EXTREME: Jesse lost a staggering 28.5st after people he trolled helped him turn his life around
AN OBESE man has been left with 3st of excess skin after a shocking weigh-loss transformation.
Internet troll Jesse Shanda lost more than 28st after bodybuilders he abused online then helped him lose weight.
Weighing a colossal 50st, the 28-year-old would bully people on the internet in an attempt to feel better about himself.
From the safety of his mum’s home, Jesse began trolling bodybuilders on an online forum. But after they asked to see a picture of him, they helped him change his life forever.
UNHAPPY: At his heaviest, Jesse tipped the scales at a whopping 50st
Jesse said: “I would target anyone for my trolling, if someone was upset about a break up I might talk a lot about how great it is to be in a relationship.
“I was just doing anything I could do to further upset someone who was already devastated. It made me kind of get a laugh and feel better about my situation.
“I wanted to force my misery onto someone else – it meant I didn’t have to think about my own terrible situation.”
But after a group of fitness fanatics – who Jesse had targeted – decided to help him lose weight his whole life changed.
He said: “Some of the members started trying to talk me into believing I could lose weight. I had hundreds of excuses but they won’t accept any of them.
“I said I was too fat to exercise but they said I could just sit in my chair and flop around to lose weight.
“So that’s what I did – it was my first ever workout and by the time I was done I was tired and sweaty but it worked.”
EXCESS SKIN: The 28-year-old has been left with 3st of sagging skin
Jesse, who lives in Michigan in the USA, now attends the gym five times a week and has completely turned his back on junk food.
He has lost a whopping 28.5st, is totally against trolling and realises the hurt he caused others.
“I want to be able to make up for that and show the new me and help out and give back to people who are in a similar situation,” he said.
Jesse has never had a gastric band fitted and has lost all the weight through hard work and determination.
HELP: Jesse now needs to raise $20,000 to have the skin removed
But he has been left with 3st of sagging excess skin and needs surgical intervention to finish his transformation.
“I have some major problems with loose skin,” he said. “When you lose that kind of weight you’re going to have loose skin and I have it in the belly area, under my arms and in my thigh area.”
“I now need to raise $20,000 to have the surgery and once it’s done my transformation will be complete,” he added.
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