Progress Chart
I started a healthy lifestyle on January 15, 2009 weighing 344.2 pounds and currently weigh 218.8 pounds. I’ve lost 125.4 pounds in 54 weeks.
| Date | Week | Weight | Change | Total Lost | Comments |
| Jan 21 | 0 | 344.2 | N/A | N/A | First Weigh-in |
| Jan 28 | 1 | 338.2 | -6 | 6 | |
| Feb 04 | 2 | 333 | -5.2 | 11.2 | |
| Feb 11 | 3 | 328.2 | -4.8 | 16 | |
| Feb 18 | 4 | 324 | -4.2 | 20.2 | |
| Feb 25 | 5 | 320.2 | -3.8 | 24 | |
| Mar 04 | 6 | 312 | -8.2 | 32.2 | Jump in intensity |
| Mar 11 | 7 | 306.6 | -5.4 | 37.6 | |
| Mar 18 | 8 | 302.6 | -4 | 41.6 | |
| Mar 25 |
9 | 296.2 | -6.4 | 47 |
Baby is born! |
| Apr 01 |
10 | 289.6 | -6.6 | 54.6 | |
| Apr 08 | 11 | 289.2 | -0.4 | 55 | Wait, what? |
| Apr 15 |
12 | 283.6 | -5.6 | 60.6 | Back on track |
| Apr 22 |
13 | 279.6 | -4 | 64.6 | |
| Apr 29 |
14 | 275.8 | -3.8 | 68.4 | |
| May 06 |
15 | 272.8 | -3 | 71.4 | |
| May 13 |
16 | 267.4 | -5.4 | 76.8 | |
| May 20 |
17 | 264.2 | -3.2 | 80 | |
| May 27 |
18 | 262.2 | -2 | 82 | |
| Jun 03 |
19 | 256.2 | -6 | 88 | |
| Jun 10 |
20 | 255.8 | -.04 | 88.4 | |
| Jun 17 |
21 | 253.8 | -2 | 90.4 | |
| Jun 24 |
22 | 252.4 | -1.4 | 91.8 | |
| July 1 |
23 | 247.6 | -4.8 | 96.6 | |
| July 8 |
24 | 243.8 | -3.8 | 100.4 | |
| July 15 |
25 | 241.4 | -2.4 | 102.8 | |
| July 22 |
26 | 238.8 | -2.6 | 105.4 | |
| July 29 |
27 | 239.2 | +0.4 | 105 | Vacation |
| Aug 5 | 28 | 234.4 | -4.8 | 109.8 | |
| Aug 12 |
29 | 233.6 | -0.4 | 110.6 | |
| Aug 19 |
30 | 233.2 | -0.8 | 111 | |
| Aug 26 |
31 | 232.8 | -0.4 | 111.4 | |
| Sep 02 |
32 | 233.6 | +0.8 | 110.6 | Moved |
| Sep 09 |
33 | 231.6 | -2.0 | 112.6 | |
| Sep 16 |
34 | 227.2 | -4.4 | 117 | Counting Calories |
| Sep 23 |
35 | 224.6 | -2.6 | 119.6 | |
| Sep 30 |
36 | 223.6 | -1.0 | 120.6 | |
| Oct 07 |
37 | 222.6 | -1.0 | 121.6 | |
| Oct 14 |
38 | 223.4 | +0.8 | 120.8 | |
| Oct 21 |
39 | 222.4 | -1.0 | 121.8 | |
| Oct 28 |
40 | 220.6 | -1.8 | 123.6 | |
| Nov 04 |
41 | 219.4 | -1.2 | 124.8 | |
| Nov 11 |
42 | 218.6 | -0.8 | 125.6 | New scale |
| Nov 18 |
43 | 217.2 | -1.4 | 127 | |
| Nov 25 |
44 | 215.6 | -1.6 | 128.6 | |
| Dec 02 |
45 | 218.4 | +2.8 | 125.8 | Thanksgiving |
| Dec 09 |
46 | 215.8 | -2.6 | 128.4 |
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Nice work …
5′-5″, I was 70 kilos and dropped down to 65.5 few weeks ago. I exercised more and tried to have a more healthy lifestyle. However, gained in back in 2 weeks. Few burgers, too many beers with departing colleagues, the excuses were abundant and now i regret. My target was 62.5kg, and get back in shape.
Your courage, goal and discipline will give me another boost …
Hey Ty, just caught the blog and think you’re doing an awesome job! Keep up the good work, sir, and rock that elliptical…ugh…I hate ellipticals; they’re just punishing. You’re a better man than I! GO, TY, GO!
Congratulations, that’s fantastic!
