Take progress pics!
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LizinLowell wrote: »@kpk54 Thank you! I'm impatient to get down to my previous low adult weight (179 which I think I was at for like, a day 4 years ago lol) but looking at this progress shot makes me feel like I've already accomplished quite a bit even if the scale is slow.
You have done very well. The photo on the left could be your mom. All the best on your continuing Journey. You will get it done.1 -
140 to 122 pounds, 6 months.
I've been told by a few people that I'm getting too thin. I don't let their words hurt me. I'm doing this to fix my liver, the weight loss is just a wonderful side effect! I remind myself that if the fat visible from the outside is going away, than the fat inside my liver SHOULD also be going away!
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I have no idea why anyone would say that to you. You look so very healthy in the current shot and your a petite lady too. So your weight is well within normal range. I know your liver must be loving you, since you have given it the space it needs
You are awesome.
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@LizinLowell That looks like way more than 20 lbs! You look great.
@Gallowmere1984 That is not fluffy! Unless you mean the hair.
You look great! The hard work has really paid off. You should put a before picture in here to impress the newer members with!
@Steph_Maks Oh my goodness!You are half gone! What a job. Congratulations! You look lovely!
@eneild Wow. You look fantastic. You'll be the smallest one in group photos now!
@CRZYFTM Great work! With a belly that flat, your liver should be MUCH happier.
My definition of fluffy is wildly divergent from most people. My bulks normally end as soon as my abs fade out completely, but this time it's based purely on scale weight, due to needing to be able to scale in below 74kg for my meets.
Before picture in 2013 (was at 231, so not my heaviest which was 265, but the first time I let a camera catch me shirtless for progress):
After my last cut ended:
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retirehappy wrote: »140 to 122 pounds, 6 months.
I've been told by a few people that I'm getting too thin. I don't let their words hurt me. I'm doing this to fix my liver, the weight loss is just a wonderful side effect! I remind myself that if the fat visible from the outside is going away, than the fat inside my liver SHOULD also be going away!
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I have no idea why anyone would say that to you. You look so very healthy in the current shot and your a petite lady too. So your weight is well within normal range. I know your liver must be loving you, since you have given it the space it needs You are awesome.
Thank you1 -
AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »@eneild, @urbansmamma, @Steph_Maks, @Gallowmere1984, @binkviv all extraordinary, impressive, admirable, amazing and beautiful! Really, really beautiful! I hope those who profess to be uncomfortable in front of a camera will see just how impressive they look, and not get behind it! Any discomfort is totally unwarranted and unjustified! You all look incredible, you all look wonderful!!
Thanks so much! Never in a million years would I have thought this much success would only be 6 weeks away. It's not easy but it's totally doable. Thanks for the ❤️
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Love all the photos, you all look so amazing! Congratulations!0
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Gallowmere1984 wrote: »@LizinLowell That looks like way more than 20 lbs! You look great.
@Gallowmere1984 That is not fluffy! Unless you mean the hair. You look great! The hard work has really paid off. You should put a before picture in here to impress the newer members with!
@Steph_Maks Oh my goodness!You are half gone! What a job. Congratulations! You look lovely!
@eneild Wow. You look fantastic. You'll be the smallest one in group photos now!
@CRZYFTM Great work! With a belly that flat, your liver should be MUCH happier.
My definition of fluffy is wildly divergent from most people. My bulks normally end as soon as my abs fade out completely, but this time it's based purely on scale weight, due to needing to be able to scale in below 74kg for my meets.
Before picture in 2013 (was at 231, so not my heaviest which was 265, but the first time I let a camera catch me shirtless for progress):
After my last cut ended:
From Flobadob to whatajob!!4 -
AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »@LizinLowell That looks like way more than 20 lbs! You look great.
@Gallowmere1984 That is not fluffy! Unless you mean the hair. You look great! The hard work has really paid off. You should put a before picture in here to impress the newer members with!
@Steph_Maks Oh my goodness!You are half gone! What a job. Congratulations! You look lovely!
