Official May 1st to Aug 1st weight loss thread

[NitrogenWidget]

Nice carpet. lol

I'm Sicilian & yeah my shower soap looks like a chia pet.

funnily enough, i'm not nearly as hairy as most of the other men in my extended family.
Fricken big-foot looking mo-fo's who shave twice a day.

[NeedANick]

I'm Sicilian & yeah my shower soap looks like a chia pet.

funnily enough, i'm not nearly as hairy as most of the other men in my extended family.
Fricken big-foot looking mo-fo's who shave twice a day.

Well, I'll let you know being hairless ain't fun, either. Weight loss has surely bumped my hair to start growing (finally).

I went from shaving once or twice a month in November to 3 times a week right now and rapidly getting thicker and more abundant.

[fatguygoescrazy]

227.8 (pm sent) so a gain for the week.

I've been in the same 5-6 lb. range for about a month or so. I know exactly what I've been doing wrong, so it's not an issue of figuring things out.

On the plus side, I usually would have given up by now and would be abck to eating whatever I wanted. Happy that I am not doing that.

[KingOfChaos]

I'm Sicilian & yeah my shower soap looks like a chia pet.

funnily enough, i'm not nearly as hairy as most of the other men in my extended family.
Fricken big-foot looking mo-fo's who shave twice a day.

Being mostly irish, I lack both body hair and melanin.

[Jhudi]

330.8! Dear God hoping I am off this freaking plateau on the scale and get down into the 310's by the end of this thing!

Macros-

Cals
1785
Fat
80 g
Cholesterol
281 mg
Sodium
4936 mg
Carbs
121 g
Fiber
25 g
Protein
149 g
Sugars
54 g


Big gain today in lifts on chest. I did lose some on back after I did rows. I think it was because I was gassed after rows so my lat pulldowns really sucked. The last set I had to drop down to like 100lbs to just rep out 12 reps.

One thing I am really impressed with is how good I am about keeping form. I see so many guys around my gym just tossing weight around and not even using ROM correctly. This black guy flat benches 3 plates but doesn't even get near his touching his chest at all. Just seems silly to me.

PR's Today- all with a spotter and using the bar

225x3 flat bench (was completed after 4 full sets at lighter weight)
150x8 incline
160x12 decline

[stingray72]

My honest opinion with your weight loss problem is your not eating enough.

[NeedANick]

One thing I am really impressed with is how good I am about keeping form. I see so many guys around my gym just tossing weight around and not even using ROM correctly. This black guy flat benches 3 plates but doesn't even get near his touching his chest at all. Just seems silly to me.e

The correct way to bench is to drop the bar until your arms are parallel with the floor, not to touch chest. Touching your chest is actually a really bad form, specially if you are bumping it for a rebound-momentum.

[KingOfChaos]

The correct way to bench is to drop the bar until your arms are parallel with the floor, not to touch chest. Touching your chest is actually a really bad form, specially if you are bumping it for a rebound-momentum.

I go to about an inch above my chest and then explode upward. I like the extra range of movement for hitting the front delts.

[Jhudi]

correct I dont bounce anything LOL. about an inch from my chest. This guy moved the weight down just below where the bar sat he barely moved it. just saying sometimes I think people don't realize less is better in the weight room to a certain degree. I know ill start a ****storm saying that LOL

[Jhudi]

My honest opinion with your weight loss problem is your not eating enough.

your prolly right stingray after this competition is over I am going to redo macros and see about upping my calories to like 2500 or so and see what that nets me and work my way down from that.

[Jhudi]

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[Jhudi]

progress pic for this month so far

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[NitrogenWidget]

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Huge progress.
I would never think you are 329.
Your belly has shrunk a lot.


Also, once again I am amazed by how everybody stores fat differently.
You have like no love handles.

what was the lightest you've ever been?
Even lean you look like you'd be a fairly big dude.

[NitrogenWidget]

Sigh.
Day after weigh-in & i'm almost a pound lighter. LOL!

I keep telling myself to stop looking at the damn scale daily.

It's funny because Sat night with a belly full of water I weighed almost 180 before bed.
Then woke up almost 170.

[stingray72]

I just got done with a 1200 calorie treadmill experience whew. I had to burn off ben and jerrys ice cream. No more of that ben and jerrys isnt worth the kind of calories they contain.

[NitrogenWidget]

I put on my size 30 jeans I bought at good will at the beginning of the summer.
Barely got them buttoned & massive muffin topping when I got them.


Put them on a few weeks ago & still muffin topping.

Put them on this morning & just slight muffin topping. They are still snug but I think i'll end up in 30's. Mind is blown.

Not because i'll be in 30's, but i'll be buying pants based on my complete lack of luv handles & i plan on staying that way.

[stingray72]

I put on my size 30 jeans I bought at good will at the beginning of the summer.
Barely got them buttoned & massive muffin topping when I got them.


Put them on a few weeks ago & still muffin topping.

