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Posted: 5/7/2017 4:54:52 PM EDT

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I've been up and down this year, wish I could have been in from the start, but I restarted seriously 2 weeks ago and down to 206 from 212. I'm 5'10. Goal is 170. I was 245 2 years ago, got serious and dropped to 225, then my wife's health took a bad turn, now I'm set back to get healthy again.

Posted: 5/10/2017 8:17:43 AM EDT

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Down 48 lbs!
180 this morning!

Posted: 5/10/2017 2:10:14 PM EDT

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Wow! Congrats!

Posted: 5/10/2017 11:08:23 PM EDT

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Thanks!

Posted: 5/14/2017 10:03:33 AM EDT

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3 years ago I was around 240, 204.4 this morning, lots of ups and downs. But headed in the right direction

Posted: 5/14/2017 10:43:48 AM EDT

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Keep it up! You are doing great!

Posted: 5/16/2017 7:46:29 AM EDT

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Down 49 lbs!
179 lbs this morning!

Posted: 5/19/2017 2:03:43 AM EDT

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Just a note, if anyone still reads this: phase one ends in a couple weeks. Get ready for photos, measurements, and numbers!

Posted: 5/19/2017 7:10:47 AM EDT

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I read it....wish I was farther. Belly fat /back fat is stubborn!

Posted: 5/20/2017 10:06:46 AM EDT

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I have been incorporating intermittent fasting for the last week (21 hours is the longest one so far). Eating strictly keto and keeping carbs below 20 grams a day. I am lifting 3 days a week and I am still making strength gains! (squat, bench, press and deadlift).

Down 51 lbs! I weighed 177 this morning.

Posted: 5/22/2017 2:16:06 PM EDT

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I am I think 6 weeks into a diet plan and diet coach, most changes in my body I have ever made hands down.

I won't be where I want to be for phase one weigh in and pics cause I started the diet coach too late, but I will post progress.

Its fun to make legit progress, as far as for me.

Posted: 5/22/2017 2:16:49 PM EDT

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I have been incorporating intermittent fasting for the last week (21 hours is the longest one so far). Eating strictly keto and keeping carbs below 20 grams a day. I am lifting 3 days a week and I am still making strength gains! (squat, bench, press and deadlift).

Down 51 lbs! I weighed 177 this morning.

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amazing. nice work.

Posted: 5/22/2017 6:31:48 PM EDT

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Thanks! Glad you are seeing results as well! Keep it up!

Posted: 5/24/2017 12:09:12 PM EDT

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still in, holding steady at down 20 (205.0 this morning) , i'll give it a good push for this last week and post pics.

i'll stay in for part 2 if anyone else is

Posted: 5/24/2017 12:56:00 PM EDT

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still in, holding steady at down 20 (205.0 this morning) , i'll give it a good push for this last week and post pics.

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Push hard! I'm not where I want to be yet, so I will be in for part 2 as well.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:02:35 AM EDT

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Well here is my before and current pic. 90% of this progress has come in 6 weeks with a diet coach. I have finally learned for myself it is ALL ABOUT what you eat. Hands down. I have heard everyone say it for years, but it was something I had to exp myself to finally understand how important it is.

Also I have not been starving myself. Been eating 2900-3000 cals a day.

285p
285c
70f

I have only been lifting 3 times a week, sometimes 4 with how busy we have been with so much kids stuff, baseball, dance, on and on. No cardio except a few sessions here and there, nothing consistent.

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226 pounds today

Posted: 5/25/2017 7:52:20 AM EDT

[#17]

Awesome results!

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:52:40 AM EDT

[#18]

Do we post pics today or a week from today?

Posted: 5/25/2017 10:11:55 AM EDT

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I think it's June 1st for official pics.

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:23:16 PM EDT

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Pretty sure that you've already bested me in this competition. Turns out, I'm actually up a few pounds. I hope that it is mostly muscle. I'll check in a few days.

Posted: 5/25/2017 6:54:26 PM EDT

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agree

and pics look good (not a come on), good job

Posted: 5/26/2017 1:19:03 AM EDT

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Pretty sure that you've already bested me in this competition. Turns out, I'm actually up a few pounds. I hope that it is mostly muscle. I'll check in a few days.

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From our convo at the store the other day...if you wanna get into the barbells let me know I'll help ya anytime. Once you go barbells progressive loading you'll never go back!

