Scott Lost 176 Pounds!

Age: 41
Height: 5′ 10″
Start Weight: 376 lbs
Final Weight: 200 lbs
Total Loss: 176 lbs
Start Pant Size: 56-58″
Final Pant Size: 36″
Start Shirt Size: 4XL
Final Shirt Size: Large
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I weighed 376 pounds at my heaviest known weight. My family doctor couldn’t weigh me on their scales but I had an appointment to see a cardiologist to get a sleep apnea study recommendation.
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It was after my sleep study that they weighed me and that’s when I discovered my weight of 376 pounds. I had probably lost some weight from the past couple of weeks from using the CPAP machine to help me actually sleep again.
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At the time my pants size was 56-58″ and I was wearing size 4X shirts. Over the next couple of years I dropped down to 342 when I finally had had enough of being extremely overweight and dangerously so.
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I was going to an endocrinologist to try to help get my weight under control. Under their care I discovered that I was insulin resistant (a precursor to diabetes), low on my free testosterone, and my blood pressure was higher than it should be for an man of my age, 38.
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I was at the end of my ideas on what to do to lose weight. My church does a extended fast every January. This year I determined that I had had enough of my obesity and that I needed God’s help and grace to change my situation. During the 21-day fast I began to ask God to help me lose weight so that I could become healthy again and not have my life cut short nor have my health stop me from doing all He had for me to do.
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I lost about 20 pounds just on the fast alone and then began trying to find a way of eating that would help me to lose more. I started with a diet high in complex carbohydrates. Lots of fruits and vegetables and limited protein. It helped to keep the weight from coming back but after about 2 months I hadn’t made much progress and I was struggling with sticking to it because it cut out a lot of meat proteins.
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I was praying at lunch while I was surfing the internet. I was asking God to help me with a diet plan that He wanted me on. I stumbled across Kimkins. I say “stumbled across” but with God there is never a stumbling across. I distinctly heard Him say to me, “This is the diet plan I want you on.” I asked Him for how long and He said for about 3 months. Which was the time between when I started and when I would later go on a mission trip to Mexico City, although I didn’t know I was going at the time.
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So I signed up as a member on Kimkins about April 2007. The weight started to drop off dramatically. By the time I left for Mexico City in July 2007 I had already dropped to 255 lbs. While I was in Mexico I knew I wouldn’t have control over what was given me to eat and was not going to be able to keep with Kimkins. I was concerned what would happen when I stopped Kimkins and began to eat normally while I was gone.
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I again asked God what to do and He said to eat what was placed before me and it would be alright. And as always He was true to His word and after 2 weeks of high carbohydrates my weight hadn’t changed.
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When I went to the endocrinologist in September 2007 they weighed me and had me sit down to await the doctor. They came back in and asked me to weigh again. They then stuck their head in the waiting room and asked me if I had been sick or if I had tried to lose weight. From my last visit in April 2007 till this one in September, I had lost 75 pounds. My weight had changed so much they thought they had made a mistake when they weighed me the first time or that I had been sick.
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But the good news didn’t stop there. My blood pressure was normal and I no longer needed blood pressure medication. My blood sugar levels were actually lower than they should have been so they took me off the Metformin that I had been taking. My testosterone levels were normal and so were my cholesterol levels.
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I didn’t go back to Kimkins fully when I came back from the mission trip. I began to eat more organic foods. I still kept away from soft drinks both regular ones and diet drinks. I would still ask God what to eat and He would always be faithful to tell me what to eat and even where if I was away from the house. He would tell me to go to such-and-such a place and order a specific meal. I still remember Him telling me to go to a fast food seafood place and order a seafood salad, something that I didn’t even know they had started selling. He would also tell me when to fast and for how long and He kept taking the weight off.
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In January 2008 our church did another fast and I did one for 28 days using a shake type fast. I used Almased for those 28 days. During that time I got to my lowest weight ever of 196. I have held my weight around 205-215 for the past year and a half. I have recently come back to Kimkins to try and get below and stay below 190 pounds. My hope is to get to 180.
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In total I have lost over 176 pounds. I have gone from a 56-58″ waist to a comfortable 36″, from 4X shirts to Large. Recently I climbed the 14 flights of stairs to my office just because I wanted to see if I could do it and I was ecstatic that I could. I feel great and I keep getting people in church coming up to me and congratulating me on how great I look.
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Every time I pass by a mirror I am reminded of how much God has done for me and that I am truly blessed.