Ernesto Suncar Dropped 430 Pounds, Makes Your Resolutions Look Stupid

Ernesto Suncar once weighed 640 pounds and rocked pants with a 70 inch waist. Besides making it difficult to buy slightly distressed painter’s jeans at Old Navy, Suncar’s weight had doctors fearing he would not make it to see 2009. Suncar decided, after countless unsuccessful attempts at dieting, to undergo gastric bypass surgery. The result? Suncar was able to shed 430 pounds, bringing him down to a more healthy and manageable 210. Now he can accomplish such New Year’s resolutions as walking, breathing and being able to wipe his own ass.

As to how and why he could have gotten so large, Suncar gets all Oscar Wao on us and blames the move from his native Dominican Republic to the cramped apartments of New York City:

“I was a normal, active kid who used to run and play outdoors in the tropical climate,” he recalls. “When we moved into a small apartment where it was cold, I stayed inside and didn’t get any exercise.”

“The only games I played were video games.”

He reminisces about how his mother used to tell local deli owners to refrain from feeding her large, bulbous son. His solution? Our personal version of exercise: Walking down one more block.

Today, Suncar maintains his weight be eating more healthfully and doing regular exercise, like biking up and down the Hudson River. He hopes his journey from asking his son to tie his shoes for him to now fitting in an airplane seat will serve as an inspiration for those who are also trying to lose weight.

City guy says he dodged death by losing 430 lbs., going from 640 to 210 [NY Daily News]