He Wanted to Be a Healthier Role Model for His Kids, So He Ran Off 190 Pounds

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“I was doing it because I wanted to and that is a great feeling to have.”

journey, I weighed nearly 400 pounds. Because of this, I was always out of breath and tired—not to mention my blood sugar was elevated to levels that were pre-diabetic. I couldn’t ride certain rides at amusement parks. I had been yo-yoRelated StoryI hit my heaviest weight of 378 pounds when I was 26. At this weight I wasn’t able to do too much physical exercise, so I opted to have gastric sleeve surgery in December 2019 to help kickstart my weight-loss journey.

On April 1, 2020, I went for my first run. Thirty seconds later, I had to stop. I run-walked to about a 13-minute mile.

 

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Whatever it took for Daniel to lose that much weight in that little time is going to make him hard to beat when he starts racing!

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