Did anyone on here go from fat to built?

[cheesesteak]

Everyone has seen my pictures, I'm quite heavy, and at one point almost tipped the scale near 300. Now at 211, I still feel fat. People tell me I only need to get down to 180 or 175. Doesn't seem like much weight loss to make a difference in my mind's body image. Still feel like the fat guy,

A friend of mine said she was 200+ and now is a very tight looking 160 (she's tall) and said she still feels like the heavy girl even though she knows she looks really good.

So I was wondering if anyone here went from big to built and how it or if it changed their psyche?

[gordi]

I have re-made myself from a 135-kilo pile of goo into a fairly well-built 105 kilos of more-muscle-than-fat, and it has totally changed my life for the better. I feel better, look better, sleep better, screw better, have more energy, and get more love. It took effort, but mainly it took persistence. I'm 43, generally lazy, lousy genetics... if I can do it anyone should be able to.

[cheesesteak]

There's no doubt in my mind I can do it. I'm just curious about the effects it has on you when you are finished with your goal.

Good to hear it totally changed your life. I love when I can fit into a smaller size of clothes. It's like a big christmas present.

[gordi]

Totally! I moved to Japan 6 months or so ago... and the fish and tea and general lifestyle made it easy to drop even more weight... I've gone from a XXXXL to an XL in Japanese sizes, and it feels AWESOME to sometimes be able to buy shirts at a "regular person" shop.

[cheesesteak]

I don't know if I'd ever be able to handle Japan. I don't even think I could do Europe. They do some weird shit over there like not give you ice in your diet coke. I'm too North American I guess.

When I get within 15lbs of my goal I'm gonna start tanning and get my teeth bleached. Be looking good wherever I go.

[ubcpower]

Check out Andre's before and afters

[Redz]

I have been chubby in the past but I am now getting to where I want to be. I personally still have some thoughts in my head about needing to improve, but everyone is telling me I look fantastic. I think it can almost become a mental issue or obsession. I always want to look better and feel it is possible so I stay focused. I am 230lbs and pretty lean these days, I dont focus on going down in weight anymore I want to get to about 245lbs at 10%bf. Just stay driven you will eventually gain confidence in yourself, working out is great for that.

[cheesesteak]

Where do I find Andre's before and afters? Didn't see a thread of his in the pic section.

I have the drive, I've pretty much alienated everyone and everything from my life to succeed at this. I could be social and all that and take 1.5 years to get where I want, or maybe accomplish it in 5 or 6 months with working my ass off.

[Redz]

I`m not saying dont work hard because you need to but dont rush things. Building a grea tbody takes alot of hard work, dedication and time.

[_Ragnar_]

I was always a smaller kid growing up. I was 5'9" 155lbs when I graduated. I played football, I worked out and ate like a horse. After graduating i gained 55 lbs, mostly fat. In the last year and a half I went from a loose 210lbs to a solid 170. I have bulked up to a relatively solid 205. I feel 150% better now. People don't even recognize me. I guess it doesn't help that i started shaving my head, damn MPB! You can do it CS, you just gotta believe in yourself and work your ass off!

[cheesesteak]

I'm following my diet, training as hard as I can. I don't see that as rushing but sticking to a diet while taking in no extra calories will bring me in faster than if I were to be social with the people I know. All they do is drink, eat pizza and wings. I can't be around that because it's the complete opposite of what I want.

The women I know are absolute ****ing worthless, which I'm sure they say the same about me. So with changing my body I'm also trying to change my personality by adopting traits from others that I want in myself, creating a whole new persona, and thus creating a whole new self image. If it earns me friends, fine. If not, **** em. Bodybuilding is what I truly love and nobody around me understands that. We all know you either understand it or you don't.

[Redz]

I can't be around that because it's the complete opposite of what I want.

I hear ya on that one I always get suckered in when my wife wants me to go do something. There is always bad food and drinks everywhere so if I dont bring my own food I`m screwed and if I do people think I`m weird for eating chicken breasts all the time. People may have a hard time understanding your dedication but on the flip side they will have no problem acknowledging you when you get ripped.

[cheesesteak]

Your lucky to have a wife. I feel a support system is needed to succeed.

[natenator]

Uhhh it depends man. Support system is great but can also be a downfall.

A support system is great if they are keen to what you are doing. If not? oyu'r ****ed 3 ways to Sunday

[cheesesteak]

If they weren't keen to what you were doing then they really wouldn't be a support system right?

I can tell if someone's gonna stick around or not if I talk about working and mention that one day I'll juice. If they go off on me about how I can go pro (which isn't even the goal) naturally or huge guys are ugly or whatever bullshit they are talking I know right there that they won't be part of my inner circle later.

