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theprof00 said:
I went through something similar. I weighed, in 2011, 265 pounds and today I weigh 180, trying to get down to 165.
Basically, I stopped eating nearly as much and exercised a whole lot more.
I use a droid app called calorie counter that seems to work, drink meal replacements and veggie supplements. An average day consists of:
1 egg
1 plain bagel
1 banana
2 meal replacements
2 amino acid supplements
multivitamin
vitamin D pill
Fish oil pill
Beef and lamb shawarma (with veggies and a pita)
Some chocolate
some protein infused yogurt (oiko brand)
and a salad.

My workout routine is a 6 day period which takes me about a week and a half.

I use a program on droid called jefit
Everyday program
Run for 30 minutes (about 3-4 miles)
Ab exercise consisting of 2 sets of the following routine
50 crunches
50 bicycle crunches
1 minute plank
30 reverse crunches
1 minute side bridge on each side
30 leg lifts

day 1 (all are 4 sets)
incline dumbell bench
Dumbell bench
dumbell fly
20 pullups
10 chinups
dumbell side bend
50 ab crunch machine

day 2
just my daily ab workout and running

day 3
seated leg curl
ab crunch machine
leg extensions

day 4
wide grip lat pulldown
bent over row
deadlift
dumbell side bend
ab crunch machine

day 5
dumbell lateral raise
dumbell front raise
standing barbell press behind the neck
shrugs

day 6
seated calf raise
leg press
squats
adductor
abductor
crunch machine

day 7
Dips
flys
cable cross over
tricep pushdown
deadlift

week 1 I do 15 reps with 4 sets
week 2 I do 12 reps with 4 sets at a higher weight
week 3 I do 8 reps with 3 sets at a higher weight
then I go back to week 1's 15 reps and increase the weight.

that's 2 much effort. I do work out my risk though,if you know what I mean. hahahahah



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oldschoolfool said:
theprof00 said:
I went through something similar. I weighed, in 2011, 265 pounds and today I weigh 180, trying to get down to 165.
Basically, I stopped eating nearly as much and exercised a whole lot more.
I use a droid app called calorie counter that seems to work, drink meal replacements and veggie supplements. An average day consists of:
1 egg
1 plain bagel
1 banana
2 meal replacements
2 amino acid supplements
multivitamin
vitamin D pill
Fish oil pill
Beef and lamb shawarma (with veggies and a pita)
Some chocolate
some protein infused yogurt (oiko brand)
and a salad.

My workout routine is a 6 day period which takes me about a week and a half.

I use a program on droid called jefit
Everyday program
Run for 30 minutes (about 3-4 miles)
Ab exercise consisting of 2 sets of the following routine
50 crunches
50 bicycle crunches
1 minute plank
30 reverse crunches
1 minute side bridge on each side
30 leg lifts

day 1 (all are 4 sets)
incline dumbell bench
Dumbell bench
dumbell fly
20 pullups
10 chinups
dumbell side bend
50 ab crunch machine

day 2
just my daily ab workout and running

day 3
seated leg curl
ab crunch machine
leg extensions

day 4
wide grip lat pulldown
bent over row
deadlift
dumbell side bend
ab crunch machine

day 5
dumbell lateral raise
dumbell front raise
standing barbell press behind the neck
shrugs

day 6
seated calf raise
leg press
squats
adductor
abductor
crunch machine

day 7
Dips
flys
cable cross over
tricep pushdown
deadlift

week 1 I do 15 reps with 4 sets
week 2 I do 12 reps with 4 sets at a higher weight
week 3 I do 8 reps with 3 sets at a higher weight
then I go back to week 1's 15 reps and increase the weight.

that's 2 much effort. I do work out my risk though,if you know what I mean. hahahahah

Do what I do and you can give your own wrist a break ^_-



Nice work. I myself need to lose a few pounds. I no longer drink soda, but it's time to cut more stuff out of my diet, and hit a gym.

You look fantastic, Sir!



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Awesome achievement!

Now if I could only find some of that weight you lost... still sitting at 148lbs.



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Great work, you should be proud.

Some advice, you should try to work on your shoulders more. They're not as big as your biceps/triceps.

Thanks for sharing :)



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Congrats. Nice to see people make a turn around earlier in their lives, it will help a ton in the long run. It probably took a lot of determination and sweat blood and tears to get to where you are today. Give yourself a pat in the back from all of us.

I'm also working hard to turn it around. The heaviest I was at one point, I believe it was early 2012, was 215 lbs. To me, I felt terrible, I had seriously let myself and even though i didn't look obese, I still felt that way. I bought a heavy bag and got to work. I also started that insanity workout and i just ended week 3. I have seen some results, mostly in my arms, stomach and chest. A neighbor gave my dad this Ab lounge chair which I am also using regularly.

I'm not looking to have a shit ton of muscles, i just wanna be fit and I think i'm achieving that. I am down to 196 last time i weight myself which was yesterday morning. I plan to stick all the way to the two months and i will most likely do the workout a second time to make sure I get into the shape I want and hopefully go down to 185, which at 5 foot 11 inches of height would be ideal for me. I'm also starting a better diet regimen. Decent breakfast, a heavier lunch usually before work (i bring my own food, I don't buy from outside) and a smaller but more balanced meal dinner, which is usually a peanut butter jelly sandwich with some fruit or some chicken nugget tortillas with lots of spinach and very little condiments or just some high fiber and protein cereal with a banana milkshake, chocolate milk or protein shake.

I'm looking forward to coming back here to this thread (if is still alive) and sharing some results and pics in the next few weeks. Lastly, I do recommend Insanity to anybody looking to further their fitness. It isn't easy, it hurts like hell and the first 2 weeks, you will not be able to walk for the most part but it works very well, from my current experience.

I honestly think the hardest part is not getting fit into your ideal image as it is maintaining it afterwards. Once you get the body you want, as OP did, it's hard to keep it that way. It's not about a year of changing dietary change and working out, its making sure you keep it up for the rest of your life. I think that's where the real challenge is.



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Congratulations! :D



Good job, you lost weight and got ripped.

This has inspired me to start working out again. XD



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Sick man! I also went on "must loose weight" but I didn't actually have to loose much, just 10 pounds (I was at 165lbs). Got it down, now I'm starting to focus on muscle gain as I want to gain a bit of muscle.



Congrats dude!

I'm trying to do the same at the moment too and it definitely isn't easy. I got up to about 230 at my worst, and stayed there for a long time. In the last month I've dropped a little over 10 pounds (sitting at 212 at the moment) and hopefully can get down around 200. It's not 120 pounds though, that's is without a doubt something to be proud of!