When he walks through the door for this--
for this graduation party, this reveal, he is a new person.
When I first met Ray, I thought he was kind of a lost soul.
He had zero confidence.
There was no love.
There was no self-love there.
He didn't know what fitness was.
He didn't know what cardio was.
It was just-- it was an extremely
foreign concept to him.
This is like his second chance, and this time
he's doing it right.
Man, I love that guy.
Now, I feel like Ray is my inspiration.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Oh, my god.
You are kidding me.
Breathe, breathe!
[LAUGHTER]
As a mother, I almost can't explain what it feels like.
You love your children.
You want them to achieve greatness in all ways,
and he is great.
You know, he's just magnificent.
Way to go!
The inner Ray came out, standing up straight, tall.
He has always been an inspiration to me
because I knew what was inside him.
Hi, everyone.
He's been so inspirational.
Throughout this journey, I've lost about 60 pounds.
Ray is my hero.
They're ready to adopt.
Now that I'm fit and healthy and happy,
I'm confident that a birth mom would choose
to place with us for adoption.
How are you doing, man?
Oh, my gosh.
You look so fricking good.
It's just, life is beautiful.
I was thinking about that very first time we met.
I knew, um, (VOICE BREAKING) that my life had changed.
You put on 61 pounds of faith that I would do my part.
I figured out what it's like over time to become
the hero I want to be, and--
but, man, I couldn't have gotten there without you being my hero
first.
Thank you doesn't do it, but that's all I've got.
I love you.
Thank you.
[APPLAUSE]
Proud of you.
You know, before this journey, I--
I was judgmental.
I have learned firsthand how awful that pit can be,
and how hard it is to crawl out of it.
I'm oozing with empathy now.
Like, all I want to do is help.
What's up, dude?
I know I've done everything I could, and that's powerful.
So I'm nothing but smiles when I step on the scale.
Oh, my gosh.
Dude, I will take that all day.
Dude, 200!
Oh, my gosh.
242, are you freaking kidding me, dude?
I want to--
Get on there, yeah!
Oh, my gosh, yeah!
Ray met his goal of getting down to 250 pounds, plus he
lost an additional eight pounds for a total weight
loss of 147 pounds.
Dude, I'm losing it.
There's no words, there's no words.
It feels amazing.
Somewhere along the way, I've accessed my inner hero.
And now, I just feel the need to help boost other people up.
I thought we were done with the weight thing.
Finally, I'm running on my own.
And I feel like I owe it to those around me
to help them up, too.
That was a decent reminder how dark those days were when
we first started this journey.
Yeah, no going back for me.