My dad seems to have turned in my favor since I started this diet and haven't cheated once. He finally gets it in his head that it's something I want to do. He don't care if I juice. My mom don't care. My brother wants nothing to do with me so his opinion don't mean shit.

[natenator]

If they weren't keen to what you were doing then they really wouldn't be a support system right?

I can tell if someone's gonna stick around or not if I talk about working and mention that one day I'll juice. If they go off on me about how I can go pro (which isn't even the goal) naturally or huge guys are ugly or whatever bullshit they are talking I know right there that they won't be part of my inner circle later.

My dad seems to have turned in my favor since I started this diet and haven't cheated once. He finally gets it in his head that it's something I want to do. He don't care if I juice. My mom don't care. My brother wants nothing to do with me so his opinion don't mean shit.
A support system is anyone who is around you. Family whether they approve of your lifestyle choices are generally still a support system - people you can fall back on in hard times. Those who will have your back no matter what.

It is often difficult to be in a relationship with someone who isn't supportive of your goals. And when I say supportive that could be as simple as bringing junk food into the house knowing you are going out of your mind hungry lol

I've tried to have relationships with women who weren't into an "acvtive and healthy lifestyle" meaning that they rarely did physical activities or cared to eat right (even though their genetics meant they didn't really have to eat rigth or be acvtive - bitches lol) but it always fails. So my mission is to find someone who has and wants the same lifestyle as I. It doesn't mean they need to be a bodybuilder/fitness competitor or anything like but definitely in the same'ish active and healthy lifestyle as I.

[ironwill]

If they weren't keen to what you were doing then they really wouldn't be a support system right?

I can tell if someone's gonna stick around or not if I talk about working and mention that one day I'll juice. If they go off on me about how I can go pro (which isn't even the goal) naturally or huge guys are ugly or whatever bullshit they are talking I know right there that they won't be part of my inner circle later.

My dad seems to have turned in my favor since I started this diet and haven't cheated once. He finally gets it in his head that it's something I want to do. He don't care if I juice. My mom don't care. My brother wants nothing to do with me so his opinion don't mean shit.
It is definitely a blessing, makes everything more enjoyable, from trng together, to going to get groceries, knowing you both have similar lifestyles and goals in mind...Also makes for great conversation and goal setting together...personally ive found it gets so much better sharing it with someone, and watching your partner succeed is priceless....
Plus you get to have sex with your best friend, doesnt get better than that...lol:shock
Good luck, it seems your heart is in the right place, i find things fall in place once you know what you want....

[cheesesteak]

My family isn't like that. We all kinda hate each other. Very disfunctional. Kind of like everyone thinks they are better than everyone else. I honestly can't see how my parents have stayed together.

I know I can't be in a relationship with someone who doesn't train or diet. I find people who those good genetics where they eat like shit and never gain a pound blow the **** up when they get pregnant and never lose the weight because they've never installed a need for exercise and nutrition. I would have to have someone who at least went to the gym 3x a week, even if just for cardio. The gym is probably a good place to meet women but I don't wanna be too social there. Don't shit where I eat.

[ironwill]

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[Redz]

My wife helps me 99% of the time, but sometimes she wants to go out and have fun so I have to give in but its not an all the time sorta thing. My wife works out with me sometimes, I`m trying to get her more into it at the moment.

[cheesesteak]

It is definitely a blessing, makes everything more enjoyable, from trng together, to going to get groceries, knowing you both have similar lifestyles and goals in mind...Also makes for great conversation and goal setting together...personally ive found it gets so much better sharing it with someone, and watching your partner succeed is priceless....
Plus you get to have sex with your best friend, doesnt get better than that...lol:shock
Good luck, it seems your heart is in the right place, i find things fall in place once you know what you want....

Bodybuilding is definately what I want. Even I were not to aim to get big, I'd still have a fitness lifestyle. It's kept me away from so many of my past demons. A life saver really.

[ironwill]

Bodybuilding is definately what I want. Even I were not to aim to get big, I'd still have a fitness lifestyle. It's kept me away from so many of my past demons. A life saver really.


I hear you on that one bro....literally changed my entire life.......from being able to set goals, to practice continuous improvement and transferred to many other facets of my life.....I was on a rough road, then was able to actually get to a gym, made different friends, and had some real goals...It got me able to get back in school by thinking more clear minded and hungry for improvements in my life that matched my physique, became a better person and was lucky enough to meet countrychic and we now share the same desires...
I believe i am blessed, but it also came with a lot of work, sacrifice and saying good bye to many harmfull things and people in my life...
Glad to hear you are hooked and looking into yourself so much dude...very cool..

