Obese Student Bullied for His Weight Was Suicidal, Then Local Gym Helped Him Lose 184lbs

Obese Student Bullied for His Weight Was Suicidal, Then Local Gym Helped Him Lose 184lbs
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Today, Ethan Taylor is a bit of health nut, exercising every day, eating well, and encouraging others to do the same. After all, it worked for him, as he has lost 184 pounds (approx. 83 kg) after becoming dangerously obese and considering suicide.

For most of Ethan Taylor’s childhood and adolescence, there were two constants: he was overweight and he was mistreated by classmates and peers. “All I was was bigger,” he explained in a video for Anytime Fitness in Rockford, Illinois. “But people made me feel like that was a horrendous thing.”