Congratulations Tyler! I’ve been following your blog ever since it was posted on Consumerist and I’m so happy that you’ve finally reached this milestone. :)
Congratulations. I have been following your story for a few weeks now and am very motivated by your reasons. I have my main motivation for losing weight for health reasons, I want to live longer.
I am happy you broke that 200 barrier, it will motivate me as well. That is my goal as well and I hope to achieve that one day. Since starting in November I have lost 42 pounds and have 45 left to go.
Thank you for shedding light on the way to keep going. Have a super day!
You did it, you did it, you really really did it!
You did it, you did it, you really really did it!
Hey, hey,
Shake your bootie shake your bootie
Hey, Hey
You did it!
YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAYyyyyyyyy!!!!!11111111111111oneoneone
Tyler: This is an impressive accomplishment. Even more so considering the recent loss of your father. Great job and stay the course! Look forward to you joining me for a marathon someday. Cheers!
You are such an inspiration Tyler. Thank you for being “out there” for us. People don’t need diet books, they just need to “do it” like you did, and put it out in the world for all to see. You deserve 200% of whatever comes your way. But this is just step 1 my friend. You know what you have to do next….
Congratulations! Do you watch the Biggest Loser? If so, I think of you when Darius is on the show. I think he started about the same weight as you. You are further along than him right now. He is young and has the world ahead of him. Again congratulations!
I too have been a lurker since I started watching my friend Tara work her buns off from your inspiration…which has inspired me! I’ve started my journey because of your contagious energy. I’m thrilled for you Tyler. FYI – love the term “onederland”….can’t wait to join you there!
Awesome!!!! Next, create a couple framed wall-sized posters of that bad-ass picture and put them wherever you need to remind yourself that this just the beginning!
Great work! You got there by what we Finns call “sisu”! (Meaning something like sustained tenacity/fortitude/perseverance/guts.)
(Wikipedia is far too often a fount of misinformation, discrepancies, and distortions for me to refer often to it, but having said that, the opening description of the Finnish concept of “sisu” presently there is decent, and at least more thorough than mine:
“Sisu is a Finnish term loosely translated into English as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. However, the word is widely considered to lack a proper translation into any language. Sisu has been described as being integral to understanding Finnish culture. The literal meaning is equivalent in English to “having guts”, and the word derives from sisus, which means something inner or interior. However sisu is defined by a long-term element in it; it is not momentary courage, but the ability to sustain an action against the odds. Deciding on a course of action and the sticking to that decision against repeated failures is sisu. The noun sisu is related to the adjective sisukas, one having the quality of sisu.”)
I’ve been following your blog since the consumerist post. I’ve completed a body transformation of my own in that time ( -70 lbs) and am amazed by your spirit and your dedication to your goals. I’m looking forward to taking the next step with you as we work to build more muscle.
Boom goes the dynamite ! For some reason that phrase came to mind when I click on your site today and saw this post – maybe it’s because you are exploding right through the challenges we all face when it come to weight loss.
Congratulations on this HUGE accomplishment. I’m so proud of you – thank you for the continued inspiration you give us all!
Someone may have made this comment already (didn’t have a chance to read them for this post or the weigh-in post with more than just a picture), but I love the effect of the flash. It’s like a visual choir singing “ahhhhh”. A little late (been reading your blog from the beginning), but congratulations!
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Great job. Really really really excited for you :)
Congrats. So awesome and inspiring. Can’t wait to get there myself!
Wow – congratulations! Blow this image up to poster size so you never forget your incredible accomplishment.
Great job! Quite a milestone conquered.
Excellent job, you are an inspiration to a lot of people.. Including myself.. Keep up the great work… & … Congrats..
Go you!
WOOT!
Congratulations Tyler! I’ve been following your blog ever since it was posted on Consumerist and I’m so happy that you’ve finally reached this milestone. :)
Yay! I love how the flash reflection gives the scale a heavenly glow. :)
Congratulations! You are such an inspiration!
BOOM! Under 200! Congrats Tyler! You must be pumped!
That’s awesome! Congratulations on such an amazing accomplishment!
Sweet, sweet victory!
Nice work, and welcome to onederland.
Freaking Awesome!
Great job!!!!!!
congrats! You were the motivation I needed a month ago to get started on this journey (again) myself!
Woo Hoo!!!! Congrats Tyler!
Delurking to offer a heartfelt congratulations!!!
This is one HELL of a Wordless Wednesday post. I’m proud of you, man! Congrats!
Yea!!!! Congratulation!!
WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome.
You did it! Awesome! I knew you would!
