1 Year 94lbs lost Lifting added on month 8 (lots of pics)

Jelaan

Thank you, your accomplishment is amazing and inspirational.

dktp2

Congratulations -- you look AWESOME!!!! You are a great inspiration to me -- I started using MFP this month, and look forward to my after pics a year from now. I'm bookmarking this post and will refer back to it many times between now and next year.

P.S. So digging your Nintendo love in the photos too!

beckerkra

P.S. So digging your Nintendo love in the photos too!

Hehe, yea, complete geek here! I've refilled my wardrobe with lots of great geeky shirts! ^_^ One of my other favs is the many moods of spock..

Of course this pic isn't of me, just showing the shirt hehe..

ros2will3run

wow! gorgeous guy!! not too bad in first piccy, and final one..my goodness !!

nathalier71

Wow! Fantastic!!

beckerkra

wow! gorgeous guy!! not too bad in first piccy, and final one..my goodness !!

:blushing:

CindyMarcuzAdams

Job well done, body, mind, and soul...

Heirgreat

Gorgeous !, Congrats

ZBuffBod

Simply awesome! Thanks for taking the time to share your successful journey.

cedman1

OUTSTANDING!

EvenThatNameIsTaken

Great job, man, and thanks for all the links, the motivational ones are great because often I know what I need to do, it's a matter of my own attitude. I'll be referring back to this post for inspiration, again, Nice Work!!

Keevy333

Thanks for sharing with us! Such a motivational story filled with great advice. I also like the intermittent fasting and have found most success using that method!

mrstotal180

Great work!

Welcome2theHellmouth

Congrats! You look great! Glad to know I'm not the only one that did the weekly calorie averaging thing!

pyrowill

Bump for later reading, but I will firstly say, holy *kitten*, well done mate!!

mollycodymarie

You look amazing!!! I am working my way down also and lifting. 42 down so far next weigh in is next week. (I weigh monthly) Your skin looks fantastic by the way. Did you go through an ugly duckling phase at all? I SO feel like I am there right now I am hoping that's all it is. Write back soon. :-) -Molly

303enfield

awesome job dude :drinker: :drinker:

beckerkra

You look amazing!!! I am working my way down also and lifting. 42 down so far next weigh in is next week. (I weigh monthly) Your skin looks fantastic by the way. Did you go through an ugly duckling phase at all? I SO feel like I am there right now I am hoping that's all it is. Write back soon. :-) -Molly

It's funny that you ask that, because yes, actually I did go through an ugly duckling stage actually (granted I still consider myself in just a later phase of transition out of ugly duckling phase still haha). My wife even told me that I needed to get some muscle because she wasn't a fan of "skinny fat" (in a really nice way of course) lol! That was all the motivation I needed to be like, ok weight lifting it is! I found a bodybuilding.com transformation challenge to use as a tool to keep me motivated, and off I went!

It was right before I started weight lifting in January after I had lost the initial first 88lbs. I was what you might hear other people talking about on the forums "skinny fat" where I lost a good portion of the fat, and was considered skinny by most when looking at me clothed, but as soon as the shirt came off, you knew immediately that I have no muscle tone at all and was just a big bag of skin and bones. I didn't include these in the original post because the post was already so dang long, I didn't want to make it any longer, but I don't mind posting these after the fact.

Never stop wanting more for yourself, but don't let it consume you to where it becomes a negative thing and is a detriment to your progress! It all comes in due time. I spent over a dozen years screwing up my health, and I've repaired a good portion of that damage in a years time. When you look at it like that and make comparisons like that, it makes 1 year seem like a mere blink and hardly any effort at all. :happy:


January 2014 the week before starting to lift.




1 week ago. The same pictures posted in the original post.

Booksandbeaches

That's very impressive!!

RekindledRose

Thank you for sharing your story! You are an inspiration, and you're so right - the most important thing to do is to change how you think.

I wish you all the best.

verptwerp

Loved reading your story ....... yes, it was very long !

But chock full of great information, so thanks for sharing ...... hope it encourages us to keep on plugging away (and not make excuses !)

Best of luck to you & your family, enjoy the rest of your adventure :drinker:

lessismoreohio

Very inspiring!

slaunderville

Fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing.

greenie

Congrats on what a great transformation!

amos481

Great job and thank you for sharing!!

Ou812iSeE

Finally realized why people bump! I want to be able to get to this later, thank you for sharing!

MysteriousDreamer

You look like a completely different person.

What a great job you have done!

eternalsepicsanctuary

Awesome job! Who hoo!

1ZenGirl

Thank you for bringing some HOTNESS to my evening tonight! Woot! Nice work!

ShannonS921

Wow! Such an inspiration! Thank you for sharing!