Transformations - Transformation Of The Week - John Jimenez.

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John made an amazing transformation! With his life on the line (literally) he made the decision himself to change everything. Learn why and what he did right here!

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/trans56.htm

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[Ryosuke]

Seriously, you are the man. That's probably the best transformation I've seen on this site. You are an inspiration. Good luck with the surgery and keep up the awesome work!

[FX_405ENT]

deffinitly the best i have seen! thats real inperation right there!!!

[AU stu.]

Wow man, that's awesome. Congratulations on losing so much weight. Truly an inspiration.

[Trapzillaoo7]

I can not even find the words to describe your story. Simply amazing, Congrats and I wish you the best of luck in the future and can't wait for you to someday realize your dream of being on stage!

Trapz

U are truly amazing !!! Keep up the good work

This was the best ever that I have seen. Your story should be on television to help others just to think about taking the first step to a healthier lifestyle. Thank you for doing this.

[Martha Stewart]

I just wanted you to know your story has inspired my friend to change his life. Thankyou for sharing your triumph with us. You may have helped save a life.

your story is very inspiring .. I have just started my transformation and I started from 365 LBS. I workout 6 days / week. I do 50 mins of treadmill and 50 mins of elliptical. Then every other day I also weight train and on that day its another 45 mins added to the routine.
nutrition has been the biggest challenge and since I want to lose a lot of weight as soon as possible, I eat a big size salad for lunch, and big bowl of soup(vegies boiled, I try to make them tast like chinese or thai soup by adding low sodium soy sauce and half tsp of corn starch or spoon of tumyum paste), for breakfast I eat two boiled eggs and two cups of black tea with fat free milk and half spoon of honey. I have eliminated rice, bread, sugar out of my diet. on some days if I feel more hungary I would eat a cup of light pop corn or little salad to make it six meals / day I also eat a serving of cereal(flax meal natures own, quaker oats etc) in fat free milk. dressing for all of my salads is composed of flaxseed oil, lime juice, just a hint of kraft fat free ceaser dressing, black pepper and a hint of salt. All green salad with few pieces of tomato (diced) and long cut red onions. I try to drink 2-4 cups of tea. helps me curb my cravings and provides the caffine. Lots of water throughout the day. I have been doing it for 5 weeks and I feel very very good .. I have not weighed my self again but my dresses are loose, I feel alive again and yesterday I ran for the first time and I was able to run for half a mile and still not out of breath .. (isn't that something !!! ) I read your webpage atleast once every week and it helps me focus and keep my faith that i can do it. Any suggestions advise would be welcome.
I am a bit worried that I might end up with skin and I am very afraid of it. I hope I don't but you know what I am talking about..

and hey I just realized tomorrow is your operation for the skin on the back so we will be all praying for you and wish you the best of luck and get well soon!!

wishing you the best!!!

If pictures do speak a thousand words your transformation photos will be inspiring thousands of others to take up the challenge of defeating defeat. Unbelievably its not just about the transformation, you are now good to go and give any other man of your age a run for his money when it comes to superior fitness. I hope to see you post more pictures in the future and inspire hundreds of others to not just lose it but keep it off.

[Burlington]

Wow....just Wow!!!!

That is such a great story. After losing 65 lbs myself I always tell people that it is easier than you think. You just have to make it a top priority, as your health should be, in you life and then learn how to do it.

amazing... You should be in the guiness book of records...

My mom and I were looking at your transformation and we were totally amazed. You are on the best road in the journey of life and making the best of it by the pictures. I haven't lost such and incredible amount as you but I hope to compete one day also. Look forwad to seeing you on stage one day. Stay the course and keep the faith.

Whenever I find myself standing at the crossroads, trying to decide if I should fight the good fight, or just let nature take its course and wait until my health fails and my body shuts down, I come to places like this to find some source of inspiration. A good answer to the question "Why should I even keep doing this?"

Thank you so much for providing that answer. Currently, I am 46 years old and at 6'3", I'm weighing in at 364, the last time I actually checked. My waist is still about 48-50", and I still have severe problems with high blood pressure and sleep apnea. I have only recently started back at the gym after not working out for very close to nine months. I was making pretty good progress when I stopped, but several different things happened that caused me to 'hit the wall.'

Now, recently, several OTHER things happened that have affected my life in such a positive way, that I know I can turn things around. My office sponsored a work-at-home program that makes it possible for me to go to the gym on a regular basis. Plus they started ANOTHER program that offers a cash rebate when you sign up for fitness activities and turn in your receipts from classes, gym memberships, etc.

The number of excuses I used to have for not working out and being consistent are dying off one by one. The most realistic and important goal I've set for myself is to be fit and healthy by the time I reach 50 - to be able to get off my CPAP machine, off the BP meds and to finally fit into clothes that make me look like something other than a big clown.

I made a deal with myself some time ago, that if I could do this the right way, I wouldn't have to fall back on the more drastic solution...which is bariatric surgery. Obesity runs in my family - my baby sister had the surgery at age 40, and it saved her life. She lost nearly 200 lbs. when she did it.

I'm glad she did, but I'm hoping I won't have to do the same. Now that I've read your story, getting back on track and doing this thing doesn't seem quite as impossible as it did before.

Thank you for sharing your experience. It's really made a difference for me.

Sam G.
Arlington, VA.
dcscribe@netbox.com

[eoplocust]

men i am starting down that road right now. i am in exactly the same shoes and i hope i can do this too. its a lot harder than people think, but i gotta do this for me and my 2 kids. plus my marrriage is on the very outs cuz my wife is very unhappy and feels like i dont care or i let her down for not losing weight when shes been mentioning it to me over the years. i am 6 ft tall and only 24 and i am about to lose verything..