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<\/p>\nMost successful weight-loss transformation stories start with an \u201caha\u201d moment. That sudden shift in mindset that pushes someone to stop coming up with every reason why they can\u2019t do something and instead take the first step towards making a lasting change.<\/p>\n
Dylan\u2019s personal story of tragedy, and weight loss then muscle-gain triumph with V Shred will inspire you.<\/p>\n
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For 28-year-old Dylan, his \u201caha\u201d moment was a combination of his own life set-backs that resulted in weight gain and depression. When those were coupled with the sudden loss of his brother and surviving a natural disaster (on the same day) he knew it was time for a change.<\/p>\n
Dylan grew up a football star. Everything was going as planned through high school until he lost a university scholarship and his dreams were crushed. \u201cI went to work, came home, and sat in front of the TV. That was pretty much it.\u201d<\/em> for years after, explains Dylan.<\/p>\n At an unhealthy 355 pounds, the mental and physical misery Dylan felt every day still wasn\u2019t enough to push him to do something about it. The depression told him he was too far gone. \u201cI didn\u2019t go out because I hated the way I looked. I wouldn\u2019t take my shirt off, even for my girlfriend. It was hard because I used to be this person that was athletic and outgoing. I knew I let myself go, but I thought at that point, there was no fixing it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The year 2017 was a dark period and the lowest point of Dylan\u2019s life. He saw he was headed in the same direction as someone else he loved. \u201cMy brother had depression and substance abuse issues. He was even bigger than I was, and his depression was brought on by his weight. He wasn’t happy with himself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n On September 10, 2017 Hurricane Irma<\/a> hit Dylan\u2019s home state of Florida. On the very same day his brother committed suicide. \u201cI swore at that moment, I wasn’t going to turn into that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n It was the perfect storm to create a lightning bolt moment (his aha.) Dylan knew he had to make a change. His life depended on it.<\/p>\n Scared, and even a little intimidated, Dylan decided to take the first step of his weight-loss transformation. \u201cI’d seen V Shred almost every single day for two weeks, and I finally clicked the ad, and it was the best thing I ever did.\u201d<\/p>\n The former football star knew how to lift weights<\/a> with a coach screaming down his neck, but had no clue how to workout by himself. Being in the gym, alone, without a coach or teammates was entirely different. As he started to learn more about nutrition in those early days Dylan also realized he didn\u2019t have the slightest clue about cardio or nutrition.<\/p>\n Thankfully, he didn\u2019t have to learn everything alone. The V Shred Fat Loss Extreme<\/a> plan laid everything out for him. He simply had to put in the work. \u201cI had an extreme goal. I wanted to lose a hundred pounds within a year. I blew that out the water. I got on pace to where I already knew I was going to hit my goal, and I just kept going.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Dylan also found a lot of help from the V Shred community online, which gave him support and new ideas for exercises and recipes<\/a>. \u201cThe V Shred Group \u201cis like Google! It\u2019s constantly refreshing itself for me. Everybody\u2019s in the same mindset that I’m in, searching without me even having to search.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n In his first year with V Shred, Dylan dropped 135 pounds. But his transformation didn\u2019t stop there. He got all the way down to 180 pounds!<\/p>\n After a grand total of 155 pounds lost, Dylan decided to end his weight loss journey, but not in the way you may think.<\/p>\n Dylan decided to do something that may have been even harder than the initial weight loss.<\/p>\nA Day That Changed Everything<\/h2>\n
Starting A Weight-Loss Transformation With V Shred<\/h2>\n
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