An Iowa man on a steady fitness journey has lost an incredible 250 pounds (approx. 118 kg) over eight years in a healthy way. No longer morbidly obese, he is hoping his weight loss story will inspire others to strive for their goals and succeed.
Heath Thompson, 35, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was always a “big kid.” He told The Epoch Times that his weight hit an all-time high when he stopped caring about his own welfare.
“I no longer cared whether the weight was going to kill me or not,” he said. “I genuinely don’t know what my heaviest weight was … people talk about that ‘Aha!’ lightbulb moment, and I honestly didn’t have that. I just woke up and was like, ‘Let’s lose weight for a New Year’s resolution.’”…