My weight Loss progress

[kmwrestle]

Start Date: 10/12/09
Start Weight: 455 lbs


As of 11/08/09
Current Weight: 425lbs
Total lost: 30lbs

On 11/4/09 I did a bod pod body fat analysis:
height 6'1
weight: 430
Lean weight: 280
body fat: 150
body fat percentage 35%

So I am assuming when I started I was somewhere around 40% body fat and morbidly obese.

Goal: 300lbs and under 15% body fat. (I am sure I am going to lose some lean mass in the process) for my 6'1" frame, I am gonna be big no matter what.

I have lost all 30 lbs naturally on just diet alone. I have yet to goto a gym(new years resolution). Before i started loosing weight I was drinking at least a 2L of coke a day, fried and fat filled foods almost daily, and probably double to triple a normal portion. My guess is I was consuming somewhere around 6000+ calories a day.
I have changed my eating habits dramatically instantly. Pretty much woke up on the morning of the 12th and haven't looked back since. I haven't had any soda since. I primarily drink water with an occasional gatorade or hot chocolate. I am only eating lean meats: chicken, turkey, pork tenderloins, salmon have become my staples. I have been eating a lot of salads and vegetables. I have eliminated the rice that used to accompany dinner every night and replaced it with just a bigger portion of vegetables. I have eliminated almost all white flour based products from my diet and replaced them with whole grain versions. The real sources fat from my diet except for meat has been cheese (which i love) and nuts. Since I cant drink milk, cheese has been and probably always will be my calcium source, so i accept the trade off. I would say I am eating about 2000 calories a day now.

I can feel a major difference in how my clothes fit and my energy levels. Tomorrow will be the 4 week mark, and I have lost 30+ pounds which is very encouraging.

[roms15]

pics?

[kmwrestle]

Here are some pics:

This halloween (433 or so)
Me at my moms graduation in May(not sure prolly close to 450 though)
Me at a redsox game beginning of October(right before i started 455)

[ejthomp]

Your diet looks good. Keep it up. Try and concentrate on healthy, clean foods you love and can live on for the rest of your life.

I'd like to see you hit the weights so you tone up and minimize muscle loss. That being said, it is very hard to believe you have 280 pounds of LBM. That means you have the body of Hulk underneath your layer of fat. Highly unlikely if you haven't been hitting the weights and watching you diet your whole life.

FYI... note that I'm 6'1" tall and weight about 195 pounds with 15% bodyfat. You may have a little more LBM than me, but certainly no where near 100 pounds.

[homie20asu]

What's your lifting routine like? Cardio?

[kmwrestle]

I havent been to the gym really since january 07, so 3 years. Until then I was pretty active. I wrestled in high school and college. Played baseball and football in High school. In college i was working out at lest 5 days a week. During wrestling season i would do 2 cardio sessions and wrestling practice a day. My freshman year in college wrestling i weighed around 300 and was 25% body fat which would put me at about 225 lean....im sure i gained some muscle just to deal with having to carry around an extra 150lbs of weight. I thought it was high too, but from what I have read the bod pod is pretty accurate.

[cheeseandrice]

Originally Posted by ejthomp

That being said, it is very hard to believe you have 280 pounds of LBM. That means you have the body of Hulk underneath your layer of fat. Highly unlikely if you haven't been hitting the weights and watching you diet your whole life.

THIS!!!!!!

but to be honest you shoudlnt even be thinking about those numbers! 30 pounds in 4 weeks is crazy good, keep it up

[kmwrestle]

im 26 now btw.....

[homie20asu]

Do you do any cardio now?

[kmwrestle]

Originally Posted by homie20asu

Do you do any cardio now?

not yet....

i figure i can lose 75lbs or so by christmas on soley diet

and i plan to start doing cardio/lifting starting jan 1

[ejthomp]

Originally Posted by kmwrestle

...... but from what I have read the bod pod is pretty accurate......

And the more I have read and seen, the less I trust the Bod Pod. A little common sense goes a long way.....280 lbs of LBM is MORE than Lou Ferrigno had at his peak....6'5" tall, 59" chest, 34" waist...22"arms...As for being 26 making a big difference... okay...if you say so.... Prove it to me.

I look forward to seeing your results!!! Let's concentrate on losing 100 pounds and then re-evaluate.

Why start cardio and lifting on Jan 1? The gyms are open now..... You'll be that much further ahead if you start now.

[earlywynn]

Originally Posted by kmwrestle

Here are some pics:

This halloween (433 or so)
Me at my moms graduation in May(not sure prolly close to 450 though)
Me at a redsox game beginning of October(right before i started 455)

Off topic, but that's pretty cool that your mom finally got her degree.

[kmwrestle]

Originally Posted by ejthomp

And the more I have read and seen, the less I trust the Bod Pod. A little common sense goes a long way.....280 lbs of LBM is MORE than Lou Ferrigno had at his peak....6'5" tall, 59" chest, 34" waist...22"arms...As for being 26 making a big difference... okay...if you say so.... Prove it to me.

I look forward to seeing your results!!! Let's concentrate on losing 100 pounds and then re-evaluate.

Why start cardio and lifting on Jan 1? The gyms are open now..... You'll be that much further ahead if you start now.

i agree 280lbs of LBM sounds high....so like you said i will reevaluate my goals as i go...i figured it would be closer to 230 or so, so i guess we will see. I have seen people similar size as me weighing 100lbs less, so i guess i will see. either way loosing 150lbs would be a huge accomplishment, reguardless of my body fat percentage.