big guys

I'm 6'1, I was 320 now I'm 250. In just over a year here on mfp. I eat about a 500 cal deficit. I've been running the 5/3/1 program for 10 months now, seeing incredible results.

this too.

I know I am not a guy, but you will NOT be sorry if you start picking stuff up and putting it down.

HULK SMASHHHHHHHHHHHHH

check out my profile, food and exercise diaries. It's all there and nothing special. At my heaviest 6ft and 350#, started MFP at 317 and you can follow from there...about time for new progress pics as I am down a little over 20 pounds from last time. Also this

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/workaholic_nurse/view/just-do-it-every-day-no-matter-what-516822

linked blog entry because too lazy to retype.

I know I am not a guy, but you will NOT be sorry if you start picking stuff up and putting it down.

HULK SMASHHHHHHHHHHHHH

This, im 6'3 280. Hell i dont even want to lose more weight. Just keep building slabs of muscle and getting stronger.

I'm 6'0" and topped out a few years ago at just under 400 lbs. I played sports in high school and college. Now I'm an attorney practicing commercial litigation and I'm at my desk 8-10 hours a day on average.

I started losing by quitting soda, cold turkey.

Next I made a commitment to only having one serving per meal. Then, serving = plateful...so I'd pile it on. It was okay though because one heaping plate of food was less than I had been eating.

The one-serving-and-no-soda method got me down to around 320 lbs. I started counting calories last summer and joined MFP some time around November. I was 306 lbs. When I joined.

In late January 2013, I started doing Jillian Michaels DVDs. I have 30 Day Shred and Six Week Six Pack. I do a minimum of 30 minutes a day at high intensity, a minimum of six days a week. I push myself as hard as I can...and then push a little harder.

Since joining MFP, I've lost about 34 lbs. I'm at 272 lbs now with a goal of getting down between 220 - 230 lbs. My plan is to add lifting/weight training when I get down around 240 -250 lbs. My goal is to be able to work out with my brother. He's a D1 Running Back and in great shape.

Here's my goal (My brother. He's 6'1" 223 lbs):

my goal is your brother too
pahahahahha

^^ This! Nomm! :laugh:

I have been dealing with this for YEARS. I am close to you but have a little farther to go. I am 6'2 and about 340 right now. What has worked for me is to figure out your TDEE and eat 20% under that (make sure you get enough calories or it will slow your loss), get 3-4 days of cardio in and LIFT. I drop 10 lb a month pretty regularly when I follow that path, the hard part for me is getting in the right negative in my calories as I find myself creeping up to TDEE or even over sometimes because I love food so much and constantly seem hungry. Moving is the easy part for me; moving away from the table is the hard part. Determined to succeed though.

I'm 5" 11, at my heaviest I weighed around 274lb, I had become a new Dad with a new desk job. The guys I started to work for where kind of casual when it comes to food, often getting takeaways etc. I started in January to realise as a new Dad I wanted to be there for my son and to keep up with him and so joined MFP.
Since January 2nd I have logged everyday, tomorrow being my 100th day. So far I have not only lost 39lbs, almost dropped a waist size, I have now got a passion for running/jogging. Back in March (a day befor emy 25th Birthday) I ran my first 5km event and have now signed up to my first 10km event later this year.
MFP is great, although I dont add loads of people, like to keep to people I know, I find the Message Boards really useful and very supporting.

I don't count lbs. Threw out the scale. I count belt loops. I'm down 6 since Oct 1st 2012. Would like to be about 5 more. I stay active doing tons of work around the house, yardwork, always moving. I lift at home but do caveman type workouts in my backyard I created. Going to make some YouTube videos of the stuff I do. We need a big guy group. There are too many dides on here that already loook like fitness models... lol........

Well this I think is my first ever post......I'm 32 years old and 6ft3

Today i got some super heavy duty scales in the post and found out what i had been dreading for ten years.......my real weight!!
I weighed 565 lbs (over 40 stone for Uk readers) thing is, this isn't a shock. I know i have neglected my body for the last 6 years and done nothing about it

I joined this site over a month ago and have been sticking to a 2000-2500 calorie meal plan and if i have gone over my recommended calories i've tried to make it up by handbiking for longer. I have thrown out all the bad foods and quit drinking Coke,

I handbike for 70+ mins a day and have just this week started to make myself walk a mile a day not a lot i know, but for 4+ years I probably haven't walked a mile in a day

I just want to feel good again, for the last two years I have become somewhat of a recluse, stopped going out socializing etc etc
Anyways thats my story, today has been a rough day but i haven't fell off the wagon (yet)

Big Mike

I started this at 310lbs. For the first while I only changed my diet and went for a walk every day. At around 250lbs I added strength training. I find I lose weight very slow when I strength train. I understand the reason behind that but I wanted to get rid of fat the quickest way possible before slowing. The smaller ive gotten the more active Ive become basically. At first I literally couldnt walk half a block. Now I hike 10km.

I'm 5'8" and started last year at 438. I lost 60 in about four months just by doing a low carb with no refined sugars including bread, pasta, etc. Then I plateaued for several weeks, got frustrated and gained 40 back. The dread yo-yo struck again. Last month I realized I was undoing all my hard work and have begun again. This time decided I needed to add exercise to try to make it stick. I joined a gym, an the owner was fantastic and waved his normal training fees and is working with me personally to help me lose weight.

Right now, I'm going 4 days a week. I do 8-10 minutes on the treadmill. Then I do 2-3 different weight exercises with low weight and 2 sets of 12-15 reps. Then I do 8-10 minutes on an elliptical. Followed by another routine of weights. Finishing with 8-10 minutes on a stationary bike.

The first couple weeks I could barely hit 5 minutes on any of the cardio. Now I'm already hitting my 8-10min and have been able to increase my speed and resistance on the machines. I'm now to 400 and still have a long ways to go, but I feel the exercise has been key. I already feel much better than I ever did even when I had lost the 60. I can only imagine it is all the positive benefits to sweating they keep telling us about. :laugh:

-Deke