**Transformations from FAT to FIT**

[pyro1284]

Originally Posted by DefiningMoments

before:
267 lbs august 2008 240 lbs christmas 2008 225-220 lbs January 2009 240 lbs

current(work in progress):

162-165 19-23% bodyfat

It hasn't been a year yet but its almost. I need another 20-30 lbs to lose. Been kinda stuck or hit a plateau.

GOOD JOB, I personally think you would look awful and too skinny if you lost 20-30 more lbs you should focus on gaining some muscle, in the process your body fat % WILL go down. just my 2 cents. GOOD JOB AND GL

[iterminator]

I started at 206 Lbs - August 08
I started with circuit training.. more rep less rest.. alternating between cardio weight..



June 09 - 184 Lbs
This is where I was like few months into strength training..



Sept 09 - 180 lbs



I am just hitting it hard lately but not getting enough bang for my buck.. so it to say it a little demoralizing.. but will keep on getting back on the saddle and work even harder..

Muscle definition and my mid section is my major problem area.

Please any input regarding the type of training or type of workout is welcome..

[Lowdown5]

A lot of great transformations here, much respect to all of you.

[AcapulcoGold]

Originally Posted by Luke_G

Can you please tell me how the hell that tattoo changes arm?

Its bugging me :P


Nice trasformation btw

Originally Posted by ShadyBizzness

^The mirror he took the second pic in, lol

Originally Posted by Offishal

....
Someone clearly took a picture of him in the 1st one...and he took a picture of himself IN A MIRROR for the second one...Amazing I know.

Originally Posted by .Boss

Its his right arm idiots (above 2 posters), thats either not the same person or he has Hemp tattoos

Originally Posted by obriench

Listen "idiot", try this experiment: Write a circle on your Left arm. Then have someone take a picture of you. Then take a picture of yourself in the mirror. Compare to the two pictures you quoted. Woooow! Look, magic. Your "tattoo" just switched arms.

I wouldn't be calling people idiots if you haven't taken the time to use your brain first. Especially since this was already addressed earlier in the forum by the OP if I remember correctly.

Originally Posted by ShayZ

wow.... notsureifsrs.jpg

Haha the tattoo thing again Ok just do this...go to my bodyspace and look at the progress pics if you wish, the tattoo (which is on my left arm for the record) will show up my right arm on every pic where I am holding the phone, cuz that means I am taking a picture into a mirror. The tattoo is visible in every single pic (to varying degrees) so you can see it flip back and forth between pics, it's like magic

[DefiningMoments]

Originally Posted by pyro1284

GOOD JOB, I personally think you would look awful and too skinny if you lost 20-30 more lbs you should focus on gaining some muscle, in the process your body fat % WILL go down. just my 2 cents. GOOD JOB AND GL

Thanks, I was thinking about doing that because when I stretch my arms back I can see like my ribs on my chest kind've. If I was to go on and try to gain some muscle should I eat at maintenance and lift hard with no cardio?

[hammerdown74]

WOW, very impressive. .. There are some serious transformations, great job everyone

[wevie]

I posted this in the regular forum here before I seen this thread so I thought I would but them in here also. I started out at 225 on the verge of having to go buy size 38 jeans. Now I am 185 wearing 32 jeans loosely. I did it by running, eating way better, and lifting.

Now I am eating about 3500 a day clean and started the SS program everyone on here raves about this week and running some. I am going to do this for three months and then cut and see where that gets me.

[whitesox3223]

Originally Posted by ghengistahn

whitesox.... wow! your an inspiration

Originally Posted by Salonpas

wow awesome job whitesox. Please share your diet and routine!

Originally Posted by himynameisblake

Amazing transformation! and in just 5 months too, those are some serious results

Thanks everyone

Nothing special about my lifting routine. Just focused on putting more weight on the bar and not chasing "the pump". Overall though I did lower the volume a bit since I wasn't eating as much (obviously).

As far as diet, I followed a timed carb diet and was actually able to gain strength and muscle over the course of 5 months. More info about that and why its better than other styles of dieting are explained here:

http://www.ironaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3398

Originally Posted by ViktorM

Do you guys recommend 5 days of lifting weights and a little cardio (bike 1 hour total each day to and from school) or 3 day splits and then cardio on the days I don't lift?

