The Incredible Shrinking Man | Jesse Shand Lost 350 Pounds

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[Music] our next speaker is a very special guest indeed one of our own community members actually who began his transformation on our own forums and started that transformation weighing nearly 700 pounds and to date has lost over 350 through the help of our own forum members our content and the work that you guys do on the site and here to talk about that experience please give a very warm welcome to Jesse Shand in May of 2013 I was almost 700 pounds I hadn't left my house in years I hadn't seen my friends and years I couldn't even fit into my own shower and I hadn't showered them well over a year I had long since given up on my life what's up everyone wet breaths here got my boy um today I'm gonna start my cutting phase after a wildly successful 25-year bulking phase I was always a heavier kid I was still active playing basketball and that kind of thing but I started to get more reclusive and as I started spending time online playing online video games and that sort of thing I started going out less and being active even less and that's when my weight really started to Blooming up and I would find excuses to tell my friends that I wouldn't do activities they were wanting me to do they stopped calling eventually and they stopped trying because they knew I wasn't going to you know come through or hang out died basically ceased to exist I think I was at or very close to 700 pounds I never thought it would possible to get the weight that was that as far as I knew there was no personal scale that you could buy in a store anywhere near me that would weigh someone at my size and when I first started weighing myself I had to use two scales put half my body weight on each of the scales and then do the math to get an accurate weighing the heavier I got the less I started even caring to look at myself I would avoid the mirror I never took pictures of myself so kind of crept up on me I mean I knew I was always heavy but I didn't really realize the extent of it until I started losing abilities to do things I was doing before I started being unable to fit in my seat belt so I was driving a car without a seat belt for a long time and you know this is dangerous and I was always afraid getting pulled over or having you know hold the seat belt and the shoulder strap without you know actually plugging it in one day I got up to take a shower and I noticed that I couldn't even fit in it with a shower curtain staying in and that was a big shock to me I had so much you know self-loathing at this point it was just getting worse to where it was easy for me to you know keep doing these things because in my mind I had already messed up so much you know one more mess-up wasn't really going to put me in too much worse of a condition and it was just a vicious cycle that you know kept going until I got up to this massive weight so I knew my health was terrible and I was fully expecting that I wasn't going to live very long and that's really I given up shortly after that [Music] I wish I could say that the reason I came to bodybuilding.com is because I was ready to make a change but that's not the case at all the only thing that drew me to bodybuilding had come was that it had a reputation for having a deep internet culture that I completely avoided all the fitness forums a moderator kind of quickly found me and he gave me this ultimatum that ended up saving my life he told me I either have to take down the avatar and not have an avatar or post the real me you know being the typical troll and the negative person I was I thought okay well you want to see the real me I'll give you all the real me you can handle and that's how the threat got started the threat I started was called ask the fattest man on the miss anything miss being the miscellaneous sub board and it was posting all these pictures these real you know gritty pictures of myself full body you know I thought I was going to be getting you know a lot of disgusted image macros and stuff and while I did get some of that that's where people started to try and help me and they actually believed that I could undo some of the damage I did and that was something I wasn't expecting it wasn't like I hadn't tried to lose weight and in my mind at this point if I couldn't even lose the weight when I was only 25 or 50 pounds overweight there was no way I was gonna have the willpower to drive to lose weight when I was hundreds of pounds overweight I had this image in my mind that it would just take you know hours and hours every day of dedication you know working out to you throw up so I mean I wasn't willing to do any of that so I had all these excuses but you know the members of the forum are really persistent in trying to convince me that this could be done and giving these steps unique for my situation and it kind of took the thread and turned it back on me hey I just wanted to say I've gotten some really good advice here and I'm gonna try and stay in contact with you guys and keeping the forehead and kind of keep updated with my progress on what I'm doing and hopefully you guys can give me some tips some of them doing wrong and you know how to stay motivated I really do appreciate the help and this thread has been more useful I I didn't even mean for it to be a life-changing thread it was just kind of an interesting topic but uh I'm glad I posted you know that night I was supposed to have ate chicken quesadillas and some cheesy broccoli rice that's what I had planned already and instead a member told me I should just cut it down to seven cheesy quesadillas and you know even though that's only a couple hundred calories it was a start for dinner today it's gonna be chicken quesadillas and wild rice on the average day I pack away a lot ten eleven of those boys today I'm gonna try and maybe six or seven when a member told me that I could just flop around it seems so silly to me that it seemed like it would be the perfect workout for me to do and so I just turned my webcam on and immediately started you know just flopping my upper body I was very surprised at just how you know tired I got from something so simple so from there it was really easy for me to be an open book about every point in the process what's up everyone wet press here I'm using this video to list off five short term and midterm goals that I have one cut food intake by 25% to increase water intake by 200% already started three talk