Tyler Paoletti has always loved science and math. At his day job as a machinist, he does tech support and sets up things like medical devices, but in his free time he loves conducting research on passion projects and diving deep into the minutiae of a topic. “If you ask me a question, if I don’t know the answer, I’ll research it and figure it out,” says Paoletti, who lives in Sellersville, Pennsylvania.
“他的昵称成长是科学的，”嘲笑克里斯·舒特（Chris Schutte），他闻名了Paoletti已有20年了，曾经是与他在一起的室友，但现在住在隔壁。
Fortunately, for 32-year-old Paoletti, his love of science was instrumental in his weight-loss efforts, helping him lose more than 100 pounds by testing new techniques and diets and finding what worked best for him: his own personal science project.
“我的一生都超重，从未真正考虑过，”保罗蒂说。“这就是我的身份。”
Schutte thought the same thing: Tyler was always just Tyler. Even now that Paoletti’s gone from 270 pounds to 169 pounds and put on muscle from lifting weights, friends don’t realize how much weight he’s really lost until they see old pictures. When Schutte’s daughters see those old photos, they refer to him as “the old Uncle Ty” — a guy who is a far cry from the new Tyler.
Paoletti记得大约八，九年前的一个点，当时他确实减轻了一点点的体重，试图“稍微更健康”，偶尔在跑步机上跑步，但他受伤了，失去了动力并停止注意。他承认这可能是这样持续的，但是记得一年前有一天起床，一切都受伤了。他可以感觉到自己的身体恶化。他想：“这不是健康的，不是31岁。”
那天，他将重量减轻之旅的转折点指定—the first day of his most important science experiment.
Once he made the decision to get healthier, it simply became a science and math problem. In his free time, Paoletti started doing all the research he could. He’d read up on different weight-loss theories and diets, visit forums and look at data. He found MyFitnessPal and loved the math element of tracking calories and macronutrients. The app turned the endeavor from an abstract, vague idea about losing weight into a concrete plan with numbers and graphs.
“我喜欢每个人都是自己的科学项目的想法，” Paoletti说。
起初，他只是试图在这里和那里健康地吃健康，并在基督教青年会进行椭圆形。在2016年夏季，他与Schutte和他们的朋友一起骑自行车，他们都住在彼此附近。但是，当他开始使用MyFitnessPal跟踪卡路里时，他终于能够制定一个计划，而事情确实发生了。
“It was the details and numbers that really sparked his interest,” says Schutte.
为了找到自己的身体和生活方式的最佳方法，Paoletti尝试了不同的饮食习惯，并密切跟踪数字和大量营养素。几周后他感觉不舒服时，他看着他在MyFitnesspal中的历史，发现他没有吃过红肉，蛋白质却很低。他说，跟踪一切的好处是，他开始意识到自己在吃多少以及他的份量有多大。
As Paoletti continued mountain biking with his friends, he lost a small amount of weight, “but I looked in the mirror and I was still the same person,” he says. After more research, he decided weight training would help him change more than just the number on the scale.
2016年12月，他开始举起—of course, only after more research on proper technique and standard lifts. He watched videos, learned about progressive overload and downloaded a training program. Because he was “luckily” undertrained and overweight, he says, he was able to see big gains right away. He had also found his passion and something to look forward to.
From there it was trial and error — more like a science project. Once he started lifting, he wanted to put on muscle and still lose weight, so he had to experiment with finding the right blend of nutrients, proteins, carbs and fat. For Paoletti, it wasn’t just about losing a set amount of pounds, but about being a different person. After his beginner gains, he hit a plateau, struggled with some injuries, adjusted his diet and did more research. Now he’s back in the gym, gaining more strength and losing even more weight.
“I’m someone who gives 110%, does all the research, looks at all the angles,” he says.
保罗对自己的成功感到非常满意，以至于他想分享自己的故事以及所有的研究。10月15日，他概述了这一切一个reddit帖子。既然他体重减轻了100磅，可以蹲下244磅和硬拉340磅，他想帮助其他人实现目标，并邀请人们与他联系。他改变了一生并找到了新的动力，因此，他不断被要求寻求成功背后的秘密就不足为奇了。
但是答案不是人们的期望或想要的。据保罗说，没有秘密。当人们问时，他告诉他们，他将帮助他们设置卡路里跟踪和用餐计划。其余的取决于他们
“You can’t just sit around and wait for motivation,” he says. “You just have to do it.”
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