@eneild Wow. You look fantastic. You'll be the smallest one in group photos now!
@CRZYFTM Great work! With a belly that flat, your liver should be MUCH happier.
My definition of fluffy is wildly divergent from most people. My bulks normally end as soon as my abs fade out completely, but this time it's based purely on scale weight, due to needing to be able to scale in below 74kg for my meets.
Before picture in 2013 (was at 231, so not my heaviest which was 265, but the first time I let a camera catch me shirtless for progress):
After my last cut ended:
From Flobadob to whatajob!!
Thank ya. One thing that these pictures have highlighted for me that I will never be able to not notice again: my navel is totally off center to the right.2 -
My first month :-)
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bluets2011 wrote: »My first month :-)
Well, I think we can safely say that you have figured out the spell for banishing the muffin. 13 -
@Gallowmere1984 lol yeah no more muffin thanks2
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Gallowmere1984 wrote: »AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »@LizinLowell That looks like way more than 20 lbs! You look great.
@Gallowmere1984 That is not fluffy! Unless you mean the hair. You look great! The hard work has really paid off. You should put a before picture in here to impress the newer members with!
@Steph_Maks Oh my goodness!You are half gone! What a job. Congratulations! You look lovely!
@eneild Wow. You look fantastic. You'll be the smallest one in group photos now!
@CRZYFTM Great work! With a belly that flat, your liver should be MUCH happier.
My definition of fluffy is wildly divergent from most people. My bulks normally end as soon as my abs fade out completely, but this time it's based purely on scale weight, due to needing to be able to scale in below 74kg for my meets.
Before picture in 2013 (was at 231, so not my heaviest which was 265, but the first time I let a camera catch me shirtless for progress):
After my last cut ended:
From Flobadob to whatajob!!
Thank ya. One thing that these pictures have highlighted for me that I will never be able to not notice again: my navel is totally off center to the right.
Or to the left...? No matter. A displaced navel is a sign of an inquisitive nature.
It says so in my Book of Majick.....2 -
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7 weeks and only down 5 pounds.
Physique competition isn't until October 21, thank goodness.
Eating 1550 calories per day and lifting heavy 5x per week. (Had 4 cheat days where I ate +2500 calories)
My strength is still increasing, albeit slowly.
Starting stats for squats:
160 pounds x 4 reps.
Now:
175 pounds x 4 reps
Doing this all while still eating keto, with PCOS.
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You're all such an inspiration! I'm on day 3 of being back to LCHF, and am in the throes of sugar-withdrawal exhaustion... so it's wonderful to see these pix as a motivational boost!!!! *applause*3
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Can I just say, all of you have done such an amazing job! I don't come on here much lol, sorry!
Just thought I'd share my progress, from 275lbs to 228 since March 4th
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@Gallowmere1984 even though I think you are eight thousand leagues away from being fluffy I totally get the feeling. I'm 5'10" so I've always felt bigger and clunkier in comparison to other shorter women. And this race season, because marathoning women tend to be on the leaner side of amateur competitive running, I have felt like the fat kid more than once lol.
So yes OP you are 100% right, take pictures
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This is the end of my bulk, and the start of a two week rapid cut for me. I'll be doing it via RFL, which puts me in ketosis so hard that I smell like a barrel of nail polish remover, even when I'm not moving much. (Which also *kitten* all over the "too much protonz is bad for keto" thought process). Two weeks of nothing but canned tuna, ultra lean chicken boob (no rib meat), casein and fish oil.
Starting weight is a moving average of 175.05. Pardon the head wound (car accident last week).
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@Gallowmere1984 Is the RFL you're referring to from Lyle McDonald? I've been looking into that! Let us know how it goes!0
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LolaDeeDaisy23 wrote: »@Gallowmere1984 Is the RFL you're referring to from Lyle McDonald? I've been looking into that! Let us know how it goes!
