Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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52 years old, 163 lbs down, and I got my life back 🎂✨

That’s me 11 years ago. 41 years old. 358 pounds. 46 BMI. I could barely walk up the stairs in my own home.

The diagnoses kept coming — severe sleep apnea, pre-diabetes, insulin resistance, stage 2 hypertension, metabolic syndrome, chronic inflammation, and triglycerides over 500.

Then I made a decision that changed everything.

Now at 52 I weigh 195 pounds. Sleep apnea? Gone. Blood pressure is 99/63. Pre-diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, inflammation — all gone. Triglycerides dropped from 500+ to 54. And somewhere along the way, I also survived prostate cancer.

I didn’t just lose weight. I got my life back — and potentially added years to actually live it.

Happy birthday to me 🥂

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