120 pounds and a Body Recomp. From Fat to Personal Trainer!

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  • SmexAppeal
    SmexAppeal Posts: 858 Member
    You have that same great smile, but now a new lease on life. Congrats on all your success. You can offer me help anytime!!!
    Good luck on your test!!!
  • samanthahix12
    samanthahix12 Posts: 179
    Very inspiring! You look fit and handsome!
  • gagatcu
    gagatcu Posts: 23 Member
    Congratulations! You look fantastic!

    Good luck on your certification and thanks for paying it forward!
  • m_wilh
    m_wilh Posts: 362 Member
    Awesome, Awesome, Awesome results!!! Thanks for sharing!
  • westindiangal
    westindiangal Posts: 4 Member
    Congratulations!
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    WOW congrats...you look fantastic!!
  • penguinlally
    penguinlally Posts: 331 Member
    wowzers! Job well well done! Sending you positive energy for your fitness training test- I'm sure that you will rock it..... FR sent
  • amycb03
    amycb03 Posts: 68 Member
    Amazing! Congrats and a job well done- that is no joke- very hard work! Kudos!
  • lmisskatie
    lmisskatie Posts: 22
    Wow what inspiration! :)
  • MaryRegs
    MaryRegs Posts: 272 Member
    you are a star! I am about halfway to my goal...and determined! Could use any advice you have to offer! please feel free to add me!
  • knitapeace
    knitapeace Posts: 1,013 Member
    You look more like a college kid now than you did in college! Seriously, being fit took years off you. Wish my middle-school aged son had more teacher role models like you. Good luck on the PT exam; you're gonna shred it!
  • josavage
    josavage Posts: 472 Member
    Very well done! And good luck on your test next month. I love that you are paying it forward.
  • ChasingKatie
    ChasingKatie Posts: 331 Member
    Wow, great job!
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,628 Member
    omg, you've lost an entire person ....... outstanding job ....... congrats on your accomplishments !

    and best of luck in the future, you're an inspiration :drinker:
  • connie_messina
    connie_messina Posts: 495 Member
    omg!!!! i cant believe it! you look amazing im so happy for you!
  • goldarae
    goldarae Posts: 85 Member
    Absolutely incredible!!! Lookin' good =)
  • iconrunner
    iconrunner Posts: 57 Member
    A true inspiration - I loved reading your story. Amazing job, amazing attitude and your dedication and hard work really shows. You look fantastic. Thanks for sharing!!
  • tasharock
    tasharock Posts: 136 Member
    If you have time/patience to teach middle school kids and be a PT, I will be beyond impressed. ;)
  • VeroJuly
    VeroJuly Posts: 101 Member
    Very inspirational! Congrats on your success, and good luck on your test :)
  • bernied262
    bernied262 Posts: 882 Member
    awesome job! Congrats on your achievements and good luck with the PT'ing!
  • SugarBaby71
    SugarBaby71 Posts: 3,630 Member
    Your story is fantastic. You look like a different person. Well done! :flowerforyou:
  • davypr86
    davypr86 Posts: 145 Member
    Wow! Congrats! I find your story interesting because it is similar to mine. I too weighted 192 lbs up to my last summer before college. At the end of my four year run in college I weighted 283 lbs. We are also of a similar height, 5'77'.

    Right now I am at 209 lbs and I am shooting for 175 lbs.

    Congrats again!
  • ohaston
    ohaston Posts: 218 Member
    Super job! And you look so different.... !!! Congrats
  • leslilippthomas
    leslilippthomas Posts: 29
    What an inspiration you are! Congrats to you! You are my IDOL!!
  • LoudmouthLee
    LoudmouthLee Posts: 358 Member
    I have gotten a few PMs asking about BF% and stuff, so I thought I would post it here, too!

    When I started: Height - 5'9, Weight - 310, BF% - 41.3%. Lean Muscle Mass - 182 (Fat Weight: 128 lbs)
    Where I am Now: Height - 5'9, Weight - 190, BF% - 17.2%. Lean Muscle Mass - 157 (Fat Weight: 33 lbs)
  • fat2fit2fine
    fat2fit2fine Posts: 25
    (semi-cross post elsewhere... but people said I should post this as a separate thread!)


    Hi, Everyone!

    In high school, I was athletic and of a slightly larger build. I was 5'8, weighed around 190. Good looking boy! - I went away to college when I was 18. The freshman 15 turned into the freshman 50 for me. Things spiraled out of control after that, and I ended up graduating college at 310 pounds, putting on 120 pounds during my college career.

    Whenever I had lost weight previously, I had drastically cut calories and hit the gym hard... it was completely the wrong way to do it, and there was no way I could maintain the pace I was going at. I would drop 50 pounds, only to put 60 back on. It was wild. And horrible.

    The last time I lost weight, I decided to really do research. About TDEE. About BMR. About Calories in vs. Calories out.

    Throughout the entire time I have lost weight, I have eaten between 2200-2700 calories a day. If I want Pizza, I have Pizza. If I want Taco Bell, you bet. I just make better decisions when I'm there.

    It took me a year, approximately, to lose 120 pounds... but over the past 6 months, I have done a major body recomposition.

    The best part of this whole thing? I'm taking my personal trainer test in a month. Time to pay it all forward!

    Then: 310
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    Now: 190
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    If I can do anything to help out anyone, please add me. I'll do what I can, except listen to excuses. Aint got time for that! :)


    Three words for you...
    TEACH ME MASTER!


    seriously bro help me out
  • kealey1318
    kealey1318 Posts: 290 Member
    Congratulations!!! What spectacular results... Best wishes on your new career journey and I wish you continued success.
  • TakeBackFit
    TakeBackFit Posts: 1
    YOU MY FRIEND ARE AN INSPIRATION....and to lose 120lb in a year eating 2200-2700 calories is just superb. Just goes to show you don't need to eat less to lose weight.
  • Cre8veLifeR
    Cre8veLifeR Posts: 1,062 Member
    You were cute before and now you are drop dead gorgeous! Great smile :-) Congratulations to you!!!
  • LoudmouthLee
    LoudmouthLee Posts: 358 Member
    YOU MY FRIEND ARE AN INSPIRATION....and to lose 120lb in a year eating 2200-2700 calories is just superb. Just goes to show you don't need to eat less to lose weight.

    Oh! I ate less! Much less. I just didn't starve :)

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