**Transformations from FAT to FIT** Part 2

i'm still in progress to get a flat stomach, but i really need advice about taking the right supplements. I'm now taking hidroxycut hardcore (2 pills a day) an gnc CLA (5 pills a day) and i'm on a diet basically on chiken breast, vegetables, eggs, tuna fish, brown rice and beans. I do cardio for about 70 min on mornings, and 35 min on the afternoon with about 1 hour of weight lifitings. What do you think about taking Universal Animal Pak for my regimen? Could this boost me up and help me to get rid of those last pounds?

two-month change. what would you say my BF% is?
what should i start working on?

Around 10-11%. I´d start bulking or just cut for a few more weeks and then clean bulk. Nice transformation btw bro.

THIS is why I came to Bodybuilding.com!! I was on MyFitnessPal for the longest time and it was just NOT motivating like this is! LOVE all the progress - thanks for the motivation!

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Blakliffy, Epic job bro.

Blakliffy, well done mate, properly inspirational stuff.

[QUOTE=HOCOwrestling;836456171]two-month change. what would you say my BF% is?
what should i start working on?[/QUOTE]To low to be in this topic lol. Kidding aside 13%

Silently training away, gearing up for final picture. Success will be posted shortly...

i feel motivated as fcuk right now! thanks everyone :)

Been hard at work now for 1.5 years. Started at 210lbs and have gone as low as 156. Sitting at 161 right now and trying to put on a bit of mass. Anyone else afraid of eating the required calories to bulk up for fear or putting on fat again?

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[QUOTE=Eathan;837623981]Been hard at work now for 1.5 years. Started at 210lbs and have gone as low as 156. Sitting at 161 right now and trying to put on a bit of mass. Anyone else afraid of eating the required calories to bulk up for fear or putting on fat again?

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Nice transformation brah

[QUOTE=Eathan;837623981]Been hard at work now for 1.5 years. Started at 210lbs and have gone as low as 156. Sitting at 161 right now and trying to put on a bit of mass. Anyone else afraid of eating the required calories to bulk up for fear or putting on fat again?

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nice one!

[QUOTE=wolflikeme;826038291]Not as fit as you guys in the rest of the thread, but here's my progress.

Looking to start weights now to stop being skinny fat, so I'd love any tips.[/QUOTE]

R u kidding that's an amazing loss u should be proud! What did you do to achieve that how many cals per day / how much cardio etc

[QUOTE=Eathan;837623981]Been hard at work now for 1.5 years. Started at 210lbs and have gone as low as 156. Sitting at 161 right now and trying to put on a bit of mass. Anyone else afraid of eating the required calories to bulk up for fear or putting on fat again?

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Repped for starters..... Great transformation matey.

As you say about fear of the dreaded calories... i think it is a major holder backer of some peoples personal achievements...... it can get as much as an addiction and can do your head in..... i must admit i was falling asleep at night thinking of what i had eaten all day and what i could cut out , add to make things better...... you are gaining well already my the way you say you have gained weight... keep at the same diet you were on to gain them xtra pounds and you should be ok mate...... nothing better than waking up and eventually seeing those abs trying to poke through like a chicken trying to break through the egg!!!!


And yes... i will indeed place the pics up of myself as soon as i hit the big bad 50 posts..... it will be a transformation from FAAAAT FAAT FAT to FIT n LEAN before the bulk for a good solid length of time.....

Started at 231lb and a whopping 38 - 40 in jeans....

Sitting now at present as i write this at 159lb in 30 - 32 in jeans......

5ft 11in...

