A former junk food junkie who ate fried food for breakfast has tacked his 11st weight loss by taking a selfie every day.
Bishoi Khella says his dramatic weight loss was prompted by a holiday with friends, when being unable to take part in walks of jet-skiing gave him the reality check he needed.
The Mexico getaway in 2021 spurred the 29-year-old into shifting the pounds with an intense exercise regime, and he's since shed almost half his body weight and grown an impressive washboard abs.
But to track his progress and watch his efforts pay off, business owner Bishoi began snapping gym changing room selfies with each workout, and can now look back and see his stunning body transformation.
Bishoi, from Toronto, Canada, describes the Mexico getaway as a trip "my friends had an absolute blast on" while he "was sitting there thinking 'how?'".
"I hated it," he said.
"It was the height of Covid and the resorts were empty - there wasn't much partying going on.
"And so instead of the main focus of the trip being chilling in a pool drinking, they made the most of it by doing activities like jet skiing, walks on the beach - things I couldn't enjoy doing because everything was a struggle."
Before taking back control of his lifestyle, Bishoi would eat takeaway food "every day", even tucking into burgers, pizzas and wings for breakfast with most days racking up to 4,000 calories - nearly twice the recommended intake for adult men.
But when he had a health scare in 2018, he soon realised things needed to change.
Bishoi suffered a panic attack which he initially thought had been a stroke, with the holiday three years later then proving the real catalyst to turn his life around.
Jumping in at the deep end, he started with "two 45-minute workouts a day", one of which would be outside.
"I drank a gallon of water, read 10 pages of a self-development book, took a daily progress picture, and had no alcohol or cheat meals for 75 straight days," he added. "Yes that included weekends."
Despite being at the height of the Covid-19 lockdowns when gyms were closed, Bishoi said the temptation to stay indoors and comfort eat was tough.
"Back when I was 350lbs, I'd wake up and do my first workout which was an outdoor 'run.'
"I say 'run' because I couldn't go very far, maybe a couple of minutes before I had to stop to catch my breath.
"I'd run as far as I could until I couldn't catch my breath anymore, walk for a bit and then pick it back up until the 45 minutes were up. I'd only cover about 5 km in 50 minutes.
"At the time, gyms were closed in Canada because of Covid.
"So for my second evening workout, I got one of those annual city bike share passes and would bike around the city for 45 minutes.
"As soon as the gyms opened back up, I dropped the bike and weight trained instead."
Bishoi initially intended to stick to his exercise routine for 75 days but when he started to see results, he decided to carry on.
"I just continued that on for the better part of two years," he said.
"I'd finish a phase, take a weekend off and jump right back into it. During those two years I probably took a total of 30 days off."
Now weighing 165lbs and running 10km nearly every morning alongside regular gym routines, Bishoi looks and feels an entirely different person to his former 350lb self.
"My ultimate goal would be to run a 100k ultramarathon," he added.
"Believe it or not, I still to this day hate running. That's why I do it every single day - to strengthen my mind."
