My 7 year anniverasy of being formerly fat(story)(pics)

[NaturalBrah]

7 years ago starting July 31st is the day I made the choice to change my life for the best. Most of my life I grew up poor and overweight in a single mother household. Raised on a typical poor southern diet coupled with family issues I took comfort in food and eventually ballooned up to over 320 pounds by the time I was a freshman in college. I was always athletic in sports paying offensive and defensive line in high school but had no mental fortitude to put the fork down. Eventually post high school and after sports my habits stayed the same and my weight climbed to the point where the last time I stepped on a scale I was 320.8 lbs and refused to take part in any pictures due to embarrassment. The turning point started when I was dumped on my birthday July 31st by my first ever gf of 2 years. Needless to say it was a big blow. I didn't eat for a week and by the end of that week I had lost 10 pounds. This was the turning point to become the best man I could be physically, mentally and spiritually. Ever since then I've made so many mistakes on my path to achieve that. Tried every diet, every exercise, and supplements along the way(natty). On my path I realized overall fitness and looks wont make you happy as you think. You have to change that inwardly on your own. Don't be afraid to leave your comfort zones and try new things. Soak up as much as you can, read more, meet new people, share experiences with people and most of all commit to yourself and realize you're human, mistakes will be made, don't sweat it.

With first GF




Senior Prom




First Cut after about 2 years




First Attempt at Bulking (loose skin issues)




Trying to dial it in




This isn't even my final form




Also just a side by side of facial difference of fat




Now I'm chasing my dream job and have a beautiful amazing girl.

We're all gonna make it

Srs

Feel free to AMA

[MrM27]

Impressive job.

[Lombardment]

nice job! as a former 310lb'er i know the feels. (hopefully you still got the fatty calves / farmer walks 24/7)

btw how tall are you?

[TailEnd]

Fantastic effort. Well done!

[NaturalBrah]

nice job! as a former 310lb'er i know the feels. (hopefully you still got the fatty calves / farmer walks 24/7)

btw how tall are you?

Haha the only benefit, massive calves!
5'10"- 5'11" on a good day

[markprivinius]

Mirin your journey! I would love to hear how you accomplished such a feat!

[Compy386]

Thanks for the encouragement! Would you say that it's all about the process, and the process never ends?

[AWillis]

OPie deserves a bump.

[KlLLEmAll]

Really impressive, congratulations.

It's crazy how different your face looks

[blacksage83]

Congrats!

[realmac]

Words of wisdom and inspiration. Happy to see you've been able to keep it up over the years.

[Verbalcody]

great job man. keepin livin and lovin.

[cecchinuzzo]

Congratulations and very well done .. this is a real inspiration .. you could never achieve such a great target without mental strength and undeniable willpower.

Thanks for sharing

[AncientYouth]

wow amazing change ...superb

[X20A]

Wow, congrats!

If I may ask, what was the time span from your first couple pictures to your "This isn't even my final form" picture? I see you listed a first cut results after 2 years, but not sure how long the rest took. Regardless, amazing work!