'It was my mom's dying wish': Man, 23, loses almost half 459lbs body weight in just a YEAR

By FIONA ROBERTS Half the size: Alex Respess reveals his astonishing weight loss next to a cardboard cut-out showing him at his heaviest, when he weighed 459lbsWhen Alex Respess's mother died after a battle with cancer, she made one last request - for her son to be happy and healthy.And now, four years later, the 23-year-old can proudly say he fulfilled his mother's dying wish after he lost