For fatloss that is

I recommend the 3 day split + more cardio.

You're energy and recovery ability are going to be hampered with a calorie deficit. Low intensity cardio won't eat into your recovery unlike lifting more or high intensity cardio.

[hardgainer786]

Originally Posted by wevie

I posted this in the regular forum here before I seen this thread so I thought I would but them in here also. I started out at 225 on the verge of having to go buy size 38 jeans. Now I am 185 wearing 32 jeans loosely. I did it by running, eating way better, and lifting.

Now I am eating about 3500 a day clean and started the SS program everyone on here raves about this week and running some. I am going to do this for three months and then cut and see where that gets me.

Great transformation... I would cut further before a bulk..

[brandon707]

good job everyone. Inspirational.

[calibutcher]

I am still working on my transformation but I wanted to post some pics to keep me motivated. I am 6'4" and I was 305 in the first pictures, now I'm 248 and still working hard in the gym. I got up to 315 but I don't have a decent picture to show you guys. These pictures are no pump, took them before I went to the gym.

Thanks for all of the support here on the forums guys!

[TheFitnessGuru]

Hey everyone!!
I'm here reppin' the all naturals
Wanna start this post off amazingly, and I wanna show just what you can do with whole foods. The only time I use any supplements are when I haven't prepared enough chicken or protein for the day or some meals I choose to drink shakes for convienence.

The rest of my diet is 100% whole foods.

After 7 weeks of cutting naturally, I got down to 170 at whatever % bf I am in this picture.
It was a total of 9 weeks worth of time, (2 weeks of vacation in which I couldn't get to the gym but I still ran 4-5 miles in the morning on an empty stomach) So those don't count as me cutting, but rather I maintained the leanness that I had built up to.

My before pic is after the last semester of school, unfortunately I let the stress build up and that was not good!! Then I was the same weight, actually even heavier before the 9 weeks. My after pic is taken at the beginning of September this year.

My pics are the before and after pics on my bodyspace.
I think that's the easiest way to do this:
http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/TheFitnessGuru/

[Gobays]

Amazing Thread!

[grillin77]

hi all, here is my progress to date

i was pretty fit up until i turned 26(got married). i looked like this for 3.5-4 yrs. 5 fot4 at close to 180. i think i was around 22-24%.




started clean eating and working out at 01/01/09. i now look like this at ~162...



i have 10lbs to go for me to meet my goal = ~10% body fat.

if your over 30 and would like help in losing fat, send me pm. id be glad to help.

[Sevb33]

Originally Posted by grillin77

hi all, here is my progress to date

i was pretty fit up until i turned 26(got married). i looked like this for 3.5-4 yrs.




started clean eating and working out at 01/01/09. i now look like this



i have 10lbs to go for me to meet my goal = ~10% body fat. if your over 30 and would like help in losing fat, send me pm. id be glad to help.

Great, but no Height and weights?

[robgr]

Originally Posted by shaunmood

http://www.hollywoodmusclestory.com/...x.php?ntrk=JAS

Yet another moment in sell out history. Craned's exact pictures on this exact thread are on this ad. Just look at the very first post of this thread. wtf is this ****? Am I seeing things?
Are you a publicity stunt or are you for real craned?

Look at the first post of this thread by craned and click his last picture.

EDIT: if you look at the comments, theres another before and after image from THIS thread. Im starting to believe that this is a case of internet fraud.

wow most of those photos were taken from peoples posts........thats soooooo illegal.

[johnnyj411]

Originally Posted by MrAWatts

Alright guys, I think I am finally ready to post in this thread. I've been checking it for about a half a year or so. Everyone has done great, and this thread has been very inspiring. When it comes to the exercise part, I've been dedicated. I lifted casually towards the end of last year. But it was when this year rolled around that I got serious. First couple months I was more sloppy of course, because I was learning as I went. Even now I make improvements when I can, I don't think you ever stop tweaking or changing your routine, because you are always learning. But for the last 6 months I have been in the gym nearly 7 days a week. Lifting about 5 of them, at least, and cardio 2 times a week in addition to cardio after lifting on those days. I've lost about 30 lbs since April. The hardest part for me has always been the diet. There was a period where I gained about 10 lbs back in a 2 week period. I struggle constantly even now with my diet. EC helps to control that though. I haven't had trouble staying dedicated to lifting though, that has been what I look forward to every day. But eating is another story. Good luck to everyone else, and thanks for providing the inspiration I need. I'm going to continue on with what I'm doing and hopefully keep seeing results.




