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Stages of Fatness 2 (300+ lbs.)

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Jay in Weightloss

This post is dedicated to my stages of fatness over the past six years. I don’t hold anything back, it’s a very unhealthy me where I valued work over my health. I don’t wish anyone to have to go through what I went though, but I know millions of people around the world struggle with losing weight.

Obesity is a growing problem and I think education on how to lose weight / maintain a healthy weight should be taught better in schools. I for one did not learn anything about a healthy diet in school and I for sure didn’t learn it from my parents on the fast food diet. Regardless here I am from 2004 – 2010.

Stages of Fatness 2004-2010

This first photo is dated June 2004; and around the time I started my own business. I was probably around 250 lbs. at this point.

This next one was taken October 2005, a year later and it pretty much shows my peak weight gain of 336 lbs! This is when I was working 20 hours a day, and eating crap non-stop. I was pretty much miserable at this point.

This one was taken around the same time. My uncle took this picture of me. I was not happy at all when I saw it later.. but yet it survived. My business involved me sitting my ass for 20 or so hours a day.. so it took a toll on me.

This next one was taken June 2006 and at this point I started to work out with a trainer at Gold’s Gym. I didn’t lose very much weight though, I only gained some muscle but that was it. I was around 300 pounds at this point.

This one is dated September 2008, and I was in Vegas at the time. Man did I go crazy on the fast food there. I gained 15 pounds in two months! I seriously ate pizza almost every other day. I’m not sure what happened to 2007. I was around 280 pounds here?

This is me AFTER my Vegas trip.. do I look different? It’s dated December 2008. The photo was taken by me the morning after a long drive from Vegas. I was tired to say the least. I was around 290 pounds here.

This next one is dated January 2009; and I was back in the gym at this point and ready to lose weight. I think this is when I realized (diet + exercise) equals weight loss. I was down to around 280ish here.

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This one is dated July 2009 and at the time I was busy buying a house, and not really working out that much plus I was eating pretty bad. I was around 280ish here (I maintained my weight be counting calories).

This next one is dated 09/2009 ; I decided to dye my hair.. lol. I didn’t like it very much but whatever. Again buying a house during this time, not a lot of exercise, and eating crap all day. I was around 270ish here.

This one was taken November 2009 from my iPhone, I was in the processing of moving out of my apartment and I think that was the last photo before I left. I shaved the blond hair out.. lol. I was around 270ish here.

This one is dated December 2009 and it’s exactly the day I started the Weight Loss Challenge, December 7th. I felt pretty good that day, I weighed 268 lbs.

These next couple photos were taken on January 25th, 2010 and I weighed 243.5 pounds and felt great.

These last two were taken February 08, 2010 and I’m 237 here.

Total weight loss has been 99 pounds since my all time high of 336 lbs. I still want to lose another 40 pounds or so and then I think I’ll be content with my weight. Oh and I got a new trainer at Gold’s Gym today which is going to hopefully help me get there.

The one thing about losing weight is that I wish I did it sooner. Once I figured out that diet was a HUGE part of losing weight, the pounds just started to come off. I worked out for an ENTIER year with a personal trainer at Gold’s Gym in 2007-2008 and hardly lost any weight because I kept eating junk food all day long. Do you know how frustrating that can be working out five times a week and not losing weight? I never thought of what I ate was keeping me at the same weight.. it just didn’t click.

After doing some research online, and learning how to count calories the weight started coming off. I wish I knew about calorie intake long before though; it would have probably saved me a ton of problems later in life. Physical education in school should not only teach you how to exercise, but how to eat right as well. Like I said, your diet is a HUGE part of your weight.. so why not teach this?

Stages of Fatness

JayLoss
Current Weight: 237

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