12 months, 90kg
GADavies
Posts: 62 Member
In December 2012 my brother got married, the most important day of his life, and I hated the photos that had me in because I was so grossly fat. Combined with a few other things that prompted me to decide it was time to do something about it...
In January 2013 I set myself a challenge of losing 90kg before the end of the year, that's 198lb. That would bring me down to what I weighed at age 18 and be a big step towards being the right weight again instead of the 210kg (33st) that I was. I decided to go with the same approach the Hairy Bikers used and combine a 1500 calorie diet with exercise (no I didn't eat back exercise calories).
I started logging everything with MFP and realised very quickly that I didn't have any concept of portion size, Special K is only a healthy choice if you eat one portion at a time and not 5! So I weighed and logged religiously, learning what I could fit into the food budget and what I couldn't. That's all there was to the diet, if it fits in the calorie limit it's allowed, if it doesn't it's not. No "eating clean", no low carbing, just rigorous calorie and portion control.
In conjunction I started exercising, to begin with this was walking on a treadmill because exercising outdoors was just too humiliating when I got out of breath walking round the supermarket. Soon I added inclines and faster walking and by the middle of the year was running on a regular basis and doing weights 3 times a week at home. In October I joined the Leeds council gyms and added swimming, rowing, and cycling to the exercise regime along with a weekly BodyPump class.
At the end of the year I found myself having lost slightly more than my goal and my entire life changed as a result, I now weigh 119.7kg instead of 210kg and with only about 15kg left to lose I can see the end of the weight loss regimen getting rapidly closer! I do a 5km parkrun every week as well as HIIT and endurance runs, if I want to go somewhere and do something I don't think how embarrassed I'm going to feel or whether I'll actually be able to do it. I can live, and I'm more likely to live past 50 than I was! It was sodding hard at times but all the effort last year was utterly worth it, and not being single any more is a very nice bonus on top of having my life back and a big chunk of it was down to using MFP to track my food intake
The photo that started it all (me on the left)
Now
Coverage in the Daily Mail (boo, hiss!) - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2535309/33-stone-man-loses-15-stone-YEAR-seeing-horrific-pictures-brothers-wedding.html
In January 2013 I set myself a challenge of losing 90kg before the end of the year, that's 198lb. That would bring me down to what I weighed at age 18 and be a big step towards being the right weight again instead of the 210kg (33st) that I was. I decided to go with the same approach the Hairy Bikers used and combine a 1500 calorie diet with exercise (no I didn't eat back exercise calories).
I started logging everything with MFP and realised very quickly that I didn't have any concept of portion size, Special K is only a healthy choice if you eat one portion at a time and not 5! So I weighed and logged religiously, learning what I could fit into the food budget and what I couldn't. That's all there was to the diet, if it fits in the calorie limit it's allowed, if it doesn't it's not. No "eating clean", no low carbing, just rigorous calorie and portion control.
In conjunction I started exercising, to begin with this was walking on a treadmill because exercising outdoors was just too humiliating when I got out of breath walking round the supermarket. Soon I added inclines and faster walking and by the middle of the year was running on a regular basis and doing weights 3 times a week at home. In October I joined the Leeds council gyms and added swimming, rowing, and cycling to the exercise regime along with a weekly BodyPump class.
At the end of the year I found myself having lost slightly more than my goal and my entire life changed as a result, I now weigh 119.7kg instead of 210kg and with only about 15kg left to lose I can see the end of the weight loss regimen getting rapidly closer! I do a 5km parkrun every week as well as HIIT and endurance runs, if I want to go somewhere and do something I don't think how embarrassed I'm going to feel or whether I'll actually be able to do it. I can live, and I'm more likely to live past 50 than I was! It was sodding hard at times but all the effort last year was utterly worth it, and not being single any more is a very nice bonus on top of having my life back and a big chunk of it was down to using MFP to track my food intake
The photo that started it all (me on the left)
Now
Coverage in the Daily Mail (boo, hiss!) - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2535309/33-stone-man-loses-15-stone-YEAR-seeing-horrific-pictures-brothers-wedding.html
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WOW!!!!!!!!! you look fricken amazing, well done! you are my inspriration for today.0
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I wish i had your determination!!
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something I've always wondered - did the mail approach you, or did you approach the mail? if you approached the mail, why, when you seem to be hissing at them?0
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They picked it up from syndicated local news, unfortunately their article was better written than the local one so rather than link both I just put the one with the pictures.something I've always wondered - did the mail approach you, or did you approach the mail? if you approached the mail, why, when you seem to be hissing at them?0 -
ahhh that makes more sense lol, well done on the amazing loss! (should have really said that first, but the way that the mail works is astounding to me) :flowerforyou:
They picked it up from syndicated local news, unfortunately their article was better written than the local one so rather than link both I just put the one with the pictures.something I've always wondered - did the mail approach you, or did you approach the mail? if you approached the mail, why, when you seem to be hissing at them?0 -
Excellent. 0
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Amazing! Congratulations on your healthy success!0
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fantastic work! (the mail though... ) 0
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Nice going Gaz, good advert for MFP too; truly fantastic effort, you should be so pleased!!!0
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Now this is a success story0
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Great work!0
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Wonderful!0
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You look totally amazing, totally awesome!0
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Well done on the weight loss you look really healthy.
I'm based in Leeds too, nice to see some locals on here0 -
:drinker: :flowerforyou:0
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Congrats! Way to Go!!!0
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Congratulations 0
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Congratulations...you look fantastic!!!0
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Seriously amazing!!0
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Fantastic.0
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Awesome job! Inspiring story.0
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Wow, thank you for the inspiration. Your transformation is awesome! If you could reach your very ambitious goal, then I can certainly meet mine!0
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Yay for such awesome dedication and results, boo to the Daily Fail (but well done for getting MFP in there!). You look incredible and I bet you feel that way too!0
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amazing work well done...you don't even look like the same man now...in fact you look a lot more like your brother in the face now0
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Awesome job!!!0
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Well done that man! Seriously impressive and motivational!0
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What an amazing achievement. Well done, and you look fabulous!0
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You look AMAZING and I can only imagine how GREAT your energy levels must be today!!!
Good job!!! :flowerforyou:0 -
Wow, that is amazing, well done you!! I'm delighted with your new found happiness and wish you all the best in the future :-)0
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Pretty inspiring - well done! (Bonus points for booing the Mail)0
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