A big thank you to this community I'm not entirely sure if this counts as being against the rules, but I figured I'd give it a shot and post this anyway because I think I owe this entire community a thank you. I was a longtime lurker of this community, I never added to discussions or posted anything, because while I agreed with the sentiment that obese people are the modern plague, I myself was obese. I never let myself get to the mythical "Hamplanet" level of fatness, but when I was 17 and weighed myself for the first time that year and noticed I had reached a weight of 250 pounds (I was only about 5'6" at the time), I knew I had to change something. I hated myself for it, having always been slightly overweight and letting myself turn into this wide squishy mess, so I figured I'd fit in with this sub. What I never imagined I'd find in this community is the motivation to change myself, but I did. I come from a family of fatties, (my mother had a gastric bypass), it has been hard for me to change so many habits that I've had for a lifetime, although slowly but surely I am indeed becoming less human and more man at the same time. In the long period of 2 years I've managed to lose 55 pounds, and although I'm still dealing with some stomach chub and small man-tits (Don't worry they're down to an A-cup), hopefully by the end of this summer I'll be able to proudly say, I am no longer a fatty, and I am no longer that chubby kid.  I just really wanted to thank you all for helping me change my life. I've done so many things in the past year alone that I never would've been able to imagine accomplishing before. I've been able to go hiking in the highlands by the coast, even to the point where I've begun timing myself to try and do the trails faster. I've been able to truly enjoy playing paintball and not be the fatty that sits in one spot for 10 minutes because he's out of breath. And most importantly, I've been able to truly enjoy my life a lot more than a few years ago. I felt like now would be a good time to post this, with all the negative attention this community has been getting recently. I know being fat is against the rules, which is why I was afraid to post this, but with the help of this community I'm sure relatively soon I'll no longer be breaking that rule. Anyway, TL;DR: Thank you guys for making me a happier and less fat person.