What's your weight loss story?

darnay


Here's a pictorial journey through my weight loss..gain..loss..gain..loss

From 16stone to 11stone 7lb shredded, via an operation on my spine last year (disk replacement) and my weight climbing back to 13 and a half stone, and now finally back training since christmas and at 12stone 5lb..

fat 16stone, thin 12stone, bulked to 13stone.7lb, ripped at 11stone 7lb




operation and subsequent training since christmas...


and today


Currently cutting for the summer...

Wow great work!!

tashmed


Great transformation Rich how long did that take you?

I think I read somewhere on here or UGM that you're on a PSMF at the moment is that what you used to get into the condition in your second photo?

I was on a "balanced" diet of around 1800kcal/day with 3x weight training and cardio 1-2x a week for about 30 minutes. Rest of my day was very inactive sat a desk.
 
Protein was always around 150-160g, fats were low, carbs were timed to fuel activity.

It was around about 50lbs difference in those photos (with some muscle/strength gain) and took around 4-5 months. I averaged around 2-3lbs a week, with a weekly kebab and chips cheat meal lol.
 
PSMF i did recently it took me from 168 to around 155 IIRC but ive gained a tonne of fat after going on a huge bender for a few weeks (12-15000kcals a day!).

i'm now back on a PSMF, starting at 182.8lbs aiming for 150lbs.

What were you eating to manage 12-15k kcals a day? Do you not think this post PSMF binge was down to the restrictive PSMF its self?

Everything to be honest, 1 day i recall fairly clearly and it went something along the lines of...


Breakfast: Pizza + Chips + 2x Toast + 100g Rice = 1200 + 500 + 200 + 400.
Then a binge on pack of toffees(900kcal), 3 easter eggs up untill lunch (~1000kcals each), 500g tube of digestives(2000kcals?) and then MR Kipling cakes & quality streets(Prob 1000kcals since theyre around 200kcals a pop and quality street wrappers piled up fast).

Lunch was another white chocolate easter egg "sheep" thing(120g),[7700] 1 cheese trio pizza(1000kcal) and rich tea biscuits(I ended up eating 3 tubes throughout the day = 1200kcal?).

Dinner was Pizza, Mussels in white wine(350), Duck pancakes(dunno) & Garlic dough balls. Then i eat tub of popcorn(500kcals) and 2 packs of basics sainsburys chocolate(1000kcal), 5 large cookies(no idea?) and some wine gums.

My appitite is endless even with "bulky" foods, give me chocolate and ill reach crazy high calories.
Only stopped eating cause my mouth was sore from chocolate and couldn't fine savoury foods.
I tend to jump from sweet to savoury and back again on binges, get sick of 1 thing and move on.

Combo of reasons (Hormones = Telling brain to eat, eat, eat), Being lean meant i knew i could "get away with some junk food and still have abs", plus PSMF deprivation yeah meant i was so excited to eat food i just went nuts.

Plus lowered metabolic rate from PSMF = bad news.

Its funny, i eat so much i could feel where the fat was storing as all the areas it went to (Hips, lower back, stomach) felt really bruised/sore like id be beaten up. I can only assume the fat storage was causing some kind of "trauma" but it didnt bruise/go blue... just felt sore.

Rich,
 
Very interesting read - I fully sympathise with the urge to binge on a PSMF.
 
Are you maintaining a journal anywhere of the diet? It'd be interesting to read as I'm on a similar regimen. Had some great success a month or so back on it for a fortnight and I've just started again this week.
 
Ta,
Ant

Hey ant, Sorry lost track of this thread.

After past 2-3 weeks of PSMF/Binge cycles i've decided to give PSMF a little rest for a few days and just try to cut on my old trusty "1800kcal/day balance diet & cardio" plan. I got to that "after picture" shape by cardio/1800kcals and although PSMF also gave me good results i cant handle it right now.

Once i'm on track with that ill add in some PSMF days, not got a journal yet but i might start one actually...Might force me to actually get back to weight training and keep motivation up.

Just spotted this I have an article from way back I'll see if I can post it!!  I have over weight and unfit in my alte teens and turned everything around in my early 20's http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=644346&id=637051722  (click back one for some reason showing wrong pic hahaha)
 
I totally turned my life around, I changed the way I ate, started exercising and cut out alot of alcohol...and now I compete and would never go back.  I love sport and very passionate about it all and most of all I love inspiring others to seek and achieve the goals they thought they could never achieve, because if I can do it anyone can

I had an accident at work nearly 2 years ago which changed my life forever. I started weights for rehab initially, however i got hooked and have been training ever since(less having to stop due to the injuries again for 6 months) started again properly in the beginning of the year and have dropped 8 Kg of uneeded weight. I stopped drinking and smoking and never felt better.
Just wished i had started alot earlier and not in my late 30's. I was a very keen footballer but had to stop because of the above.  What im trying to say is that i apologise to all the people i  called " Gym Queens" for  all those years. You were right, i was wrong and thanks for all the support.

