Down almost 80, and about 15-20 to go. (lifting/diet/cardio)

I started at 6'2, 285, 35% body fat, currently i'm at 208, and 16.7% BF. I lift every day for about 90 minutes, i eat really well (oatmeal for breakfast, salad w\grilled chicken for lunch, protein shakes), and i do cardio once or twice a day...i'm really determined to get abs, so i'm far from content, but i do feel soo much better about myself at this point.

this weekend i had to buy new pants, and when i was at 285, i was a 40'' pant size, and now i'm at 33'' which feels incredible.

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shellylb52

Geat job! You look amazing

beckieboomoo

You look great! Awesome job

LearnFromTheRed

Wow! Is that the same bloke? ;-)

El_Cunado

Awesome transformation!:drinker:

kazhowe

You should be really pleased with yourself - you look great !

TheRealJigsaw

Congrats!

jessicabillman77

WOW

ChristineS_51

Great results! Well done

Jeneba

YAY!!!!!! Thanks for posting! You are an inspiration!

MyJourney1960

AWESOME! thank you for posting! wow - size 33... I think i remember that size, once, many years ago:flowerforyou:

LisaWixom

You look great! My husband worries about his chest staying as he looses weight but you are proof that he can tone it up with hard work! Great job! I am going to show him.

MaryLaura83

Holy Crap!!! Wow, you look great!!!

brdnw

LisaWiscom, my bench did go down as i lost weight, I think it's a matter of being smaller you lose leverage on the bench, The highest bench i got to was benching 300 (while weighing 265) but right now i'm probably only able to do about 275-285...but i never thought aesthetically i had any negative at all from it, and i think i just lost my leverage from dropping weight more than losing anything muscle related.

2013sk

Omg

You look hot!!!! What a transformation.......fantastic work, well done!!!!!!

connie_messina

wow!!! amazing!! so hot i have to say!! good for you!!!!!

dancinmama

You look beautiful, way to show it off!

gbatey78

Wow you look amazing! How much time difference is there between the photos?

TimeWillTell2

Great job - you look great and you are such an inspiration!

CherylP67

Wow, amazing! You look so much younger and look at those abs!

brdnw

Wow you look amazing! How much time difference is there between the photos?

the first pic was like 2.5 years ago, When i started i hadn't gone to the gym for like 2 years...so i told myself i wanted to lift every single day, and i'd worry about diet/cardio later once i established a routine, and at the time my max bench was 140 (my lifetime max bench back in college was 185)..and i set a goal to bench 300 within a year and within like 2 days of a year i did it.

Then the 2nd year i started to focus on my diet a bit more and cardio, i got down to 220 last july, but then got content and as of this past february i balooned back up to 250 and that's when i decided i need to really re-focus and get my priorities straighted out.

So since february i've lost about 40lbs and been really focused on my diet/cardio/strength .