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[QUOTE=Fawnl;968852763]Ok, I figured out how to get my pictures to load this time.
Before, Oct 2011- 200lbs
Now, Oct, 2012 - 146lbs.
Down 54lbs. Have a ways to go yet, but well on my way.[/QUOTE]
Awesome transformation! Keeping on keeping on :)! Reps
[QUOTE=Skullster;968879213]Awesome transformation! Keeping on keeping on :)! Reps[/QUOTE]
Thanks!! So far, I have worked a lot of my ass off. Now for the stubborn fat that is just sticking to me... I feel like the longer the fat has been on your body, the harder it is to get rid of.
Congrats,
you look awesome, I bet people are speechless when they see such a big change
[QUOTE=Fawnl;968852763]Ok, I figured out how to get my pictures to load this time.
Before, Oct 2011- 200lbs
Now, Oct, 2012 - 146lbs.
Down 54lbs. Have a ways to go yet, but well on my way.[/QUOTE]
Ok so another update from me, first want to say everyone is doing awesome, you guys pump me up all the time, and make me never want to quit. So my update I start at 350 and I weighed in earlier this week at 249 so that's more than 100lbs lost!!! I feel great but I have 49lbs to go. 200lbs is my goal weight, once I get there I can start cutting and trying to get rid of my loose skin by gaining more muscle. I'll post before and current pics. After pics will come soon enough, Thanks everybody. Would love feedback...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]5011553[/ATTACH] ~ Before at 350lbs
[ATTACH=CONFIG]5011563[/ATTACH] ~ Current at 249lbs
[QUOTE=thejman1002;969059253]Ok so another update from me, first want to say everyone is doing awesome, you guys pump me up all the time, and make me never want to quit. So my update I start at 350 and I weighed in earlier this week at 249 so that's more than 100lbs lost!!! I feel great but I have 49lbs to go. 200lbs is my goal weight, once I get there I can start cutting and trying to get rid of my loose skin by gaining more muscle. I'll post before and current pics. After pics will come soon enough, Thanks everybody. Would love feedback...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]5011553[/ATTACH] ~ Before at 350lbs
[ATTACH=CONFIG]5011563[/ATTACH] ~ Current at 249lbs[/QUOTE]
Unbelievable man!! You have to feel great about yourself.
Keep at it!
[QUOTE=frenchy72;969064253]Unbelievable man!! You have to feel great about yourself.
Keep at it![/QUOTE]
Thanks man will do, no quitting time!
[QUOTE=thejman1002;969067373]Thanks man will do, no quitting time![/QUOTE]
That is AMAZING!!! You must be so proud of yourself and feel so much better! You look like a whole new person!!!
There is a ton of motivation in this thread!
2 year journey from 270lbs - 195lbs
Target 185lbs by Nov 20th
[ATTACH=CONFIG]5011773[/ATTACH]
[QUOTE=Waaapscht;969098023]There is a ton of motivation in this thread!
2 year journey from 270lbs - 195lbs
Target 185lbs by Nov 20th
[ATTACH=CONFIG]5011773[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]Great progress, you look huge now! (In a good way). Well done.
Wow there is a ton of inspiration here. I need to post up some pics myself soon I have went from a little over 300 lbs to 180 lbs right now cutting down from a small bulk.
Awesome thread!! New member here but I've been reading it for quite some time and the motivation is excellent!! I'm just starting and really looking forward to posting my transformation in the future. Thanks to everyone for sharing!
[QUOTE=ColinBrah;969294383]Great progress, you look huge now! (In a good way). Well done.[/QUOTE]
Thanks! I learned a ton from this site over the past year.
Hi guys, this post has been in the works for a long time.
In Fall of 2008, I was at around 365lbs-385lbs. The first picture in my collage is from Christmas Day, 2008. and I'm eating, imagine that. The rest of the pictures you see, are the last 4 years of my life, in a nutshell.
In May of 2009, I underwent a vertical banded gastroplasty. The next row of pictures are me, about 90lbs-100lbs down. The one of me and my son is actually Fall of 2009, so I was right around the 90lbs lost mark. The weight continued to fall off of me until around February of 2010.
In March of 2010, I decided I had to try and do it again, the old fashioned way. I went keto for about 6 months, and lost another 60-80lbs, down to my lowest weight of 209 (the suit picture). At this point, I realized that I was nice and skinny, and had met my weight goal, but I was totally dissapointed with my fitness level. With the encouragement of a close friend, and my family, I started working out. Slowly at first, mostly following Mike Mentzer's HIT routines. When I started, I was bench pressing about 115lbs for 8 reps. Squats were an abysmal 135x10, and Deadlifts were not even happening. After about 6 months, I worked my way up to 200lbs across the board on the big three. Wow, a whopping 600lb total.
