Guy's Success Stories

Right here...started above 300 pounds, now I'm 190. Feel free to check out my profile if you're into reading more.

My husband feels the same way!!! More success stories from the men!

I know, there are always girl success stories, it's nice to see guy's success stories!

LOVE your halloween costume! Great weight loss, you look awesome!

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Right here...started above 300 pounds, now I'm 190. Feel free to check out my profile if you're into reading more.

Great job!!

I'm getting there (a long way to go though)

22lbs down and into 38 waist jeans for the first time since just after University, 10years ago. Good luck fella. Salad lunches and getting into a daily gym visit (with a day or two at most off a week) have been the reasons I've stuck with it so far. Got best mate's wedding coming up and have a goal of a really nice suit for the wedding.

Every time one of these threads comes up I mean to reply, but I've been planning to post my own success thread so I put it off until I get a good "current" photo, which I never seem to do.

Well... here's my success story.

At age 41, I was 347 pounds, had lousy eating habits and almost no physical exercise.

In April 2010 I decided to try out adult classes at the taekwondo school my daughters were going to... and found out pretty quickly that I actually liked it. Those first couple of months were REALLY tiring and I was sore an awful lot, but the instructors at the school were very supportive... helping me modify the exercises and drills to fit my fitness level.

I lost about 20 pounds in the first three months and then plateaued... but I kept going and slowly got more fit.

I started to change eating habits in January 2011, and ended up losing about another 15-20 pounds by my 1-year mark in April 2011. For the rest of 2011, I sort of stayed at the same level...still going to TKD class three or so times a week... continuing to improve fitness, but not really losing any more weight.

At the end of 2011, I decided it was time to address the eating side more directly. In january, I started using MFP and weighing, measuring and logging my food.

Also, at the end of January, I started running - first with a Couch 2 5K program, and after that Bridge 2 10K and continued running to extend distance.

The combination of MFP and REALLY keeping track of what I eat for the first time in my life with increased exercise kicked the weight loss into overdrive.

I started losing weight at a rate of about 2.5 pounds per week through the first half of the year... by the time of my Black Belt test in June, I was at 255 - 92 pounds down from my high point when I started taekwondo.

In the middle of July, I passed 100 pounds lost - being under 250 pounds for the first time since the junior year of college.

Today I'm at about 243. The weight loss has slowed down, as my focus has been on increasing distance in my running.

I had my first 100 mile running month in July, ran my first 10 mile race last weekend and have my first half-marathon on September 8th.

My goal at the moment is to reach 220 pounds, where I will no longer be technically obese for the first time since I was 18 years old, but that's really just a number. I'm already healthier and more fit than I've ever been.

Weight loss is possible, but unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) it really does come down to fairly simple calories in/calories out for most people.

Eat less and move more and you will lose weight... MFP helps you track both sides of the equation and the community here will help with motivation.

Ted

I would love to see more Guy success stories as well!

I was 263 when I started using MFP. I'm down to 176 and look better than I ever have in my entire life. All thanks to this site and my friends here.

Never give up. You can do this too.

My husband who is 6'0" topped out around 280, size 42 pants and 18.5" neck. It took him almost 2 years to lose nearly 100lbs. He's been at maintenance for over a year. He hit his goal weight of 185 then went from cardio to lifting heavy. He didnt like seeing 20% BF. Currently he is 195 and a BF of 16%, size 32-34 pant and 16.5" neck. He consumes 2500-2800 calories a day and follows 40/30/30 macro plan.