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Age: 27
Height 6' 2"
Starting Weight: 300
Today's Weight: 268
Goal Weight: 250

I have not really posted in here since the thread started. I was 300 lbs march in September 2011 and started the loseit just counting calories, but not exercising. I got down to 280 before thanksgiving and lost all discipline during the holidays. on January 1st I weighed in at 295. So I decided it was time to finally buckle down and try this.

I got a pair of new balances to start walking in, and my brother and I found a knock off bow flex at a garage sale for $20. Trying to walk an hour a day now and sticking to it. Loseit says I should be down to 250 by June 9th now.

Walking will just shed the weight on its own, believe me. Plus, you'll feel better than you ever have. Good luck man!

Hey, good luck, Habbler. As a dude with flat, wide feet, I praise the glory that is New Balance—though I still have to pop in an arch-support pad. You'd be amazed by how much those pads help. One of those small wonders that has dramatically improved my life.

Stopping in and reading the last page to see how everyone's doing/pooping. It's always nice to see results. So, well done, sirs.

In my neck of the woods, I've finally retired my entire lineup of small shirts. Either my torso has become longer (which is impossible as I'm not a contortionist or a Dhalsim) or something has changed somewhere—as they're all belly shirts. They'll be used as sleep shirts or lazing-around-the-house shirts for my girlfriend. I already fill out a medium, so it was long overdue.

My weight has been a steady 185. I had to cut back my workout hours to just one 150-minute session a day. And just a couple butt-stabs into therapy, but I had higher hopes for the power of TRT. I suppose I'm just nitpicking. I'm happy to be back at 185 (from 178).

I'm working on releasing the last two ab sections from their fatty hell. I've worked out hard, for several years, to get to where I am today, and this will be, by far, my greatest accomplishment since my initial weight loss. I wish I had placed more focus on nutrition and S&C instead of just being a "skinny cardio-nut" in those years. What a waste of time.

i just bought a Tummy tuck belts anyone have one :-)

Age: 30
Height 5' 11"
Starting Weight: 245
Today's Weight: 211
Goal Weight: 165 -175

Congrats man! See, now why did you have to go and do that? I haven't been able to exercise for over a week because I hurt my back...exercising...lol. So I am at 200.8, now we're not the same anymore, lol. No but seriously, that's so awesome you got under 200! I can't wait to get there myself.

LOL just read that. Don't worry I'm probably right back by you, I had an awful day yesterday. There was a morning brunch I went to at a local restaraunt and I just pigged out. Ribbs, chicken, meatballs, bacon, eggs, strawberry shortcake and more lol. Walked 5 miles so far this morning, so here's to taking the next week to make sure I keep it off. I won't be weighing myself until Friday

Nice work guys! Everyone seems to be sticking to the exercise and eating plans and making a lot of good progress.... so I'll be the one to drag down the thread for a second...

I took last week off from exercising (and the diet) and man I was a wreck this morning. Insanity kicked my ass (I was getting a bit comfortable with it) and I gained a little weight. It's nothing 3-4 weeks of working out and eating right won't fix but man it is depressing. I needed the week off though so I'm OK with it but it is amazing how quickly you can lose your form and endurance.

EDIT: Also, the Woot shirts I ordered a few weeks back (size: M)... yeah, they don't fit at all. Oh well - it was the random shirts so they were only $6 each. The Ls are definitely a little bit loose though but I'll live with that rather than the skin-tight painted on look of the Ms.

When I first started looking up about losing weight, the before and after pictures are what helped me stay motivated.

I was looking at some old pictures the other day and I came across one that made me realize how much weight I've actually lost. So I guess now I can add my own before and after picture.



Before:
Height, Weight: 6'4" (but probably 6'2" since my huge gut gave me terrible posture), 273 pounds, probably 60+% body fat
Exercise: digging pizza rolls out of the freezer, waving down the Hooters waitress for another plate of all you can eat wings, getting in the car to drive to Taco Bell
Daily Caloric Intake: probably 4,500+ based on what I used to eat (example meal: 20 pizza rolls, 5 chicken tenders, french fries, 3 huge glasses of sweet tea with real sugar)
Health Problems: Sore back/legs/feet, allergies were pretty sensitive, winded after minimal activity, difficulty sleeping, fatigued all the time, constant feeling of stress, high blood pressure, probably would have developed diabetes after a few more years of destroying my body
Clothing sizes: XL/2XL shirts (but XL was obviously too small, see picture), 42" waist jeans (but they were actually stretched out some and felt snug)