Started at 20.6 stone 14 months in and am now 14.6 stone am aiming for 13.5/14 stone by end of june.    

At my heaviest i was just shy of 20 stone.

I was in a relationship which was bad for m as my partner encouraged me to eat the wrong things and wrapped up in a blanket of happiness i ate what she ate. I also used to deal with a binge eating disorder which i have since controlled.

I have trained in various forms throughout my life, but never lifted weights and desired to look good.

Just before splitting with  my Ex, i saw a photo of myself which made something inside me turn. I was determined to see my goals and change my life around for the better.

An 18 month journey ensued. I bought a copy of Rippetoes Starting strength and learned about lifting, i joined MT around 6 months after starting my journey as my knowledge of diet wasn't great ad exercise was only getting me so far. With the help and encouragement of the users here i managed to attain a decently low enough level of bodyfat.

I still wasnt happy though. So i bulked to add some muscle, screwed up along the way and put on too much fat and tried some rather extreme ieting protocols and found what worked for me when it came to cutting fat.

So now 3 years on from starting training i am at a point where i am actually happy with myself. Good old fashioned hard work, a little attention to diet and im drastically different than what i started off as.

This is to show anyone you can do it, if you just put your mind to it!

This is me just over 3 years ago now
      

One of me next to my heaviest was me at 12 stone 9 after 4 weeks of UD2. This was just under 2 years of training. Blue shirt is me at a mere 15 stone 8 after over bulking. That was january of this year. March i decided to do something about it!

This is me as of this morning, a slim 12 stone 7, holding more muscle than before but at a lighter weight overall and with much better definition.



I still have to deal with some things like loose skin which is apparent now, stretch marks on my arms, stomach and lower back. Some of the fat from when iw as heavy refuses to shift. But, compared to where i was, im miles happier.

Just need some new jeans now as you can see the current ones arent suitable for someone with a 31" waist

Nice work TIO and has the ex seen you since you split, bet you are un-recognisable?

Nope, havent been in contact with her now for over 2 years.

mum walked past me in the airport though last year

LOL thats great very well done.

About a year ago was overweight, almost obease I'd say.  Was at 18 stone+ then and over the year I've lost the bulk of the weight, 6 stone to be exact.   Got myself to 12 stone or so, within my right bmi height/weight.    Now just struggling with the "what comes after the weight loss" part now,    as I lost it fairly quickly I've got not enough lean muscle mass, so still appear to have flabby in areas, kind of just a scaled down version of what I used to be, except for the face etc-   so at the moment appealing with as many questions as I can on here for help :)    Possibly people  realising I'm posting question after question, but I'm determined to do the last stretch of the weight loss, just needing to find out exactly how it is that its done :)   

 Don't know if this was the sort of thing you were after but,  hope it was- tried my best to keep it short and sweet :)

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alex

Aleexander, 6 stone is a fabulous loss and must have taken some great effort and determination especially when so young. I'm sure you'll continue to make all the right changes. Well done

Brilliant stuff Alex, a proud achievement youve done there

theiopener





I still have to deal with some things like loose skin which is apparent now, stretch marks on my arms, stomach and lower back. Some of the fat from when iw as heavy refuses to shift. But, compared to where i was, im miles happier.

Just need some new jeans now as you can see the current ones arent suitable for someone with a 31" waist

What do you propose to do about the loose skin ??
Just out of curiosity.........

HW

Howards Way

What do you propose to do about the loose skin ??
Just out of curiosity.........

HW

Just live with it. Im not going to get it removed. Im sure you know that its a major operation and im not too keen on the idea of it.

It will serve as a reminder of how i used to be and make sure it wont happen again.

theiopener

Howards Way

What do you propose to do about the loose skin ??
Just out of curiosity.........

HW

Just live with it. Im not going to get it removed. Im sure you know that its a major operation and im not too keen on the idea of it.

It will serve as a reminder of how i used to be and make sure it wont happen again.

It is not that bad TBH.
I have seen a lot worse in my time !!

Men seem to get away with it more than women do (in my experience).
I have seen women that have lost 7stn + who had a very large area of lose skin that came right down to the pubic area !!

If you work on your training & keep your diet clean, you will be able to pad most of that abdominal area out IMO.
Ab's are the solution to this equation, a thick wall of brick style ab's should take care of it.
Good job, Keep it up...................

HW