2011 came around, and I saw many improvements. I started a small bulk, gained 19lbs and my squat immediately got much heavier to 315x5, and the deadlift as well, setting a personal best of 355. I was ecstatic. My bench didn't do much though, peaking around 215x8.
2012 started off well, with a new routine, and starting another keto diet. However my succcess was short lived, and I started to get recovery sickness every weekend. I was not eating enough to sustain my activity level, and I was extremely catabolic. It took me almost 2 months to break that cycle, and start eating right. From April to August, my bench press shot up to 290x5, along with my body weight, which peaked again at 248lbs. I decided in September that I should probably get leaner, so that's where I am now, slowly dropping a pound or two here and there. In October, 1 week after starting my new diet, I broke my previous deadlift PR by 50lbs, and got 405x3.
I've come a long way, and I have to credit this thread for a lot of my motivation!
Unfortunately, because of the 50 post minimum, you'll have to go to my bodyspace profile to see my collage of photos.
Take care, guys! And keep the awesome posts coming!
This is my transformation in 2012, decided in July that i was going to actually compete in my first natural show
I dont have any pictures really from when i started to really cut, stop drinking and training for bodybuilding
New Years Eve 2011, me in the black, i weighed myself on christmas and i was sitting at over 230
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/N0geQ.jpg[/IMG]
this is my cuba trip in april, i was down to about 210 for that, a little bloated from eating a tonne of food tho lol
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LJb15.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aENET.jpg[/IMG]
This is now from my show date on October 13th, 2012. weighed in the friday night at 180. the first pic was taken at 530am when i woke up to get cooking for the day. Im thinking i was down to about 175 at this point, almost completely dry, no pump or anything
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/0edyU.jpg[/IMG]
And now this is from the prejudging, didn't place well at all in my division, i was extremely disappointed with that but overall i was pretty happy with the progress that i made in 2012.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/RovHc.jpg[/IMG]
Cant wait to see how far i can go in the rest of 2012 and 2013. Should be pretty exciting.
Total transformation was 230 down to 180, now sitting post contest after almost 2 weeks of cheat meals and awesome foods at 195 and still looking lean(well not stage ripped but pretty lean)
Thanks!!
[QUOTE=matthewkarai;969521363]This is my transformation in 2012, decided in July that i was going to actually compete in my first natural show
I dont have any pictures really from when i started to really cut, stop drinking and training for bodybuilding
New Years Eve 2011, me in the black, i weighed myself on christmas and i was sitting at over 230
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/N0geQ.jpg[/IMG]
this is my cuba trip in april, i was down to about 210 for that, a little bloated from eating a tonne of food tho lol
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LJb15.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aENET.jpg[/IMG]
This is now from my show date on October 13th, 2012. weighed in the friday night at 180. the first pic was taken at 530am when i woke up to get cooking for the day. Im thinking i was down to about 175 at this point, almost completely dry, no pump or anything
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/0edyU.jpg[/IMG]
And now this is from the prejudging, didn't place well at all in my division, i was extremely disappointed with that but overall i was pretty happy with the progress that i made in 2012.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/RovHc.jpg[/IMG]
Cant wait to see how far i can go in the rest of 2012 and 2013. Should be pretty exciting.
Total transformation was 230 down to 180, now sitting post contest after almost 2 weeks of cheat meals and awesome foods at 195 and still looking lean(well not stage ripped but pretty lean)
Thanks!![/QUOTE]
im mirrin bro wat was ur deit and routine to get to the 1 to 2nd to 3rd image u cud pm if its alot
so, this has been a long process, i'm not done quite yet, but happy enough to show. Before i was 380lbs, with a size 54 pant, up until 2007. now i sit at 210 and a size 34 pant. the goal is to be 200 with 12'15% bf
[QUOTE=rynofskie;969441063]Hi guys, this post has been in the works for a long time.
In Fall of 2008, I was at around 365lbs-385lbs. The first picture in my collage is from Christmas Day, 2008. and I'm eating, imagine that. The rest of the pictures you see, are the last 4 years of my life, in a nutshell.
In May of 2009, I underwent a vertical banded gastroplasty. The next row of pictures are me, about 90lbs-100lbs down. The one of me and my son is actually Fall of 2009, so I was right around the 90lbs lost mark. The weight continued to fall off of me until around February of 2010.
In March of 2010, I decided I had to try and do it again, the old fashioned way. I went keto for about 6 months, and lost another 60-80lbs, down to my lowest weight of 209 (the suit picture). At this point, I realized that I was nice and skinny, and had met my weight goal, but I was totally dissapointed with my fitness level. With the encouragement of a close friend, and my family, I started working out. Slowly at first, mostly following Mike Mentzer's HIT routines. When I started, I was bench pressing about 115lbs for 8 reps. Squats were an abysmal 135x10, and Deadlifts were not even happening. After about 6 months, I worked my way up to 200lbs across the board on the big three. Wow, a whopping 600lb total.
