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29-Year-Old Completely Transformed by Weight Loss After Wife Leaves Him 'For Steve'

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Weight loss is one of the top goals for people’s New Year resolutions. Gyms are flooded with newbies who have the best of intentions by the least long-term motivation.

Unfortunately, there are very few “quick” or “easy” ways to lose weight. It takes time to put on, and it takes time to take off, but that’s not what most people want to hear.

Dean Smith, from Michigan, was almost 300 pounds when he decided that something needed to change. He wanted his wife to be proud of who she was with, and he was motivated to get fit for her.

“I truly wanted her to be proud to say she was my wife,” he told Unilad. “That was my original motivation and that got me from 295lbs to 270 in the first six months of 2017.”

“For most of my puberty years I felt like I was fat, awkward and unattractive. Which is why when I started dating the girl who would end up being my wife I felt amazing. I felt compelled to dedicate my life to her.”

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“I had always truly believed that we were going to be together forever. I truly thought we were going to die together.”

But then his wife abruptly left him for a man named Steve. Dean never saw it coming, and it hit him hard.

“This blindsided me and for those months I shut down,” he said. “I was only eating maybe one or two days a week. I spent my days with the kids and being hyper focused on them. My thought process was I was less likely to be sad about myself if I only thought of my two kids.”

He felt like he had to put on a show of being happy even though he was depressed about his condition.

“During those last six months of 2017 I went from around 270lbs to 230lbs.,” said Dean. “And it was largely thanks to the fact that I was an emotional wreck. That may not be the inspirational story everyone wants to here but it is how I lost most of my weight.”

M/29/6’0″ [290-218=72 lbs](2years) I started working out before my wofe left me. I started my transformation and was dedicating it to her. However she and Steve had other plans. Now i do it fo my kids. They with me this mother’s day and i am not going to let a terroble woman break a great man. from r/progresspics

While that method doesn’t (and probably shouldn’t) work for everyone, there were other steps Dean added into his daily routine that aided his transformation.

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“The biggest change to my diet I made was portions. I probably eat half of what I used to eat. I still eat some junk food and the occasional soda. I just eat less compared to how I ate before 2016.”

“As far as exercise goes I signed up for a gym membership in October of 2016 and I still go to the gym between two and four times a week.”

The pictures say it all: Dean’s work has certainly paid off! Hopefully he can continue to be healthy on the inside and out, continue to be a great dad, and find love again with someone who will stick by his side through thick and thin.

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