198 lbs lost in a little over a year :D

AnthonyKolka

When I started my weight loss journey I was miserable. To make matters worse, standard dieting and exercise was proving to be less than effective. I went to the doctor and they tried to push me into bariatric surgery. I REALLY didn't want to go there.
So I asked them "What is it specifically that makes bariatric surgery successful? What about a smaller stomach makes you lose weight." They responded "Essentially it forces you to only be able to consume 700-800 calories a day." So that gave me my action plan, I thanked them and left the office.
I am a vegetarian, have been for almost 7 years. I began searching for the most nutritionally dense low calorie vegetarian foods I could find. I made a requirement of never eating more than 3g of sugars in any meal. I decided that eating 4 meals a day at minimum would be best so each meal had to be under 200 calories.
My diet for over nine months was 800 calories a day, it mainly consisted of spirutein shakes and protein bars. I made sure to eat one "real" cooked meal a day. I use a lot of vitamins. I worked out, cardio only twice a week. The weight started melting. Now that I am at my goal weight I am going to focus on maintenance and building up some muscle to fill all this loose skin

Before:




After:

(ignore the dirty mirror lol.

I will post better pics later

Alyssah09

Amazing job! You look fantastic!

RAEQ127

Wow!! You look so different! Congratulations on losing so much! Good luck with the skin!!

AnthonyKolka

Wow!! You look so different! Congratulations on losing so much! Good luck with the skin!!

Thanks, I know it is going to be more of a challenge than anything I have done yet.

SexyLovinmeCook

How inspiring and glad that you tried doing it on your own....You should be very happy and proud of your results...

doin_it

wow you look amazing..great job!!

AnthonyKolka

You should be very happy and proud of your results...

I am! Good luck with yours!

BlueBombers

That's awesome!! Congrats! :flowerforyou:

EddieHaskell97

That is absolutely astounding! Congratulations to you, and your will-power is a testament to your determination!

healthy_momof3

OMG!!!!!! You have clearly worked so hard and have completely dedicated yourself to your new lifestyle. Absolutely AMAZING!!!!

bongochick45

OMG! You look amazing!!! And I'm in awe of your dedication!!

casmithis

I'm sorry but this is not the same person!! Who's before pic did you steal? (awesome work).

micqs

Looks like a completely new man!!! Way to go!!! I think a lot of times doctors prescribe the "quick fix". Way to go for standing ground! You look fabulous! Good luck with your future endeavors!!

Juka80

WOW!!!

sharonfoustmills

phenomenal!!! you should be so proud of yourself :happy:

AnthonyKolka

I should have added this, the hardest part now is convincing myself that I am not pigging out as I slowly add more calories into my diet.

tameroo2

I began searching for the most nutritionally dense low calorie vegetarian foods


What did you find that met this criteria? Which specific foods?

EDollah

Outstanding sir! Did losing weight give you a spiffier hairdo or was that done separately? :laugh:

Danette73

WOWWWWWWWWW you look amazing!!! Totally different person.. CONGRATS on an awesome job and for the inspiration and for sticking to your guns when the "professionals" always want to go the easier way!!

connie_messina

wow wow wow! amazing!!!

blackbutterfly78

wow.....good work...