2011 came around, and I saw many improvements. I started a small bulk, gained 19lbs and my squat immediately got much heavier to 315x5, and the deadlift as well, setting a personal best of 355. I was ecstatic. My bench didn't do much though, peaking around 215x8.
2012 started off well, with a new routine, and starting another keto diet. However my succcess was short lived, and I started to get recovery sickness every weekend. I was not eating enough to sustain my activity level, and I was extremely catabolic. It took me almost 2 months to break that cycle, and start eating right. From April to August, my bench press shot up to 290x5, along with my body weight, which peaked again at 248lbs. I decided in September that I should probably get leaner, so that's where I am now, slowly dropping a pound or two here and there. In October, 1 week after starting my new diet, I broke my previous deadlift PR by 50lbs, and got 405x3.
I've come a long way, and I have to credit this thread for a lot of my motivation!
Unfortunately, because of the 50 post minimum, you'll have to go to my bodyspace profile to see my collage of photos.
Take care, guys! And keep the awesome posts coming![/QUOTE]
Great work on your transformation. Repped/
[QUOTE=matthewkarai;969521363]This is my transformation in 2012, decided in July that i was going to actually compete in my first natural show
I dont have any pictures really from when i started to really cut, stop drinking and training for bodybuilding
New Years Eve 2011, me in the black, i weighed myself on christmas and i was sitting at over 230
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/N0geQ.jpg[/IMG]
this is my cuba trip in april, i was down to about 210 for that, a little bloated from eating a tonne of food tho lol
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LJb15.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aENET.jpg[/IMG]
This is now from my show date on October 13th, 2012. weighed in the friday night at 180. the first pic was taken at 530am when i woke up to get cooking for the day. Im thinking i was down to about 175 at this point, almost completely dry, no pump or anything
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/0edyU.jpg[/IMG]
And now this is from the prejudging, didn't place well at all in my division, i was extremely disappointed with that but overall i was pretty happy with the progress that i made in 2012.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/RovHc.jpg[/IMG]
Cant wait to see how far i can go in the rest of 2012 and 2013. Should be pretty exciting.
Total transformation was 230 down to 180, now sitting post contest after almost 2 weeks of cheat meals and awesome foods at 195 and still looking lean(well not stage ripped but pretty lean)
Thanks!![/QUOTE]
Awesome change!
[QUOTE=kureransu;969585413]so, this has been a long process, i'm not done quite yet, but happy enough to show. Before i was 380lbs, with a size 54 pant, up until 2007. now i sit at 210 and a size 34 pant. the goal is to be 200 with 12'15% bf[/QUOTE]
Super impressive transformation.
[QUOTE=kureransu;969585413]so, this has been a long process, i'm not done quite yet, but happy enough to show. Before i was 380lbs, with a size 54 pant, up until 2007. now i sit at 210 and a size 34 pant. the goal is to be 200 with 12'15% bf[/QUOTE]
Awesome work!
This thread is awesome. I'll be posting here in a few months!
wow just wow to all of the transformations
Awesome guys
[QUOTE=thejman1002;969059253]Ok so another update from me, first want to say everyone is doing awesome, you guys pump me up all the time, and make me never want to quit. So my update I start at 350 and I weighed in earlier this week at 249 so that's more than 100lbs lost!!! I feel great but I have 49lbs to go. 200lbs is my goal weight, once I get there I can start cutting and trying to get rid of my loose skin by gaining more muscle. I'll post before and current pics. After pics will come soon enough, Thanks everybody. Would love feedback...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]5011553[/ATTACH] ~ Before at 350lbs
[ATTACH=CONFIG]5011563[/ATTACH] ~ Current at 249lbs[/QUOTE]
AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING..
keep the hard work man!
very very good results..
Moved to the US March 2011 due to work. Paid no attention to diet an exercise and ate out every day on business lunches dinners etc. I was brought up to clean my plate as a kid, something I continued to do when I moved to the states, bad idea with the huge portion sizes over here. Long story short I ballooned to a massive 280lbs. Then in Aug of 2011 I started to look at my diet joined the gym and hit cardio until Feb 2012 when I started lifting at the gym. Took up running at the start of 2012 and have ran 3 half marathons this year breaking PRs each time, current PR 1hr 37mins. Just finished Kris Gethin 12 week transformation with some good results. Having a week off then starting BB.com 12 week bulk program and then repeat Kris Gethin again in 2013. Love working out, running and managing my nutrition now a days. It's a learning curve and patience persistence is the key to results. Great motivation on this thread and loads of advice on BB.com.
Thanks for reading - Peace out
Having issues getting through all the varying info on diet. I'm having a terrible time keeping the food under control. Looking to drop fat as a priority to big gains in muscle. That being said I don't want to be a twig if I can get the weight off. Any solid info on food is appreciated!