It is, and this will be my third round of it. It gets fantastic results, but you need to run high intensity resistance training (85+% 1RM) in tandem with it, to stave off loss of LBM entirely.
My last run, I clipped 13 pounds in two weeks. Went from 181 at the start, to 165 after eleven days of cutting, and a two day carb refeed (750g day one, 300g day two) to replenish glycogen stores brought me back to 168.
I only recommend it for people who meet two criteria. First, iron will. Seriously, if you binge halfway through, you are *kitten*. Your body is so primed to put on fat that it's not even funny. Second, the ability to unquestioningly follow instructions. You don't get to "make an adjustment" or do your own thing. You follow the protocol as written, or you don't use the diet, period.2 -
@Gallowmere1984 How low were your calories? Can you do keto/low carb while implementing RFL? Also, when you stopped RFL, how much weight did you gain back?0
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LolaDeeDaisy23 wrote: »@Gallowmere1984 How low were your calories? Can you do keto/low carb while implementing RFL? Also, when you stopped RFL, how much weight did you gain back?
1: it's actually based off of grams of protein per pound LBM. When I was Cat 2 (over 15% BF, but below 20%), they were set at right around 165g per day. Once I threw in EFAs from fish oil, and trace carbs and fats from protein sources, it came out to be around 875-900 kcals per day. Now that I am Cat 1 (I never let my bodyfat get that out of hand anymore, as you can tell from my picture), it's closer to 2g/pound LBM, so around 300g, which puts me at ~1250 per day once EFAs and tracers are in.
2: RFL IS ketogenic, just an extreme version where you are literally only giving your body what it needs to avoid breakdown in the short term. No carbs, no fats other than fish oil for EFAs. It's literally as close to pure protein as you can reasonably get. Everything else comes from supplemental forms (salt and nosalt for sodium and potassium, magnesium supps, multivitamin, calcium, etc.)
3: I only put three pounds back on from the refeed, then I spent two weeks slowly building kcals back up to find my new maintenance (jumped to 2000 per day, then increased by 250 per week until loss stopped completely). After that I slowly built back up to a surplus for intentional gaining to better support my powerlifting training. I ended up gaining an average of 0.4 pounds per week, on an average of 3175 kcals per day. Keep in mind that I am a 5'10" male, who weighed between 168 and 175 for that period.2 -
I finally decided to join the masses and take a gym selfie since it was pretty empty today. I haven't noticed any changes lately, but the pics tell another story. These are the difference between March 2017 and today.
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These are repeats but this shows my weight loss on keto. (They're before and afters for my Transformer DietBet, but I had only lost about 2 lbs before starting keto.)
I'm now working on recomp. I know it's slow going but hopefully I'll have some good progress pics at some point showing some more muscle!
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You have all brought tears to my eyes....why I've not looked at these is beyond me...amazing. all of you.
Please give me twenty pounds, then I'll post mine.6 -
An update on mine: finished my cut and refeed at 162.3 from 176. Starting the process of reverse dieting back to maintenance now before hitting a VERY small surplus leading up to my December meet. Just need to be able to be under 165 for that day, then I'll be spending a year lean bulking into the 181 weight class.
Post-refeed picture, after two days of carb load (~750g first day, ~400g second day)
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I'm 35, 5'4"
Starting weight: 138
Current weight: 120
Total lost: 18 pounds
Here is my current progress pic. These are my skinny jeans! Size 5. After my second kid, I couldn't button them! Now look, time to go shopping!!!
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You all are so awesome! This thread should be pinned. Tons of inspiration!2
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You all are so awesome! This thread should be pinned. Tons of inspiration!
It's under Success Stories in the Open Discussions sticky. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10423197/open-threads-member-threads-on-low-carb-topics/p1?new=13 -
I haven't been taking purposeful progress pics like I should be. But the pic on the left popped up in my "On this day" from 2 years ago on FB. So I ran and just took the pic on the right. Holy crap. Sometimes I get discouraged because I feel like I haven't changed that much. This just put things in perspective a lot.
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