FDor those of u with huge losses, what did u guys do to keep that excess skin tight? Ive been losing, but im goin slowly going with heavy weights, solid diet, and a lil cardio. Im down from roughly 350 to 283. At 1 point i got to 267 but was soo weak i upped cals for a while, and worked on strength gains more than weight loss. I got back up around 295, then started weight loss again, but without as much cal deficit and cut back on cardio. Im sure i could drop weight faster if i did more cardio, but i really hit the weights hard 5 days a week and include supersets or giant sets in every workout, which has same effect has cardio. I am happy to drop weight slower if it means keeping or gaining strength in the process. Is this the best way to keep the skin from really saggin? Any of u use any creams or lotions or even the topical fat burners (like eviscerate etc)

Love this thread, lots of motivation! I just got back on it and hopefully I can post some good progress soon.

good job guys... hope one day i could post my progress here...

I just finished my 12 week transformation and thought I'd post the pics here, hope I don't screw it up. I started at 256/26% BF and I'm down to 233/17%. Of course I'm not done but since I started with the 12 week challenge I thought this would be a good time to do a progress check.

I started the challenge and was about half way when I realized I was supposed to take a "before" photo. I dug up a photo of me taken 2 weeks prior to my start. Unfortunately you can't get a good idea of my belly size and complete lack of muscularity with the shirt on. HINT: I was drinking lots of beer and eating lots of pizza for 13 years before I started this program. I have logged more couch potato time then a lot of you have been alive since puberty from the looks of the young turks posting here. Anyway, being 54 years old isn't all it's cracked up to be but I'm going to keep plugging away and see if I can get down to 10% BF. When I get there I'll post some new photos! Good luck to you guys!

[QUOTE=skidderdut;838031921]I just finished my 12 week transformation and thought I'd post the pics here, hope I don't screw it up. I started at 256/26% BF and I'm down to 233/17%. Of course I'm not done but since I started with the 12 week challenge I thought this would be a good time to do a progress check.

I started the challenge and was about half way when I realized I was supposed to take a "before" photo. I dug up a photo of me taken 2 weeks prior to my start. Unfortunately you can't get a good idea of my belly size and complete lack of muscularity with the shirt on. HINT: I was drinking lots of beer and eating lots of pizza for 13 years before I started this program. I have logged more couch potato time then a lot of you have been alive since puberty from the looks of the young turks posting here. Anyway, being 54 years old isn't all it's cracked up to be but I'm going to keep plugging away and see if I can get down to 10% BF. When I get there I'll post some new photos! Good luck to you guys![/QUOTE]

Damn Bob, your a beast! Looking good and big! I sure hope I can have muscle like that in 20 years!

[QUOTE=mikaveli06;837942421]FDor those of u with huge losses, what did u guys do to keep that excess skin tight? Ive been losing, but im goin slowly going with heavy weights, solid diet, and a lil cardio. Im down from roughly 350 to 283. At 1 point i got to 267 but was soo weak i upped cals for a while, and worked on strength gains more than weight loss. I got back up around 295, then started weight loss again, but without as much cal deficit and cut back on cardio. Im sure i could drop weight faster if i did more cardio, but i really hit the weights hard 5 days a week and include supersets or giant sets in every workout, which has same effect has cardio. I am happy to drop weight slower if it means keeping or gaining strength in the process. Is this the best way to keep the skin from really saggin? Any of u use any creams or lotions or even the topical fat burners (like eviscerate etc)[/QUOTE]

Unfortunately there isn't really anything you ca do besides what your doing. Lose it slow and fill in with muscle. I hear that over time the skin does tighten a tad. SHort of surgery, we're a tad screwed. Keeping the skin moisurized and exfoliated is all I have heard/read that is supposed to help. Borrow your ladies loofa haha

[QUOTE=skidderdut;838031921]I just finished my 12 week transformation and thought I'd post the pics here, hope I don't screw it up. I started at 256/26% BF and I'm down to 233/17%. Of course I'm not done but since I started with the 12 week challenge I thought this would be a good time to do a progress check.