Posted: 5/26/2017 6:13:16 AM EDT

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Looks like I pulled my sternocleidomastoid doing press......will take today off from lifting and hopefully return to it on Monday. Will walk and ride my bike today instead.....I'm bummed because I was making good gains. I started lifting weights a month ago today. Forgot to add that I am down 53 lbs total. 175 this morning.

Posted: 5/27/2017 2:51:48 PM EDT

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I think I'm doing pretty good. Only 30#s away from the 1200# club.

Posted: 5/28/2017 2:45:42 PM EDT

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I think I'm doing pretty good. Only 30#s away from the 1200# club.

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by the way you are dressed I'm assuming you just got back from the Walmart?

Posted: 5/28/2017 3:02:57 PM EDT

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What? This is way too fancy for Walmart. This is Target attire.

Posted: 5/29/2017 12:28:13 AM EDT

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Placeholder tag. Gotta do better than last year's contest: dead last.

You can see my entry here: Last Year Results.

I dropped 30 lbs between January and May (as pictured), and then dropped another 35 lbs between May and October. My charts, amusingly, are directly linked to my Google doc, so actually show the full picture even though I didn't update the post.

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Weighed in today, 1/8, at 205.2. I'm expecting that once holiday water weight finishes coming off, I'll be closer to 200, at which point I'll start tracking closer.

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I'm putting in my entry a couple days early, since who knows what will happen tomorrow.

My official starting weight, per the above post, was 205.2, which included some post-holiday water weight. As of this morning, I weighted 183.6, for a total loss of 21.6 lbs. Here are some photo comparisons:

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Charts follow. The biggest issue I had here was what was basically a stall going from the beginning of February to the beginning of April. I was stuck at ~192, and it wouldn't budge. This coincides with me being out of the climbing gym with a hand injury, and back in the regular gym lifting free weights. During that time, I lost over an inch off my chest and an inch off my butt, but nothing off of the waist/weight, which is what I cared about. Back in the climbing gym, out of the regular gym as of mid-April, and the weight started falling off again. Along with another inch off of my waist and my butt. I'm now feeling really optimistic about hitting 180 by my birthday in July.

Totals: 21.6 lbs, 1.25 inches chest, 2 inches butt, 3 inches waist.

If anyone's interested, I've got stats going back to the beginning of last year, too.

Posted: 5/29/2017 12:43:00 AM EDT

[#28]

Nice work Zirak major progress!

What's the plan now, keep at the same goals?

Posted: 5/29/2017 1:07:39 AM EDT

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Keep on keeping on, really. The goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year were as follows:
Hit 190 by beginning of April (missed this slightly, took until mid-April).
Hit 180 by mid-July for my birthday. I'm well on track for this, assuming something doesn't go horribly wrong this week. I'm going home for a graduation party, and my Mom is pulling out all the stops.

Final goals are some mixture of the following:
Look good in a swimsuit (was hoping to start getting there by now, but no....).
Abs.
Sub-170 weight, based on how I look now (I swear, at some point, I'm going to run out of gut to lose, but it hasn't happened yet).
Pissing my younger brother off by being fitter/lighter than him.

I'm not as concerned with lifting huge weights (I did get my squat up to 1x body weight last month!), though I do get into a gym when I can. My main form of exercise is rock climbing, which is why my best angles show off my back and arms.

Posted: 5/29/2017 9:38:47 AM EDT

[#30]

Excellent job! Keep pushing toward your goals!

Posted: 5/30/2017 2:12:12 PM EDT

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I'm gonna tag a bunch of people with initial entries or pictures for the competition and make sure they're monitoring the end of phase one. I know some of you have posted recently, so you have my apologies, but it's easier for me to just ping everyone with only one set of pics in the thread so far. Let's see if this works.

@mr2143
@way-out-west2
@peligro113
@Shane333
@57plymouth
@pumbaajk
@GreenBastard (your initial pic is busted, but I assume it was an entry)
@AZNetEng
@North_42
@Virginia_Shooter
@NavyIS2
@SecurityServant
@Coontrapper
@fury413rb
@HeyCoach
@Quiganomics
@Former11BRAVO
@kallnojoy

If I missed anyone, too bad. I tried.

