3 month Aggressive Cut

Following along with you, friend! You've got this 💙

just started to add creatine with my workout 🤞🏼let’s see how this works!!

love it lol

congratulations keep up the good work. I am 35 and wish I would’ve started in my 20s a year and a half ago I was 350 but I’m now down to 197. I want to lose 15 more so I can be my healthiest ever.

I know I’ve been trying for the last several months and I just need to keep being consistent

You are gonna make it bro! It is hard but not impossible, be consistent, I wish you the best!

BTW Rhodeslaceym,

Bad people who hurt you are good to get rid of and so hard to do-glad you did it

I am right there with you. I am at the highest weight I have ever been in my life. I want to drop 50 by the end of Feb. I just started last week so I have not taken any measurements other than my starting weight and logging daily meals.

I am all that stands between me and the goal! I tell myself every day, "GET THE F OUT OF THE WAY, FAT BOY. I am reclaiming what belongs to me!

Keep up the good work. How are you feeling so far?

I wish you luck and success on your 90-day journey. Don't let anyone or any external forces sway your focus, determination, and concentration. You've incorporated all the components needed to drop weight, including resistance training, walking, and reduced caloric intake. However, there are plenty of scientific weight-loss studies that reinforce the strategy that slow and steady wins the weight-loss race.

That's because people give up when the workouts become harder to do, and you drift back onto high-carb, high-sugar, processed foods and old familiar ways of eating patterns. At the end of the day, stay mentally strong as you build physical strength, and lastly, believe in yourself—keep the faith.

I'll share my experience, rather than give advice. I'm close to my 62nd birthday and the healthiest I've been in my life. My childhood and teens were healthy, lots of activity and martial arts, but hated the gym. Instead, I controlled weight through calorie intake and activity.

Metabolism, illness, and work made me sedentary around age 40 and I became obese. By 2014, I beat my illness but not the weight. Late 2020 I made the decision to change lifestyle. I still hated the gym. I made healthy meal choices and worked out 5-7 days\week at home. I'm on only 4'5", so my weight may sound anorexic, so I'll also share Body Fat Percentage (BFP). By Feb 2023, I weighed 87lbs BFP 32% (still not helathy, but massive change).

Let me start with …Yes, I do work! 40-50 hours\week and have a full life outside the gym. Workouts are as important as my FAMILY and JOB because the longer I'm healthy, the longer have both of those things and more!!

I met a personal trainer who is now my husband. I learned what I consider the MOST valuable lesson about health and fitness. I once considered a scientific weight loss approach too complicated, detailed and time consuming for my truly busy lifestyle. I found it's SIMPLE, but DIFFICULT. What I mean is uncomplicated (simple), but takes temerity, sacifice, dedication, and desire (difficult)…..

I lost weight, toned my body, kept the weight off….The basics???

- I burn (exercise) more than I eat (counting), yes. But that barely scratches the surface.

- I workout 5 times per week. Summer - 3 cardio per week, and 2 FULL BODY weight routines. Winter - 2 cardio per week and 3 weight (1-chest-shoulders-triceps, 2-Back, Biceps, 3-Legs and abs) Cardio varies (greatly) based on goals and season. A coach or a lot of good research I find key!!!

- Food - I leverage MyFitnessPal for all it's worth to not just manage calorie intake, but to hit the right macros. Few carbs (25%), but well-timed to fuel energy and workouts. 45% Protein, the rest Fat (30%)

- REWARD, REWARD, REWARD - I have one day per week (sometimes fewer) to let my macros slide and to exceed my calorie allowance slightly. This actually helps discipline and allows me to maintain. I do this on one of my workout days, which helps to remind me of my discipline while letting my hair down just a bit and not going off the rails.

The result - Winter 81lbs, 25%BFP, Summer 77lbs 22%BFP Since Sept 2023, I run 10Ks and place mostly 1st in my age category!!

In short, you can do this if you make YOU the priority and not a hobby. I have MANY days where I'd rather "skip it". Those are the days that produce the biggest smile and confidence boost when I do it anyway! For doing what's HARD, I know I give me and everyone who loves me the best quality of life that I have to give!!

You've got this!!!!