I went from morbidly obese to 6 pack abs! Ask me Anything
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Good chance you already answered this question but i didnt see it in after skimming through the thread, how did you decide when to start your first bulking phase?
im at 203 now, around your height, but nowhere near your middle pic in terms of fat loss (from my perspective at least). i have my goal set at 185 right now (originally was 200, moved it down 5 lbs 3 times since) but i doubt ill be satisfied even at that point. did you wait until you got to a certain bf% or what?0 -
Lots of great information! But a few things were extra encouraging! I also have fat placed evenly so I'm hoping I can achieve at least something CLOSE to what you have with the loose skin! I've never heard anyone say that the skin will tighten over time on it's own....also encouraging! Although, I HAVE had three kids so I'm sure that's going to make it harder for me to have a tight stomach. I've already been lifting some but I'm going to kick it up a notch after this post! I have been in an aggressive deficit for about six months now and should probably take a dieting break...but it's so hard to make myself do that! Does it really make THAT big of a difference in your metabolism for it to be worth doing (i still have at least 70 pounds to lose)? Or do you just recommend it for a mental break...because I can do without that lol. Thanks so much for answering all these questions and you look amazing! I bet it's so nice to look in the mirror now and see a six pack staring back at you! Great work!!1
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Don't want to ask you anything,just want to say good job0
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FWIW, this guy's transformation is totally possible for everyone on here. I followed his instructions to a T and have ended up losing around 115 pounds myself. He was one of my groomsmen in my wedding so when I saw the initial results, I immediately wanted to do the same thing. Again, we both were around 315 pounds when we started, both offensive linemen at the same high school. I just wanted to drop my $.02 here for those who are kind of skeptical about their own abilities in weight loss. I do not have any transformation pictures like him, but he could throw up one of the two of us from my wedding. Also, I wish I would have listened in the beginning and lifted more, as I am now recovering a lot of muscle lost through dieting.
Thanks so much Vismal for your help! Only two questions.
1. Looking to readjust my goals and aiming to bench 250 and squat 350-375. I cannot seem to squat and get my running miles in the same week due to intense soreness. Any advice?
2. When are we brewing some more beer?
As far as getting your squat up while keeping up with your running miles, they will somewhat be competing goals. I would try and time squatting as far away from your longest run of the week as possible. Also you might have reduce squatting volume and frequency a bit. 3x5 instead of 5x5, twice a week vs 3 times a week.
Beer must be brewed soon! Something for summer!
From buffet marathons to actual marathons! This **** works people! It takes time and dedication but it really does work!
Chris, you look FANTASTIC!! omG! Keep up the fantastic work and thanks for posting pics. You and Nick are both great inspirations for the rest of us!0 -
Hello! Question-- I drink a LOT of water on a daily basis. As in, probably around 12-16 glasses of water a day. I do not do this consciously I just am always thirsty. Is this inhibiting weight loss?What kind of exercise would you recommend for someone who doesn't have equipment. I can neither afford equipment or pay for a gym membership at this time. I walk 4 miles 3x a week and 8 miles 3x a week with one day off on Wednesdays. I would like to do strength training, but don't know what to do. I want to possibly tighten up the loose skin that is hanging around my belly.Questions:
You don't log exercise, don't know cals burned from it, basically create your cal deficit via food, any extra you may burn from exercise is just a boost. So ... net calories are not relevant? (net calories continue to confuse me, as I've never considered them before reading about them at mfp).
How did you determine your calorie deficit number?
Do you always eat the exact same number of cals/day? Don't you ever have days where you're less hungry or more hungry? Wouldn't eating within a range (zig-zagging cals), as long as your average for the week was your cal deficit #, also work for losing weight?
I've been focusing on cardio the past 7 weeks, mostly because I was a lead weight (see my profile page for why). I am ready and able to move beyond this. As a female, 53, with 30 lbs to lose ... where/how do I start with weights? I have 5, 8, 10, 15 lb dumbbells, 10 lb kettlebell, have no problem adding to this. Hubs has a Total Gym that is collecting dust. Any advice is appreciated.
