1 Year Transformation -50lbs w/ pics

SocWkrBee

Good job! Your entire body has changed from head to toe!

tberend

Amazing, Amazing, Amazing!!!! Congratulations on all your hard work. You have really transformed yourself. What an inspiration!

kinsellae

Wow! You look great! My husband looks to a T what your before looked like. How tall are you?

edixon908

You look great! Nice job

PhiliciousCurves

Whoooaaaa! Dude! You look sick, and I mean that in a great way! Excellent job! Wonderful and long lasting results!

Goldielocs77

Your transformation is amazing! Just goes to show how resolve can get the result! Congrats!

cmcorn26

your abs just look so touchable! great job! i bet your wife is happy!!!!!!

mustgetmuscles1

Wow! You look great! My husband looks to a T what your before looked like. How tall are you?

I am 5'10"

countrygal2004

Yowza! You look amazing. Way to go! Wit woo!

lglg11

excellent dedication . you look great ! congrats to you

lglg11

Great job!! You are some of the proof that this s**t works:drinker:

and you are as well Dino

atxdee

awesome transformation!! u look fantastic!

talim41

WOW!! grats! you have done a wonderful job!!

mustgetmuscles1

Great job!! You are some of the proof that this s**t works:drinker:

and you are as well Dino

Agreed

chunkydunk714

I wish my body can transform as well as yours did. Men have it made Good job!

Vincentsz

Awesome brother!

tlo23

Nice job!!

papastu

I thought you looked great in the wedding pic


congrats

maroonmango211

Awesome job!

miensaiyangurl

Wow thats great that you completed your goal! Now can you post your weight lifting routine up?

susiebear29

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!!!! what else is there to say?!!!!! well done!!!!

mustgetmuscles1

I wish my body can transform as well as yours did. Men have it made Good job!

We are really no different. A lot of women just shy away from heavy strength training and that is the key. Anyone can lose "weight" by dieting and doing tons of cardio but to make sure the vast majority of your weight loss come from "fat" and not muscle loss you need to do resistance training.

frando

bet your wife's happy!!

beatoks

congratulations on such an Awesome transformation

kobashi

One year ago I was 210+ lbs and growing. When I saw some pictures from a wedding I was at I was very upset at how overweight I had let myself get.

Here is one of the pics from the wedding.


I told my wife to sign us up for the gym. Spent a couple days with a personal trainer but was not really happy with the program he put me on so I started trying to learn everything I could about weight loss, body building, nutrition and so on. The amount of terrible information out there is overwhelming but eventually I found what worked for me and that I could stick with for the rest of my life.

At first I just worked out hard and didnt worry about diet and I did see some results. Most beginners will see results no matter what they do. : ) But the weight loss slowed way down and I started MFP to start counting calories. I didnt start any particular diet or cut anything out. I just reduced overall calories and learned to fit fast food and junk food into my daily calories. Plenty of cheat days were thrown in but I tried to keep them to a minimum. My goal from the beginning was to lose 1 pound per week and maintain as much muscle mass as possible. The last bit of weight did take much longer though. But even with the slow down at the end I was still able to meet my weight loss goal of 50lbs in one year. Not a record but I think I was able to keep the vast majority of my muscles and may have even added a little in some places.

I lift weights 3-4 days per week. I try to keep the lifting under 60 minutes and add 10-30 minutes of cardio. The rest of the days of the week I just rest to recover and repair.

200,180,170,160

Holy crap dude. I am jealous. Great job man. You are kicking *kitten*.

mustgetmuscles1

Wow thats great that you completed your goal! Now can you post your weight lifting routine up?

Got a lot of messages on this already so I will just post it here. :happy:



I do some cardio but just enough for a good warm up or to get a good heart and lung workout. I dont really do it for calorie burning.

Here is my usual weightlifting routine.

Monday-Chest and arms
Inclined Dumbbells press
Chest press-Hammer Strength (I would do barbell bench but I work out alone most days and I can really push myself with dumbbells and hammer strength)
Cable chest flies-(usually vary the angle each set low middle high)
Dips-(still doing assisted with a machine)
Cable rope pulldowns
Reverse grip cable push downs
Dumbbell curls (standing, alternating)
Reverse grip barbell curls
Preacher bench Zottman curls

Tuesday-Legs and Core
Squats
Leg extensions
Leg press (higher volume)
Ham curls
Calf raises
Walking lunges with dumbbells (I sometimes skip this one but I shouldnt) : )
Dragon Flags, hanging leg lifts, and or ab machine.

Wed-usually off

Thursday-Back and Shoulders
Assisted pull ups
Dead lifts
Wide grip lat pull downs
Cable rows
Bent over barbell rows or dumbbell rows (I have been switching back and forth on these)
Close grip cable pull downs
Dumbbell shoulder press
Barbell military press
Side lateral rasies
Rear delt flies (machine)

If I work out on Fri Sat or Sun I will usually repeat chest or back day but add in the core workout form leg day.

Angie_Fritts

Wow. That's awesome! I bet your wife is pleased with your success.

Lori_Henz

Great job!!

cdprouty

Remarkable!

sheri02r

Wohoo! Great job!