>>138845
Ill never understand why 8chan users are so fucking contrarian about everything. It's like the board culture builds a knee jerk reaction for being a enormous cock about literally everything. Thanks for the motivation post OP, it's always encouraging to hear peoples success stories, so allow me to add a bit of encouragement of my own to hopefully put this board back on track.
When I was 17 I weighed over 280 pounds. Working my first job at Burger king, I somehow managed to lose 20 pounds of it, this is the push I needed to start getting in shape. By the age of 19, I reached 190 pounds, 10 pounds short of my goal. Shit happened, I got depressed and yo-yoed back to a weight of 240 pounds over the course of a year. I'm now back at 220 and still going. It's tough, but I know I'm going to make it. It's been crushingly depressing being so close and now so far, but this journey has overall made me a better person. Sometimes im thankful that I gained some of the weight back, knowing that once I finally reach my goal before the end of the year, I will have met my goal as the best person I could be. In my journey, I've learned just about everything it takes to get in shape and stay in shape, and once I get there, it will become a lifestyle.