to a social worker about getting medical assistance number four increased activity by 100 percent that should be easy for me because right now my activity has spent at 0% increase hygiene by 100 percent because I had this threat of people encouraging me it naturally led to me logging all these activities when I would do a workout I would log it when I was eat something I would log it sergeant I brush here reporting him and while I cannot talk about my I can't talk about my condoms it was performed today I woke up at oh 700 hours next came Chow time I had to standard issued peanut butter sandwiches and a Greek yogurt it's a sign so I got to where if I wasn't making these posts all these people who were supporting me would know that I hadn't done it on that day boom day too nice so date 5 today's day 6 and you know what that means random dancing day doing my condition everything that I was doing was home base I started out doing just bodyweight squats you know something you needed nothing for a member was kind enough to send some Fitness band so you know I used those anything I could do to get my body temperature of anything I could do to start breathing fast oh the sound I'm just gonna do some arm press sitting down raises that's way more physical activity than I've had in a while more physical activity I tried working into my life the more I realized how badly I let myself go you know my legs and feet would be so tired after walking and my feet would be hugely swollen they'd almost you know look like balloons when I first started and so it was really apparent just how bad my healthy got at that point one video I made that really kind of sticks in my mind that's the day I did 50 laps now to explain what this says a lap is just walk to the kitchen and living room that was one lap so you know there's only five or six steps from there and you know walking 50 T's is now I look back on it and seems so silly it's absolutely no cuts 100% no breaks sitting down I was so excited that I was able to do this and it doesn't seem significant but that was building serious strength in my legs and suddenly I was seeing these benefits coming and it snowballed from there I always liked the sillier suggestion so you know and someone told me I should play Wii tennis so one video I had I was just playing a Wii tennis game and recorded that so I was you know finding new ways to do things I was you know danced around I was getting up more often these small steps were kind of combining to make four workouts in the day to where I was actually moving and burning calories quite often I always had this picture in my head you know you see these reality TV shows where people are working out until they throw up you know people are passing out from working out and that was always the image I had in my head and that ended up being not the case at all and it would ended up just being big results with just consistent effort I'm about to drop pound maybe drop a hundred - I'm about to drop it we're right runner I took this kiddie full-on to the yard and I filled it up with hose water and it was freezing cold but I didn't care because for the first time in years I got to bathe now you can imagine with me not having showered in years I wasn't going to clean from this but it didn't matter because what it gave me was a huge boost in morale and it gave me something I hadn't had in years gave me hope all right good I just woke up and it's time for what yet 5:51 so there you have it and I'm not too surprised because I cheated and weighed myself last night because the anticipation was just killing me I started posting the big events you know anytime I had a milestone I remember I was able to suddenly shave my face another time I was able to drive a car and that was huge for me so I of course commemorated that event with a video next sound the ear whip past the window a vibration the first time I was able to go see my doctor very doing so what's going on the first day and ended up being a thread that you know I got a lot of support and encouragement I started dieting okay I now work out seven days a week something like that and everything's going good about twenty-one pounds oh and I feel like the least I can do for all the support I got is to share these events and you know make it a community event because to me it is a community achievement it's not just my achievement shower time yeah that person I was awesome boys way to be I'm gonna be showing you guys say how to make a real simple smoothie but this stuff is really good I'm gonna go ahead and Cheers one of the biggest things that was done from the community to help me as they banded together and got me a gym membership that I never would have been able to afford before when I first started I couldn't really fit on a lot of the machines I didn't have the balance to do free weights a lot so I had to start with swimming which is something that you know it was good on the joints and it's really easy for someone in my size to have done at the time it was really hard for me to do that first but I just tried to you know keep my eye on the fitness but now not only am I getting encouragement from people on the forum who I'm not seeing there's also people at the gym are constantly coming up to me and complimenting me Dave a lot of people have seen me from when I started they don't even know my story they don't even know how much weight I've lost and they're coming up to me and just telling me you know the difference that they're seeing just since I've been at the gym hey everyone why press here and is one year three hundred and fifty six days of transformation and it is just amazing to me that a year has gone by so quickly there's so many things in my life have changed that you know aren't even necessarily connected to fitness suddenly now I care about my hygiene and I find myself actually caring about the clothes that I put on and find myself wanting to you know make sure I'm at least somewhat rooms when I leave the house even by eating habits at stuff I I find myself trying things I never would have and now you know I find myself being you'll enjoy fresh produce and things that I never would have gravitated to before I find myself wanting to get more into sports and physical activity and do fun things outside the house and you know I'm suddenly hanging out with my friends again things that I never would have imagined myself doing you know I feel so much different now than I did then that's really easy for me to almost become