My 100 lb journey (with pictures)
chiselfuture
Posts: 42 Member
Hello all,
I wanted briefly to share my success story about getting and staying in shape for the first time in my life. If you're someone looking for inspiration, I'm not going to tell you that it was easy. The truth is that it was a ton of work, and that still, every day is an ongoing process of reminding myself of how I want to feel and live my life. But the payoff for that work was worth every wonderful drop of sweat that I expended. Being proud of how you look is something you can't put a price tag on.
I was a chubby kid growing up, and never got in great shape throughout my childhood or teenage years, but college really did a number on me. Suddenly I had the freedom to have as much pizza and beer as I wanted, and it showed. After graduating and entering the workforce, I was confronted with even more opportunities to fool myself about how I should eat and live (respectively, a lot, and lazily).
That's the start of the story, and it was about two and a half years ago, when my health was at what I'd guess was an all-time low. At that point, one day, I finally woke up, dragged the scale back out of the closet, and admitted I was tired of feeling bad about myself and really ready to make a change.
I'll save you the long version and just say that it involved redefining my diet and falling in love with the gym. I guess that I grew a lot as I shrank a lot.
I'm a 6'0 man, and I started at around 265 lbs. Today, I'm hovering between 160 and 170 (working on getting back to the former of those two numbers).
My story in pictures:
Mid 2009, 265 lbs (before my transition began):
End of 2010, 232 lbs (about 5 months in):
Mid 2011, 195 lbs (about a year):
Mid 2012, 160-170 lbs (about two years in):
I wanted briefly to share my success story about getting and staying in shape for the first time in my life. If you're someone looking for inspiration, I'm not going to tell you that it was easy. The truth is that it was a ton of work, and that still, every day is an ongoing process of reminding myself of how I want to feel and live my life. But the payoff for that work was worth every wonderful drop of sweat that I expended. Being proud of how you look is something you can't put a price tag on.
I was a chubby kid growing up, and never got in great shape throughout my childhood or teenage years, but college really did a number on me. Suddenly I had the freedom to have as much pizza and beer as I wanted, and it showed. After graduating and entering the workforce, I was confronted with even more opportunities to fool myself about how I should eat and live (respectively, a lot, and lazily).
That's the start of the story, and it was about two and a half years ago, when my health was at what I'd guess was an all-time low. At that point, one day, I finally woke up, dragged the scale back out of the closet, and admitted I was tired of feeling bad about myself and really ready to make a change.
I'll save you the long version and just say that it involved redefining my diet and falling in love with the gym. I guess that I grew a lot as I shrank a lot.
I'm a 6'0 man, and I started at around 265 lbs. Today, I'm hovering between 160 and 170 (working on getting back to the former of those two numbers).My story in pictures:
Mid 2009, 265 lbs (before my transition began):
End of 2010, 232 lbs (about 5 months in):
Mid 2011, 195 lbs (about a year):
Mid 2012, 160-170 lbs (about two years in):
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Wow nice job!0
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Wow!
I'm always interested in hearing the trigger for the change. I bet your health is now at an ALL TIME HIGH! way to go!0 -
OMG!!! What an awesome transformation!!! Well done!!0
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Congratulations! Well done and thanks for sharing your story!0
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You look amazing! Congrats on all your success and best of luck in the future being able to keep it off and live life how you want to!0
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Awesome!!! Very encouraging and inspiring!!0
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Awesome work! You look fantastic! Congratulations! 0
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Fantastic. It is never easy and everyone has their story and seeing the changes and results in pictures is the inspiration. Thanks for sharing0
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wow!!!!! you look great!!!!! keep it up!!!!0
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Awesome Job!!0
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Nice work, you look great!0
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You look like a new person! Great job!!!0
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That's great seeing and reading stories like yours is what's keeping me motivated 0
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Looking amazing!
Thank you for the inspiration! :flowerforyou:0 -
So impressive! Congratulations, you look fantastic.0
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BIG CONGRATS!
U look amazing 0 -
wow you look great, way to go! 0
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Congratulations, a fantastic transformation , well done. 0
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Super job! You look like you're on top of the world!0
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You look great! What an inspirations. :flowerforyou:0
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fantastic. thanks for sharing.0
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Remarkable transformation. CONGRATULATIONS. Thanks for sharing. You are a true inspiration!!0
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Beautiful.0
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Congratulations. I'm glad you shared, I'm similar to your story but just starting my journey. I know I've got a lot of hard work and learning ahead of me but I am looking forward to it (at least for now, I'm sure there will be days I won't feel that way
) Reading your story just gives me that little boost. thanks. 0 -
fantastic! congratulations!0
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Our heights and starting weights are very similar. I'm working on the same journey myself, and seeing your success story is very encouraging. Congratulations and wish me luck.0
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Wow! Nice work! You could be a model! as well as a role model! Handsome indeed! 0
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You look good! thanks for the inspiration~ 0
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Wow, great job!!! Congratulations!0
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