First Post.12 week transformation

betchman · 02-24-2008, 01:38 PM

I'm beginning the 12 week transformation today. the video one.http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/12wktrans01.htm I have been following the diet since Monday. I mainly just want to being a healthy lifestyle so I can be around to see my grandkids one day. But of course I want to look good and feel good which I'm sure I will. Any advice out there? I have gotten my Bodyspace up and running as well as a MyPlate to track calories. I want to lose 50 lbs during this 12 week time. Is that too much? I have lost 50 pounds in 8 weeks before while playing high school football, but I did it by not eating anything and by running about 4 miles a day in football pads. I have since gained it all back and I attribute it to an unhealthy diet. But anyways Id love to hear anything from y'all.

mistafreeze · 02-24-2008, 01:50 PM

you are 340, so loosing 50 pounds in 12 weeks is very doable.

It will require a lot of hard work, as you need to maintain a 4 pound a week drop in weight, which is very hard to keep up.

Diet is important, don't starve yourself.

noodlejoodle578 · 02-24-2008, 06:12 PM

You have a LONG way to go, therefore, no drastic measures - it will make progress harder when you plateau (not to mention you have to live with this for a while!)

I would break the fat loss up into two parts.

* From your current BF% to 'average-normal.' This is about changing your LIFESTYLE, and not a crash diet. Just be more active - walk instead of the car, stairs in place of lift etc... Form a solid, healthy diet and stick to it. Don't make it too restrictive - remember, at 340, it will probably take 1-2 years to complete this phase.
* from 'average-normal' to 'good-great shape.' This is where you worry about exact macros, rotating diet/workouts & more extreme measures etc.

Good luck!

betchman · 02-26-2008, 11:54 AM

Thanks for the advice.

betchman · 03-06-2008, 12:38 AM

Here is my 2 week progress pictures. The mirror picture is older of me at 380. The other is me at something less that 370. I haven't had a chance to hit the scales in a while. How do they look?

braddd · 03-06-2008, 12:44 AM

HELL yea dude, great progress so far. Your entire front is a completely different (smaller) shape.

I have a hard time believing that is only 10lb.

betchman · 03-06-2008, 01:00 AM

I am pretty sure it's more than 10 pounds as well. I haven't weighed since last Tuesday. The scale here at home doesn't weigh above 300 pounds haha. But if I lost as much as I did the first week, It would be more like a 20 pound loss already. I have been busting my ass trying to be more active. But I am starting to get used to it and I am loving the way my new diet makes me feel. Never in my life have I not consumed, soft drinks, fast food, processed crap, anything else unhealthy. And now I have cut all that crap out. I honestly don't know how I ever did it. I think if I were to eat a Macdonald's hamburger I would get sick. But, this is only the first 2 weeks, I can only imagine how it'll feel after 12.

phatryde · 03-13-2008, 09:41 PM

Good luck wish you best of luck. Luck? Nah I hope you succeed in your goals and achieve

betchman · 03-18-2008, 10:38 AM

I slipped a disc last week while fishing. I hope I can still get a decent workout. I guess Ill just have to be careful.

blueguitar322 · 03-18-2008, 10:44 AM

Reps for your effort, dude!

Last January I was 6'3" 260 and at my lowest I got down to 194...though by mid-April I had already lost 45 lb. So 50lb in 3 months? Possible? Yes. Likely without really hurting yourself? Not as much. Still, you're big enough (as was I) that as long as you're lifting heavy, you're pretty safe from muscle loss.

So - cardio hard, lift hard, eat clean with enough cals (I'm guessing 2400 range at the low end) and you'll continue seeing rapid progress!