175lbs Down and I don't recognize myself anymore!

wow!! thanks for all the kudos!! It's extremely flattering. Lets see if I can answer a few of these questions...

momofamadhouse wrote: »

Awesome work! It's kind of weird when your own family doesn't recognize you isn't it?

YES! It's pretty nuts. Weight problem runs on my mother's side of the family. My dad's is pretty fit. My sister got the good genes lol. I'm fine with it now, though. Just means I have to work harder.

naomillion wrote: »

What an amazing transformation! You surely look like a new man. Congratulations, Mr Rockstar!
Now I need to find my jaw that I dropped when I read this thread. Thanks for sharing and inspiring!

Found your jaw lmao thanks for the nickname. I'm going to try to make it catch on hahaha!

Mithridites wrote: »

It's inspiring to see your transformation. Well done!
Just curious about one thing: how much would you say you spend weekly or montly on supplements?

I really don't spend that much. Like $50-$60/month. I'm trying a few new things to see if they work for me so it's gone up a bit the past couple months, but I'm also a thrift shopper when it comes to the supplements. I'm always looking for deals. priceplow.com is definitely my friend!

RockyThreads wrote: »

FOR SOME REASON A PRIVATE MESSAGE WON'T GO THROUGH:


First off congrats. I am so inspired by your story. I am saving it to reference whenever I get frustrated or want to quit.

I started at 326lbs a year ago. I am 6ft 2inches. I have gotten down only to 309 in a whole year - boo. Been on this journey many times before losing at most 40lbs. But am geared up again to get it right this time. I believe I am likely prediabetic from things going on with my body. I want to rip up every picture people take of me. I can't do the things I want (hike, backpack, swim with friends, take my shirt off outside, BREATHE, etc). I use a CPAP too (sometimes). I want all this to stop!

I am literally just starting this week. Trying to follow a LCHF system because it seems easiest to me. Meats + veggies + fats. No pasta, pizza, bread, etc which always get me in trouble and are my arch nemesis. No exercise planned yet - was thinking of starting out just walking. Exercise is what ended my journey last time when I stress fractured my foot. But healed up and back at it.

When you first started at 400lbs what was your exercise like - any plan you followed?

What about eating when you first started out - any plan your followed? Rules you lived by?

Any tips, suggestions, ideas, etc would be amazing. Would love insight and ideas for someone who has been there and done it. Again congrats.

This really hits home. I struggled all my life with the same issues you are currently having. Let me go in order. I'm 6'4" if that matters and when I started, I realized diet was the main thing. I needed to go extreme or not at all. I decided on a keto diet with emphasis on protein. My macros run at around 1:1 ratio grams to lean body weight for protein. If a bit higher no big deal. My net carbs are 30g. If lower, no big deal but not too low because you have to feed your brain and organs with the carbs. The rest fat. My calories are pretty consistent at around 2000 calories a day. Intermittent Fasting helped A LOT for me to keep control of my calorie consumption, but I'm also the first to admit it's not for everyone. I usually eat like a pig in a four hour window and call it good. With the keto diet I do, you pretty much can't have beer, bread, sweets, starchy veggies, etc. I've learned that my body holds onto the carbs and looking back on all the crap I ate, I can totally see it.

I started exercising doing the Body for Life exercise routine. 6 days on 1 day off. You can search the routine. It's readily available. I did that for about 4-5 months and started looking for some other routine. I somehow stumbled onto Vince Gironda. You have to realize, I'm still a lazy mofo most of the day. I sit on my butt and play video games all day if I could. I do not like going to the gym. I do it though, because I can't argue with the results. My goal for the gym is to lift for 45-60 minutes. No more. This means I have to work my butt off to make sure I get all my sets and reps in within those minutes. I build up a major sweat every single time. I sacrifice my valuable time for that one hour every day to make sure I continue to be healthy and so I EARN my lazy.

My food is pretty much standard everyday. My food diary is open so you are more than welcome to look. Every once in a while you'll see chicken crust pizza or a fatburger with no bun. Those are the days I crave cheese. It doesn't happen often, maybe every week or two. Cheese makes me retain, I've noticed, so I pretty much keep that as a once in a blue moon type of thing. Usually for a wrestling PPV lol. I'm also a peanut butter nut, but I've found a couple tablespoons of powdered peanut butter in my nightly protein shake deals with that craving. I'm also a cookie nut. LOVE cookies. I found a delicious shortbread cookie recipe that uses almond flour that I tear up once a month or so. These are all things I've learned throughout the year by reddit and straight up searching the internet whenever a craving hits. I just remember, it's a craving and can't have it everyday. My mantra is treats are for dogs.

Like I said before, you are more than welcome to add me as a friend to have a better idea of what I do and how I do it.