Hello all, my name is Daniel. I'm currently 28 y/o and live in Omaha, NE. I, like many of you in this forum have been a fat kid/adult all my life. It has been my biggest obstacle holding me back from achieving my life goals. I've always pretended to be a happy and outgoing person, and I learned early on that i needed to be the "funny" friend in the group. About 8 years ago I was at my highest weight then 325 lbs. I felt horrible and my self stem was at it's lowest point ever. There were many, many days I wished I didn't wake up. One day I remember waking up feeling like that, I went to look for an aspirin because I had a headache, when I thought "I could end all of my misery by taking this pills and drinking them!" Thank god the TV was on in my room because I heard something on TV about an exercise program called power 90. I put the pills down and sat down to look at the commercial. I don't know how I snapped out of my depression, went to the phone and ordered that program. Long story short, as soon as I got the DVD's I started doing them and after 6 months of healthy eating and exercising I dropped exactly 100 lbs. I kept the weight off for about 7-8 months after that.
Many things happen after that, that made me little by little gain all the weight back, and then some. I know what it feels like to be fat and to be thin. I am now again on track to loosing all the weight I've put on since then. I have to admit that the first time I lost weight I did it not so much for my health, but because I wanted to be feel attractive and look good in clothes and stuff. Now I'm 28, a lot wiser and with a lot more understanding of why I need to loose weight. Now, I don't worry so much about what I want others to see me as, but what it is that is gonna make me happy and feel good inside more that the outside.
I have never talked about this to anyone or posted anything about my constant life struggles with my weigh anywhere at all. But seeing all of your amazing before and afters, and reading all your posts, has given me the courage to post my own.
Just so you all know what I'm doing now here is the most current story so far. I started my latest weight loss at my heaviest ever of 367 lbs. I have dropped 65 lbs in exactly 2 months. as of this morning Sunday December 6,
I weight 304 lbs. I am so freaking exited and happy at my results so far. I haven' taken a picture of how I look now, but I will try to take one soon, so you can all see my progress. I am once more eating healthy and exercising. Some days are better that others and till from time to time I feel like crap about my self, but I know that there is a life for me out there just waiting for me to go and get it.
Bellow are some pictures of me. The one of me to the left is when I had lost the 100 lbs before. It's not so clear but is the only one I could find. ( I've never liked taking pictures ) The one on the right is me this past summer of 09 at around 360-367 lbs. I am 6 feet tall by the way. ( I posted the one on the right because it's the only one I took standing up or as close as the full body I could find! ) I'll post some of me today soon!!
Thanks for reading and thank all you for inspiring me!!
*****Update 12/18/2009*****
I added two new pics.
the one on the left with the pink shirt is this past August 2009 and my weight was at around 360-367 lbs the one on the right was taken today 12/18/2009 on my mac right before I updated this. I see a huge difference in my face.
Many things happen after that, that made me little by little gain all the weight back, and then some. I know what it feels like to be fat and to be thin. I am now again on track to loosing all the weight I've put on since then. I have to admit that the first time I lost weight I did it not so much for my health, but because I wanted to be feel attractive and look good in clothes and stuff. Now I'm 28, a lot wiser and with a lot more understanding of why I need to loose weight. Now, I don't worry so much about what I want others to see me as, but what it is that is gonna make me happy and feel good inside more that the outside.
I have never talked about this to anyone or posted anything about my constant life struggles with my weigh anywhere at all. But seeing all of your amazing before and afters, and reading all your posts, has given me the courage to post my own.
Just so you all know what I'm doing now here is the most current story so far. I started my latest weight loss at my heaviest ever of 367 lbs. I have dropped 65 lbs in exactly 2 months. as of this morning Sunday December 6,
I weight 304 lbs. I am so freaking exited and happy at my results so far. I haven' taken a picture of how I look now, but I will try to take one soon, so you can all see my progress. I am once more eating healthy and exercising. Some days are better that others and till from time to time I feel like crap about my self, but I know that there is a life for me out there just waiting for me to go and get it.
Bellow are some pictures of me. The one of me to the left is when I had lost the 100 lbs before. It's not so clear but is the only one I could find. ( I've never liked taking pictures ) The one on the right is me this past summer of 09 at around 360-367 lbs. I am 6 feet tall by the way. ( I posted the one on the right because it's the only one I took standing up or as close as the full body I could find! ) I'll post some of me today soon!!
Thanks for reading and thank all you for inspiring me!!
*****Update 12/18/2009*****
I added two new pics.
the one on the left with the pink shirt is this past August 2009 and my weight was at around 360-367 lbs the one on the right was taken today 12/18/2009 on my mac right before I updated this. I see a huge difference in my face.
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