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My husband's success story, 74lbs down, with pics!! :)
ecp2698
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I wanted to share my husband's success story, as he is too humble to post something on his own. I think his transformation is worthy of posting, though! His username on here is nab4life.
These before pics were taken before we started our first round of P90X in Jan 2009, he was about 250lbs. For the record, he is 5'10." He made it through about 10 weeks of P90X, but never finished, I can't remember the reason why. He did well with it, though, was down to about 220lbs. Then I got pregnant in Sept 2009 and he put on baby weight with me and got back to the same weight, around 250lbs. After the New Year 2010, he started making changes here and there with his eating and drinking and started losing some weight. In March 2010, he started running, at first he could barely finish a mile. He had knee issues and never thought he would be able to run any distance, but kept at it and kept getting better and better. He steadily started to lose weight after this, then in Nov 2010 we started P90X and completed our first round in Jan 2011.
He was stuck at 190lbs for weeks and I suggested he was not eating enough for how active he was being and he started here on MFP at the end of Jan 2011. He realized he was definitely was not eating enough and logging on here helped him to eat more of the right foods, and learn more about his eating habits. Since then, he has lost another 13lbs, and is at 176lbs, so in total, he has lost 74lbs. I think he would like to see 175lbs, as that is considered a "healthy BMI" but now he is mainly trying to gain lean muscle, and improve his running times. He hopes to run his first marathon in Oct 2011. We are also finishing up our second round of P90X, along with incorporating running into our routine.
If you couldn't tell by now, I am very proud of him, he has worked very hard to get where he is now, and has learned a lot. It has taken a long time, there is no quick and easy fix, but it can be done!
Before Jan 2009
After April 2011
Before Jan 2009
After April 2011
These before pics were taken before we started our first round of P90X in Jan 2009, he was about 250lbs. For the record, he is 5'10." He made it through about 10 weeks of P90X, but never finished, I can't remember the reason why. He did well with it, though, was down to about 220lbs. Then I got pregnant in Sept 2009 and he put on baby weight with me and got back to the same weight, around 250lbs. After the New Year 2010, he started making changes here and there with his eating and drinking and started losing some weight. In March 2010, he started running, at first he could barely finish a mile. He had knee issues and never thought he would be able to run any distance, but kept at it and kept getting better and better. He steadily started to lose weight after this, then in Nov 2010 we started P90X and completed our first round in Jan 2011.
He was stuck at 190lbs for weeks and I suggested he was not eating enough for how active he was being and he started here on MFP at the end of Jan 2011. He realized he was definitely was not eating enough and logging on here helped him to eat more of the right foods, and learn more about his eating habits. Since then, he has lost another 13lbs, and is at 176lbs, so in total, he has lost 74lbs. I think he would like to see 175lbs, as that is considered a "healthy BMI" but now he is mainly trying to gain lean muscle, and improve his running times. He hopes to run his first marathon in Oct 2011. We are also finishing up our second round of P90X, along with incorporating running into our routine.
If you couldn't tell by now, I am very proud of him, he has worked very hard to get where he is now, and has learned a lot. It has taken a long time, there is no quick and easy fix, but it can be done!
Before Jan 2009
After April 2011
Before Jan 2009
After April 2011
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Wow!!! That's amazing! What a transformation... thanks for sharing it with us 0
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Fixed the pics, tried to do side by side, but that didn't work, but you can see them better this way!0
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Holy Crap!!! You look great Justin!!! You should be so very proud of yourself. For the record, Emmy rocks too! 0
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Terrific!!0
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wow that is a great job, you both should be proud of his hard work0
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Tell your hubby, "Hubba-Hubba!" LOL
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Great job, congrats! He is a half of what he was in the first pic... 0
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good for him, that`s awesome!! what a transformation!0
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You need to send his photo's into BeachBody (P90X) to use as testimony that the program worked well for him!!
Tell him awesome job and I wish him success in his upcoming marathon!!!0 -
Wowza! Good job!0
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You need to send his photo's into BeachBody (P90X) to use as testimony that the program worked well for him!!
Tell him awesome job and I wish him success in his upcoming marathon!!!
We plan on doing that, he just wants to wait until this second round is officially over in a couple weeks.
I will, thanks!0 -
Daaang! WTG Justin! Tell him he looks awesome!0
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good job!Thanks for sharing!!0
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What a transformation!! WTG!!0
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Awesome transformation!!! Tell Justine he rocks and should be very proud of his accomplishment!! You too!!! I wish him luck on the upcoming marathon!!! 0
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Congratulations to you both! Your hubby looks wonderful, and I congratulate you on being his biggest fan! He is blessed to have you supporting him through his transformation. Keep up the great work, both of you. 0
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Congrats to you both! Great work and very inspirational! I'm sure he's proud to have a wife as proud of him as you are too
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Wow great job!! Thanks for sharing ...it's stories like these that keep me going. 0
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Yes, he does look in a lot much better shape then before. He's done a very good job in getting in shape.0
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that's amazing! congrats to you and your hubby! he looks fabulous.0
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WOW!!! That is amazing. He did a wonderful job!0
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You both look amazing!0
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He looks GREAT!!!! Congrats to him!!!0
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Wowsers! What an amazing transformation! You both must be very very proud!0
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Great job by your husband!
Question: does he do any weight training in addition to P90X? If not, that's probably the best route for him to increase his lean body mass going forward0 -
Your husband looks great. My husband and I are on our second round of p90x now too. I want to start running this Monday. My husband added spinning and he looks amazing too! Congrats to you both!0
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Thanks everyone, it means a lot to me and him!
Hopefully some day I will post my b&a pics, once I get to goal!0 -
Thanks for the motivation!0
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Now that's what I'm talking about! Super Great Job, what an inspiration to us all!
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He's looks wonderful, you are a lucky girl ;-)0
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