Irishman lost 280lbs and goes from suicidal to marathon runner in just one year

Hello Eric here, thanks for the article and the comments, the information is a little misleading, at my heaviest I weighed 507lbs and now weight on this date 8nov 2012 278lbs My first ideal goal is to get to 252lbs which I can see in sight real soon, but have already set my sights further to 224lbs so let's see how I get on, thanks once again Eric

It is a great story and I will him continued success. I do have one questions thought, he was 490lbs and lost 280lbs, yet it says he "hopes" to reach his target weight of 252lbs? He should have passed that by long ago on the way to the 280lb loss.

Great story - we need more like this - his future is strong and positive - hopefully others take inspiration from his story and realize that sometimes the last choice/only choice you think you have, isn't the one you thought it was. He could be a great candidate to talk to others feeling disillusioned - you believe in someone who's been there and come back from the brink. Great man! And a great brother for encouraging him!

Wonderful! He is a very strong young man. It takes so much courage to go on when you're depressed. He has faced it down, and now he's found a prupose that will serve him well, by helping raise funds for the rape crisis center. He also has helped other seriously depresssed people by turning his life around. Keep up the good work!