Season 2 of Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition started off with a bang. And I couldn't help thinking how for all of the Biggest Loser talk during this past season of "No Excuses", the first man featured on the new season of EMWLE put them all to shame.
If anyone should have had plenty of excuses not to lose the weight, it was Tony. He started out at 398 pounds, with a very ill disabled son and pretty much no help at home. After the first 3 months of the challenge, he was down 104 pounds and broke up with his extremely whiny, unsupportive fiancee and moved out of the house.
Problem was, he had nowhere else to live. Chris helped him move his stuff out, but had no idea that Tony was sleeping on friends' couches or in his car, working out wherever he could. He decided that he needed to stop being in the fast food business and work his way up as a bodyguard. Chris helped him get training for that.
Tony's son, Marcus, also passed away during this time, and his new girlfriend paid for a plane ticket so he could go to Michigan for the funeral. (And I have to say...even his ex-wife seemed more supportive than his fiancee!) TONY NEVER GAVE UP. No matter what was thrown at him, he kept pushing toward his goals, doing it for himself and in honor of Marcus.
With so many obstacles and stresses in his life, Tony truly showed what NO EXCUSES means. His final weigh-in, at his 50th birthday party, found him down 200 pounds and weighing 198. His goal had been to get under 200 - he reached it even with everything else going on in his life. He is now working as a bodyguard, has a new place to live, and proposed to his new girlfriend who is much better suited to his positive lifesyle and personality.
Makes all of our excuses look flimsy...doesn't it? Let's all follow Tony's lead and get it done NO MATTER WHAT!!!
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