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19 months...67lbs (pics)

McCloud33
McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
edited November 2024 in Success Stories
So five more months of dieting in the books! Started again on January 1st and took my after pictures last night. Dropped from 192lbs to 168lbs and from ~19% body fat to ~13%. So in the last 19 months I've gone from 235lbs to 168lbs and 30+%BF to 13%BF. I've dropped down to a size 32 pants (what I wore in HS) and ran a sub 20min 5k just a couple weeks ago! I've also upped my longest distance run to a half marathon.
I'm actually able to see the outline of some abs in the right lighting :D I will say that these 24 lbs were A LOT harder to drop than the 50 that I dropped last year in the same time frame. Now I'm going to up my calories for the next 7 months and try and build some more muscles and then cut back down so that hopefully this time next year I won't have to rely on "good lighting" to see those abs :)

Oct13-May15
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Progress Shots
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Jan15-May15
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  • nzchikky
    nzchikky Posts: 304 Member
    Wow just amazing! Very inspiring :)
  • I_will_07
    I_will_07 Posts: 1 Member
    And extra bonus, you look far younger than before.
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    Here are a couple more of my before photos too.

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  • fatblatta
    fatblatta Posts: 333 Member
    Nice job!
  • DeterminedFee201426
    DeterminedFee201426 Posts: 859 Member
    congratz! you look nice ! Light shows all..! even if you used a light to see them abs still you've done very good progress in all aspects .. their defenately there! and with building them they'll get even better. :
  • maggierenee88
    maggierenee88 Posts: 352 Member
    Amazing work! You look unreal!
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    Thank you @maggierenee88 @DeterminedFee201426 @fatblatta @theram01
    @nzchikky
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    Finally made it to the end @sljohnson1207 thanks for the support along the way!
  • caffeinified
    caffeinified Posts: 18 Member
    Great work! You look fantastic and like you feel fantastic!
  • blue_eyes1978
    blue_eyes1978 Posts: 127 Member
    I hope you feel as good as you look!! You have made awesome progress, very inspiring for sure!! Thanks for sharing your success.
  • sljohnson1207
    sljohnson1207 Posts: 818 Member
    McCloud33 wrote: »
    Finally made it to the end @sljohnson1207 thanks for the support along the way!
    I'm very happy for you! You look great. Well done
  • martin_leeann
    martin_leeann Posts: 46 Member
    edited May 2015
    You look amazing! So proud of you!! I posted some before pics last week and I can't wait to post my afters once I hit my goal.
  • oedipa_maas
    oedipa_maas Posts: 577 Member
    Amazing. You are such an inspiration!
  • praksindiafit
    praksindiafit Posts: 526 Member
    Well done..great progress n very inspiring
  • Becca281552
    Becca281552 Posts: 45 Member
    Great progress pics & congrats on your success!! :)
  • smkondy
    smkondy Posts: 583 Member
    What a transformation-you look fantastic!! Bravo!!!
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    blue_eyes1978 wrote: »
    I hope you feel as good as you look!! You have made awesome progress, very inspiring for sure!! Thanks for sharing your success.

    I do feel great! I'm finally liking how my body looks ;)
  • LilannB
    LilannB Posts: 99 Member
    Congratulations on your success.
  • justjack18
    justjack18 Posts: 720 Member
    Holy moly! Nice! :)
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    justjack18 wrote: »
    Holy moly! Nice! :)

    Thank you :D
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    One of the most flabbergasting things with all of this weight loss is that still, according do the BMI scale, I'm overweight! LOL Which is why I tell people to ignore it and use their bf% instead. I would have to lose 3 more pounds to be in the "normal" category. (I must have dense legs, because all of that muscle weight isn't in my upper body!)
  • kamakazeekim
    kamakazeekim Posts: 1,183 Member
    You look fantastic! I would never guess the before pictures were the same guy!
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    @kamakazeekim your before/afters are pretty amazing too! nice work yourself!
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    Thanks everyone. Nice knowing that my story can be inspirational to someone. More than willing to answer any questions anyone might have.
  • creationscrown
    creationscrown Posts: 304 Member
    Amazing work! What a transformation! Hotttt!
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    creationscrown wrote: »
    Amazing work! What a transformation! Hotttt!

    Thank you! Hotttt might be one of the best compliments I can get. Felt unattractive for a long time :D
  • cmsu64113
    cmsu64113 Posts: 474 Member
    Great job! What was your diet like?
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    @cmsu64113 I had it set at 1500 calories, but ate back my exercise calories most of the time. I averaged around 2000 calories actually eaten per day. I would usually only eat a banana for breakfast and then break the rest of the calories between lunch/dinner. My usual meal would be some combination of grilled chicken, steak, or chicken sausage, cottage cheese with fruit, avocado, goat cheese, and several servings of vegetables. I laid off the carbs most of the time not because I had anything against them per-se, but because with the limited amount of calories that I gave myself, I just felt more satisfied on the higher protein/fat diet. Carbs were usually between 100-150, but most of that would come from the fruit that I had or if there were more sugary veggies like corn or something. Very little bread/rice/pasta stuff.
  • jorinya
    jorinya Posts: 933 Member
    Male model material. Wow, what a transformation! Amazing results! What an inspiration! You look fab BTW.
  • Marlene1667
    Marlene1667 Posts: 201 Member
    Wow, amanzing transformations. You lost a lot of weight and years. You look so much younger it's shocking!
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