This actor says his daughter inspired him to lose 51lbs and it helped save his life

This is amazing!

This American actor recently took to social media to share his inspiring journey to lose weight after a very scary experience. Kevin Smith, best known for his role in Jay and Silent Bob, had a close call when he had a heart attack six months ago. The filmmaker was only 47 at the time of his health scare. His viral post read;

"This @weightwatchers Ambassador is thrilled to announce that I’VE LOST 51 POUNDS! Six months ago from right now, I was in the hospital recovering from a heart attack I’d had the night before. When I went to my Doctor a week later, she told me “The best thing you can do for yourself now is to lose 50 pounds.” Half a year later, I can report that I followed Doctor’s orders: I started at 256 and now I weigh 205. This is the lightest I’ve been since high school! My hope now is I can slowly lose another 10 with #weightwatchers and get down to my birth weight of 195! But for now, I’m ecstatic to have reached this chunky milestone! I wanna thank #pennjillette for his book #presto, @raycronise for getting me started with his potato famine, and the good folks at #weightwatchers for their app-based program that made it easy to keep track of and control my eating! And I also wanna thank my kid @harleyquinnsmith - the little vegan astronaut who explored this meatless/milkless galaxy ahead of me, leading by example. Since I never wanted to see the inside of a hospital ever again, I simply copied the Kid. So this wasn’t a diet: these results came from a total lifestyle change of eating solely plant-based foods (which is tough because I hate vegetables). But mostly, I wanna thank all of you as well - for the kind and encouraging words along the way. Never underestimate the power of positive feedback: you folks telling me I looked better or healthier helped me stick with it. An encouraging word can really make a difference in someone’s life and your compliments kept me going! And just look where I went! "

Kevin's post has been shared thousands of times worldwide since it was posted with one person even commenting that Smith had inspired them to lose weight too.

"I’ve joined Weight Watchers at the end of April because of you. Your heart attack was my wake up call. The picture on the left was in July 2017 and July 2018 for the one on the right. On this picture I had lost 40 lbs. I started at 360 lbs and my scale yesterday read 299.4 lbs. Thank you sir for being my inspiration."

Many others liked and shared their stories showing how powerful sharing our own experiences can be for others the world over. Kevin's journey has been a dramatic one and it looks like all the positive changes he has made for his health are paying off.