See an inspiring video from a man who lost over 200 pounds!

Found his story very inspiring! Way to go Gregg! I did not recognize him. Too cool.

http://www.thatsfit.com/2009/11/18/food-addict-binges-eats-junk-from-trash-joins-aerobics-class-loses-275-pounds/?icid=main|main|dl3|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thatsfit.com%2F2009%2F11%2F18%2Ffood-addict-binges-eats-junk-from-trash-joins-aerobics-class-loses-275-pounds%2F

His interview from the today show highlights his journey.

Some of the text of his interview are -

When Gregg McBride stepped on the scale one day, he thought it was broken. He later discovered the "error" message it displayed did not mean it was broken after all -- it just didn't go over 450 pounds, which was how much Gregg weighed at the time.

The 36-year-old's struggle with weight began in early childhood when his parents told him he couldn't eat junk food. But instead of setting a healthy example, this strict diet only hurt Gregg, so much so that he would steal money from his father's wallet to buy junk food and secretly scarf it down. "They thought they were helping," Gregg told the Today Show. "But in hindsight, I can see that they created a forbidden fruit. I ate junk food like it was going out of style."

Gregg's food addiction continued to get worse over the next 30 years. He was consuming nearly 9,000 calories a day on a menu that included soda for breakfast; several cartons of Chinese food and milkshakes for lunch; and a family-of-four-size meal from a fast-food restaurant for dinner, with a whole bag of cookies for dessert.

Despite Gregg's many attempts to lose the weight, nothing stuck ."I tried every diet out there: the wacky ones, the public ones, the dangerous ones," he said. "But I just kept getting bigger and bigger."

Gregg even tried a liquid fast where he didn't consume solid food for weeks. But when he spotted a half-eaten bag of potato chips in his trash, he stared at it for an hour before finally reaching in and devouring it.

While he was known as the "funny fat guy" to his friends, there was nothing funny about the way Gregg felt about himself. "It took every ounce of courage to walk into a room and not feel judged," he said. After college while job hunting, he said interviewers wouldn't even look him in the eye. "I felt like I had a disease that no one wanted."