BAM!
I knew you would accomplish your goal today!!!! Hooooray!!!! You are AWSOME!!!!
WOOHOO! A picture says a thousand words in this case. Total awesomeness!
Awesome progress. Knew you would make it. Keep going!
Congratulations!!! :)
WOW! You are inspiring so many people. I’ve been waiting for the email that you did it. CONGRATULATIONS!
Tyler – awesome!! Congrats on a huge milestone!! :)
Congrats on making your goal! Proud of you!
Congrats Tyler, that’s is really awesome – welcome to onederland! :)
I’ve followed you since 320lbs! Congrats! (I’m next!)
I’ve followed you since 320lbs! Congrats! (I’m next!)
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Congratulations. I have been following your story for a few weeks now and am very motivated by your reasons. I have my main motivation for losing weight for health reasons, I want to live longer.
I am happy you broke that 200 barrier, it will motivate me as well. That is my goal as well and I hope to achieve that one day. Since starting in November I have lost 42 pounds and have 45 left to go.
Thank you for shedding light on the way to keep going. Have a super day!
Kevin
Well done. So happy for you!
YAHOOO!!!!!!!!
YYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You did it, you did it, you really really did it!
You did it, you did it, you really really did it!
Hey, hey,
Shake your bootie shake your bootie
Hey, Hey
You did it!
YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAYyyyyyyyy!!!!!11111111111111oneoneone
Congratulations Tyler! I’ve been reading your blog since it was on CNN.com. I’m super excited for you!
Congrats! Keep up the good work :)
YAY!!!!
Awesome!!!!!!!
Can’t wait for this day myself when I reach goal………..!!!!!!!!
Great job Tyler!
Well Done, Tyler!! You’ve come a LONG way… you should celbrate!
CONGRATS TYLER ON REACHING LONG AWAITED GOAL!
PS: LOVE THE PICTURE ONLY AS A POST, NO OTHER COMMENT IS NECESSARY TO THIS AMAZING AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT!
In a time when I needed some good frickin news this is AWESOME!
Pure awesomeness!
I am so thrilled for you. Your Dad and Grandma are SO PROUD. Keep it going and remember that this is just the beginning.
This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats!!!! That first feeling seeing that number surely left you speechless. Proud of you. Pleased for you.
Great job! Now keep going!
I just hit 177, down from 210. :-)
WOO!!!!
he shoots….. HE SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Major congrats!!
Fantastic! Absolutely Fantastic! You earned those numbers!
Hooray!!!
Now on to the next goal. :-)
Congraattts!! So happy for you!
The lens flare on the scale gives this the celestial glow it deserves.
Congrats!
Awesome! Congratulations!!!!!
Yay!! You da man!!
WooHoo!!! I have been following your jorney and I am super excited for you!!! Thanks for being a wonderful motivator!
yay Tyler!!!!! We knew you could do it. :) So happy for you!
Go Tyler!!! Congrats on getting below 200! Excited to watch you become “The Tank”
WOO HOO!!! Congratulations… :)
ROAR HAR! Congrats to “The Tank”!
YAY!!!! Literally, this is what I said when this post popped up on my google reader at work. Congrats, Tyler!!
YEA!!!!
I am so happy for you…congrats.
Well done and very inspiring. I’ve got 78 pounds down and 27 more to join you in Onederland.
Great job!!! Congratulations!
Nice work! I haven’t seen a 1 as the first digit since college…
Congrats on getting to onederland!!
Yay! So happy for you!
Awesome!!!!
Dude!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Thatta boy tyler!!!! I knew you would get it :)
Congrats!!!!!!!!
Congrats!!
I’m just a few pounds away from being below 200 as well. :)
I’m kind of excited.. no I’m excited! :)
Cheers,
Congrats! That is so awesome!
Tyler: This is an impressive accomplishment. Even more so considering the recent loss of your father. Great job and stay the course! Look forward to you joining me for a marathon someday. Cheers!
Congratulations!! An inspiration to all of us.
WOO HOO!! Great job! I remember the first time I stepped on the scale and it said 199. Oh my god was that a good feeling!
Woo hoo! You’ve earned this. :)
A picture really is worth a thousand words. You did it. I’m getting a little choked up.
What a journey…thus far. So much more to your story and we can’t wait to hear it…and live it…with you as you go.
You are a rock star.
You are such an inspiration Tyler. Thank you for being “out there” for us. People don’t need diet books, they just need to “do it” like you did, and put it out in the world for all to see. You deserve 200% of whatever comes your way. But this is just step 1 my friend. You know what you have to do next….
