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The most difficult part of a weight loss program is to keep on doing it for a longer period of time. Best would be to change your eating habits and doing exercises the rest of your life. This becomes easier when you start seeing the results of your hard work when you look in the mirror and you get used to your new way of life.

Another good tool to boost moral are examples of people who already changed their way of life and have booked amazing results. They inspire you and if they can do it you can do it.

That’s why I want to give you a good example of what is possible if you stick to a healthy diet and start doing aerobic exercise and weight training. Our example of a big weight loss transformation is Jeff. He weighted 352 lbs when he started and now weights 170 lbs. Check out his story and read how he did it.

Vital Stats
Name: Jeff Setton
Email: jeff.setton@rogers.com
Weight Before: 352lbs
Weight After: 170lbs
BF% Before: 48.9%
BF% After: 6.7%
Lean Muscle Before: 132lbs
Lean Muscle After: 158lbs

How I Did It
Two simple words can describe what is required in order to achieve these results: dedication and commitment. All it takes is being aware of what your regimen consists of, what to eat, and when to workout, and everything else falls into place.
I was somewhat of an active child. From the age of 6, I played hockey 3-4 times/week, and did this up until I was 15 years old. When my biggest growth spurt hit, I seemed to lose interest in all physical activity.

To make matters worse, I had recently started a job in a retail sports store, in which I was working 30-40 hours/week on top of keeping up with school. This led me to become even more lazy in terms of physical activity, and I found myself eating fast food 2-3 times/day making the absolute worst choices when it came to food (McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza, etc.).
During my downtime, I found myself rarely being social with kids my age, due to the fact that I was completely burned out from school and work. As a result, I often took 1-2 hour naps in the middle of each day. Due to the lack of activity and horrible eating habits, my weight could only go one way, UP.

As you can imagine, I rarely looked at myself in the mirror as I got disgusted with the way I looked. Although most people could not believe how much I let myself go, I chose to block that out of my mind and did not think anything was wrong with being big.
Tipping the scale at my heaviest at 384lbs, I had no perception of how much my weight problem was getting in the way of my everyday life. Now, after losing over 200lbs, I realize how much I was being held back. Barely fitting into most furniture (chairs, couches, etc) and wearing a 58″ pair of jeans was not something that I could keep up for much longer without affecting my health.

I started this program at 352lbs on March 15th, and exactly nine months and four days later, I weighed in at 170lbs. That’s 182lbs less in just over 9 months (about 20 lbs/month). I went from wearing a 58″ waist and 4XL shirt, to a 32″ waist and a S-M top (depending on the brand).
My blood pressure went from 165/100 and a rest heart rate of about 87 beats/minute to 110/68 and a resting heart of 48 beats/minute!!! This, of course, is the result of the cardio exercise I did religiously while loosing weight.