Countdown To Christmas Support Thread

[Metspride129]

Dude! You look great! I am so happy for you too and so glad things are looking up.

Thank you so much hun =) So close to my goal of 193, weighed in thismorning at 212.8, so less then 20 pounds to go before i can slow bulk and put on some muscle! I actually have people telling me i look TOO THIN now....go figure right? I see you're kickin butt as usual, and i love the new hair style!

[Ummabeast]

hey guys/gals, i haven't been on this topic much lately. Had a weigh in thismorning and am at an all time adulthood low of 213.6! Not to mention, i think i finally look normal in a shirt

Over the last 6 months, i've been going through a ton of crap. My baby momma and i broke up in august, and found out 2 months later she's dating this guy she works with. We weren't having sex at all, maybe once every month if i was lucky, which leads me to think she was into him and only stuck around until she knew he felt the same. While I was talking to this girl that i met on MyFitnessPal, she was in Canada and i'm in NY so it made it very difficult. We tried, did skype all the time, phone calls, ect, but she didnt seem as into it and serious as i did. eventually we stopped talking all together, and that was about 3 weeks ago....but it was probably for the best. While i was talking to this girl for 2 1/2 months, I rejected probably 4-5 different girls who approached me, 2 of which were really cute and def my type, but in the back of my mind i was hoping to try to make things work with this other girl....but of course it didnt happen. Now here I am, 4 months removed from a 3 1/2 year relationship, and 6 months without sex, and am going nuts. Decided to try out okcupid.com as i am terrible approaching girls, and found one girl who i liked, so i msged her, and to my surprise she hit me back. We talked for a week or so, and went on a double date with her friend and her friends bf. Turns out, I worked with both of them a few years back, so it made it a lot more comfortable for me....well that, and the fact that she said "wow, you are so much cuter in person!" as soon as she saw me. We all went bowling for a few hours, and she was really into me, and i was really into her. She has a 5 year old kid with Cerebalpaulsy (sp?) and hasn't dated anyone since the kid was born and the baby daddy up and left when she was 8 months old, so I was a little nervous that she would feel uncomfortable dating again and it would be a one time thing. I dropped her off home, and she made a move on me (i know..right?) and before she got out of the car, she asked me what time we were hanging out the following night. so we hung out again, everything went great, and had our 3rd date last night (she came to my house for a few hours to "watch a movie"). So yeah, everything is going great with this girl who I would have looked at when I was a fat guy and never bothered with because I would damn well known she was out of my league looks wise. So yeah, things are finally starting to look up in that perspective!


Also, here's a before and current picture (FINALLY after 6 months fit in my 1st "goal weight shirt")

here i was at my heaviest of 285 pounds (last september)



and this is from 2 days ago at 214 pounds

Wow bro!. You look 100% different. Like a totally. New person.

[live4gs]

^^^^^ Great work!! Congrats to your progress.^^^^^
I have MIA for a while but found my way back. Bad part is I found some weight back also. My Countdown to Christmas has turned into a count-up. I have been really off track lately. Doing a reset starting today and try to get back to making some progress..

[SilvaMan61]

249.4 this morning. I'm ecstatic, finally broke the 250 mark. It feels like a big milestone for me because through most of high school I was in the 250s. Granted I was much much stronger back then, but I'm still very proud.

How did everyone else fare this week?

[Earlbolus]

Great job metspride!

212.7 for me last friday which means -1.8 lbs. I'm out of internet for two weeks already and another two will be added to that unfortunately, so my participation in this thread is kinda low. I'm going to newcastle in the united kingdom from Thursday till Sunday. I'll be missing the weigh in I'm afraid. As it stands now I've lost around 1 lbs in 3.5.months, this thing has turned pretty disastrous. Couldn't train last week due to immense tooth pains. Tomorrow I'll be back in the gym. I assume there will be a January competition, I will join it and get going again because I have been standing still for too long. I'm gonna start doing cardio as wel when I'm back from my vacation. As of now, countdown to Christmas is maintenance of Christmas

[1Reddress]

Thank you so much hun =) So close to my goal of 193, weighed in thismorning at 212.8, so less then 20 pounds to go before i can slow bulk and put on some muscle! I actually have people telling me i look TOO THIN now....go figure right? I see you're kickin butt as usual, and i love the new hair style!

Absolutely Awesome Progress!! You are Rockin it For Sure!!
Congratulations and Happy Holidays To Ya!

[ajosbor]

Finally after a few weeks of saying i was going to get back at working out, i finally did starting monday and have been doing pretty good so far this week. Trying to make a good final push for Christmas. Down about a pound so far this week, so hopefully will be able to pull a good 2 pounds total for the week. Will try not to gain that back this weekend as the in-laws are making Prime Rib for Christmas dinner.

Really trying to get down to 155-160 by New Years so i can finally start bulking in January. I'm starting to get the too skinny remarks from the wife, so putting on a good amount of muscle should help. Seems like these last few pounds have came straight off my arms with a little more coming off of the lower abs finally as well.

Hope everyone else has a good final push and can see some good negative numbers this Friday, good luck all. It was a real joy to have this thread with all of you for the last few months and get to know you, your back stories, and be in on your progress. Hope everything weight wise works out for you all this next year and we all get down to the weight we are hoping for.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.

[live4gs]

Congrats to all that did countdown their weight unlike myself that did a count up.
Merry Christmas.!!!

[Earlbolus]

Noooo. Gained 10 lbs in 10 days, 223 now. Thank you vacation and christmas :P Probably a lot of being waterweight I hope.

Well, this countdown was a disaster. 2013, new year, new chances. Never give up Hope to see some familiar faces in the next competition! Someday I will be where I need to be.

[DSUP]

Bumpity bump bump bump! Somebody report something... @Crystal: what's the next thread? If you want to hang out until March, I'll show you all how it's done, but, until then, pass the butter! Happy New Year everyone!

[cunfewzed]

15.6 lbs lost over the challenge! Not bad for over the holidays! Can't wait to bulk soon!

[MdavisUSF]

340 on my last workday (Fri Dec 21). As of this morning down to 338.4 again

Not good

[MdavisUSF]

Did anyone start up another thread? I saw there is an official comp but I missed that.

Well I'm still going, just hopped on the scale this morning since Ill be out tomm. back down to 330. It seems the only way I can consistently lose is if Im doing the quasi IF eating (one large meal a day) it sucks but it works. I also kill it in the gym just about every day HRM estimates 700-800 calorie burn workouts every day i know they are not accurate but im drenched in sweat and sore everyday, I feel that's a nice indication of a good workout not to mention im practically dead after them.

If no one has started one ill get something gong, some sort of countdown to Cinco de mayo or something make it a long term goal thread

[cunfewzed]

Did anyone start up another thread? I saw there is an official comp but I missed that.

Well I'm still going, just hopped on the scale this morning since Ill be out tomm. back down to 330. It seems the only way I can consistently lose is if Im doing the quasi IF eating (one large meal a day) it sucks but it works. I also kill it in the gym just about every day HRM estimates 700-800 calorie burn workouts every day i know they are not accurate but im drenched in sweat and sore everyday, I feel that's a nice indication of a good workout not to mention im practically dead after them.

If no one has started one ill get something gong, some sort of countdown to Cinco de mayo or something make it a long term goal thread

hop into the competition thread. You don't have to be in the comp to post and there's a good sense of motivation there. No need to start a new thread.