50 lbs lost since October 1st [Before & After Photos]

jamesrreed

• Starting weight of 241.0 on October 1st, 2014
• Current weight of ~190 as of February 19
• Low of 187
• All cardio and diet through January, added weight training this month
• Current MFP log in streak of 100+ days
• Feeling better than when I was 18

BEFORE (220-225 LBS IN PHOTO)


JANUARY - AFTER CARDIO & DIET CHANGES (~210 LBS)


FEBRUARY - AFTER ADDING WEIGHT TRAINING (~190 LBS)

keilee0408

Congrats!!! You look amazing!!!!

clyn27

Lookin good!!

arinkris

Fantastic! Congratulations and thanks for sharing, so motivating!

cds_momto3

Great job!!

sbrookes9

Looking good! Congrats!

Natasha_Fit_Fab

Looking awesome...congratulations!!

hezemakiah

Congratulations! You look great!

jessie_fit713

Wow awesome progress! What changes did you make to your diet? Also, how many times a week/ what kind of cardio do you do?

velezdina

congratulations! what kind of exercises did you do?

PatinMich

Congrats, I have to say though I love the before picture....we play Jump or Dive...you run to the edge of the diving board and someone yells "Jump" or they yell "dive" and you try to do what they say....so fun!!!

jonnyman41

weight loss so quick and you can see great definition in the muscles too. Well done. What type of diet did you follow?

dettles

looking great!!

anairol27

Congrats!!!! Great Job!

whovian67

FANTASTIC!!!!

laura3977

Looking great!! Congratulations!

jamesrreed

jessicaorr17 wrote: »

Wow awesome progress! What changes did you make to your diet? Also, how many times a week/ what kind of cardio do you do?

Full disclosure - my diet was horrendous prior to October 1. I drank a two liter of Mountain Dew if not two or more per day. Plus one or more boxes of Milk Duds. I wore Walgreens out.

I dropped soda entirely and replaced with water. That alone may account for 50% or more of my weight loss. I also cut out candy although I recently started allowing myself 3-6 Chips A Hoy cookies per day since my metabolism is amped back up.

Beyond that I haven't done much else other than watch my total calorie consumption. I still eat McDonalds most days but less of it. I can't remember if MFP set it or if I manually changed my daily calorie limit but in any event it is 1,999. If I ate better instead of or in addition to less I would likely have a six pack already.

From October to the end of January I was doing no less than one hour and often times two on the treadmill at at 4-4.5 (fast walk) pace every work day. Rarely do I get a chance to go to the gym on the weekends.

Weight lifting is a new thing for me but I'm very addicted after three weeks. I work out with guys who are beasts. They lift 5x what I do but are kind enough to let me work in with them. We're all doing Tough Mudder (my second) in June and they are determined to cut my time in half.

Many times I thought about cheating or even quitting but now that I see the results it is easy to get up at 5a every morning which is when I hit the YMCA. We work out from 5-7 every week day.

Hope this helps.

jamesrreed

kle0408 wrote: »

Congrats!!! You look amazing!!!!

Thank you.

jamesrreed

jonnyman41 wrote: »

weight loss so quick and you can see great definition in the muscles too. Well done. What type of diet did you follow?

Honestly, not a very good one. I eat way too much fast food. I'm trying to do better now though. As far as my weight loss phase was concerned, I just ate less.

Now that I've added weight training I think my metabolism is really amped up. Many days even though I try to stay close to the 1,999 MFP goal, I'm eating more like 3.5-4k and STILL maintaining or even losing weight.

UrnAsh_

Congratulations on your loss

mycupyourcake

You look great! Awesome work. I love the before picture. You should take an after like this, as soon as it warms up that is.

ellahbellah7

Doing very well. You look wonderful. Likely feel wonderful too.

tbnewsask

Nice work dude!

JustinAnimal

I'd hit that...

TinaGA2015

You look great! Amazing work

shamcd

JustinAnimal wrote: »

I'd hit that...

If you notice the massive amount of ladies that responded to this thread, I'd bet it's safe to say that's a common sentiment.

jontucc

You look great! Can see your muscle definition and the change in your body shape with shoulders getting broad and slimming in the waist. Well done with cutting back on the soda.

GingerZEST

You look AWESOME!!!!!! Great JOB!

mz_getskinny

This is fantastic!! Awesome job!

GingerZEST

You can still have occasional fast food, just lose the bun and fries!

jamesrreed

GingerZEST wrote: »

You look AWESOME!!!!!! Great JOB!

Thank you.