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Guy Loses Half Of His Body Weight After Surviving A Near-Fatal Heart Attack And Looks Unrecognizable
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Guy Loses Half Of His Body Weight After Surviving A Near-Fatal Heart Attack And Looks Unrecognizable

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When the way of life weighs you down, it’s up to you to pull yourself back up. And if you don’t have the muscles to pull the weight, then start exercising them. Here’s an inspirational story about Blake Gauthier, who dropped half of his weight after he suffered a life-changing heart attack and turned his life 180 degrees for the better, and gradual changes made him a role model of weight loss.

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    Blake Gauthier had a bad diet, lifelong bout with depression, and wasn’t active

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    Blake Gauthier had issues with his weight most of his adult life. Bad diet, inactivity, and a lifelong battle with depression were constantly weighing him down. He admits that he used to drink and eat all of his feelings away, delaying necessary changes in his lifestyle. He lost over 150 pounds once, but as his house renovation started, he rebounded back into his unhealthy lifestyle, as he didn’t have a kitchen and had to constantly order food.

    Up to a point where he weighed 530 at his heaviest

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    His life was pulled to a halt when he had a heart attack

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    The bad habits snowballed to a point where he weighed 530 pounds. At such a weight, something had to give, and it did. Back in 2018, he suffered a heart attack. Blake told the story of that fateful moment: “I was walking down the street with my girlfriend at the time—who, luckily for me, was a nurse—and suddenly I couldn’t catch my breath. I remember reaching out to grab the wall of a building. The next thing I knew, I was in an ambulance. They had just brought me back after dying of a heart attack. I was revived in the ambulance on my way to the hospital and that was one hell of a wake-up call.”

    While laying on the operation table, Blake realized he had to turn his lifestyle around

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    At that moment, Blake realized he had to change his lifestyle completely. But since he also suffered collateral damage, he had some major hurdles to go through in his path. He tore his ACL, MCL, and LCL when he fell, so he couldn’t even walk at first. When he recovered from that, he immediately started walking and moving away from his past self.

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    He started with just walking, and gradually took up exercises

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    “As soon as I was able to, I started walking. I changed the way I eat and I started working out. As I lost weight and saw my body changing, I pushed harder to see more changes. I started researching how the body works and how it responds to exercise and started to treat myself like a sculptor. Like what Arnold said in Pumping Iron. Instead of using clay, you exercise. To build up your deltoids, do more shoulder presses, and I keep that same mentality today. I take weekly progress photos and compare them to old photos to see what’s working and what needs more work. Currently working towards making my debut as a bodybuilder at a show in July.”

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    As he kept going, his body transformed drastically

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    After some time, his abs became visible

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    He dropped 275 pounds, so it’s safe to say that he’s half the man he used to be

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    He’s even planning on going to a bodybuilding competition

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    Blake now looks like exercise is his second nature

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    The silverback viking, as he calls himself on social media, is very happy with how his life is going

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    Hidrėlėy

    Hidrėlėy

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    Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

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    Hidrėlėy

    Hidrėlėy

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    Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

    Titas Burinskas

    Titas Burinskas

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    This dude right here? He works as a Community Manager at Bored Panda. Has no back-story, cause his spine works just fine. He writes about himself in third-person, and in first-person about others. Fell in love with storytelling and cannot let that love go. Now, he's here to help you make your own story simply beautiful. Secretly makes cute music samples and writes stories in the dark that nobody has ever heard of before.

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    Titas Burinskas

    Titas Burinskas

    Moderator, Community member

    This dude right here? He works as a Community Manager at Bored Panda. Has no back-story, cause his spine works just fine. He writes about himself in third-person, and in first-person about others. Fell in love with storytelling and cannot let that love go. Now, he's here to help you make your own story simply beautiful. Secretly makes cute music samples and writes stories in the dark that nobody has ever heard of before.

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    Physo
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good for him! I put an excessive amount of salt into my food because it tastes better that way, and I need to stop. It'll be hard tho..

    BieneMaya
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe you want to try fasting, going cold turkey?! I do it once or twice a year top reset my appetite, works wonders for me

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    Physo
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good for him! I put an excessive amount of salt into my food because it tastes better that way, and I need to stop. It'll be hard tho..

    BieneMaya
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe you want to try fasting, going cold turkey?! I do it once or twice a year top reset my appetite, works wonders for me

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