I watched some of your youtube vids ... you write exactly as you speak! Lots of great info, looking forward to learning a lot from your experience. Thanks for this thread!
I simply set a calorie limit that has worked in the past. I know from trial and error I can lose weight eating in or around 2500 calories. I found this number simply by starting high, and seeing if weight dropped. When it did not, I reduced calories by 10%. Even to this day, if I stall for 3 or more weeks, I simply reduce calories by 10%. I eat the same every day simply for simplicity. Some days I feel much hungrier then others. If I'm getting towards the end of my calories and I'm still rather hungry, I use my remaining calories for more satiating choices, If I'm not all that hungry I eat sweets or junk I've been craving. Also you need to just flat out accept that sometimes you will have to be hungry. It's just a feeling and it won't kill you. As far as kettle-bell workouts, I don't know much about them as I don't use them often but I'm sure there's a total body kettle-bell workout out there somewhere.
Thanks, appreciate you taking the time to answers all of our questions! Am def checking out the ICF 5x5, this seems like a great starting place for me.
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Congratulations on your amazing transformation, you look fantastic! I apologize if this has already been asked but I didnt see it. Were you able to get the muscle definitition change from the second picture to the third only from doing compound type movements (deep squats, bench press, overhead press, deadlifts, etc) or did you also train individual muscles like bicep curls etc?
I am a female 5 ' 2" and used to be an athlete. I am within 5 pounds of my goal weight but have recently started doing stronglifts 5x5, I care more about how I look than the number on the scale. It just feels weird not training the individual muscles0 -
I am enjoying reading your questions/answers. Thank you so much for sharing your journey and your knowledge! It is such a refreshing post. Also, thank you for leaving your food journal open. I LOVE potatoes! Of course many weight loss gurus would state that you shouldn't eat potatoes, they turn straight to sugar, so they say? So you can eat potatoes??? Also how do you prepare them? I noticed you eat alot of chicken as do I. How do you prepare it? Grilled? And the infamous bread! It's a supposed no-no but I love eating a sandwich for lunch. I eat the "healthy" bread from Bountiful Baskets. I noticed that you eat bread, so this isn't a huge NO, NO? It's so hard with all of the advice/myths out in this big bad world of fitness!!!! Trying to decyfer it all is exhausting!!! I think we get caught up on trying to have a huge variety of foods to eat, where we don't really need alot of different foods, just the right foods. It seems that you eat the same foods?? Also, I do cardio, 45 min to an hour a day. My problem only started when I hit my 40's, grrrrrrr it's been freaking hard. So, in your experience does one need to do long hours of cardio to first get rid of that weight, especially around the mid section? I notice you are a big fan of weights. I have a pretty nice home gym so I will for sure look for some weight exercises. Thanks again for sharing your journey and more importantly your time to answer long winded questions like mine! If you are not a personal trainer, why not? You have shared more good info on fitness with this post then I have seen! Good luck to you and congrats on your weight loss!!!Lots of great information! But a few things were extra encouraging! I also have fat placed evenly so I'm hoping I can achieve at least something CLOSE to what you have with the loose skin! I've never heard anyone say that the skin will tighten over time on it's own....also encouraging! Although, I HAVE had three kids so I'm sure that's going to make it harder for me to have a tight stomach. I've already been lifting some but I'm going to kick it up a notch after this post! I have been in an aggressive deficit for about six months now and should probably take a dieting break...but it's so hard to make myself do that! Does it really make THAT big of a difference in your metabolism for it to be worth doing (i still have at least 70 pounds to lose)? Or do you just recommend it for a mental break...because I can do without that lol. Thanks so much for answering all these questions and you look amazing! I bet it's so nice to look in the mirror now and see a six pack staring back at you! Great work!!Yo, have you thought about bringing a copy pasta of the latest calorie counting 101 over here.0
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Congratulations on your amazing transformation, you look fantastic! I apologize if this has already been asked but I didnt see it. Were you able to get the muscle definitition change from the second picture to the third only from doing compound type movements (deep squats, bench press, overhead press, deadlifts, etc) or did you also train individual muscles like bicep curls etc?