Photos HERE(replace <DOT> with .): i.imgur.com/sC0g9<DOT>jpg
Day 10 - 95kg
vs
Day 40
vs
Day 100 - 76kg
Should I continue cutting or start a super clean bulk for 5-6 months?
[QUOTE=Sabeen1991;970819063]Photos HERE(replace <DOT> with .): i.imgur.com/sC0g9<DOT>jpg
Day 10 - 95kg
vs
Day 40
vs
Day 100 - 76kg
Should I continue cutting or start a super clean bulk for 5-6 months?[/QUOTE]
that is amazing progress bro! thanks for the motivation. your skin tightened up real nice...amazing what 100 days can do!
[QUOTE=kingkenny1984;970266903]Moved to the US March 2011 due to work. Paid no attention to diet an exercise and ate out every day on business lunches dinners etc. I was brought up to clean my plate as a kid, something I continued to do when I moved to the states, bad idea with the huge portion sizes over here. Long story short I ballooned to a massive 280lbs. Then in Aug of 2011 I started to look at my diet joined the gym and hit cardio until Feb 2012 when I started lifting at the gym. Took up running at the start of 2012 and have ran 3 half marathons this year breaking PRs each time, current PR 1hr 37mins. Just finished Kris Gethin 12 week transformation with some good results. Having a week off then starting BB.com 12 week bulk program and then repeat Kris Gethin again in 2013. Love working out, running and managing my nutrition now a days. It's a learning curve and patience persistence is the key to results. Great motivation on this thread and loads of advice on BB.com.
Thanks for reading - Peace out[/QUOTE]
just WOW!
we have the same height, and i think after my cut, i'm going to look like your after pic. i started at around 270lbs myself, back in january this year. it really does look like i've been following your path, and i hope to look like you do, in March 2013!!!
btw, what was your ending weight in that pic? personally, my goal as of now is to cut until i reach 190lbs, at which point... i'll reevaluate whether i need to continue cutting, or if i should bulk.
also, did you count calories? the fact that you ran 3 marathons (awesome job btw), i am sure you did a lot of running, and kept a relatively high deficit in calories...did you find that your weight loss was linear? or did you plateau a few times?
really glad i saw your progress!!! definitely has motivated me...
[QUOTE=Strong_1rd_Post;970827093]just WOW!
we have the same height, and i think after my cut, i'm going to look like your after pic. i started at around 270lbs myself, back in january this year. it really does look like i've been following your path, and i hope to look like you do, in March 2013!!!
btw, what was your ending weight in that pic? personally, my goal as of now is to cut until i reach 190lbs, at which point... i'll reevaluate whether i need to continue cutting, or if i should bulk.
also, did you count calories? the fact that you ran 3 marathons (awesome job btw), i am sure you did a lot of running, and kept a relatively high deficit in calories...did you find that your weight loss was linear? or did you plateau a few times?
really glad i saw your progress!!! definitely has motivated me...[/QUOTE]
Thanks Strong_1rd My current weight in the after pic is 202lbs. I went from 280lbs down to 225lb between Aug 2011 and March 2012. Then plateaued over this summer then did Kris Gethin 12 week and that kicked the weight lost back into over drive to get me down to where I am now. I've really paid attention to my diet in recent months, eating very clean and I didn't drink any alcohol during the 12 week program. Only counted calaries to setup my plan for the 12 week program and just reduced carbs by quarter cups per meal when progress slowed down. My advice on plateaus would be 1, evaluate what you are eating for a week and your probably see where your going wrong or just mix it up a bit in the gym, rep range and excerise changes are go ways to break through. Good luck, I look out for your pics in the new year!
Itt gjdm
[QUOTE=kingkenny1984;970861963]Thanks Strong_1rd My current weight in the after pic is 202lbs. I went from 280lbs down to 225lb between Aug 2011 and March 2012. Then plateaued over this summer then did Kris Gethin 12 week and that kicked the weight lost back into over drive to get me down to where I am now. I've really paid attention to my diet in recent months, eating very clean and I didn't drink any alcohol during the 12 week program. Only counted calaries to setup my plan for the 12 week program and just reduced carbs by quarter cups per meal when progress slowed down. My advice on plateaus would be 1, evaluate what you are eating for a week and your probably see where your going wrong or just mix it up a bit in the gym, rep range and excerise changes are go ways to break through. Good luck, I look out for your pics in the new year![/QUOTE]
thanks buddy. i'm currently around 215lbs. (just started taking creatine again, so went up a little). i don't think i'm going to be as lean as you, at 202lbs. for me, i'm definitely going to have to lose at least 25 more lbs, and get to 190...and then i think i might look like ur after pic.
will definitely be posting pics before/after once i'm done, or maybe at least in january, it will be exactly 1 year since then.