Hey guys, first of all I just wanted to say that you guys are amazing and very inspirational, i have been looking at these forums for a few months now and finally decided to stop lurking and get involved. This thread in particular is astonishing in every way, the way some of you have transformed is mind blowing and very motivating, and one day id like to be able to say i inspired people to change their life as you did mine.
So heres my story, I have always been pretty big but after my dad died when I was 9 years old I really just let my self go.. Not using that as an excuse i know its my own fault that i let my self get that way.
I played football all growing up and was fairly active, but my eating habits where down right disgusting ( fast food multiple times a day and not just one item like 4-5, 9+sodas a day...ya disgusting and VERY unhealthy) Being as big as I was it led me to be very depressed and very shy I didnt like doing a lot of things cause i always thought of my self as "that fat kid" and couldn't do things like all my friends.
Through most of my younger years between age 13-15 i stayed around 215-220 granted back then i was maybe 5'5. during my jr and senior year of high school is when i got to my lowest point i have been in my life. at 5'11 on a good day i was clocking in at a disgusting 245-250 at my heaviest, needless to say i had 0 self-esteem. The past few years since I graduated I have been making changes, most as of lately but some right after highschool. Up until just a few months ago i was still at 245 and fat and disgusting but had a lot more muscle then I did in high school. This past year has been the year that I have decided to make the change and change my life for good. I started Lifting weights monday-friday but doing no cardio and only eating decently. After spring break (march 2013) i really decided to take it up a notch, lifted monday-friday still but I added in cardio in the morning (5 miles walk/jog) and started seeing rapid weight loss (from 235-225 in around 2-3 months) and then the worst thing that could have happened happened... I ended up snapping my radius and bending it backwards.. after the injury I lost all my motivation cause I couldn't work out anymore.. i got extremely depressed and felt like all my progress was gone, ended up eating my depression away by going back to fast food, suprsingly I didnt gain any weight stayed around 222-225 but lost a very noticeable amount of tone. Since then I have finally got my cast and metal out of my arm and am back to working out 5 days a week again and am loving every second of it. I got my cast off july 11th started working out about 2 weeks later, started around 224 after my injury and am now down to 214 (which is the lowest I have been at since as long as I can remember (great feeling!) I was taking shred matrix by muscle pharm and saw noticeable results was very happy with it, also am on a strict diet (kind of) around 1500 cals a day no fast food no pop almost strictly chicken breast and fish and veggies. I am again lifting Monday through Friday but only lightly as im not even supposed to be lifting for another 5 weeks says the doctor but i cant wait any longer. Also After work everyday I go on a walk/jog for 3 miles usually takes me between 27-32 mins to complete. I then go to the gym later in the day and run a fast paced mile (8:20sec) which is not that impressive but in high school I ran a 13 min mile so its a huge change for me. I just started my new stack today (Adrenalize, and omega shred) so we will see how this turns out. My goal is to get to 200lbs no later then my birthday (12-4) and by spring break I want to be at 185, its a stretch but I think i can do it and looking through your pictures only motivates me so I want to thank you all. Also id love any tips or anything that could help me out im going to be active on this fourm daily now watching and posting. Also if some one could tell me how to post pictures id like to post some to get some feedback cause im very hard on my self and get down easy because I dont see the changes in my body I hear it multiple times a day from people on how amazing i look compared to high school, but deep down I still feel like that fat pudgy kid I grew to hate when I was younger and If i could post pictures and se what people who don't know me think I think that would really motivate me. Again I just want to say thank you guys for all the motivation you guys truly are my Inspiration and I mean that 100%. But ya if some one could help me post some pictures id love to here your guys feedback/tips.