Posted: 5/30/2017 2:16:28 PM EDT

[#32]

I'll take my pics tomorrow...

Posted: 5/30/2017 2:36:50 PM EDT

[#33]

I will post results Thursday morning....thanks for the reminders! I hope everyone achieved their phase one goals!

Posted: 5/30/2017 4:28:34 PM EDT

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I hurt myself a few weeks ago so I haven't been in the gym. I was at 223 before the accident. So 13 pounds and right at 4 inches off the waist.

January

Now

January

Now

Posted: 5/31/2017 10:30:55 AM EDT

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Here are my pics, the top ones are the before the bottomafter, I am not where I want to be but I am shooting to be there by
August. I started at 190 and currently
weigh 175ish.

Posted: 5/31/2017 1:21:51 PM EDT

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Before and after pics

Beginning Weight: 166.4 lbs
Current Weight: 171.6 lbs

Beginning Fat Mass: 32.8 lbs (approximately)
Current Fat Mass: 33.2 lbs (approx.)

Beginning Fat %: 19.7%
Current Fat %: 19.3%

So I've added a little fat, but hopefully added even more muscle.
Interestingly, my BMI has gone from 24.2 up to 25, even though my body fat % is decreasing.

Posted: 5/31/2017 3:16:31 PM EDT

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Well here is my before and current pic. 90% of this progress has come in 6 weeks with a diet coach. I have finally learned for myself it is ALL ABOUT what you eat. Hands down. I have heard everyone say it for years, but it was something I had to exp myself to finally understand how important it is.

Also I have not been starving myself. Been eating 2900-3000 cals a day.

285p
285c
70f

I have only been lifting 3 times a week, sometimes 4 with how busy we have been with so much kids stuff, baseball, dance, on and on. No cardio except a few sessions here and there, nothing consistent.

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229 pounds

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226 pounds today

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Impressive.

Looks like you are doing all of the right things.

Posted: 5/31/2017 5:10:52 PM EDT

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This was at my heaviest, 270+ lbs.

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~250 lbs on the left, 205 lbs on the right. Currently I'm down to ~ 198 lbs.

Went from a 46"+ waist to 33.5".

Posted: 5/31/2017 7:00:19 PM EDT

[#39]

great progress everyone, looks like the hammer is gonna win it I don't know how anyone will be that!!

Posted: 5/31/2017 7:31:13 PM EDT

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For sure. There is no way I can bend my fingers like that.

Posted: 5/31/2017 7:41:43 PM EDT

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For sure. There is no way I can bend my fingers like that.

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great progress everyone, looks like the hammer is gonna win it I don't know how anyone will be that!!

For sure. There is no way I can bend my fingers like that.

I'm double jointed so

ETA: Abs are finally starting to show a little

I've never seen them before

ETA #2: I'm on the Keto diet and have been since I started this weight loss endeavor.

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Posted: 6/1/2017 9:24:32 AM EDT

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Starting weight=228 lbs

End of Phase 1=175 lbs

53 lbs lost

Posted: 6/1/2017 10:15:27 AM EDT

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Great job man!

Posted: 6/1/2017 10:52:59 AM EDT

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Thank you! Wanted to be further along, but I can't complain! Phase 2 will be loosing more fat, but putting on 10+lbs of muscle via compound lifts/continuing keto diet.

On a side note, my wife has been doing this with me and has lost 30 lbs.....she looks great too! I could not have done this without her!

Posted: 6/1/2017 11:15:34 AM EDT

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Daaaaaammmmmmnnnnnn.

I'm gonna get my ass handed to me this year too.

Posted: 6/1/2017 12:12:05 PM EDT

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In for 6 months .. with proof pics to follow

more for weight loss, general fitness that muscle/bulk

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46 yo , 5'7" , married with wife, 10yo, 15yo daughters , working at 911/Police/Fire dispatch so chained to phones/computers for 40-60 hours a week.
2012 went from 236>181 for a 6 month work "biggest loser" with drastic reduction in soda, beer, crap food, MFP daily tracking and 1000 miles on my bike, walking, some "jogging", everything was well for about 2 years and then I started slipping...SO here we go again.

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And June 1 , happy enough , lost focus for a while but bring it back around. Scale says more that pics but I have pants and shirts that fit and look much better so that really counts

and in the phase2

final lose .. 25.5

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