detached I don't feel like the same person at all [Music] yo alright we're going live with a weigh-in here we go 2.2 oh man is that it's such a nice loss I am so happy done three hundreds on a weights to to hundreds now man is so hard to believe that it's only Banyan not even a year and a half thank you guys so much and this is a good day I don't want to feel like my journeys over and I want to always have something that I'm striving towards and you know sometimes I go back and I like to look at those early videos to remember where I came from and where I was I didn't have any future to look forward to I didn't expect one feeling so much better and I just feel like I have limitless possibilities now I can't imagine now you know a couple years later that I would still be here in front of you if it wasn't for bodybuilding.com so when I say it saved my life that's not you know just words it literally saved my life [Music] so much want to thank everyone who has given me the support because it has made such a monumental impact on my life I definitely still have some things I'm struggling with I still have a tendency to want to binge eat when I you know eat something that I know I shouldn't eat I still have a natural want to just keep doing that because I feel like I already screwed up so I might as well really screw up and that's something that I really have to be conscious about not letting myself do and that's another place where the community really came through bodybuilding.com is still my number one source of motivation I still post my wins every time I do them you know I'm still posting my milestones there I you know thought that lottie's fit people I thought they would just be completely disgusted with me I didn't think you know they would have any interest in you know even talking to someone like me once they found out I was the fattest man on the thread and the way that they've been helpful in the way they've really reached out is something that was completely new to me what I found out quickly is that people who bodybuilding are fit they actually have respect for people who are have a lot of weight to lose and are trying to make an effort when I heard that the misc was in the news again I had no idea what it was going to be whether was hacking Mark Zuckerberg Facebook profile you know or some crazy thing that somebody posted or something funny about debating how many days are in a week you know when I was really excited to see that was something super positive like this not just funny the misc is amazing area something I'm super proud of having started and watch flourish over the last 16 years but now to see something even more positive like this and get the recognition I feel like our members deserve for what they're doing every day was a huge amazing milestone for our company when you hear about bodybuilders and people in a fitness like you have the idea in your head sometimes with somebody that is you know super vain cares about themselves and you don't want to go talk to them because they're just gonna make fun of you if you're not on their level but what I found in our industry especially on our site is that people want to help I want to personally thank Wiggy Wonka helga bill Dubrow my team at in it for fitness I also want to thank all the other people that all were part of Jesse's journey every one of you had a major impact on Jesse's life and other people that are now following this story one of my most popular videos was one where my mom you know she's thinking the bodybuilding community she's always encouraged me she never gave up on me even for a moment I just cannot believe the outpouring of support for my son I'm choked up about this because you guys just don't know what you have done for my son and me you know you you're actually saving my son's life so one of my biggest goals right now is to get to a point in my life world not only am I not dependent on her and you know I'm not burdening her but I also want to be able to support her and give back to her some of the support that she gave me the biggest advice I can give you is and to not make it too complicated it really is as simple as consistency and you really do have to start small I feel like my future is just open to any possibilities and at some point I'd like to work with people who have a lot of weight to lose because I feel like I'm in a unique position to where I can help people out and understand some of the things that they're going through and some of the mental hoops that they have to jump through to get that done and you know I hope to be able to make an impact on people's lives in a similar manner to what's been made on mine there's somebody at home right now watching this video and you're thinking that maybe it is now possible for you on your journey whether it's to lose 400 pounds or more or whether it's just to get in a little bit better shape for whatever it is your goal jesse shows you that it's possible it really is Jesse's amazing determination and willpower when most people would have given up for him to be able to do that but the help that he's received it was an inspiration for all of us here in body McComb I was just completely off the rails and you know I decided to make a troll thread on a bodybuilding formal and you know started from the fattest Maui here so my message to you guys is that what you're doing is not only making a difference but it's saving lives and I know that there's millions of people you're helping but I'm so happy to be here as an example of someone whose life you gave back and humans have so much potential and so much limitless possibilities and mine were all gone but you gave it back to me and now I feel like my future can hold anything so I just want to thank each and every one of you for what you've done and I want you guys to know that you're making such a big difference and thank you guys for letting me speak and thank you for hearing me tonight 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Keywords: Jesse Shand, wetbreasts, wetbreast, 350 lbs, Bodybuilding.com, transformation, transformation story, body transformation, build muscle, workouts, exercise, exercises, how to lose weight, lose fat, Health, Muscle, Body, bodybuilding motivation, bodybuilding, motivation, fitness, loose skin, workout, how to, bodybuilder, lose weight, weight loss motivation, weight training (hobby), weight loss, before and after, before, fat, surgery, best, inspiration, excess skin, man, story, before after, 600 lbs

