My biggest weight was 390 lbs back in 2016. In 2018 I got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, lost my job as a school bus driver and almost lost my family. Between that time I lost about 40 lbs from stress and everything else going on. I had left to be with my blood family and got situated there, got a job and friends at work helped me going to the gym. There I lost some weight and I couldn’t drop more than 317. Hit a plateau and that was it for me. I left Boston to be back with my wife and I gained. In March of this year I weighed 338 lbs and I was having problems with the sugar being haywire which scared me around august so I went to the doctors and I told them hey, I need to get an A1C done, I need to speak with a nutritionist and I need some information regarding surgery in case I fail at trying. So he drew blood and test my hemoglobin A1C levels and a week later he called me and said. Hey your A1C came back and you’re at 10.2 which is high and I’m going to have to put you on insulin, I said hell no is there anything else I can take and he prescribed me 2 different meds and he told me try them if they don’t work I’m putting you on insulin. After about a month in and a couple weeks my sugar was regulated and I started again on intermittent fasting (tried in august but I failed miserably only did it for 1 week and quit) my true journey began on sept 20th I started fasting 20 hours a day and ate for 4 hours. I went from 338 LBS in September to 269 LBS in December. I eat a lot healthier than I used to. Cut out the excess carbs, I eat 30 grams of carbs per meal, 15 grams in snack and stay between 15-20 grams during dinner time since I don’t want to be higher than 180 in my glucose. Which to my surprised hasn’t raised very much since fasting. Yesterday was my highest at 179 because I ate some chips with my daughter but other than that I’m ok. I just want to say, when is enough going to be enough for you to take drastic change in your life? Don’t wait and keep using the same excuses “after the holidays” change starts when you’re ready and if you keep procrastinating like me saying “I’ll do it tomorrow” tomorrow never came for me but it brought it’s friends diabetes and high blood pressure. Don’t be an old me, be the New you! The person you are made of, awaken your willpower and take control of your life before it controls you. Be safe and always be blessed.
2020 has been hard, here’s a little motiv... - Beyond Body Size
2020 has been hard, here’s a little motivation
Very encouraging. Thank you for sharing. I needed to read this today.
Yw, I’m going into another journey because even with the weight loss I feel terrible. But it could be different factors like anxiety, sadness and other things. The fact that I can’t go to the gym where I live it makes it 100 times worse but I will keep my head high and do what I can. I’m at 275 lbs rn but I’m going to start changing again. So I will tell you that you can do it even when it seems hard, just be focus on you! I know you can do it!!!
I definitely need to do better. Mentally it’s easier said than done but I need to push through it.
Been there many times, your push should be what is it you’re trying to do? Mine got triggered by fear of my health, that’s what made it possible for me. Awakening a dormant ability that we all have which is willpower was surely a challenge did it somehow. I will do what I can to encourage you 
just keep in mind what is it that you’re trying to achieve and what is it that you’re trying to accomplish. Also never set your goals so high you can’t hit it, instead set step goals, ones you can reach and use those as stepping stone to reach your end goal.
Thanks for sharing your journey! It's so hard to stick with things, your right to do whatever method you can stick with, congrats on your amazing progress and being able to stay off insulin is amazing! Keep sharing your up's and leaning in us on the downs, keep going
It’s a pleasure knowing that I’m able to help someone any way that I can. My weight goes up and down but never goes above 280 which was my goal weight. I do see that the hangy skin is adjusting to the new weight loss so I feel like I plateau in some aspects but many victories are claimed specially the sugar being perfectly balanced❤️❤️that was my biggest concern.