I am a female 5 ' 2" and used to be an athlete. I am within 5 pounds of my goal weight but have recently started doing stronglifts 5x5, I care more about how I look than the number on the scale. It just feels weird not training the individual muscles1 -
No Questions, just wanted to mark my place in the thread and say what an awesome job you have done.
I've been on this road for 2 years, lost most of the weight last year, so far this year I 'might' be down 5 lbs if I am lucky but I have been working on a very slow re-comp and I'm dropping body fat but not weight - my muscles are definitely showing more and I am still dropping sizes. I would love to get there faster but I'm just not dedicated enough to stop eating out and blowing my tiny deficit
I'm so happy to see when people who have had awesome transformations take the time to try and debunk some of the mis-information spread around here. It seems that new folks (and lot of older ones) refuse to listen to good advice when it does not come from someone with a 6 pack and at least 100 lbs lost. So thanks for reinforcing the GOOD messages and GREAT work on your transformation! I hope to get there myself eventually.0 -
What are the changes you made once you had to drop that last bit of jiggle? to your nutrition and exercise? What made the difference?0
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I didn't know how to do the cable crunches, so I used google.
There are images of people doing them facing the weights and facing away from the weights..
Does it make a difference which way you do them?0 -
I'd like to know what your feelings are on carbs. My nutritionist has me on a 200 grams of carb a day diet and so far I have lost almost 10 pounds in 2 weeks. She told me that carbs are irrelevant in my journey for weight loss and that the only think that matters is a caloric deficit. She actually went as far as to say that carbs are a good fuel source for the body.
Would you tend to agree or disagree?
Also, since we started at roughly the same weight and we look to be about the same age...Do you remember how long it took you to shed your first 30 pounds? I'm down 10 but have now slowed because obviously much of that was water weight. I would just like a realistic time frame of how long it will take to get that first 30 pounds off because that will take me in to a new size clothing and I want to be ready financially to go out and buy some new things1 -
What are the changes you made once you had to drop that last bit of jiggle? to your nutrition and exercise? What made the difference?
You're right it wouldn't get sticky but it should and then you also know it would turn into 20 pages of people debating on how the are snowflakes and it doesn't apply to them. You could try it and see how it goes, should be interesting.
I think the blog approach would be a great idea though. It could help so many people.I didn't know how to do the cable crunches, so I used google.
There are images of people doing them facing the weights and facing away from the weights..
Does it make a difference which way you do them?0 -
I'd like to know what your feelings are on carbs. My nutritionist has me on a 200 grams of carb a day diet and so far I have lost almost 10 pounds in 2 weeks. She told me that carbs are irrelevant in my journey for weight loss and that the only think that matters is a caloric deficit. She actually went as far as to say that carbs are a good fuel source for the body.
Would you tend to agree or disagree?
Also, since we started at roughly the same weight and we look to be about the same age...Do you remember how long it took you to shed your first 30 pounds? I'm down 10 but have now slowed because obviously much of that was water weight. I would just like a realistic time frame of how long it will take to get that first 30 pounds off because that will take me in to a new size clothing and I want to be ready financially to go out and buy some new things0 -
You are just simply amazing!0
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Gah!!! I can't stop stealing quotes from this thread! Too many gems in one spot, I can't take it anymore!
Congrats Mr. Vismal! And FYI, whenever I feel you said something here better than I think I can, I just copy and paste with reference to you as a named poster. I hope that's okay!1 -
You are just simply amazing!Gah!!! I can't stop stealing quotes from this thread! Too many gems in one spot, I can't take it anymore!
Congrats Mr. Vismal! And FYI, whenever I feel you said something here better than I think I can, I just copy and paste with reference to you as a named poster. I hope that's okay!0
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