Oct 2008 @ high 180s


April 3rd @ 185




July 23 @ 170ish



Sept 25 @ 157

Great job man! Looks like you have a lil Mark Walberg in ya?!

[MCNickT]

my trans pics you will be impressed this is over 10 months.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...#post393018251

[Dopeshow16]

Wow!! Amazing job and congrats to everyone!!

[compAY]

Great work fellas!
progress:

[Craned]

Just to let everyone know. I did not use any products from exfatkid.com. They stole my pics and I am in the process of taking legal action. Everything that I used and did are listed on my profile page or in a thread. Thanks to the people who let me know that they were using my pics. I will keep you guys updated on how it turns out.

[Varla]

Originally Posted by Craned

Just to let everyone know. I did not use any products from exfatkid.com. They stole my pics and I am in the process of taking legal action. Everything that I used and did are listed on my profile page or in a thread. Thanks to the people who let me know that they were using my pics. I will keep you guys updated on how it turns out.

Woah, that is terrible to use your image like that. Some people are just that pathetic.

[Speednlux]

I've been following this thread ever since I started lifting.

It's been an inspiration from the start.

I wanted to share some pictures once my progress was clear and evident.

So here we are now, 9 months later:

1st Pic ( Before ) , 2nd / 3rd ( After )

( Meant to post in skinny thread sorry )

[Sevb33]

Originally Posted by shaunmood

But its funny though - People get all worked up and become drama queens. "YOU SHOULD SUE!" lmao. Give me a break. Like I said before, this is nothing but semantics. He cant prove they are his pictures. Just like they cant prove its theirs. He is clearly not holding the camera.

Yes he can prove they are his! If they are really his he can show new pics with a current newspaper to prove it (Not that he needs to do that for us, but for his lawsuit), and of course he can easily also do it other ways.

[Aaron50_07]

its time for me to be held accountable for my goals in life.. and i need help... i need help with cutting, i know alot about bulking, and i have been doing so for quite a while, and now i want to lose my fat, but honestly i know nothing about cutting.. any advice would be awesome

[loconet]

Originally Posted by Craned

Just to let everyone know. I did not use any products from exfatkid.com. They stole my pics and I am in the process of taking legal action. Everything that I used and did are listed on my profile page or in a thread. Thanks to the people who let me know that they were using my pics. I will keep you guys updated on how it turns out.

Seems like they've gone ahead and replaced your pics with pics from this other forum's post: forum.teretana.net/viewtopic.php?t=13321&start=0. They'll probably keep replacing the pics they've harvested until someone doesn't complaint. Disturbing

[Akyalex]

Thanks to everyone posting progress pictures really motivating!

It's made me clean up my diet and get on with it.

[Dr.Dick.Johnson]

Originally Posted by Aaron50_07

its time for me to be held accountable for my goals in life.. and i need help... i need help with cutting, i know alot about bulking, and i have been doing so for quite a while, and now i want to lose my fat, but honestly i know nothing about cutting.. any advice would be awesome

Well man, You've posted ur pic so theres no looking back now! There are alot of ways you can go about cutting. Obviously being in a calorie deficit will be the first step. Do lots of cardio ofcourse. Also you can do an EC stack to help you. Or do what many others do and do a keto diet. Look in the nutrition section of the forums.. There is a whole forum section devoted to keto diets. Good luck !

[obriench]

Originally Posted by Craned

Just to let everyone know. I did not use any products from exfatkid.com. They stole my pics and I am in the process of taking legal action. Everything that I used and did are listed on my profile page or in a thread. Thanks to the people who let me know that they were using my pics. I will keep you guys updated on how it turns out.

Hopefully it works out for you.

[dalmo]

Originally Posted by Craned

Just to let everyone know. I did not use any products from exfatkid.com. They stole my pics and I am in the process of taking legal action. Everything that I used and did are listed on my profile page or in a thread. Thanks to the people who let me know that they were using my pics. I will keep you guys updated on how it turns out.

Good luck !