I’ve been losing weight too, not as rapidly as you, but it feels good to do it, doesn’t it?
Down 40 pounds in 12 weeks (started at 230, now at 190), and now I’m pushing myself to run a marathon in the fall!
Keep going man, you’re doing great!
Very impressive – keep up the good work and congratulations on fatherhood!
Awesome, I’ve dropped 15lbs since christmas by cutting out bread! (And most other carbs)
The caveman diet works insanely well.
I found your website through the consumerist, just wanted to post and say congratulations on everything you’ve done and to keep up the great work!!!
Now add another minute to your routine!
Keep kicking ass and taking names dude! You can do it!
Way to go man. Ellipticals are very nice to have giving you MAJOR cudos for the tredmill, putting your website on favorites!
Keep up the Good Work!!! You are doing an excellent job!!!
Great job!!! Keep up the good work!
Good Job Tyler !!!!!!!!! Im Kims sister Debbie, from Maine ,,keep up the good work
My friend directed me to your blog on your weight loss progress. Congrats to you man. I am in the same boat that you are in. I am 5′11″ and at the end of March I weighed 358 pounds. I have been cutting out the fast food and going to the gym and got a personal trainer as well. After 11 weeks I have gone down to 306.6 (51.4 pounds). I am glad to find this as it will give me more tips for my own path. Congrats on the birth of your baby girl and keep on going man!
that’s pretty friggin fantabulous!
Awesome. Completely awesome. Congratulations on the excellent progress. I’m about to join the gym for myself. I’ve only got about 50 pounds to lose, and you’re the perfect inspiration. Keep it up and off!!!
Good For You!!!! Your baby needs her daddy around a looooong time! I am hoping to gain inspiration from you and your story. Gained 80 lbs with first pregnancy never lost it got pregnant again, I have a long way to go.
Every time I feel like giving up, I visit this page and remember that it’s possible. I will be checking your results tomorrow! I’ll be curious to see how that pledge has affected your results this week.
Keep it up!
Whoa!! That is amazing and so inspiring! We’re all cheering for ya!!
Just wanted to say like others that while the blog may help you a lot it and I’m sure it does it helps others as well, I’m currently on my own journey to lose 100 lbs from 300 to 200 right now at 263 but was starting to get stuck at certain weights until I came across your page and it has helped to encourage me to keep going and so thank you for that as I see that it is “possible”. You are doing and looking great…keep up the awesome work !!!
I think you’re SO yayee!! Seriously, you’ve done amazing work. Very inspiring :)
Hey I just started a treadmill workout routine, I am 5′9 and weigh about 282 and I would like to lose about 120 lbs in a year or two , So I understand what your doing and going thur right now I am afraid of failure and I don’t want to slip back into my old ways , Keep up the good work.
well done sir. im 6′5″ 350 lbs. every time i lose 10 lbs, i tell myself im doing good time to treat myself. then before you know it im back to square 1. i envy you. right now im telling myself im starting tomorrow morning, but tomorrow morning i might feel different. Congratulations and I hope to god i will start tomorrow.
Ryan,
Don’t start tomorrow buddy, start TODAY!
Know what is good about what you are doing? You are being brutally honest with yourself, and always are accountable for what you eat through your logging of calories and exercise.
That makes the difference, I think, and also motivates you to do well because you know you’ll have to be honest and accountable.
Great work!
Could you consider linking each week to the corresponding blog page? I like to compare what I’m doing to what you were at the same time period.
Hey Ty! Great job man. I just started blogging and trying to get healthier and have a better future. Kudos to you – If my results are anywhere near what you have achieved I will be greatful. Many blessings!
Oh my god…you’re never going to believe this in a million years, but I started losing weight on January 20th, 2009. It was my first weigh in. I was 350 pounds. Today, September 14th, I am down to 258.2- almost 100.
It’s kinda nice to know that somebody has been doing this with me- the right way. Without the surgery and stuff. I’ve come to love running- that’s my absolute favorite way to work out. I just ran a 37:00 5k today actually- I lift weights, I go to the gym- and I did it for the same reasons. Part of it was that I wanted to look better, but the bigger part? I wanted to fit in the booths. I wanted to ride the rides. I wanted to be able to shop for clothes without having to go to the back of the rack and praying that they had something big enough to fit me. I couldn’t shop at Wal-Mart anymore because they didn’t make clothes that were big enough.
I just…it’s so awesome to see that somebody else is out there. It’s so awesome. I can’t even describe it.
Congratulations on what you’re doing. I know how it feels. :)
-Jer
Fantastic! Another milestone.
WTG! You really inspire me! I have lost 100 but have another 100 to go! Thank you fr sharing your journey!
