Lost 160 Pounds in 6 Months-100% Natural Using MFP

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  • boncelady
    boncelady Posts: 4 Member
    Wow, thats great. You have rruly just inspired me. Ive just cleared out our cupboards and from now is a fresh start for me and my family. Thank you so so much
  • Laughter_Girl
    Laughter_Girl Posts: 2,226 Member
    That's amazing and encouraging. Excellent job!!!! Thanks for sharing your story.
  • Running_Spirit
    Running_Spirit Posts: 32
    Super inspirational! Congratulations! ♥
  • livefitwithjess
    livefitwithjess Posts: 11 Member
    Great job!
  • bcc112986
    bcc112986 Posts: 362 Member
    Wow powerful, Johnathan. Thanks for sharing. You are an inspiration.
  • LovingLifeInCalifornia
    LovingLifeInCalifornia Posts: 9,362 Member
    LOVED YOUR VIDEO! Thanks for sharing!
  • atamrowski
    atamrowski Posts: 417 Member
    Congrats but doesn't that seem kind of drastic? I guess it can be done. Good job
  • jwalters0616
    jwalters0616 Posts: 50 Member
    Almost 1,000 People reached in just two days, you guys are awesome, I am glad you liked my story, please be sure to share. And yes it is drastic, but I wasn't going for subtle. ;)
  • Slimon191
    Slimon191 Posts: 32 Member
    Amazing, awesome, two words :D
  • perrymick
    perrymick Posts: 79 Member
    Great video, thanks for sharing.

    Well done.
  • angelfish257
    angelfish257 Posts: 81 Member
    wow, you have done an amazing job - well done and best of luck for the rest of your journey! :bigsmile:
  • squindles
    squindles Posts: 350 Member
    Excellent! Thanks for sharing and well done :bigsmile:
  • jwalters0616
    jwalters0616 Posts: 50 Member
    Does anyone know a good place to share this video so it can reach more people? Thanks in advance.
  • edg6strings
    edg6strings Posts: 37 Member
    Inspiring video & tremendous accomplishment. Congrats & keep it up!
  • JourneyingJessica
    JourneyingJessica Posts: 261 Member
    Amazing!! You look great and so happy!!!
  • abstrakt_star
    abstrakt_star Posts: 50 Member
    Congratulations! You are amazing! ... and your story made me cry :)
  • LesaDave
    LesaDave Posts: 1,480 Member
    Was happy to watch this again. And I know I told your sister, but I don't know if I told you...CONGRATS!!!!!
  • foxxyroxy12
    foxxyroxy12 Posts: 25 Member
    What an amazing transformation and an inspiring story!! Way to go and may you continue on this journey with the strength and determination!! Congrats again!!
  • carolann_22
    carolann_22 Posts: 364 Member
    Congrats to you!
  • jiggy_gibby
    jiggy_gibby Posts: 197
    Excellent video. Your dad would be proud.
  • jeslaughter
    jeslaughter Posts: 131 Member
    All I can say is awesome!
  • myprana
    myprana Posts: 66
    That video is amazing! Count me as one of the people here who got teary eyed. :blushing:

    Jonathon, you mentioned that you lift weight every day. That's crossed my mind to do this because it's easier for me to stick with something if it's a daily habit. But then I read that muscles need to rest a couple of days after being worked out. But then I think to myself, plenty of people work physically demanding jobs and their muscles aren't suffering. What's your weight training program look like? Thanks!
  • ChristineS_51
    ChristineS_51 Posts: 872 Member
    Thank you everyone for the kind words, and yes please feel free to share it on your Facebooks and anywhere were someone may be inspired by it.

    As far as 2 pounds a week for "healthy" weight loss, that is under specific diet and exercise, mind you guys, I eat up to 2500 calories a day, run on average 7 miles a day, and so I do not lose muscle mass I lift weights everyday. My strength has increased and my muscle percentage has dropped by less than 2% according to doctor.

    Again, I was CLOSELY supervised on this transition, I was given a life span expectancy and told if I did not loss weight I would die.

    You should not shoot for this loss in a 6 month time fame unless you have doctor recommendation and nutritionist recommendation to do so.

