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

bryce0000

Thanks for the info and paying it forward like this. Very inspirational.

I saw you say that you ignore your exercise calories (use gross calories not net). I like that, but what would you use for your TDEE? The 'No Exercise' multiplier to BMR or '3x week' multiplier or what? Just curious.

Im 280 with 40 or so to lose, trying to get a good idea, I love the numbers aspect. I'm using the (BMR x 1.375) - 20% for my daily calorie goal.

vismal

bryce0000 wrote: »

Thanks for the info and paying it forward like this. Very inspirational.

I saw you say that you ignore your exercise calories (use gross calories not net). I like that, but what would you use for your TDEE? The 'No Exercise' multiplier to BMR or '3x week' multiplier or what? Just curious.

Im 280 with 40 or so to lose, trying to get a good idea, I love the numbers aspect. I'm using the (BMR x 1.375) - 20% for my daily calorie goal.

I just estimate my tdee. It doesn't matter if I'm right or even close because I'll adjust my calories based on my actual results. After doing that long enough you get a very good idea of your maintenance.

bryce0000

vismal wrote: »

bryce0000 wrote: »

Thanks for the info and paying it forward like this. Very inspirational.

I saw you say that you ignore your exercise calories (use gross calories not net). I like that, but what would you use for your TDEE? The 'No Exercise' multiplier to BMR or '3x week' multiplier or what? Just curious.

Im 280 with 40 or so to lose, trying to get a good idea, I love the numbers aspect. I'm using the (BMR x 1.375) - 20% for my daily calorie goal.

I just estimate my tdee. It doesn't matter if I'm right or even close because I'll adjust my calories based on my actual results. After doing that long enough you get a very good idea of your maintenance.

Ah gotcha. Ok thanks man! Catching up on all your videos too. Great stuff.

carolynmo1969

No questions just a virtual high-five. Great job!

induindhira

Hi its a fantastic transformation ..I need to lose like 45 lbs.i d count my calories and have started working out .what do you think you piece of advise for me to get on the right track as I hardly see any weight loss

BklynFitGuy

Awesome job. Started watching your videos and I'm hooked on those as well.

I'm currently 208 looking to drop 20lbs or so. Mostly have a gut from a sedentary desk job. I'm 1 week into the C25K program. Ordered an Olympic bench and will be starting a 5x5 when it arrives. My question is should I change my calorie intake? MFP currently has me at 1850 to drop 1 lb/week.

aviatorrie1

How much did you lose a week and at what caloric daily intake.

vismal

induindhira wrote: »

Hi its a fantastic transformation ..I need to lose like 45 lbs.i d count my calories and have started working out .what do you think you piece of advise for me to get on the right track as I hardly see any weight loss

Weight loss is all about a calorie deficit. The first thing you need to do is make sure you are counting correctly by weighing your food and not doing estimating or lots of free/cheat days. After that, if weight doesn't move, you simply reduce calories.

MikeDee_ny wrote: »

Awesome job. Started watching your videos and I'm hooked on those as well.

I'm currently 208 looking to drop 20lbs or so. Mostly have a gut from a sedentary desk job. I'm 1 week into the C25K program. Ordered an Olympic bench and will be starting a 5x5 when it arrives. My question is should I change my calorie intake? MFP currently has me at 1850 to drop 1 lb/week.

I'd only change calories around if you felt there was a need too. If you are hungry all the time and not recovering well, you could up them a little, but if you are seeing results, then I wouldn't mess with anything.

aviatorrie1 wrote: »

How much did you lose a week and at what caloric daily intake.

It varied a lot throughout the whole process. At this point I can comfortably lose 1 lb a week eating around 2500 calories.

triciab79

vismal wrote: »

Moisturize and exfoliate. It helps a little. The 2 biggest things that help with lose skin are lifting to preserve/gain lean mass, and time. My skin is almost completely recovered at this point. It is still not tight and probably never will be but the hang is virtually invisible unless I am in a push up position. So as long as I don't do push ups at the beach I'm good...lol

But you are correct, fit with loose skin looks and feels better then fat. It's also worlds healthier. With cloths on you can't notice at all!

