50 pounds gone

Siege_Tank · July 2013

I'm 3/4 of the way done to getting to my first goal weight, 150. I'm 5'6" tall and I started at ~215 ish, and decided to lose some weight. I was the heaviest I had ever been. In February of 2012, I went to GNC, dropped a ton of cash on shakes and supplements and vitamins and workout mixes.. and tried to eat a little less.

I made it about two weeks. I got a cold, and my body was screaming for calories. I wasn't chronically under eating, I just wasn't gorging on french fries, chicken wings, beer, alcohol, and sodas. I was eating mostly as before, without knowing about calorie dense vs light calorie foods, and the difference in volume between the two.

Serving size of Oreos: 1/3 of box and a glass of milk
Serving size of chex mix - entire bag
When the real serving sizes are like, 2 cookies, and a handful of mix..

Stuff like that. I wound up looking like this:

From February 2012 to September 12th, I lost a grand total of 5-7 pounds. I hired a trainer, learned how to count and set my macros and started cutting calories. No more serving sizes of entire packages of snacky carbs. When I want to feel full, I eat protein. Any meat will do, as long as it’s not hot dogs, 80/20 ground beef, or anything else that has more calories from fat than protein. Center cut bacon is transcendental

Counting and doing high intensity workouts, I lost 30 pounds in the first 2 months, and another 10 pounds in November. Through July 2013, I’m down another 10 pounds.

I'm almost there:

The best part was, by keeping weight training as a part of my workout routine, even during my maintenance, I went from a wimpy 60 pound bench press in September to 135 lbs in December. I didn't gain any real muscle size, but they got harder and stronger

I'm currently at 145x6 for my bench press, and 230x6 for my squat. I'm not sure what my max is, I haven't tried to see how much I can lift yet.

KANGOOJUMPS · July 2013

WAY TO GO!!!

FlannelMothman · July 2013

-gives you some loving-
I never knew our starting weight and current weights were so similar!

BeachGingerOnTheRocks · July 2013

Yaaaaaayyyyyy!

Sorry, I use photobucket. I can't really help out with other sites.

Juliejustsaying · July 2013

instagram?

StrivingSagittarius · July 2013

AMAZING!!!

Siege_Tank · July 2013

Thank you!!

cherio256 · July 2013

Congrats! That is a major difference! Keep up the good work!!!

knightreader · July 2013

absolutely awesome!

Mokoshne · July 2013

nice job man, keep it up!

FlannelMothman · July 2013

Current You looks like Old You's younger brother.

Siege_Tank · July 2013

Current You looks like Old You's younger brother.

I know! That's why I grew out my beard, I wanted to look a bit more mature

That and I kept getting "wow!! I can really see it in your face!" comments. I'm like, Thank you... how big was my head? Apparently I was the kool aid man and nobody told me..

So the beard, aside from being epic and gorgeous, helps to minimize changes in my face, so that when I hit my goal weight, I can shave and really wow the day to day people I see in my life =D

itzehoe · July 2013

WOW - AMAZING!

tphil58 · July 2013

Awesome Job! Keep up the good work!

Siege_Tank · July 2013

Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart. Honestly, the biggest help has come from all of you, knowing that I'd post my food and exercise and progress...

This community of people are the most supportive, incredible, uplifting, impressive groups of people I have ever had the honor of sharing an experience like this with.

I love all your dedication and seeing your progress, doing it together.

Thank you
~Chris