I’ll bet you’ve waited a long time to see that number start with a 1!!!
Wahoo, you did it. Dad is proud of you and so am I. Congrats. Does it make you want to run around and o a happy dance. I’m doing one for you.
‘NUFF SAID.
Great job! I’m so happy for you!!
WOO HOOOOOOOOO! Onederland has a new member! FLIPPING AWESOME- Great Job! you totally earned it! FAN-TAST-IC-O!
Congratulations! Do you watch the Biggest Loser? If so, I think of you when Darius is on the show. I think he started about the same weight as you. You are further along than him right now. He is young and has the world ahead of him. Again congratulations!
I am so happy for you. YOU made it happen…. discipline and hard work baby! Congrats dude!
ROCK!
Whoot! Congratulations.
Go Tyler! That’s awesome! Congrats!
Congrats!!
Congratulations! Red letter day!
So how’s the view from the mountaintop? :) Congrats, Tyler!
Awesome, Tyler! I’m so pumped for you. We all knew you could do it!!!!!
Wow, congrats Tyler, what an accomplishment you’ve made! Really hoping I can get there someday :)
woooohooooo!!!!
WAY TO GO!!! You inspire all of us with extra baggage to loose!!
Hell yes.
Congrats! I am so excited for you!
I too have been a lurker since I started watching my friend Tara work her buns off from your inspiration…which has inspired me! I’ve started my journey because of your contagious energy. I’m thrilled for you Tyler. FYI – love the term “onederland”….can’t wait to join you there!
I did not pay her to say this…
just saying!
Awesome!!!! Next, create a couple framed wall-sized posters of that bad-ass picture and put them wherever you need to remind yourself that this just the beginning!
Dude, way cool! Must be a fantastic feeling! Now, get to work on those muscles, eh?
Warm day for a winterOnederland :) Glad you finally made it.
Congrats! You have (again) inspired all of us!
Congrats! I vote you put a new picture up on the pictures page to celebrate!
W0000000000000000T! Nice job Tyler!!!!
STOP PRESS! It’s done! Life will never be the same again!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Great work! You got there by what we Finns call “sisu”! (Meaning something like sustained tenacity/fortitude/perseverance/guts.)
(Wikipedia is far too often a fount of misinformation, discrepancies, and distortions for me to refer often to it, but having said that, the opening description of the Finnish concept of “sisu” presently there is decent, and at least more thorough than mine:
“Sisu is a Finnish term loosely translated into English as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. However, the word is widely considered to lack a proper translation into any language. Sisu has been described as being integral to understanding Finnish culture. The literal meaning is equivalent in English to “having guts”, and the word derives from sisus, which means something inner or interior. However sisu is defined by a long-term element in it; it is not momentary courage, but the ability to sustain an action against the odds. Deciding on a course of action and the sticking to that decision against repeated failures is sisu. The noun sisu is related to the adjective sisukas, one having the quality of sisu.”)
Congrats Tyler,
I’ve been following your blog since the consumerist post. I’ve completed a body transformation of my own in that time ( -70 lbs) and am amazed by your spirit and your dedication to your goals. I’m looking forward to taking the next step with you as we work to build more muscle.
What a ride! Here’s to a job well done.
I’m ready for TYLER – THE MOVIE
Now THAT has to feel SO good! Way to go, Tyler!
Wah – Laaa
Right f*#@ing on, Tyler!!!!!
YAAAAAY!!!!
Once again, what else is there to say? You’re a fooken’ bad-ass! Great, great work!
Have yet to comment, but I believe this calls for it. Congrats, man! You proved hard work and dedication do pay off. Keep movin foward..
Boom goes the dynamite ! For some reason that phrase came to mind when I click on your site today and saw this post – maybe it’s because you are exploding right through the challenges we all face when it come to weight loss.
Congratulations on this HUGE accomplishment. I’m so proud of you – thank you for the continued inspiration you give us all!
Skinny Mini!
excellent!
Yay, Tyler! We’re all so proud of you!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! :-)
Yay!
Saw this on twitter… congratulations! That is a HUGE accomplishment. I hope you take some time to celebrate it.
Congratulations to you!!!
You did it Bro-Montanna !
Now where’s the pics of the 199 pound man ?
Congrats! I have been following for a long time. I am glad to see you made this goal!
Someone may have made this comment already (didn’t have a chance to read them for this post or the weigh-in post with more than just a picture), but I love the effect of the flash. It’s like a visual choir singing “ahhhhh”. A little late (been reading your blog from the beginning), but congratulations!