Ir Yan

Hi! My name is Iryan. I am from Malaysia. I am always big since my childhood to adulthood. I started being big when I was 9 years old. I never been in normal weight since then. I never know how it feels to be skinny.
 
I always love food even until now. I love them so much that I went to learn Culinary Art in college and became a cook for some time. I always have bad relationship with food, I have them when I am happy and I have them when I am sad. And I have them just to have something in my mouth.
My weight ballooned to 430 lbs (195 kg) in 2011 after the death of my dad in 2009 and my mom in 2010. I'm only 5' 8" (173 cm) man with 58 inches waist and when I say ballooned, I really looked like a balloon.
 
What started the weight loss journey for me? It was kind of a destiny kind of thing. In May 2013, I was hospitalized for recurring Perianal Abcess. It was my third time since 2007. When I was in the hospital (government hospital), the doctors there referred me to a doctor specialized in obesity. That doctor is Dr. Siti Zubaidah Sharif.
 
When I first met her in Endocrine/Surgery Clinic on May 23, 2013 I weigh in at 352.7 lbs (160 kg). My doctor asked me to lose some weight for my next appointment that was on October 10, 2013. And I managed to gain 22 lbs (10 kg) in 5 months. My doctor realized that I really, really need help to loose the EXTRA weight. So my official weight for the start of my weight loss journey on October 14, 2013 was 379.4 lbs (172.1 kg).
 
I was referred to many clinics afterward, Endocrine/Medical Clinic, Dietitian Clinic, Physiotherapy Clinic, Respiratory Clinic and Psychiatric Clinic. After battery of tests, I was cleared for surgery. I lost 91.7 lbs (41.6 kg) in one year and one month of monitored diet and weekly physiotherapy pre op. My official surgery weight was 287.7 lbs (130.5 kg). My surgery was done on November 28, 2014.
 
I am 219.4 lbs (99.5 kg) today. To date I already lost 68.3 lbs (31 kg) post op. My weight loss is slow, but the inches is losing much faster. From 58 inches waist in 2011 to 38 inches today, I am very happy. I still have a lot more weight to lose, about 56 lbs (25.5 kg) till my goal weight. I wish people with weight over 400 lbs will have hope, we can do this! I already lost 210 lbs from my highest weight so it is POSSIBLE!