Overview
- The Winter 2026 Men’s Health cover story and short film A Year for a Life chart his fall from roughly 540 pounds to about 265.
- He cites therapy for overeating as the turning point, treating food as an addiction before revamping exercise and nutrition.
- A multidisciplinary plan with chef and sports nutritionist Ian Larios and medical oversight from Ways2Well emphasized whole foods, daily movement, and blood‑marker monitoring.
- Bloodwork showed testosterone around 57 ng/dL, leading to long‑term replacement therapy that he says boosted energy and restored his sex drive.
- He says he avoided GLP‑1 drugs out of fear and to avoid an “asterisk,” with Men’s Health noting he tried an unnamed medication for two weeks before stopping.