Mile run: 13:30 "running"
Pushups: 10, maybe 15
Situps: 20, if I was lucky
Pull-ups: LOL
Swimming: I could float


After (this morning):
Height, Weight: 6'4", 184 pounds, around 9% body fat
Exercise: swimming, calisthenics, weight lifting, running
Daily Caloric Intake: 1,800 - 2,500 depending on how much I work out
Health Problems: Nothing at all.
Clothing sizes: L-Tall (shoulders fit, but the midsection area is baggy), I wear 36" waist jeans but my waist is actually around 34"

Mile run: 6:02 just the other day, going to try to get below 6 minutes after I get off the computer
Pushups: 75+, easily
Situps: 80+, easily
Pull-ups: max set so far was 10, usually doing 25-40 per day
Swimming: 500 meter breaststroke in ~10 minutes



I've actually owned the black workout shirt since before the first picture. Back then it was so skin tight that it wasn't possible for me to wear it. Now it's loose on me.

Thats some pretty impressive stuff, Blinding. Very cool!

Damn blindinglights - those are some impressive and inspiring results! It must be awesome running into people you haven't seen in a while...

Thanks for the comments!

As far as running into people goes, they pretty much never recognize me until I say something. My hair is kept cut very short and my face is so slim in contrast to how it used to be, that I look drastically different.

It's kind of nice, since I can just ignore the people I don't want to talk to .

Tuesday Weigh-In

Height: 6'0
Starting Weight (1/1): 250.6 lbs
Last week's Weigh-in: 193.8 lbs
This week's Weigh-in: 191.6 lbs
Pounds Gained/Lost this week: -2.2 lbs
Pounds Gained/Lost total: -59.0 lbs
Goal weight (190 lbs): 1.6 lbs to go

Metabolism is a wonderful thing these days...I thought for sure I was thrown off track this week, especially this weekend. Easter Sunday was the first day since January 2, that I cast my Weight Watcher points aside and said I was going to eat like a "normal human being" for a change. Well, I certainly did that...So nice to eat Lasagna and Ham and Oreo Cream Pie and chips and to drink Coke Zero again.

I didn't eat massive quantities, but not from a lack of trying. I just couldn't physically do it. I felt so stuffed and bloated after dinner and had the worst belly ache Sunday night. I was so stuffed that I didn't even eat yesterday...I wanted to, I just wasn't hungry. I feel better today.

My food hangover carried over to the gym yesterday, as I was 35 minutes into my 60 minute run that I had to 'excuse' myself and head to the bathroom. That's all I'll say about that, but I do apologize to the people at Summit Fitness that had to go in there after me. I never went back to finish the last 25 mins.

I think after hitting my goal this week, I'm going to take a break from the diet. My wife is back on the "You look too thin" kick, and I said to myself I didn't want to get like that. Although, I don't see it (and 6'0" 190 isn't exactly buff ).

Maybe I can put 10 lbs of muscle back on but I really have no idea how to do that. Does anyone have any lifting advice/routine they can give me or refer me to a website that would help put some definition on? Keep in mind that I hate lifting (and hate is not a strong enough word to describe it ) Thanks in advance!

Keep up the good work everyone! Glad to see everyone is doing really well!

Awesome 83. You are definitely "there" when it comes to your diet. I gorged myself a couple of weeks ago and although I felt sick for a while afterwards, I couldn't physically consume as much food as I used to - I think my stomach has actually shrunk or something.

Don't listen to your wife either - I get that from time to time too but I think it's because she is 8 months pregnant and generally resentful that I lost weight while she gained. She is going to do P90X with me later in the summer when she is ready to work out again a couple of months after the baby. It's better to look "too thin" than to look like you could stand to "lose a few", IMO. Plus, 6'0" and 190 lbs. isn't too thin although you probably look very different since you've lost 60 lbs. You could probably drop another 15 lbs. and be just fine (I'm 178 lbs. and 6'0" - down from a high of 234 lbs. - and I am VERY comfortable and look healthy and I feel great).

By the way, I had a small taste of Oreo Ice Cream Pie for Easter - homemade by my Mom. So delicious.