[cheesesteak]

I've been saying goodbye to almost everyone in my life. They all live the lifestyle I formerly did and how can I really be friends with someone who can't go anywhere unless he gets to get drunk first? The women I know are all fat (which isn't the problem) but are extremely lazy. If you have time to be on the computer 15 hours a day you have time to workout. They spend their government checks (oh, that welfare I nailed got disability now I hear) on material shit and never food. I spend my money on food first, then supplements, then clothes. Movies I rent. Videogames I don't play because I can't afford them. Bodybuilding turned into a lifestyle for me and I feel like I should just shut my facebook down (where I talk to all these people still). If I ever post a new picture of myself they shit all over it.

[waderow]

I've been saying goodbye to almost everyone in my life. They all live the lifestyle I formerly did and how can I really be friends with someone who can't go anywhere unless he gets to get drunk first? The women I know are all fat (which isn't the problem) but are extremely lazy. If you have time to be on the computer 15 hours a day you have time to workout. They spend their government checks (oh, that welfare I nailed got disability now I hear) on material shit and never food. I spend my money on food first, then supplements, then clothes. Movies I rent. Videogames I don't play because I can't afford them. Bodybuilding turned into a lifestyle for me and I feel like I should just shut my facebook down (where I talk to all these people still). If I ever post a new picture of myself they shit all over it.

lose them. I got rid of every bad influence in my life, and have never looked back. Only have a couple friends now, but good friends who are a positive influence.

As far as facebook goes. Keep the drama off it. Dont post a picture for a year, then post one up of the new you, then kick everyone off after they see it.

[cheesesteak]

If I got rid of every bad influence on my list I'd be down to about 3 friends. All of which I don't hang around with. I like that posting 1 picture and then kicking everyone off after they see it. Or at least kicking all the haters off. That site was fun when I first got on but it's useless to me now except to see what pros are up to. Got Cormier and Dugdale on there.

[marino]

Everyone has seen my pictures, I'm quite heavy, and at one point almost tipped the scale near 300. Now at 211, I still feel fat. People tell me I only need to get down to 180 or 175. Doesn't seem like much weight loss to make a difference in my mind's body image. Still feel like the fat guy,

So I was wondering if anyone here went from big to built and how it or if it changed their psyche?

I find the biggest problem is not the mirror its our brain. If you started overweight you always feel heavy and if you start skinny you always feel this way no matter what progress you make

[theboss]

Check out Andre's before and afters

YES SIR

[cheesesteak]

Just found Andre's pics. Looks awesome. He had a way bigger base than me though. I'm gonna have to work my way up. I'm the weakest person on this site by far but hopefully can get up to average within a few years.

I think I'm doing really good on my diet as there is a bag of Bits & Bites (my favorite) beside me and I have no temptation to eat them.

[Redz]

The worst thing you can do is never have cheat meals though. I ate an entire peperoni pizza the day before my avatar pic (taken this week) lol. That is a little extreme but once in a while I just have to give in.

[cheesesteak]

I get a cheat meal in 9 days, then every 7 days after that. Palumbo diet.

[GYMBRAT]

In my mind CS you will progress nicely bro...why? because you seem to have the right mentality/drive to do so..good for you man!!!

.....me, I went from skinny/built to fat lol!!

[cheesesteak]

I think I may have ****ed my diet over. I asked about it in the keto thread. Man, I sure hope I didn't. I had to eat something because I was feeling so weak. From now I'm not leaving the house unless it's the gym or the grocery store. No intensity, no victory. Whatever it takes!

[GYMBRAT]

rat on bro!

[cheesesteak]

Another question for the bigger guys.... did you have gyno or loose skin problems? I bet I'm gonna have some.

[L3]

i know that GSX loves his Emu Oil for strech marks

[GYMBRAT]

Another question for the bigger guys.... did you have gyno or loose skin problems? I bet I'm gonna have some.

well I got to the point of only being able to see the "silhouette" of my 2 upper abs in the morn at one point, I've alway had a small issue wit gyno, even when I was young and prob had maybe 7% bf.....also get stretch marks very easily as well ...shitty elasticity. But no loose skin issues no...

about 17 yrs old there LOL...rt side, minor gyno

[cheesesteak]

About 5-10lbs ago

You can see why I know I'm gonna have gyno and loose skin

[GYMBRAT]

depends on your elasticity in your skin.....did you get strechies after gaining your weight?
Just go in to see your Doc to see what he thinks on your gyno..

[cheesesteak]

My doctor said I have gyno. This was years ago before I even put on another 80lbs. I got stretch marks everywhere.

I guess if I have to bite the bullet I'll have to dole out the $$$ for cosmetic surgery to remove excess skin.

[GYMBRAT]

another old pic.....hahaaa

[Andre]

About 5-10lbs ago

You can see why I know I'm gonna have gyno and loose skin

I would not worry about loose skin at this stage of the game... I am 37 years old and used to have a 42" waist... I lost 12" off my waist and my skin is not too bad... you have fat on your chest, not the same as gyno...