Put them on this morning & just slight muffin topping. They are still snug but I think i'll end up in 30's. Mind is blown.

Not because i'll be in 30's, but i'll be buying pants based on my complete lack of luv handles & i plan on staying that way.

smallest size pants i was in was 32 and i wasnt even fully grown.... I wear 36 now id love to wear 32s

[lgraham9]

Weighed in at 234.5, so we'll call it 235. I'm fine with that. Time to stop this yoyo between 230 and 240 and hit the 220s!

[TelusLob]

I put on my size 30 jeans I bought at good will at the beginning of the summer.
Barely got them buttoned & massive muffin topping when I got them.


Put them on a few weeks ago & still muffin topping.

Put them on this morning & just slight muffin topping. They are still snug but I think i'll end up in 30's. Mind is blown.

Not because i'll be in 30's, but i'll be buying pants based on my complete lack of luv handles & i plan on staying that way.

It depends on the shorts. I have three pair of 32's which are very tight on me. Then I have other 32's which are loose. There seems to be a lot of variance in waist sizes.

I COMPLETELY understand how not having love handles is mind blowing. Mine are obviously still there, but I carry more fat on the right side of my body. It is very strange wearing tight shorts and just feeling my hip bones above my waist line and not a huge bulge of fat.

I've never liked tucking in my shirt because I hated the way I looked with my shirt tucked in. I never liked wearing tight pants/shorts because I didn't like the MMT (male muffin top).

I feel so much more comfortable wearing clothes that fit now. I'm still not as thin as I want to be, but I am getting thinner all the time and its just a matter of time before all my fat is gone and I am just left with some loose skin. LOL

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Weight is back up today. I had an amazing but salty dinner last night. It was Chinese stir fry and I even managed to fit in some friend rice within my macros. Couple that with the fact I didn't drink enough water yesterday and my body is holding water.

About to go to the gym in the next 20 minutes or so. I feel good, rested, and ready to kill it today.

I weighed 192.6 today. By next weigh in my goal is to be in the 180's.

I also think I might have a shot at wearing some 30's as well before its all said and done.

[pobski]

damn i must be a serious endomorph. I wear size 36 jeans. Even when I get thinned out, I don't see that going below a 34.

[digitalangel3]

Just wanted to pop in and say "wow!!" everyone is doing great. It's a pleasure to see the end or the result of everyone's hard work!! Keep it up guys!!

[NeedANick]

I'm looking forward to see the 3month progress people made during this competition. I hope all of you took pictures and are willing to post them by the last week. I know I will!

[stingray72]

Ill show my ending pic and beginning but theres not as much change as I thought there would be. But if you look at me from my all time high which was 184 -186 theres a big difference ( i have pics of my heaviest) Im ashamed to have gotten that heavy.

[stingray72]

ill just show you my pics now.

[NitrogenWidget]

It depends on the shorts. I have three pair of 32's which are very tight on me. Then I have other 32's which are loose. There seems to be a lot of variance in waist sizes.

I COMPLETELY understand how not having love handles is mind blowing. Mine are obviously still there, but I carry more fat on the right side of my body. It is very strange wearing tight shorts and just feeling my hip bones above my waist line and not a huge bulge of fat.

I've never liked tucking in my shirt because I hated the way I looked with my shirt tucked in. I never liked wearing tight pants/shorts because I didn't like the MMT (male muffin top).

I feel so much more comfortable wearing clothes that fit now. I'm still not as thin as I want to be, but I am getting thinner all the time and its just a matter of time before all my fat is gone and I am just left with some loose skin. LOL

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Yes the brand also matters as some I got the same problem with my 32's except some are tight in the butt some are a little baggy.

But mostly my butt seems to be the issue. Probably the muscle underneath the fat is contributing.
Another reason why I want to get lean & stay lean.

HIP BONES!! Their There! feeling them when I put on my pants....feels weird man.

And i've always tucked my shirts for work.
Only now I've got a V-taper going on.

[stingray72]

184 - 186 heaviest ever dec 4 2009 or 10 im not sure but i think 09

this contest 176.4 start

[stingray72]

165 july 2 2011

[Jhudi]

Huge progress.
I would never think you are 329.
Your belly has shrunk a lot.


Also, once again I am amazed by how everybody stores fat differently.
You have like no love handles.

what was the lightest you've ever been?
Even lean you look like you'd be a fairly big dude.

I think my lightest was around 250 lbs as a junior in high school. Yeah I have always been big regardless of how lean I will become I don't think my body structure wouldn't allow me to get below 220. I feel 220 would put me around 10% bodyfat. I am just a solid guy and since I am in the medical field I have looked at my bone structure and the docs have commented how large my bones are. I also have never had a broken bone before and have fallen from very high heights just solid ><

[stingray72]

Im going to lose 25 more pounds from the last pictures.

[Jhudi]

stingray nice progress man. That gut has really gone down and in your first pic to now the body looked bloated and you are alot leaner now. I can see some really good changes in the back pics too. Repped