After his mother died of a heart attack and after reaching 470 pounds himself, Mark Mayer decided to make big changes in his life.
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This was also around the advent of the internet, and I was one of those who got sucked in. And with that sedentary lifestyle came other bad habits, like junk food. Then there was a bout of depression brought on when my father was diagnosed with brain cancer. So my freshman 15 became the freshman 30. And then there was the sophomore 30, and then the junior 45. Before I knew it, I was a 300-plus pounds as a senior.
The tipping point came in February 2018. There was an industrial scale at one of my security guard jobs. I weighed myself on it, and it came in at 470 pounds. My heart sank. I assumed I was north of 400. I didn’t know for sure since most scales don’t go that high, but I didn’t think that I was that heavy.The next day, I started a keto/South Beach-type diet. I cut out all potatoes, bread, rice and sugar. I focused on meat, dairy and leafy greens. It sucked at first.
I no longer hurt from just existing. I had never really noticed it before losing weight, but looking back now, everything just ached. Not enough to make any real complaints about, but I always felt suffocated.
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