    I showed the video to tell my story and show people, weight loss IS possible, HUGE weight loss IS possible. You just may need a little motivation and hopefully this video reaches at least one person who can change their life with it.

    Thanks guys and gals.

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    Beautiful video - great that the miserable time you have had has ended up with you being so determined and focused, your dad would have been proud of you, I bet your wife and children are proud of you. :smile:

    Re comments about your weight loss - you have lost a whole lot of weight, which is more than the "usual" average weight loss recommended but that would be because you would have been in the morbidly obese range, and because you were under doctors monitoring it would have been safer, and you worked hard at it. Good to see you did weights as well. I lost about 20 kg in about four months (have gone much more slowly in year since) but was very active at that time.

    Well done and thanks for sharing, keep up the great work. :smile:

    ETA Shard on my facebook I am very evangelistic about MFP, I always want to share the great news that it can be done with determination, exercise and calorie counting, and no fancy stuff! :laugh:
  • jwalters0616
    jwalters0616 Posts: 50 Member
    That video is amazing! Count me as one of the people here who got teary eyed. :blushing:

    Jonathon, you mentioned that you lift weight every day. That's crossed my mind to do this because it's easier for me to stick with something if it's a daily habit. But then I read that muscles need to rest a couple of days after being worked out. But then I think to myself, plenty of people work physically demanding jobs and their muscles aren't suffering. What's your weight training program look like? Thanks!

    Thank you very much for enjoying the video.

    A big reason people take days off is because science proves muscles grow faster when they are resting after a workout, which is awesome. If you are like me and could easily fall off the path without SOME KIND of daily lifting, well, then slower muscle growth is better than NO muscle growth. Everyday I work out is an arm and leg day for me, but I adjusted slowly to this, do not try to do this right away because you will be uncomfortably sore. I do legs in the morning, because I love the feeling on walking on the slightly sore legs during the days, then I do arms at night so I don't have to worry about legs hurting in the morning after a hard workout and a long rest at night, which can be an issue at works, sore arms isn't a big deal in stuff I do.

    I cycle days, so Even though I strength train everyday, I switch what specific muscles I do. Typically divide pushing and pulling muscle onto the same days. So chest with upper back, triceps extension with dips, chest and traps, Biceps curls with benchpress, and as for legs, i do Tons of "knee kiss" lunges where you just walk a short distance with lunges and touch the back knee to the floor, this works EVERYTHING in your leg. I do calves by themselves on days, then group together hams and quads.

    hope this helps and be sure to share the video so it can help inspire others, we are all in this together. :)
  • SomeNights246
    SomeNights246 Posts: 807 Member
    That's amazing. Great job. :)
  • mumtoonegirl
    mumtoonegirl Posts: 586 Member
    You are an incredible inspiration, I am so sorry for your painful losses. Your grammy and dad would be so proud of the man you have become. So happy for your new life!
  • whitway2014
    whitway2014 Posts: 4 Member
    Super Jonathon! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • DaSavedSinner
    DaSavedSinner Posts: 211 Member
    Your story is so much like mine that I nearly cried. My Father died of heart troubles, I was a constant target of bullying, i gave up many many times, I wish I could have made such an amazing video of my journey but I never expected to succeed. CONGRATS!
  • jwalters0616
    jwalters0616 Posts: 50 Member
    Your story is so much like mine that I nearly cried. My Father died of heart troubles, I was a constant target of bullying, i gave up many many times, I wish I could have made such an amazing video of my journey but I never expected to succeed. CONGRATS!

    Im sorry to hear for your struggles believe me, I know how hard they are to overcome and how easy quitting feels to be. After growing into the person I have become this past year, I know quitting is harder because it comes with a greater feeling of responsibility. I hope to inspire as many people as possible with my story, but when I see comments like this and I am re-inspired myself.

    Thank you and please share the video so more people can see it. thanks!
  • jwalters0616
    jwalters0616 Posts: 50 Member
    1250 Views in a few days and mostly from MFP, you guys are awesome!!! Keep checking it out and sharing, I making some great friends and hopefully we can inspire each other, Thanks.

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