Swampy
October 4th, 2008, 08:45 AM
My name is Ben and I am 19, hi. I technically started to lose weight last december, I lost 15 pounds from 275 and gained 5-6 pounds and ended up at around 265 in March. Since March I have been in pretty much 'full force.' Except for the month of july and august, where I didn't lose any weight at 210 but maintained it. I lost 275-220 with the low carb diet, till about July.
I realized like everyone else who does it that it is nearly impossible to stick too and if I had like 50g of carbs in a day I'd gain back 4 pounds randomally. So it wasn't working, and I just switched to counting calories and eating healthy. I don't know why I didn't do this in the first place.
I don't count most days but keep mental notes. I was on and off for working out. I joined a gym about a month ago and have been going 5 times a week. For 2 months I hardly did any excercise but walking. I am now at 198 pounds, it felt SO good to drop under 200 so I decided to find old pictures and newer ones and post them here. Looking at these posts the past couple months have really helped me.
My tips would be to not take it so seriously. It will take time. Force yourself to make healthy decisions on a regular basis. No one is perfect and I have in the past couple months have aten up to 4,000 calories in one day, sometimes the next day too. I have tried for years and always gave up at around losing 10 pounds. I did a TON of research on nutrition, and became a health nut pretty much. Read as much as you can, it is good information and will keep you motivated. I realize that if I don't eat like shit, I won't feel like shit... and I won't look like shit. Fruit and Vegetables are so much more refreshing than sweets once you get used to it.
Don't listen to the voice inside your head that says 'Just this once, I'll be good for 2 weeks straight if I let myself do this.' 'I'm too tired to work out.' Turn off your mind and just do it. It's the only way =/.
K sorry wall of text here are the pictures. By the way, everytime someone takes my picture I am doing something ridicously embrassing like dancing or letting my roomate put make up on me. =( But they are the only ones I have.
Before pictures, Around 260-270 pounds. I don't have the worst ones scanned from my highschool graduation.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/1549/73449235ab1.jpg
^Me dancing (?) at around 260-270 pounds
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2376/50278991xt7.jpg
^Same night as above one I beleive.
Almost there pictures
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6606/10234180xf6.jpg
^^At around 225 pounds
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/3858/50212849vr9.jpg
^^At around 210 pounds
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1614/97392924jm8.jpg
^^Around 205
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/5361/26680214tc0.jpg
^^K this picture is embrassing but it's only 2 days old so whatever. So it's 198. I hate drinking =(.
update:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5999/n52094984110333903003ec1.jpg
another recent picture at 197
I am still hoping to lose 10-30 pounds. Don't really know when it will stop. Hopefully by my 20th birthday in February though.
I realized like everyone else who does it that it is nearly impossible to stick too and if I had like 50g of carbs in a day I'd gain back 4 pounds randomally. So it wasn't working, and I just switched to counting calories and eating healthy. I don't know why I didn't do this in the first place.
I don't count most days but keep mental notes. I was on and off for working out. I joined a gym about a month ago and have been going 5 times a week. For 2 months I hardly did any excercise but walking. I am now at 198 pounds, it felt SO good to drop under 200 so I decided to find old pictures and newer ones and post them here. Looking at these posts the past couple months have really helped me.
My tips would be to not take it so seriously. It will take time. Force yourself to make healthy decisions on a regular basis. No one is perfect and I have in the past couple months have aten up to 4,000 calories in one day, sometimes the next day too. I have tried for years and always gave up at around losing 10 pounds. I did a TON of research on nutrition, and became a health nut pretty much. Read as much as you can, it is good information and will keep you motivated. I realize that if I don't eat like shit, I won't feel like shit... and I won't look like shit. Fruit and Vegetables are so much more refreshing than sweets once you get used to it.
Don't listen to the voice inside your head that says 'Just this once, I'll be good for 2 weeks straight if I let myself do this.' 'I'm too tired to work out.' Turn off your mind and just do it. It's the only way =/.
K sorry wall of text here are the pictures. By the way, everytime someone takes my picture I am doing something ridicously embrassing like dancing or letting my roomate put make up on me. =( But they are the only ones I have.
Before pictures, Around 260-270 pounds. I don't have the worst ones scanned from my highschool graduation.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/1549/73449235ab1.jpg
^Me dancing (?) at around 260-270 pounds
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2376/50278991xt7.jpg
^Same night as above one I beleive.
Almost there pictures
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6606/10234180xf6.jpg
^^At around 225 pounds
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/3858/50212849vr9.jpg
^^At around 210 pounds
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1614/97392924jm8.jpg
^^Around 205
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/5361/26680214tc0.jpg
^^K this picture is embrassing but it's only 2 days old so whatever. So it's 198. I hate drinking =(.
update:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5999/n52094984110333903003ec1.jpg
another recent picture at 197
I am still hoping to lose 10-30 pounds. Don't really know when it will stop. Hopefully by my 20th birthday in February though.