Tim used to have to take a trip to the local recycling center in order to get an accurate reading of his weight. At 451 pounds, his doctor could no longer weigh him in at his office because his scale only went up to 350 pounds.
“Every time the nurse would weigh me, she’d have to ask me my weight,” the 37-year-old from Virginia shares. “I’d tell her I was 351 pounds and she’d write it down, but add a smiley face next to it.”
But Tim’s health was no laughing matter. Though he wasn’t struggling with many of the traditional ailments someone his size normally might, he was finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with his scout troop of more than six years when they went hiking.
Now 133 pounds lighter* and 20 pant sizes smaller*, the second-place winner of the 2009 IsaBody Challenge is enjoying energetic hikes with his troop.
