Can we get a strength training before and after thread going

I am starting heavy lifting next week and would like to see what I can expect!! Also can you include how long it took you to get your results please!!! Motivate me!!!

I started out 13 months ago at 287 lbs and i'm currently 204 lbs. In my opinion lifting weights is the equivalent of finding the fountain of youth.
March-2011 (- 10/12lbs)


May-2011



Aug-2011


Oct-2011


Jan-2012 at 219 lbs


Feb-2012 at 213 lbs

So I normally don't take pictures of things like this. But I was so awe struck by something I seen in the mirror the other day (a mirror different than my own). I realized that I have come a long way and wanted to share what a small investment in yourself can bring.

I decided to take some pictures, this is after eating a proper whole foods diet and strength training 3x week + cardio for 5 months straight.

Sorry for the crappy angles, bad lighting and the fact it's me, myself and I with a phone cam. But this one really sells to me the difference on the upper body. There were no collar bones, or curves to speak of on the first 3 pictures.

I've lost nearly 50 lbs to date.

Here is a picture from camping sometime later in 2010. The height of my weight.

[img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h405/earthse7en/Me and other things/047.jpg?t=1333328907[/img]
[img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h405/earthse7en/Me and other things/045-1.jpg?t=1333330226[/img] :sad:


This one was taken sometime immediately before Thanksgiving '11 and really shows me the difference in my upper body. No curves or collarbones to be found..

[img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h405/earthse7en/Me and other things/386930_2165222178030_1470905214_3302850_1147974098_n.jpg?t=1333329197[/img]

then today ... :blushing:

[img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h405/earthse7en/Me and other things/2012-04-01175929.jpg?t=1333328763[/img]

[img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h405/earthse7en/Me and other things/2012-04-01173652.jpg?t=1333328837[/img]

[img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h405/earthse7en/Me and other things/2012-04-01173553.jpg?t=1333329286[/img]

[img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h405/earthse7en/Me and other things/2012-04-01173823.jpg?t=1333329975[/img]

[img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h405/earthse7en/Me and other things/2012-04-01174348.jpg?t=1333329342[/img]

I would take some full body shots, if I had someone here to handle a camera.