article_snippet.sent: Alex aid that Alex had 'missed out on a lot' when Alex was clocking in at 354lbs (pictured)
article_snippet.sent: Alex explained that there are people who are unable to lose weight because of genetics or other factors - but Alex was not one of them. '
article_snippet.sent: Alex said that Alex couldn't think of a 'specific catalyst' that prompted Alex to gain weight, but Alex recalled that Alex had an insatiable appetite 'as an only child with unabated access to nearly everything'.
article_snippet.sent: As Alex got older, Alex grew bigger, and by the time Alex was in college, Alex found Alex struggling with physical intimacy because of Alex size.
article_snippet.sent: Alex recalled one woman who called Alex out for breathing heavily during one of their sexual encounters.
article_snippet.sent: Alex confessed that the panting was because Alex was winded - not because Alex was caught up in the heat of the moment.
article_snippet.sent: But the worse Alex felt about Alex, the more Alex ate. '
article_snippet.sent: Alex explained attempted to lose weight a few times, but neither the promise of an extended football career or a new car could motivate Alex to stick with it because Alex was unable to 'escape food's gravitational pull'.
article_snippet.sent: It wasn't until Alex saw Alex friend Joubert, who once had a similar frame to Alex, show off Alex fit new body at a Cinco De Mayo reunion that Alex became motivated to start making changes in Alex own life.
article_snippet.sent: Days later, Alex went walking, and eventually Alex walks turned into runs.
article_snippet.sent: Alex made dietary changes too, including swapping burgers for lean rotisserie chicken.
article_snippet.sent: It took a little less than two years to reach Alex 'physical ideal', and Alex explained that Alex whole world has changed.
article_snippet.sent: Alex only regret is not doing His only regret sooner.
article_snippet.sent: Alex noted that not only is Alex now comfortable with the opposite sex, but for the first time in Alex life, Alex is the one who is being pursued.
article_snippet.sent: Alex is thrilled that Alex can finally buy clothes off the rack at stores such as H&M, adding that Alex finally feels like Alex physically fits in.
article_snippet.sent: Alex ended Alex story by saying that Alex finally started Alex life at 25-years-old, and to remind others struggling with their weight, that if Alex can do it, their can do it too.
highlights_snippet.sent: It took Atlanta-based writer Alex Gray 20 months to lose the weight from his 354lbs frame .
  