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Length: 21min 35sec (1295 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 23 2015

Reddit Comments

The best part of this is how shamelessly he puts himself out there. So many people are scared to go to the gym because of how other people might look at them, but here this guy is putting everything out there. Massive props because I know it isn't easy at all.

If he can drop 400 pounds then I should be able to put on these extra 25 pounds so thanks to him for the awesome motivation. Love his story and glad I could see it from the beginning even if I didn't actively participate in it.

👍︎︎ 332 👤︎︎ u/[deleted] 📅︎︎ Sep 23 2015 🗫︎ replies

I'm down 85 pounds from 401->316 in 9 months...it's been hard as fuck, I couldn't imagine 650->250, dude is dedicated.

👍︎︎ 212 👤︎︎ u/bigmikevegas 📅︎︎ Sep 24 2015 🗫︎ replies

People don't realize how much fit people (i.e. bodybuilders) respect those who are trying to lose weight.

Always puts a huge smile on my face when I see someone who is willing to lose weight and even bigger smile once they reach their goals.

Good job, Jessie. I'm happy and proud to have been part of your epic journey!

👍︎︎ 45 👤︎︎ u/cantstopper 📅︎︎ Sep 24 2015 🗫︎ replies

This was so motivational. I want to get in the gym now!

👍︎︎ 24 👤︎︎ u/treadcareful 📅︎︎ Sep 23 2015 🗫︎ replies

Amazing video. The guy is so eloquent and honestly grateful. No pretense, just a genuinely heartwarming story about the group uniting to help the weakest member. He has lost an obscene amount of weight and has revealed a handsome face. Who would have known, had it not been for his determination and the goodness of others? Good for him.

👍︎︎ 15 👤︎︎ u/[deleted] 📅︎︎ Sep 23 2015 🗫︎ replies

I'm down to 220 pounds from 313 this year and I've been surprised over how easy it's been. It seems like all I had to do was reach that mental state where I was ready to tackle this, go in and being prepared and ready for the long haul. Not at one point during this process have I felt rushed, like I need to move it along so I can "return" to any normalcy or anything like that. I haven't been to the gym yet, I just walk and ride my bike and eat a lot healthier. Honestly, I'm shocked it's been so easy, part of my still-depressed mind wants to jump to some conclusion that I have cancer or something and that is why it's been going so easily, but physically I've never felt this good in my adult life.

👍︎︎ 14 👤︎︎ u/fatguyfatfat 📅︎︎ Sep 24 2015 🗫︎ replies

WetBreast made it. tears

👍︎︎ 11 👤︎︎ u/Cubanned 📅︎︎ Sep 24 2015 🗫︎ replies

I cried. Fuck man that was emotional. Before reddit, I remember misc and 4 chan were the go to sites, places filled with vile trolls. It's good to see this community coming together like this.

👍︎︎ 36 👤︎︎ u/ataglance1234 📅︎︎ Sep 23 2015 🗫︎ replies

There are actually 365 days in a year.

👍︎︎ 31 👤︎︎ u/PM_ME_YOUR_OWN_BOOBS 📅︎︎ Sep 23 2015 🗫︎ replies