Before vs After: 2022–2024

2022 → 2024

In the first photo from 2022, I was around 226 lbs.

In the second photo from 2024, I was around 180 lbs.

This took two full years of consistency.

For most of that time, I didn’t even buy new clothes. I kept wearing the same large and extra-large shirts I already owned. Over time, they started hanging off me so badly that it looked like I was wearing someone else’s clothes. That’s when I finally decided to go shopping again.

I went in thinking I moved from XL to L.

Large was loose.

Then I tried a medium. Still loose.

Out of disbelief, I grabbed a small. I remember standing in the fitting room thinking there was no way it would fit. It did. Perfectly. That moment meant more than any number on a scale.

People ask what I did, so here it is.

From 2022 to 2024, I walked 10,000 steps every single day. Most days that meant about an hour and a half on the treadmill. No crazy incline, just walking. If I was short on time, I used the elliptical and finished in under 45 minutes, sweating like crazy.

I didn’t track calories. I didn’t want life to turn into numbers. Instead, I focused on one meal a day. Sometimes two, but then I stuck to 16-hour intermittent fasting. That alone helped cut out a lot of unnecessary food.

I started drinking more antioxidant blends mixed with milk.

I cut out fast food almost completely. Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, Popeyes, KFC, Subway. Gone.

Soda was hard, but I switched to Diet Coke and Diet Sprite.

The first 21 days were brutal. But if you stay consistent for 21 days, your brain adapts. Once that happened, it stopped feeling impossible.

These photos stop at 2024. If you want to see how much weight lifting changed me after that, just look at my profile photo. That’s the most recent version of me.

I don’t care about sizes or the scale anymore. I don’t even know my weight now. Strength changed everything.

If I could give one piece of advice, it’s this.

Just go to the gym for 30 days.

Don’t overthink it. Pick one thing. Cardio or lifting. Stick to it. The first week you’ll drop water weight fast. The stubborn fat comes later, and that’s where discipline is built.

This wasn’t about becoming perfect.

It was about fixing what I knew was broken.

And I’m still going.

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