5 months out, 113 lbs down! With Photos

[warrior68 16]

I been wearing clothes that are kind baggy on me, its an old habit, I'm sure you can all relate to. Anyways I have been working my way through my closet from 5X shirts to 4X to 3X to 2X, and giving away (donating) the stuff that is WAY to BIG on me. The past few days I tried on some of my tighter fitting 2x shirts, ones that had shrank to more of a XL and they fit, they fit well!! Today I went to JC penny's because they were having a huge sale, Saint Johns bay polo shirts for 9.99, Nike dry polo shirts, and so on. well to my surprise I fit in every single XL shirt I tried on even the Nike and Adidas ones that are known to run small. I was trying on pants and shorts, I'm down to the point where any cut or style of pants or shorts in a 38 fits, some of them are loose! As I walking out of the store it hit me, I just went to a store and bought clothes off the clearance rack, got great deals, and never once had to walk in to the fat kid section of the store! As I walked past the big and tall section I laughed to myself and thought, no more fat kid section for me! No more over paying for extended sizes!! No more limited selection on clothing, I can wear the same clothes as anyone else now!

Everyone kept telling me I was getting smaller, I knew I was, I just didn't see it as much until my niece took my pic yesterday. I am so happy right now I could just, well I dont know what I could do, but I'm really frigging happy!

To show the difference the clothes make in how I look, the one in the red shirt was on fathers day, and the one in the grey sleeveless Adidas shirt was yesterday, july 3rd, I only lost about 8 lbs maybe ten between the two. The ones in the grey sweatshirt are at my all tie high or 326, the black shirt was a couple months ago. I am down to 213 lbs and well within reach of my next mini goal which is to be under 200lbs at my next visit with the surgeon in mid August.

    

[Kim G 1]

Congrats!!! You look great.

[300PoundsDown 101]

This is incredible. Please tell me what kind of food and exercise plan you have been on!

[warrior68 16]

This is incredible. Please tell me what kind of food and exercise plan you have been on!

My food plan is simple, I follow the rules, Protein first, then veggies if I feel like it, Breakfast is a Protein shake 53 grams of Protein, that hold me till lunch or snack which can be just a chobani yogurt, or a cheese stick, sometimes both, for a snack I will have 5 or 6 cherries, or a small handful of almonds, dinner is chicken, fish, or beef, and I have a mint chocolate skiny cow ice cream sandwich every night.

I have made some mistakes along the way, the occasional candy bar, or slice of pizza with the guys, but for the most part I try to be very good about what I eat.

My work outs are pretty harsh, but here is a typical week for me.

Every day without fail I walk 3 to 8 miles with the dog, I do not miss a day, EVER!

Three or four days a week I do CrossFit, its insane, and it hurts, it hurts a lot!

the other three or four days I go to the gym and walk, jog, run on the tread mill. I get on the airdyne bike I do 90 second sprints on the bike followed by 60 seconds of slower rest type pedaling, I do this as long as I possibly can, I mean until it hurts. I try to row at least two if not three 500 meter runs on the rowing machine, then I attempt that damn Jacobs ladder three or four times until failure. I also do a couple nautilus circuits every week. When I have the time and weather is nice I ride my bike to the gym rather than driving to get in more exercise. Thats pretty much my evening workout, I also do some sit ups, push ups, and assisted chin ups in the mornings.

To work out like this takes a lot of time, and effort, I have cut back on my internet surfing, cancelled all my movie channels, and missed out on some social events. Its is so worth it to me, I have caught women checking me out, I have had two girls in a car at stop light chat me up, and on top of all that my health is great now, and i feel great!

[Candace2314 117]

You look great!!!! Congrats!

[Amanda131 214]

Wow, Warrior! The pictures really say it all. You've accomplished something amazing- CONGRATULATIONS!

[KellyL 173]

What amazing results in just 5 months!! Congrats, you are doing great and look fabulous!!

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[Disney 20]

You are my hero! Your commitment to working out is outstanding!! Your results speak for themselves. Congrats on the weight loss so far and I know you will keep it up.

[Maddie 9]

That is sooooo cool. You should be very proud of yourself. You look so different. Keep up the good work.

[M2G 1,836]

WOW! What an amazing difference!!! Congrats on your losses and getting out of the big and tall section (lol, aka fat clothing) is awesome!

You are right about the difference the clothing makes, I have some basic shorts/capris that actually fit but the tops are all a bit too big, and people keep saying, when are you going to wear some shirts that FIT?! I will probably wait until fall to do much more shopping, but it does make a difference when we ditch the baggy, loose stuff.

[Tiffykins 672]

Absolutely AMAZING ! ! !

[300PoundsDown 101]

Great job and a great inspiration! You have attacked this holistically it sounds like to me using it as a tool but still being diligent about your food and also incorporating in a serious workout regimen. Thanks for laying it out there for us. I'm so impressed!

[sleeve 4 me 910]

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!

[Nichelle 21]

Congratulations!!! You look fantastic and have some having nsv's to be proud of. Way to go!!! :bananahuge:

[tmela28 2]

First off I want to say CONGRATS that is just wonderful and you totally deserve to be "friggin" happy lol. I want to have a story like yours how in the world did u lose that much in 5 months????? I am 1 week post op and feel great i drink a ton of liquids all day, I have not felt sick and I go regularly not to be gross heheheh .... Is that how you felt right after ???are there any foods you cant eat???? I would like to know what your fabulous tips are so please write back when u have a chance!!! Congrats again!!!

I been wearing clothes that are kind baggy on me, its an old habit, I'm sure you can all relate to. Anyways I have been working my way through my closet from 5X shirts to 4X to 3X to 2X, and giving away (donating) the stuff that is WAY to BIG on me. The past few days I tried on some of my tighter fitting 2x shirts, ones that had shrank to more of a XL and they fit, they fit well!! Today I went to JC penny's because they were having a huge sale, Saint Johns bay polo shirts for 9.99, Nike dry polo shirts, and so on. well to my surprise I fit in every single XL shirt I tried on even the Nike and Adidas ones that are known to run small. I was trying on pants and shorts, I'm down to the point where any cut or style of pants or shorts in a 38 fits, some of them are loose! As I walking out of the store it hit me, I just went to a store and bought clothes off the clearance rack, got great deals, and never once had to walk in to the fat kid section of the store! As I walked past the big and tall section I laughed to myself and thought, no more fat kid section for me! No more over paying for extended sizes!! No more limited selection on clothing, I can wear the same clothes as anyone else now!

Everyone kept telling me I was getting smaller, I knew I was, I just didn't see it as much until my niece took my pic yesterday. I am so happy right now I could just, well I dont know what I could do, but I'm really frigging happy!

To show the difference the clothes make in how I look, the one in the red shirt was on fathers day, and the one in the grey sleeveless Adidas shirt was yesterday, july 3rd, I only lost about 8 lbs maybe ten between the two. The ones in the grey sweatshirt are at my all tie high or 326, the black shirt was a couple months ago. I am down to 213 lbs and well within reach of my next mini goal which is to be under 200lbs at my next visit with the surgeon in mid August.