He couldn’t dew it anymore.
Chris Stewart, 37, used to drink 12 cans of Mountain Dew a day and eat large McDonald’s meals for lunch — until he saw a photo of himself at his dad’s funeral that made him feel “sick.”
“Who is going to carry my casket?” Stewart recalled to SWNS. “I thought if I didn’t change something I’m going to die.”
The Illinois forklift driver weighed 400 pounds at his heaviest, wearing a size 5XL.
He would consume two cans of Mountain Dew each morning when he woke up and two McDonald’s cheeseburgers, a McChicken sandwich and fries for lunch.
For dinner, he would eat frozen food.
“I’d stuff my face with whatever I could,” Stewart admitted. “My wife and I put in a different order for food.”
Stewart has lost nearly 200 pounds after making serious lifestyle changes — and some of them are quite simple.
“I used Pinterest to look up healthy recipes,” he explained. “Now I am half the man I used to be.”
Stewart swapped Mountain Dew for sparkling water and ditched the fast food.
Now he eats pita pizzas and meat-and-cheese wraps.
For breakfast, he’ll have a smoothie made with protein, banana, mixed frozen fruit, peanut butter powder, chia and hemp seeds, and a peanut butter oatmeal bar as a snack.
He said he has noticed a major change in his energy.
He even started helping out with heavy lifting at his office.
Previously, when he worked as a supermarket manager, he would sit in the office all day and go straight to the couch when he got home.
Stewart also bought an exercise bike to continue his journey, starting out with 10 minutes a day and working up to 20.
In the summer, he likes to take daily walks.
He credits his 36-year-old wife, Nicole, for his success, as she was a great support system for him.
“I’m so glad she stayed with me,” Stewart told SWNS. “I was a disrespect to our relationship.”
“Weight loss is easy. I just switched my mindset. It’s you versus you,” he added.
