Million Dollar Listing’s Tyler Whitman looks unrecognizable in throwback photos & reveals he dropped 200 pounds
MILLION Dollar Listing’s Tyler Whitman shocked fans as he looked unrecognizable in throwback photos after revealing his 200 lb weight loss.
The reality star opened up about his body transformation and the alcohol addiction he faced in the process.
Tyler, talked about his decision to lose weight in an emotional essay shared by TODAY, admitting that the choice was not an easy one.
“It was December of 2015 and I was at a Phish show. I weighed more than 300 pounds, but I loved dancing no matter my size. This time was different,” he wrote.
“I began to feel faint and nearly passed out. My best friend sat down next to me. I was sobbing, humiliated. I said to him, ‘I am taking care of this. I am so done.’
The Bravo star then went on to describe the difficult year to come confessing that he felt “embarrased” at his size and avoided meeting with clients face-to-face.
“That year, I had hit rock bottom. It was the culmination of a lifetime of diets and the resulting shame when they didn’t work. I was a successful real estate agent who was too ashamed to see my clients in person anymore.
“I took a management position so I could train other agents instead, and my clients wouldn’t see how big I had gotten. But I was embarrassed even in a training position: I didn’t look like I had my life together or like someone these agents would aspire to become.”
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The essay continued with Tyler revealing his struggles with dating and how he tried to hide his body on dating app profile photos.
“I felt so isolated. I was binging a lot,” he wrote.
The 35-year-old real estate agent eventually felt confident in his body after losing 200 lbs as a result of weight loss surgery coupled with diet and exercise, detailing how others treated him after dropping the weight.
“Once I lost the weight, things changed for me. Suddenly, people who never paid attention to me before did. The attention came from everywhere.
“It made me nervous, and it made me angry, too. I couldn’t help thinking, ‘You a–holes never gave a crap about me when I was fat.'”
However, the newfound attention also came with more social outings and happy hours leading the real estate mogul to consume “12 glasses of wine a day.”
He explained: “People in my life started pointing out to me, ‘Hey, you’re drinking a lot.’ I had replaced food with alcohol. I had to get sober. I did. It will be two years in April. The alcohol cravings are gone. The food ones are not.”
While the TV star proudly shows off his slimmer figure on social media, he knows that his weight loss journey is an ongoing process.
“You know those before-and-after photos of people who have lost a lot of weight? Instead of before and after, I prefer to say past and present — because it’s not as though the work is done. This transformation is something I have to show up for and do work for every day,” he explained.
For Tyler, that’s logging his food intake, attending group fitness classes regularly, and taking long walks with his dogs.
“When I’m tempted to binge eat — and believe me, it’s often — I use a tool a life coach taught me. I ask myself, ‘How do I want to feel in 30 minutes?’ I don’t like feeling too full and I don’t want a sugar hangover. Just asking that simple question is often enough to keep me on track.
“It’s a tool I plan to use over the next few weeks of holiday parties and family gatherings. I’ll take long walks with family members as a way of catching up one-on-one. I’ll stick with my fitness routine so that if I do indulge (and I plan to!), I’ll still have the workouts that make me feel great.”
While Tyler is devoted to his healthy routine, he is not depriving himself from some of his favorite treats over the holidays.
He concluded the essay writing: “Most of all, I’ll remember that the holidays are a special time — it’s OK to eat the things I love — and once they’re over, I’ll get right back to normal life. That’s true food freedom.”
Million Dollar Listing first premiered on the Bravo network in 2006.
The veteran series’ 10th season is expected to drop in spring 2022.
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