Fitness Program and Your Visible Changes?

I'm interested in knowing what worked for others to produce dramatic, visible results. I have used the search function and found various things, but still want more data, please!

Please share with me:

1. Your beginning stats (with pics, if possible)
2. The routine you did.
3. The diet you did.
4. The resulting stats (with pics, if possible)
5. The DURATION to achieve those results.

TIA!

No pics, but I'll take some by spring

1. 172 high, but 165 in Sept when I really focused on lifting for real.

2. Lifting 2-3 sets of 8-10 reps with key bodyweight exercises, too. Minimum 2x a week for lower body. 1-2x a week for my (injured) UB. I really aim for 2 there, but some weeks it has to be 1.

3. TDEE-10%

4.155 lbs, 12 inches gone on key measurements, definition in upper abs and 'new' serratus over my ribs! Tight, defined leg muscles (still under fat up high). 'New' muscles around knees (yay!) and gained a wee bit of size on my puny delts! Inner thigh muscles tight and not wiggly at all anymore. Lats and armit area tight and not flabby any more! Lower abs tight but still covered in fat.

Hams are dwarfing my butt, though, so it shows that if you don't challenge a muscle enough it doesn't do as well. I just got a barbell to get enough weight on those glutes (for the first time). My hams go back to big really easily without much challenge (just genetics and earlier sports).

5. Sept 1 till now.

1. Your beginning stats: 5'5 185-190 pounds (see profile picture)

2. The routine you did: I lost every lb from my before and after in my profile pic by running. More specifically I trained for a half marathon, so running 15-125 miles a week. I also tried to include some strength exercises like yoga and weight lifting, but not nearly as much as I should have. Working on that now.

3. The diet you did: I lost weight eating pizza, ice cream, cereal, and basically all the vegetarian junk food you can think of. On training days I ate 1800 calories, on rest days I ate 1400.

4. The resulting stats (with pics, if possible): See my profile picture, currently down to 130 pounds. All that's left is to lower my bf%!

5. The DURATION to achieve those results: It took me a year to go from 190 to 130.

Nice job! You really transformed your body! If you had it to do over, what would you do differently, in terms of weight training?

I would have done more of it. If I had lifted more I would have more muscle mass and less body fat.

I'm interested in knowing what worked for others to produce dramatic, visible results. I have used the search function and found various things, but still want more data, please!

Please share with me:

1. Your beginning stats (with pics, if possible)
2. The routine you did.
3. The diet you did.
4. The resulting stats (with pics, if possible)
5. The DURATION to achieve those results.

TIA!

Beginning stats: 5'5", 217 pounds, size 18 / 20
Routine: C25K 3 days a week, elliptical 2 days a week, strength training 3 days a week
Diet: Just kept my NET calories under 1800 most days
Resulting stats: 5'5", 157 pounds, size 12 with an occasional find in a 10!
Duration: About a year and a half but I didn't get serious with exercise until April 2013 and I hit 157 pounds in November

Before


After