Lost 70lbs in 5 months

Melkiah
Melkiah Posts: 21 Member
edited November 2017 in Success Stories
Started changing my life on June 15th 2017. This is not a crash diet; this is definitely a lifestyle change. However I never removed a single food from my life. I still very much enjoy eating pizza and burgers and wings and all that jazz.

I still ate whatever I wanted; just less often. Tons of light meat chicken and protein shakes.

Gym for an hour a day. Cardio started as jog:walk intervals and slowly morphed into running.
Incorporated resistance training a month ago.
Now it’s 30min cardio 30min weights. Kettlebells are awesome.

Replaced sugary drinks with more protein shakes and water. If I wanted to splurge on something tasty I held myself accountable and earned it.

Didn’t cut out a single food group and learned to appreciate all foods. All food has a purpose, even candy.

257->187

15-25 pounds to go. See y’all on the flip side
Btw this definitely wasn’t easy.ichrikh2rapc.jpeg
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  • craignev
    craignev Posts: 1,247 Member
    Great Work! We have similar start stats/goals so this is a very encouraging transformation to see. Well done :)
  • stephrudyyyy
    stephrudyyyy Posts: 3 Member
    Woohoo!! That’s amazing and says a lot about your work ethic!!
  • loveswalking
    loveswalking Posts: 355 Member
    Did you follow a special kettlebells program?
  • SnazzIT
    SnazzIT Posts: 215 Member
    Wow! amazing results.
  • PAFC84
    PAFC84 Posts: 1,871 Member
    You should be very proud buddy. Great results
  • SouthernMamaUnderConsruction
    SouthernMamaUnderConsruction Posts: 2,724 Member
    That's incredible!
  • NiniTiby
    NiniTiby Posts: 15 Member
    Great job!
  • DanerTee
    DanerTee Posts: 263 Member
    Wow! Fantastic job!
  • mikek7214
    mikek7214 Posts: 29 Member
    Great job! What were your daily calorie, macro goals?
  • Melkiah
    Melkiah Posts: 21 Member
    mek1966 wrote: »
    Great job! What were your daily calorie, macro goals?

    45% protein 35% carb 20% fat

  • Kerriann1083
    Kerriann1083 Posts: 54 Member
    edited November 2017
    Well done
  • z0ey666_
    z0ey666_ Posts: 5 Member
    How do you stay motivated?
  • Melkiah
    Melkiah Posts: 21 Member
    z0ey666_ wrote: »
    How do you stay motivated?

    The results are worth it!! :)
  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
    Oh *kitten*, that's awesome!
  • JamWam12
    JamWam12 Posts: 27 Member
    Simply amazing! Well done your hard work has paid off :smile:.
  • creationscrown
    creationscrown Posts: 304 Member
    So awesome!
  • KeepingUpWithKarina
    KeepingUpWithKarina Posts: 413 Member
    You look great!!! ;)
  • trinibabe069
    trinibabe069 Posts: 21 Member
    Great work!! .. that's the same thing that I am doing now.. 30 mins cardio and 30 mins weights...
  • magicalhall
    magicalhall Posts: 5 Member
    Nice work! What an inspiration!
  • jessdecardigans
    jessdecardigans Posts: 11 Member
    edited January 2018
    Wow! You lost that much without even cutting junky food out of your diet, I didn’t know that was possible! I’m going the full 9 yards, completely throwing out junk food and hitting the gym and so far haven’t seen much of a change. But then again I was being healthy and gym 2 hours a night for only a week and a half and then stopped for 5 days lol. Maybe that’s why... you’re looking so good btw!!!
  • orangegato
    orangegato Posts: 6,572 Member
    edited January 2018
    hi @Melkiah Awesome results. How tall are you or what was your starting BMI and current BMI? thanks
  • Calyse90
    Calyse90 Posts: 147 Member
    You're awesome
  • Melkiah
    Melkiah Posts: 21 Member
    orangegato wrote: »
    hi @Melkiah Awesome results. How tall are you or what was your starting BMI and current BMI? thanks

    I don’t know my first BMI but I’m now around 26 or so. I’m around 11% body fat right now so I don’t really care about BMI
  • Fataf99
    Fataf99 Posts: 112 Member
    edited January 2018
    What was your calorie intake per day, I'm assuming you had 0 days off in that time.

    That's a ton in that time. Played.
  • Italiana_xx79
    Italiana_xx79 Posts: 594 Member
    I know this is an old post but just wanted to say congratulations on your progress! Most definitely not easy, very impressive!
  • KRTrenkamp
    KRTrenkamp Posts: 31 Member
    That's amazing! Congrats! You look great!

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