Obese 600lb grocery store worker sheds more than HALF of his body weight - and says his new-found confidence helped him to come out as gay

                 

One obese man is on a mission to lose weight the old-fashioned way - and he's already down more than half his starting body weight.

Stephen Pagano, 27, from Tampa Bay, Florida, weighed a staggering 601lbs when he joined Weight Watchers in January of 2012.

But since the Publix grocery store bag boy decided to change his life, he's lost a total of 343.6lbs, putting him well on his way to reaching his goal weight of 180lbs. see more photo after the cut,,