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From a 64 to a 48 in 6 months, can't wait till I can shop in a real clothing store again. Also a 2x down from a 6x shirt wise and on the last notch of my second belt in that time.

Thanks, Alex!

Figured I'd post my brag on this thread as well since I'm feeling so good about it. I'm down 175 lbs so far, and have just started dating a 23 year old, I'm 38. She is amazed about how long and often I can go and can't get enough. Talk about a confidence builder, now I just need to get rid of this loose skin so I can take my shirt off during. Also have to say it's amazing cardio as well, after two or three hour session I feel like I spent a whole day at the gym. Hope the testosterone boost lasts, she even accused me of taking Viagra.

I hear you man, I'm 150 lbs down and the loose skin is a bummer. I'm lifting and using oils and lotions on my skin hoping it helps but there is no way I'll go back to normal without some major surgery. It's really bad between the belly, thighs, and moobs, my arms aren't quite as bad, hopefully I can build the muscle in them. The worst part is I have my first date in forever tomorrow and I just keep thinking about how the hell I'm going to deal with all the hanging skin if things go well after a few dates. I guess I can't escape years of abusing my body so easily.

Yeah I wouldn't go by BMI it's been shown to be a poor indicator overall. I would have to be 190 lbs at 6"2 to be considered normal weight, I was 215 in high school when I was ripped, I would be like a stick figure out 190.

From a 64 to a 48 in 6 months, can't wait till I can shop in a real clothing store again. Also a 2x down from a 6x shirt wise and on the last notch of my second belt in that time.

I just got some under armour compression shirts and they help keep everything in place, and they work great, you want them to be tight. They do have them for women as well, picked it up off of zappos.com. I plan on using them until I can get down enough to get surgery to clean up the lose skin.

From a 64 to a 48 in 6 months, can't wait till I can shop in a real clothing store again. Also a 2x down from a 6x shirt wise and on the last notch of my second belt in that time.

I just got some under armour compression shirts and they help keep everything in place, and they work great, you want them to be tight. They do have them for women as well, picked it up off of zappos.com. I plan on using them until I can get down enough to get surgery to clean up the lose skin.

Yeah I wouldn't go by BMI it's been shown to be a poor indicator overall. I would have to be 190 lbs at 6"2 to be considered normal weight, I was 215 in high school when I was ripped, I would be like a stick figure out 190.

I lost that much in about 5 months, and the last 2 weeks I was stuck. Figures as soon as I post this I start losing a lot again, so now I'm at 299. Nice to be back in the 200's, so I guess it was just a plateau, but down 130 lbs so far.

Sleeved 4/29, and down 131. finally in the 200's again and couldn't be happier. Have noticed I plateau a lot more now, but I'm hoping to drop the rest by my 1 year anniversary.

Sleeved 4/29, and down 131. finally in the 200's again and couldn't be happier. Have noticed I plateau a lot more now, but I'm hoping to drop the rest by my 1 year anniversary.

Good topic. Just started the gym again a month ago.
Some long term goals:
1. Be able to bench press my body weight 10 times.(Should be easier as I keep losing)
2. Be able to finish a 5K Spartan run.
3. Be able to do 50 pull ups, never been able to do 1.
4. Six pack abs.(Probably the toughest goal)

I miss drinking with meals, also it makes it so much harder to get all the Water I need. As far as people knowing, I was embarrassed about it at first, but the reaction was so positive from the few people I told. I said the heck with it, and now I'm very open about it, so far all the feedback has all been positive. The way I see it is I took the steps I needed to fix myself and become healthy, if anyone has a problem with that, then who needs them. You'll see your confidence will grow as you lose the weight and you won't even care what the haters say.

I miss drinking with meals, also it makes it so much harder to get all the Water I need. As far as people knowing, I was embarrassed about it at first, but the reaction was so positive from the few people I told. I said the heck with it, and now I'm very open about it, so far all the feedback has all been positive. The way I see it is I took the steps I needed to fix myself and become healthy, if anyone has a problem with that, then who needs them. You'll see your confidence will grow as you lose the weight and you won't even care what the haters say.

I am suddenly getting a crazy amount of dried skin on my hands and feet about 2 months in. Also I noticed my memory seems to be a little off, like remembering details like people I just met names. I'm getting enough Protein between 70 and 80 grams, and taking Multivitamins, B12 and D. Anyone else experience similar?