So I finally reached goal # 1. I am 198.6 as of this morning (my first goal was to drop below 200lbs). I hurt my back working out a couple of weeks ago so I haven't been as active as I want, so I am definitely pleased I am still losing weight with mainly my diet and light cardio. I finally went to a chiropractor yesterday so I can get my back all fixed to start the Power 90 program hopefully this weekend. Either way, I am super excited to be under 200lbs! I haven't been below 200 in over 15 years! I have lost about 34 lbs since I started working out and eating right in late October. I have about 30 more to go I think. Plus, I quit smoking on Sunday, so I am happy I didn't gain weight like everyone said I probably would.

Congrats mek! I know when I hit that I was out of my mind thrilled lol. Hopefully you stay away from smoking, it'll make you feel like a new man on its own. It will make the cardio a heck of a lot easier

I just wanted to pop in and say thanks for putting this thread up!
You guys are insperations to me.
I am 5' 9" and I weighed about 230 lbs. back in November of last year.
Since November 29th I lost 45 lbs. (am now at 185 lbs.) using the Lose It! app and excersising atleast 3-4 times a week running, walking and, using the rowing machine at the gym. My goal was 159lbs. but I really don't want to look all sucked up, so I think I will probably be fine at 170 lbs.
Anyway thanks again for the inspiration and keep up all the good work on your own goals!!

Number83: I agree with Javery, don't listen to the too thin comments. I've been getting them from my family a lot lately, and I think it's just because 20+ pounds overweight is viewed as practically normal nowadays so when you get to a healthy weight it looks thin in comparison. My girlfriend also likes to throw in a few too thin comments, but I think she just does it in hopes that I'll stop meticulously monitoring all of the food I eat daily.

mightymek: Great job on reaching your first goal and quitting smoking. That should definitely help you with your future workouts.

dillonfan: Awesome job so far. Have you done any weight lifting yet?




I've been cutting back going to the gym a couple days a week to save on gas money and so I have been trying some different workouts at home on the days I don't go. Well today I tried and successfully completed the "300 workout" that's posted all over the internet:

25 pull-ups
50 push-ups
50 dead lifts (135 lbs.)
50 box jumps (30", I used an old picnic table since I didn't have the 24" box)
50 clean and press (35 lb. dumbbell)
50 barbell wipers (135 lbs.)
25 pull-ups

In succession, with only as much rest as necessary.

Talk about an ass kicking. I knew it would be somewhat difficult, but it was way worse than it looked on paper. Not to mention, being the glutton for punishment that I am, I did a light 4 mile run in 30 minutes and then took a 30 minute rest before starting.

Took me about 50 minutes to complete all 300 reps. The 50 wipers and second set of 25 pull-ups took up about 25 minutes of that because by the time I got to them, I was pretty much dead. Finished those just because I was determined to complete it.

Next week I'm going to start off with that and see how fast I can finish it. I like trying to beat my own times at running and swimming so maybe doing this once or twice a week will be right up my alley. Not running first should help a good bit, but I also have to be able to crank out pull-ups a lot faster on the front and back end if I want to really cut the time down.

Anyway, hope everyone keeps up the good work

Thanks everyone. This is such a great thread to visit. Very inspiring and everyone is awesome.

Being this is CAG, I thought you guys would get a kick out of this. Since my back is still ed up, I decided to just continue at a brisk 3.5 mph on the treadmill to get some cardio, but not overdo it. So I decided to try something I never did. I played Modern Warfare 3 while on the treadmill...lol. It was fun. I actually did good on one map, but mostly did pretty bad. Before I knew it, 55 minutes, 3 miles, and 410 calories flew by. I only fell off once and almost fell off 4 times, lol. Was worth it to try, but I most likely won't do that again...very dangerous, heh. Still, thought I would share.

Pretty funny mightymek! I'm always tempted to play games when doing cardio. I used to play the ds on an exercise bike, but noticed that my pace would slow down to focus on playing Chrono Trigger. It's great that the time flies by.

So this morning I was getting dressed in the dark, as I tend to do because I have to be at work at 6:00 am, and I was rooting around the closet for a pair of jeans since it's casual Friday. Well, I feel out a pair, put them on and as I'm walking around the house, I say to myself "Self, these pants seem awfully long." So I take them off to look, and it turns out they belong to my 18 year old son.

He's 6'2" and about 165. Being that he likes to have them hanging down around his a$$ (for which I yell at him for all the time), they are size 34 x 34. They arent tight at all!!!! So, when I realize this I start squealing like my 7 year old daughter, go running into my sons room and start jumping up and down on his bed yelling, "I fit in your Jeans, I fit in your Jeans." and then proceed to rain down Macho Man Randy Savage (R.I.P.) elbows on him. Woke the whole house up! /goodtimes