Men's before and after pictures

bevfazio · March 2014

I wish more men would chat!

DangerJim71 · March 2014

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1052845-fat-smoker-to-triathlete?hl=Fat+smoker&page=1#posts-16168601

I'm not as cut as some of you guys. Wow!!! In fact, if I told some of you how many hours I workout every week you wouldn't believe me. Hahaha, but pretty much every day is leg day. ;-)

thesupremeforce · March 2014

I'm 6'0" and 32. The "Before" would have been sometime in late 2012, so I'm getting there.

BackInTheSaddle13 · March 2014

:::chants::: More! More! More! More!

:drinker: :flowerforyou: :blushing: :glasses:

THIS

RECowgill · March 2014

I just started out a few weeks ago and one of the things I was determined to do to keep me focused was to photo myself every week. Now, that seems to be a little too often but was I lose more, I think it will be interesting to look back. So, every Friday evening, I photo front, back, left and right.

I hope you can keep up with this. I'll tell you from my own personal experience, I had a similar thought at the start but gave up keeping an accurate photo record after a little while. Reason being: The changes come slow. Veeeeeeerrrrrryyyyy sllooooooooooowwww. You put in 110% effort to get 0.1% returns.

I say this not to demoralize you but to try and help you see this thing realistically. It's very easy along the way to at some point give up, throw it in or whatever just because you question is it worth it. It is exceptionally hard to make real progress.

For my own part knowing this and really understanding and realizing it helped me. I was able to get into a headspace where I could say "ok, this isn't going to pay off in 2 months but rather 2 years, and I'm not going to see significant changes on the timetable of my choosing." It really challenges you. You have to keep reinvesting in the plan, in the system, when the system isn't reciprocating in an obvious way. Like I said, 0.1% returns.

Good luck to you. Keep putting in the work, always work hard and it will pay off. Trust that it will and it will.

waldo56 · March 2014

I just started out a few weeks ago and one of the things I was determined to do to keep me focused was to photo myself every week. Now, that seems to be a little too often but was I lose more, I think it will be interesting to look back. So, every Friday evening, I photo front, back, left and right.

I opened a Pinterest account and post my pics in a 'Secret' file because...well, let's just say the pics show why I'm on a diet and on MyFitnessPal to begin with! LOL

If anyone is on Piniterest and wants to see, I will share but be forewarned, I'm about 80 pounds over my goal and the pics let it all hang out!

I will say that when Tuesday or Wednesday comes along, it spurs me on knowing that Photo Friday is coming up and I need to pose...it helps keep me going.

I did a set of photos a week for a while. Interesting for sure, but hard to keep up that pace. I do weekly measurements though and have for a long time.

While I was losing initially, once I started taking progress photos I did them biweekly. That's a pretty good spacing if you are losing fast.

Nowadays I just do them monthly. Things don't change so fast anymore. I'm glad though that I literally have more than 2 years of monthly progress photos, it is fascinating to look at.

sarahp86 · March 2014

Best.....Thread.....EVER!!!!

moya_rargh · March 2014

derekj222 · March 2014

Still maybe 10-15 more to go. I agree, no male success stories. I think there are plenty, but men usually don't want to share their stories as much, for the most part.