LOL I know what you mean about the push up! One of the trainers at the gym made me do a plank as part of the sign up physical and I was straight but the skin was all hanging low. And that is when I decided planks were not for me. :-)

letsdoittogether345

unbelievable! you are HOT!

IllBeBack1Day

Good Job,keep it up that s all i have to say!

score45609

my question is how did you stay on track? What was the hardest part? Was it difficult to motivate yourself to exercise so much?

iwillsucceed0444

Great job! :-)

danyel74

What particular exercise flattened ur stomach.

candysleirer

Wow, your transformation is really inspiring! You look awesome! I'm down 20lbs and feel like I have a good handle on the calorie counting. And sorry if you covered this already but I didn't read through the 33 pages. So I still have probably 60-70lbs more to go and all of it is in my stomach. I really never had the desire to be totally ripped or anything but I have been 130 before and my stomach still looked exactly the same just in a smaller size. I am totally clueless when it comes to the weight lifting stuff you are talking about, and honestly would be really intimidated to join a gym and try to start. So would what your talking about reshape my mid-section and how in the world would I get the knowledge and confidence to start doing what sounds like pretty serious weight lifting?

laureenk8

hi could you please put a few of them on your computer and upload them on here, i am really interested to see them!

emartins1975

vismal wrote: »

You look great!


How has getting down to this weight and building up muscle impacting your life? The good and bad of it.

The good: Feel better physically and emotionally by a degree I cannot put into words. Look better. More confidence. I can climb stairs with feeling like death. I work in health care and no long feel like a hypocrite when I tell my patience about the risk factors associated with obesity. I love being able to pull out old fat picture when someone says something to the effect of "You don't understand because your in shape" or "you don't get it, you've never been fat". I could go on and on in this category.

The bad: I'm kind of a pain about going out to eat certain places. I don't much like eating food I didn't prepare unless its on my very few and far between free days. Don't get me wrong I eat treats and snacks all the time but I weigh/prepare them myself so I can account for it. I will always feel the need to better myself. When I was fat I didn't care. Sometimes this can be mentally exhausting. But the bads don't even begin to compare to all the goods.

You're such an inspiration! You're post alone will help motivate tons of people! I appreciate you!

chasitym_74

Way to go!!

vismal

score45609 wrote: »

my question is how did you stay on track? What was the hardest part? Was it difficult to motivate yourself to exercise so much?

The hardest part is staying consistent even when you have a million excuses of why not too. It's easy to convince yourself to take a day off. It's just one day right? Well, if you do that once a week it'll slow you down. If you do that twice a week, you might stop losing all together. Once that happens, its easy to just give up. As far as exercising so much, I don't think I do. When losing fat I lift weights 3 days a week 1 hour per session, that's all. That's less then 2% of the total week During muscle building phases it's 3-5 days a week. Again, at most its 5 hours a week or around 3% of the total week.

danyel74 wrote: »

What particular exercise flattened ur stomach.

No exercise will flatten you stomach. Losing fat is the only way to flatten your stomach. Spot reduction exercises don't work. You can do abdominal exercises to strengthen your core, but no amount of ab work will flatten your stomach. For reference, I almost never do direct ab work. My abs are built from doing heavy compound movements like squat and deadlift.

vismal

candysleirer wrote: »

Wow, your transformation is really inspiring! You look awesome! I'm down 20lbs and feel like I have a good handle on the calorie counting. And sorry if you covered this already but I didn't read through the 33 pages. So I still have probably 60-70lbs more to go and all of it is in my stomach. I really never had the desire to be totally ripped or anything but I have been 130 before and my stomach still looked exactly the same just in a smaller size. I am totally clueless when it comes to the weight lifting stuff you are talking about, and honestly would be really intimidated to join a gym and try to start. So would what your talking about reshape my mid-section and how in the world would I get the knowledge and confidence to start doing what sounds like pretty serious weight lifting?

I always tell people if you reach your goal weight and don't look like you want, lifting or musculature is usually what's missing. If you are completely new to the gym, there are a few options. If you know someone who is more experienced, see if they will train with you. If not, and it's affordable to you, a trainer is a decent choice but you must be sure you pick a good trainer. Some of them are downright awful. You could also try and learn on your own. I would suggest reading the book "starting strength" by mark rippetoe. It's a great beginners book about lifting. It's probably at your local library.