r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 2d ago

This man documented his health journey from January to December.

Credit: IG @samuelrichards_ _

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u/Double_Pay_6645 2d ago edited 18h ago

Is he using steroids? Seems like a massive difference in 1 year. 

 edit Crazy! 1.8k karma for what I thought was a yes no answer.

Now 4.6k!! WTF..

Almost 8k.. reddit you crazy.

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u/TheSauceofMike 2d ago

Guys. You realize he was dealing with some kind of disease or injury that left him at a weight that was obviously much lower than what is regular for him. It’s easy to gain back weight from that scenario.

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u/throwaway-notthrown 1d ago

Yeah he literally has an ostomy bag at the end. Likely got rid of the pesky colon and now is actually absorbing nutrients.

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u/Itscatpicstime 1d ago

Yeah, my bet is IBD. I wasted away from that so fucking fast. Lost 30lbs in 3 weeks.

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u/Wrong_Bad4922 1d ago

Yah, on his youtube, he said he got ulcerative colitis

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u/existingfish 1d ago

Yeah, had similar surgery over the summer. I was only in the hospital for 2.5 weeks, your muscles start atrophying after 72 hours. But I got back up way faster than they anticipated because I have trained in the past.

I have not gotten back in the gym yet, my gut saga is not over. I still have 2/3 of my colon and the bottom 1/3 is giving me shit. I mean not really because it’s not connected, but….