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From skinny to chubby to ripped

camjamieson9
camjamieson9 Posts: 4 Member
edited January 26 in Success Stories
Skinny at about age 19:

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Chubby at age 23 (gained a lot of weight after my GF had our son):

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Got my **** together and lost the weight using mainly MFP (age 26):

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Now I am working on gaining more muscle. Using MFP for that too.

Edit: fixed the img code

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  • ms_leanne
    ms_leanne Posts: 523 Member
    Skinny at about age 19:

    CSP292u.jpg

    Chubby at age 23 (gained a lot of weight after my GF had our son):

    r2LHtAo.png

    Got my **** together and lost the weight using mainly MFP (age 26):

    yR2PXMw.png

    Now I am working on gaining more muscle. Using MFP for that too.
  • BurningAway
    BurningAway Posts: 279
    WOW!!! Way to go!
  • gabbylab
    gabbylab Posts: 146
    Very nice!! You are smoking :wink:
  • Morninglory81
    Morninglory81 Posts: 1,190 Member
    Well done! You look great.:drinker:
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    Dang! Amazing work! You're inspiring.
  • deninevi
    deninevi Posts: 934 Member
    Awesome results! Congrats!
  • mounty89
    mounty89 Posts: 41
    Awesome progress!!! Keep up the good work.
  • camjamieson9
    camjamieson9 Posts: 4 Member
    Thanks all for the compliments.
  • Amanda21202
    Amanda21202 Posts: 210 Member
    Can I ask what you did. My other half is looking into building muscle and finding it hard knowing what to do, he put a lot of chubb on when I was pregnant too haha!

    Any advice would be great :smile:

    P.s, you look awesome!!
  • camjamieson9
    camjamieson9 Posts: 4 Member
    Can I ask what you did. My other half is looking into building muscle and finding it hard knowing what to do, he put a lot of chubb on when I was pregnant too haha!

    Any advice would be great :smile:

    P.s, you look awesome!!

    Sure. I write about my progress here: http://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/1c21tv/updated_progress_chubby_dadmode_to_relatively/

    The short version is:
    -Did crossfit/messed around a lot in the gym from age 14-20. Got decently strong but with no dietary control I gained a nice bit of fat and had sub-optimal muscle gains.
    -Has a kid and got a job with tonnes of overtime and working on a professional degree at age 22. Slacked off, kept eating like crap, got chubby.
    -Saw that image of myself in the goggles, wished for better fitness and decided to do something about it.
    -First did 5/3/1 lifting routine, then greyskull lp. I've been doing GSLP for a while now and I think it's great.
    -I lost ~20 pounds just "eating clean" without actually tracking stuff
    -Started using MFP to track things, brought me to a new level of ripped
    -Now I am using MFP to gain mass in a controlled manner

    Definitely take a look at my thread in reddit, or ask me more questions here if you are interested.
  • djeffreys10
    djeffreys10 Posts: 2,312 Member
    Fantastic work!
  • GODfidence
    GODfidence Posts: 249 Member
    Awesome job man!
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    umm, hello, abs.

    Looking good - great work!
  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,928 Member
    thats awesome, looking good
  • Amanda21202
    Amanda21202 Posts: 210 Member
    Brilliant. Thank you ill definitely take a look
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Great example! Where you are now is where I want to be. Thanks for the post and the inspiration.

    Cheers.
  • Cassycat
    Cassycat Posts: 68 Member
    holy god youre hot.
  • chunkydunk714
    chunkydunk714 Posts: 784 Member
    Love me a thick man! I like your second picture but I know you're much healthier and happier now. So hats off to you and congrats on your success :)
  • londonboyben
    londonboyben Posts: 314 Member
    well done mate,
    your hard work definitely paid off for you

    great job
  • LunaMischief
    LunaMischief Posts: 166 Member
    holy god youre hot.

    ^ My exact reaction
  • soxfan2184
    soxfan2184 Posts: 48
    Wow great job! Your sexy btw hehe...
  • funforsports
    funforsports Posts: 2,656 Member
    Great job man! You have come a long way.
  • camjamieson9
    camjamieson9 Posts: 4 Member
    Sorry ladies I'm taken :-S.
  • WhatAnAss
    WhatAnAss Posts: 1,598 Member
    You look great! Good job!
  • soxfan2184
    soxfan2184 Posts: 48
    Sorry ladies I'm taken :-
    I know your taken,just paying you a compliment
  • Habiteer
    Habiteer Posts: 190 Member
    upvoted and bookmarked under "inspiration"
  • meech2sandy
    meech2sandy Posts: 57
    You look Great! Congrats!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    Amazing!
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