80 Pounds down - 20 to go! (Pics)

Riproarious
Riproarious Posts: 15 Member
edited November 22 in Success Stories
Hey there,

Long time lurker, first time poster. :blush:

I started my weight loss journey in July of 2014, weighing in at 274.9lbs.
I joined MFP, downloaded the app and begrudgingly started counting calories.
Throughout the past year, I started lifting, eating healthier and drinking less.
I now weigh around 197 on a good day, but Im not where I want to be yet..
My final goal is to be at or around 175lbs for a total loss of 100lbs.

The reason for this post though, is to create some accountability for myself.
I am leaving for a week-long trip to Montreal in the 3rd week of September.
Im setting a fairly high goal for myself - I want to weigh 180 lbs by the time I leave.
Thats roughly 2-2.5 lbs of weight loss per week, but Ill be happy if I lose 1-1.5 per week.

I will try and post picture updates on a weekly basis and of the end result. (Sept 18th)

The before pictures are at 274.9lbs and the after pictures are at 195.8lbs.
I forgot to take an initial scale pic at 274.9lbs so 260lbs is the best I have.

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  • BasicGreatGuy
    BasicGreatGuy Posts: 857 Member
    Great job. Consistency, watching what you eat, and determination gets it done.

    Stay strong.
  • JustME1611
    JustME1611 Posts: 112 Member
    Amazing transformation! I hope you can reach your goal!
  • dmitriy0851
    dmitriy0851 Posts: 6 Member
    edited August 2015
    Hey this is awesome great job man you will reach your goal I know it the cool thing is is we kind of have similar stories I started at 2:35 and lost 38 pounds so far so I am 197 now if your weight loss stalls for a little bit what you can actually do is increase your caloric intake by about 50 or 100 cal week by week and after you've added 500 cal total to your diet stay at that caloric intake for about a month then cut off that 500 cal when you feel like your bodies adjusted to the food, you shouldn't be gaining any weight while adding those calories week by week either losing some or just staying there, but what happens is your body adjusts to the higher caloric intake and when you do take away that 500 calories back you'll pretty much restart your weight loss and you should be losing pretty quickly like you did in the beginning! Hopefully this wasn't too confusing haha tried to explain it the best I could! Many bodybuilders incorporate this if they're weightloss either slows or if they wanna go back to eating normal after they get to they're goal weight without gaining any weight.
  • AR10at50
    AR10at50 Posts: 1,666 Member
    You are doing great!!!
  • RegainFiks
    RegainFiks Posts: 180 Member
    Wow! What a transformation, you look great.
  • ejdp254
    ejdp254 Posts: 342 Member
    You look great at your current weight, well done!
  • orchidee1987
    orchidee1987 Posts: 97 Member
    Congrats so far ! You can do it !
  • blackcoffeeandcherrypie
    blackcoffeeandcherrypie Posts: 486 Member
    Good job! Well done :-)
  • maggiemay530
    maggiemay530 Posts: 123 Member
    Looking awesome! Are you so sure you need to lose more? At 195, you must be a tall 6'4'' or so? Honest I look at pic and you appear at a good goal weight right now. Regardless, you've done an awesome job of transforming yourself!
  • echmainfit619
    echmainfit619 Posts: 333 Member
    Superb!
  • chubbybword123
    chubbybword123 Posts: 54 Member
    Wow!!! U look fantastic
  • schillewis
    schillewis Posts: 144 Member
    Bravo! You are doing fabulous...congrats on your amazing success!
  • anprat65
    anprat65 Posts: 10 Member
    You should be so proud of yourself! Good luck on reaching your goal!! Stay strong:you're almost there!!!
  • kyliegoodwin04
    kyliegoodwin04 Posts: 44 Member
    Wow amazing. What an inspiration
  • Riproarious
    Riproarious Posts: 15 Member
    Thanks for all the support guys!!
    I'm actually 6'0", so 195lbs is still on the heavy side I feel..

    My weigh-in days are Fridays so I'll be posting scale pics each weekend.
    My goal for this week is an achievable 197.5lbs.
    I started last week around 200lbs and that scale pic was taken at my lowest. :P
  • hmseals77
    hmseals77 Posts: 77 Member
    Wow! You look amazing! Fantastic job :)
  • brynnsmom
    brynnsmom Posts: 945 Member
    Nice work!
  • wilsonm2014
    wilsonm2014 Posts: 182 Member
    Keep up the great work.
  • brdnw
    brdnw Posts: 565 Member
    i, very similarly, went from 285 to 195. certainly i can understand the work that goes into changing your lifestyle... great job
  • 110challenge
    110challenge Posts: 195 Member
    You look AMAZING at your current weight! Like, ready for maintenance.
  • barillase5
    barillase5 Posts: 1 Member
    I was 280 currently 212 will be 5 months that I started my journey on the 16th or August
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  • chitchatcatt
    chitchatcatt Posts: 19 Member
    You look terrific! Keep it up!
  • TnTWalter
    TnTWalter Posts: 345 Member
    great job!
  • EbonyGemstoneHealth
    EbonyGemstoneHealth Posts: 249 Member
    Congrats, great work! You will reach that end goal! How tall are you?
  • Riproarious
    Riproarious Posts: 15 Member
    EbonyGemstoneHealth wrote: »
    Congrats, great work! You will reach that end goal! How tall are you?

    Thanks! I'm at or a little above 6' I think.
    I'm scared for my weekly weigh-in goal tomorrow (197.5) cause I was 198.2 this morning..
  • Megan__Marie
    Megan__Marie Posts: 182 Member
    Amazing transformation! Congrats on your loss! You look great how you are!
  • poejegg
    poejegg Posts: 26 Member
    That's amazing! I searched the forums for 'Transformation' looking for some inspiration and I found it here. I have a similar belly to yours in your before picture up top, and can't wait to lose it. I'm only a few weeks in but already experienced big changes. Cutting down on booze is hardest, since it's how I see all my oldest friends.

    So is this a year of calorie counting and lifting that's brought you to this point? You look great! If I'm where you are in a years time I'll be over the moon.
  • Riproarious
    Riproarious Posts: 15 Member
    poejegg wrote: »
    That's amazing! I searched the forums for 'Transformation' looking for some inspiration and I found it here. I have a similar belly to yours in your before picture up top, and can't wait to lose it. I'm only a few weeks in but already experienced big changes. Cutting down on booze is hardest, since it's how I see all my oldest friends.

    So is this a year of calorie counting and lifting that's brought you to this point? You look great! If I'm where you are in a years time I'll be over the moon.

    You can do it!! You just have to dedicate yourself and know that slipping up isn't a big deal. Not drinking as much was pretty hard for me aswell but it's helped alot. (I drink once a week now) I lost about 60lbs in 6 months and then I got tired of cutting so I've been half-assing it until now haha.



  • Riproarious
    Riproarious Posts: 15 Member
    edited August 2015
    As promised, here is my week 1 weigh-in scale picture!
    Started last week at 200 or so.

    My goal for next Friday is 195.0lbs.

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  • khadijah178
    khadijah178 Posts: 16 Member
    Keep it up!!!! :)
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