I started the challenge and was about half way when I realized I was supposed to take a "before" photo. I dug up a photo of me taken 2 weeks prior to my start. Unfortunately you can't get a good idea of my belly size and complete lack of muscularity with the shirt on. HINT: I was drinking lots of beer and eating lots of pizza for 13 years before I started this program. I have logged more couch potato time then a lot of you have been alive since puberty from the looks of the young turks posting here. Anyway, being 54 years old isn't all it's cracked up to be but I'm going to keep plugging away and see if I can get down to 10% BF. When I get there I'll post some new photos! Good luck to you guys![/QUOTE]

This is great man! Very easy to see, even with a shirt pic, that you put some work into making a change. EVEN BETTER to hear you are going to continue this. It is incredible, is it not? - that you can make such a difference from 13 years of couching to 12 weeks and have those results?

Great job, cannot wait to see more results from you man! Go get it man.

THANKS to both you and Hemitude for your words of encouragement, I appreciate it!



[QUOTE=SA1705;838041041]This is great man! Very easy to see, even with a shirt pic, that you put some work into making a change. EVEN BETTER to hear you are going to continue this. It is incredible, is it not? - that you can make such a difference from 13 years of couching to 12 weeks and have those results?

Great job, cannot wait to see more results from you man! Go get it man.[/QUOTE]

Some really impressive work in here fellas. Well done!

[QUOTE=skidderdut;838031921]I just finished my 12 week transformation and thought I'd post the pics here, hope I don't screw it up. I started at 256/26% BF and I'm down to 233/17%. Of course I'm not done but since I started with the 12 week challenge I thought this would be a good time to do a progress check.

I started the challenge and was about half way when I realized I was supposed to take a "before" photo. I dug up a photo of me taken 2 weeks prior to my start. Unfortunately you can't get a good idea of my belly size and complete lack of muscularity with the shirt on. HINT: I was drinking lots of beer and eating lots of pizza for 13 years before I started this program. I have logged more couch potato time then a lot of you have been alive since puberty from the looks of the young turks posting here. Anyway, being 54 years old isn't all it's cracked up to be but I'm going to keep plugging away and see if I can get down to 10% BF. When I get there I'll post some new photos! Good luck to you guys![/QUOTE]

Lookin great! Keep up the work man. Can tell a big difference.

An update from me, so much closer to my initial goal weight of 180 that i set back at 320, though i think i will have to drop below 180.


Before is 280(320 was my biggest)

After is 190

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[QUOTE=m310;838474551]An update from me, so much closer to my initial goal weight of 180 that i set back at 320, though i think i will have to drop below 180.


Before is 280(320 was my biggest)

After is 190

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Great progress, I'm hoping to get closer to that after a while. On the last week of Gethin's 12 week video trainer and so far I'm down from 264 to 239 lbs. Just gotta keep pushing I guess.

Starting to get into shape as of today. My mental fitness and physical fitness are extremely low. Some days I cant even look people in the eyes because my self esteem is so low and because i feel so ugly,inside and out.

But today I change,im hoping to join the army as a combat medic so need to be fit and confident for that as well. What hurts the most is i am a good person and have a desire to help people,but my low self esteem makes me bitter and weak minded.

So with this as a placeholder,Ill edit it when i have Brought out the man I know i am deep down. good luck to everyone,your not alone.

i get so much inspiration from this thread, its not even funny! thank's a million to all that have shared their progress. i myself am doing pretty good at the moment. i've reduced my calories to 2000 now, and gonna see where it takes me the next few weeks.

before, i was too concerned about becoming 'too skinny', and also concerned about losing 'muscle' in the process of losing fat as well. but now i'm just gonna stick to 2000 calories, continue lifting heavy, get in my protein, and fill everything else with carbs and fats (as long as i stay at 2000), and just see what happens.

when i get 'skinny looking', i hope to have some muscle development at least...anything that i can use to build on later, in a bulk. although i'm not even thinking that far. i'm tired of losing weight SLOWELY, i'm going to stick with 2000 calories, and work my ass of in the gym, both cardio and lifting weights!!!

This thread is y motivation to do this ....
Ive lost 5lbs in my first week and I feel great for it , hopefully another 5 this week , then I will be well on my way to the body I want to achieve.

Keep up the good work guys