I went from morbidly obese to 6 pack abs! Ask me Anything

albayin

Congratulations, that's an amazing transformation. What do you think are the top 5 things that led to your success?

1. Myfitnesspal of course. It wasn't until I began tracking my intake that my success really started to take off
2. Understanding that "eating clean" is meaningless and that in order to have true life long success I had to eat foods I enjoyed (ice cream, cookies, etc) on a regular basis but in moderation
3. Lifting heavy weights
4. Not listening when people say "you lost enough already" or "you are getting too skinny"
5. Learning as much about the science behind nutrition and dieting as possible. There is more pseudoscience and myths in this field then any other on earth! So much BS to cut through to find the truth.

Ok, about #4...I wish people had said that to me to set peace in my head..but nobody ever said that to me, never...so I still see myself as "fat;"...keep struggling...

Istekat

WOW! You look amazing!!!
On-topic question: how long did it take for you to actually see results? And at what point were you comfortable eating "treats" and not feel guilty about it? (I feel like when I'm eating treats, I let myself down, because it doesn't add up to my goal)

sarahjanescobie

Well done! Amazing :-)

vismal

I creeped on your diary. Do you only eat once a day as it suggests? If so, what are your reasons?

Also, I only went back a week but do you ever drink alcohol?

I usually eat twice a day. I don't break the food into separate meals because it doesn't matter. I drink rarely. When the 3rd picture was taken I drank about once a week. I treat alcohol like anything else. Track it and use it in moderation. Hitting the gym now, keep the questions rolling. I'll answer them all when I get back

icydish

Hey
I want to loose 40 lbs... I m beginner with this app
I can't go to gym
But usually.for my exercise I either play 1 hour badminton or 1 hour walk
With 1200 calories a day and this much exercise can I achieve my goal?
If yes how much time?
If no then plz suggest something

stephanieluvspb

Ummm you look AMAZING! Any suggestions for ab exercise at home?

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GundaTheFit

WoW!! U look amazing, what a job u have done!! I`m proud of you and I have only seen you`re picture:blushing:

You wanted questions so here goes:
What is you`re favorite food?
Favorite treat?
How often, how much and how do u work out?
What was the hardest part of the change? The first month, six months or now keeping it up?

Ps, Just in case u dident know it by now, U look AMAZING!!!

Snow3y

I wouldn't call that morbidly obese... but really good job, you should definitely be proud of yourself!

missym357

Just wanted to come in and say WOW! You have done an incredible job. Very well done!

gjdvdj

Had you always been overweight?

moya_rargh

Congrats, sir

My question:

Going from photo 2 to photo 3 (both @195) what has been your training/lifting routine?

Karabobarra

I have lost weight, I have about 20 to 30 more pounds to go, my bodyfat is still above 30% ... I just committed to doing P90X with a friend (I'm on day 6). I was tossing around the idea of heavy lifting (especially 5 x 5) before and now after reading some of your comments I am wondering if I am wasting my time with P90X and should have started lifting instead? Do you think it's possible to do both without overtraining?

What contributed most to your weight loss?

DonPendergraft

I'm familiar with your lifting routine. I did starting strength and then some texas method after about 6 months of SS. How do you stay motivated with your lifting when you hit that inevitable plateau and the weight starts to get up there? I know weight is relative, but it became really hard to psyche myself up to get under the bar for 315lb ATG squats. I eventually went back to just running since I love it and ultrarunning and powerlifting work at cross purposes. I was very happy with the huge gainz, but I couldn't really hang when they stopped coming and I had to find a reason to keep hitting it. I'm really just asking out of curiosity since I obviously didn't last long in the iron game until I got a bit burned out. Great work! You should be very proud!

Booksandbeaches

Great transformation!

I wouldn't call that morbidly obese... but really good job, you should definitely be proud of yourself!

I think he qualifies. It's if you're over 100 pounds above the ideal weight for your height and he was well over that for someone who is 6'1".

michellemybelll

really great job man - you should be damn proud

SoosannahK

Awesome job. Gonna hang around for the Q & A's

Hearts_2015

Great job getting fit and healthy! I imagine your self esteem has taken on a life of it's own, good job being there for yourself!:drinker:

lbelle987

Congrats on your transformation!!

skittlesnhoney

Wow, that is amazing! Thank you for the great advice. Congrats on your transformation!

Most of my questions are getting answered already on this thread, but I will continue to thread stalk and will ask something if a question doesn't come up that I might have.

:flowerforyou:

jriber1264

How did you keep your motivation up through this? I'm down 63 pounds in 6 months. People say i'm looking great but with a starting weight of 310 I still see myself as still just being fat and feel like this is never ending....

ironanimal

Looking good man

hush404

Thanks for sharing I don't have any questions myself, but, I've enjoyed reading the ones your answered and feel a bit motivated by the whole story. Thanks

rageginger

1. Myfitnesspal of course. It wasn't until I began tracking my intake that my success really started to take off
2. Understanding that "eating clean" is meaningless and that in order to have true life long success I had to eat foods I enjoyed (ice cream, cookies, etc) on a regular basis but in moderation

#1 rings so true for me - it's been just over a month since I started truly tracking every single thing I eat and drink, and it's amazing to see the results of just being aware and making decisions based on that!

#2 is a bit of a revelation to me, because I've been avoiding "treat" type foods, since I've had trouble in the past with going from a tiny bit of a treat to the entire box/carton of whatever it is. Moderation is key, and something that I'm going to learn going forward!

Tdk4685

Good for you! Hard work pays off.

geraint125

You are a total inspiration. Thanks for posting and for the tips. Keep up the good work

knra_grl

Fantastic transformation - Thanks for sharing and congrats on your success!

ewartluft

Bump to read more inspirational answers

Annie_01

tagging to read

Geoj0

I've always wanted to do an AMA so I thought I'd set one up here. The basics about my story are that I went from 315lbs to 195 and have been making small gains in muscles/losses to fat ever since. Ask me anything, anything at all!


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