Great site, awesome! Congrats on the weight loss.
Keep it up boy! Go Kentucky, Beat them cock’s!
You are truely amazing. I read your profile from top to bottom. Congratulations. You are inspiring. Keep up the great work. You look fabulous, and gave me a lot of things to think about. Best thing I got from your site… an attitude adjustment. Thanks!
You are an inspiration. You have inspired me to stay focus. I enjoy walking. Currently I can walk a mile in 12 minutes. I am going to try jogging next month.
Tyler,
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Having spent most of my life battling weight issues and listening to a million different pieces of advice about dieting, wellness, weight loss etc., I have never been so inspired as by this blog. I am so grateful that you have put yourself out there and that I can come to this blog (in my favorites folder!) and be reassured that I am not the only one out there. It is a terrible feeling to know that so many people are dealing with these kinds of issues, but feel so alone and lost in them, feeling hopeless and letting weight control their lives. Reading about your successes is like giving a big “Screw You!” to every fad diet, exercise gimmick, double-digit pant size, enabling friend or naysaying family member that routinely thwart people’s chances of attaining a healthy life.
I tell everyone I know struggling with weight loss about this blog and hope that they are as routinely encouraged by you as I am. Your journey this year has been a big motivating factor for me to stay on mine (down 34 lbs, on the way to 70). Thank you for taking on this blog and know that you are not just helping yourself, but many of us out there who just need a positive push to get on the treadmill each day.
Tyler,
You are a great inspiration and I just wanted to say thank you. You helped inspire me to start my own website back in August and I have not lost over 20 pounds. I have a ways to go but I will keep reading your blog to help me be inspired.
Thanks again and keep up the good work.
http://www.AHealthyVegan.com
I meant
I have NOW lost over 20 pounds.
Thanks Again
Tyler,
I just happened to catch your story on CNN. You know, sometimes people just need that little slap in the back of the head to realize that this just makes sense. Unfortunately, there are too many people looking for that ‘quick fix’. So they get discouraged whenever they ‘cheat’ or gain a pound instead of losing. You are a true inspiration.
Keep up the good work.
Darren
Hey, i think u’ll be happyto hear th@ your journey has reached a girl in Malawi,Africa. I am also hugely overweight & i’ve found your website to be totally inspiring…am gonna make my life-changing decision & i hope next year i’ll tell you about how i lost weight too. keep up the good work, you look amazing.
Great weigh in this week! I really enjoy reading your blogs. You give me a lot to think about in this endeavor and in life. Thanks for sharing everything! You are a blessing to us all!
Congrats!!! Looks like you done an awesome job. In March 2008 I weighed 240 lbs and in November 2008 I hit 100lbs and now almost 2 years later I weigh 130lbs. Since the weight loss, I’ve successfully have been able to keep it off. I feel so much better and healthier since my weight loss. I wish I had created a blog for my weight loss experience. Congrats
Hi Tyler,
Great job. Where did you buy your scale.
I like the idea of it giving you decimals. How much did it cost.
Leon,
Canada
Tyler,
I too live in Columbia, SC and came across your story on CNN iReport and I’m happy to see you do this. I’m also doing something similar to what you started last year, I want to be 214 by the end of this year. Counting calories has seemed to always work for me. What is your workout routine and how many calories to you allow yourself? Started at 314 now I’m at 294.
I’ve lost 20lbs and trying to lose more. I gained back 5 when I weighed in today and felt really depressed and like throwing in the towel. Thanks for pointing out it’s ok to gain a few, just get back to it the next day. It’s such a fight, wish it were easier. Thanks for your blog, it’s encouraging.
Hey man,
just randomly stumbled on your site; what an awesome job on losing the weight!!! Max props!
congrats – really inspiring – I too started @ 344lbs and my goal is 215lbs – tad shorter @ 6′1″ – a tad older 57 yrs but still looking for the challenge – training again hard @ the gym again after 22 years of bullsh-ting around- I realize that window of opportunity will not be there all the time – So the time is NOW! I guess health is an issue as well – I feel vanity & health go hand in hand – the better look the better you feel & the better you feel the better you look – So wish me luck, I’ll need it and I’ll post ya when I reach my goal – And again thanks for the inspiration
Good luck!
WOW Tyler, you are amazing! You must be thrilled by your transformation coz I’m more than thrilled just by seeing those brilliant pictures! Great work! By the way, don’t loose more. This is enough. You look like a completely different person! Great job! I can keep admiring you and still not get fed up of it!!!
Tyler, you are a motivator. Becuase of you, Ive started my own site, and have lost 28+ pounds in 8 weeks. Thanks for the motivation!