baconslave wrote: »

Meant to do this yesterday, but the internet was being stupid again.
Not a before and after, but a Before and "Getting Close". 18lb to go.

Sorry, no side view. Be aware that I do not exaggerate when I say I looked very pregnant from the side. My youngest was 3 at the time. ugh...



Sorry you can't see better definition in my legs. Pants have gotten baggy again.

AWESOME!!! Bacon your looking really good right now!!!! Inspirational!

Dan the Man from Michigan

TMI - 400+.. Pretty sad when these were my at home pants and wearing 6xl sweats in 100% AZ weather. groans.
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wow everyone! Congrats!! I should have done a "before" pic (22 lb ago), but still have more to lose and need to start exercising- so I am now motivated to do the before and after pic. after seeing your results.

You all are looking so good. I need to do a work in progress to see if there is a change. I need to inspire myself. Thanks for the photos. It does help.

Since there's a new after, might as well post another before. This was closer to my start of going low-carb. It's actually exactly 6 months before I started keto. It's one of the few photos I had from that time. I was doing obstacle course runs, running every other day, and counting calories to try and keep my weight down. This was the best result I was getting. I am not pleased with the photos. There's some photos later where you can see my calf, and the muscle definition is pretty solid. It's not that I wasn't working my butt off. It's just that I wasn't getting anywhere. Look at my pregnancy belly. It's a carb baby!

April 15, 2013


Here's another "After" photo from today. We were at Epcot and I bought a shirt from Italy. No reason other than it was on sale and I wanted it. I had my wife snap a photo of me in it. This is with rare exercise. I do it when I feel like it or if I race is coming up. There's nothing at this time. So, I am not really exercising. I'm still not thrilled with my body, but it's a lot better than the before.

March 14, 2015

I am starting to believe the new me in the mirror. I am so used to the old one, that he's the one I still see most of the time. People think I am crazy. But, you spend so long seeing yourself one way, the changes take a while to really sink in. I have people I work with who have a hard time believing who I was. Even my students comment on my old yearbook photos, "Mr. [Goat], did you see your photo in [old yearbook]? You were SO FAT!" LOL, nothing like working with children. They have no filter.

The really sad thing about this first photo is that I was working so hard to get "fit, thin, and healthy." I don't know for sure, but I was somewhere between 87 and 92 kg when it was taken. I just wasn't losing weight. I might gain. I might stay the same. But, my weight just wouldn't go down. I exercised for hours each week. The days I didn't run, I would bike for 50-80 minutes at a rate of 14 mph to 18 mph. In a way, it drove me to keto because, what was the worst thing that could happen? I might gain weight? That was already happening in spite of my best efforts. I decided to give it a shot. The only regret I ever had was not doing it years ago.

FIT_Goat wrote: »

I am starting to believe the new me in the mirror.

It wasn't until I was skinny in one of my dreams that I finally realized it. It was such a shock that it woke me up!

Goat what do you mean you're still not thrilled with your body? You look awesome

TheSatinPumpkin wrote: »

TMI - 400+.. Pretty sad when these were my at home pants and wearing 6xl sweats in 100% AZ weather. groans.
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Holy crap!!! You are a WHOLE OTHER PERSON! you must feel so amazing and free!!

Love all these photos! I have another 6 lbs to my goal, I'm still 1-2 lbs over the maximum healthy BMI for my height, which is crazy. I'm 5'5" and wear clothes in size 4. I can't imagine being much smaller! Pictures really tell a better picture than the number on the scale.