i have my skin removed and once i can finally feel like i have the body that i've worked so hard for i feel like i'll be the butterfly i really wanted to see the body that i had been working for for so long and i knew at a point that the only way i was going to do that was through having skin removal surgery [Music] it has taken so much out of me physically and mentally to get where i am today so i'm just i'm so proud of myself [Music] the main thing that i was worried about was definitely my stomach because i had so much extra skin it was just like an extra pouch that you couldn't see my stomach at all so now after having the skin removed i had a super extended tummy tuck which involved a incision all the way from the back almost all the way around my torso that connects and goes all the way to the other side i just feel normal this is the body that i feel like i worked for i still feel like i'm natural i am very i'm very happy with it my life has completely changed after surgery i have so much more confidence people have always seen me as a confident person but i see the confidence in myself now i have not tried this dress one since i've had surgery so i'm so excited to see what it looks like i'm a little nervous hopefully i feel comfortable enough so starting out as the caterpillar in the very beginning of my journey moving to the cocoon and finally breaking free i feel like i'm finally the butterfly [Music] i am finally summer [Music] at my heaviest i weighed 360 pounds at my biggest i avoided not only mirrors but just like reflective surfaces in general when you're a big guy you don't have very many friends as i was losing the weight i was getting more confidence naturally started to care about the way i looked it's taken me about two years to lose 160 pounds i started to be able to talk to people and that's like what that's like a year's difference oh my gosh i started gaining weight when i was younger i never tried to lose weight it really just kept increasing over time [Music] i lost my father when i was 10 and i believe that caused depression anxiety is social anxiety which then caused the overeating and the stress eating and really just kind of kept on getting worse and worse over the years i actually had to teach myself how to smile i used to eat a huge big old calzone that's supposed to feed a family i could eat two big macs vices and slices of pizza when you're a big guy you don't have very many friends kids pick on you when the doctor told me that i was clinically obese that was the point where it became real i wanted to lose the weight and that was the very beginning of my transformation started off really slow just walking and cutting out certain foods sodas processed foods and then gradually started increasing the exercise once i really started getting going i actually started enjoy it i kind of turned into a game every month i wanted to lose more my heaviest i was 360 pounds right now i weigh 220 pounds and i've lost 160 pounds working on gives me more confidence after a good workout i always feel 100 times better even if i was exhausted before as i was losing the weight i started to be able to talk to people a lot better i started to be able to look people in the eyes when i talked to them before eye contact was very difficult oh sorry one of my best friends now she approached me and it boosted my confidence a lot and it was and we still we're still friends today have you guys ever seen me i don't think i ever showed you um who i was before my transformation i think i told you but i never showed you yeah i don't think i've seen no for my first 16 years i never looked in the mirror never looked at photos and that's like what that's like a year's difference oh my god yeah when i look at like especially a lot of these photos like these right here yeah i don't remember taking these photos at all because i never wanted to see what it looked like had you ever tried to lose weight before this like before you made the big transformation i never knew how big i was actually i knew what size shirt i wear what size pants i wear but i had no i never looked into what normal people were so i had no point of reference to see how far away i was it was about six months into my weight loss i got out of the shower and was able to look at the mirror and see myself now i see myself but i helped more right i was really surprised seeing thomas's photos we talked about it and heard the story but never seen it and i think that made it a little bit more real because to hear about it is one thing but to actually see what he was talking about totally different than i imagined it was hard to put in my brain knowing that thomas we know now i believe i'm the best state that i've ever been i have a lot more confidence than i've ever had it's really good to see you thanks for showing us the pictures yeah yeah we love you man i still have days where i don't feel my best just to keep moving on and keep on doing what i'm doing and eventually i'll get to where i want to be so however that looks on the scale is not really what i care about [Music] who's happy is really what's most important my beginning weight was 430 pounds my weight has always been a constant battle i got heavier and heavier and just never stopped and i was like that's it i had mixed change i've lost 188 pounds and currently weighed 244. with having lost 188 pounds it has left me with a large amount of excess skin having all of this excess skin really affects my entire day-to-day life i don't feel as good as i should about myself so i'm hoping with this upcoming surgery it'll help me realize and believe in myself what i've done how you feeling feeling awesome excited and ready so we will see you after her surgery my weight has always been a constant battle i got heavier and heavier and it just never stopped when i started my journey back in january of 2015 i weighed 430 pounds hardly moved i have twin girls who at the time were four and a half twin girls i'm 430 pounds and i can't keep up and i attempted trying to lose weight many times and failed every time and then would gain it all back plus a little more and so that's how i kept continuing to rise i mean there's times where i mean i didn't feel like i'm going to be alive i was almost back to 300 pounds last year and i was not gonna have it so towards the end of 2018 and i was like that's it i had to make a change i've lost 188 pounds and currently weigh 244.