(CNN) -- At his heaviest, Brent Schmitt weighed 419 pounds. Even at 6 feet 3 inches tall, that was very overweight and he had high blood pressure.
Many people in his family -- aunts, uncles and grandparents --suffered from diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease and high blood pressure.
The iReporter's life-changing moment came during an intense family discussion back in 2009 about his relatives' ailments.
It finally clicked for him: It was time for him to take a different path. More....Cnn.com
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