One thing to keep in mind with the keto diet, you will loose weight fast... however you will also look as flat as a pancake... not such a big deal when you are carrying around a ton of muscle mass, but for someone like yourself who is getting started it might not be the direction you want to go in...

This game is a marathon... not a sprint...

[cheesesteak]

My waist never got higher than 40". I wear 38" loosely now but most of the time I'm wearing jogging pants.

With the flatness thing, nobody is gonna see me with my shirt off, and if I can hopefully lose 2lbs per week, that will leave me around my goal weight in the first week of February. That leaves me until June at the earliest where anyone would see me without a shirt.

[GYMBRAT]

good points Andre.....

[Bigtred]

This game is a marathon... not a sprint...

I love this line..so true.

Bro, about your friends, don't shit on people because they don't love what you do. Everyone has a right to choose, doesn't make everyone bad people. If a friend tries to persuade you not to go to the gym, or to cheat on your diet, then that's not a friend.

[grader]

this is a great thread. im on this road myself i have come a long way in a year, but im more focused on putting on size while dropping the fat and i havent followed a super strict diet the whole time. the way i see it is if i was to stop lifitng and only to cardio and diet my fat away, sure i could do it in half the time but it would never get done because i would get to bored so might as well take my time let it happen on my terms while loving every minute of it. its been said here before its a marathon not a sprint take your time this is my lifestyle not just a hobby i no longer smoke or drink and dont hang out with people who do, i find the more and more dedicated i became the less i wanted to hang out with people who chose to live an unhealthy lifestyle i dont have a million friends but the people i call my close friends all have the same mindset as myself. who you surround yourself with says alot about you as a person. keep up the good work bro

[swolegantor]

When I was 15 I went from 245 to 160, when I was 19 I went from 250-200, now I am just under 300 (peaked at 330 and am trying to grind my way down to 250). The moment I stop eating 100% clean I balloon in size. I actually eat better now then I did when I was lean :(

These are pretty much the only pics I have from then


http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/BigG1986/Full20prog.jpg?t=1254983023


1st pic: around october 2005 weighed 230 (20 pounds into my awesome starvation diet
2nd pic: around december 2005 when I hit 200 (awesome results of not eating anything ever)
3rd pic: late september 2006 (just turned 20) weighed 200ish again but with some actual muscle this time...a few weeks into working out
4th pic: december 2006 a few months into working out around 230ish

I am hoping to get down that bodyfat% again (4th pic) and weigh around 255ish now.

[Andre]

this is a great thread. im on this road myself i have come a long way in a year, but im more focused on putting on size while dropping the fat and i havent followed a super strict diet the whole time. the way i see it is if i was to stop lifitng and only to cardio and diet my fat away, sure i could do it in half the time but it would never get done because i would get to bored so might as well take my time let it happen on my terms while loving every minute of it. its been said here before its a marathon not a sprint take your time this is my lifestyle not just a hobby i no longer smoke or drink and dont hang out with people who do, i find the more and more dedicated i became the less i wanted to hang out with people who chose to live an unhealthy lifestyle i dont have a million friends but the people i call my close friends all have the same mindset as myself. who you surround yourself with says alot about you as a person. keep up the good work bro

Good work and I like your attitude... you will do well with this approach!

[Andre]

swolegantor, I have known you for close to 2 years now... you need to be consistant with your eating...

Remember the following equation...

Eat like a bodybuilder + Train like a bodybuilder = Look like a bodybuilder

As always... I am around for you with lots of free advice... what you choose to do with it, is up to you :)

[cheesesteak]

Awesome work Grader!!

[marino]

Awesome work Grader!!

Agreed looking great

[GYMBRAT]

awesome work here guys!!!!!!!!!

[rated_rko]

went from 212 fat to 159 skinny to 233 built

[MikeyFXD35]

Your lucky to have a wife. I feel a support system is needed to succeed.

Wife and GF are not supportive if they don't have the same goals. It would be a lot easier to do this on my own as I would have 100% control over what food comes into the house. Also there can be a little animosity as you transform and they stay the same or get worst.

[cheesesteak]

Wife and GF are not supportive if they don't have the same goals. It would be a lot easier to do this on my own as I would have 100% control over what food comes into the house. Also there can be a little animosity as you transform and they stay the same or get worst.

Call me selfish or an asshole but I wouldn't be able to stay with someone who wasn't supportive of me 100%.

[marino]

^^
this is why once you start down this path you want to surround yourself with people that share your goals. Friends and relationships

[kloan]

^^
this is why once you start down this path you want to surround yourself with people that share your goals. Friends and relationships

man, tell me bout it.. when i got back into this lifestyle and abandoned the party scene, drinkin/drugs.... my social life became a lot more quiet.

problem is, i find as i get older it's a lot harder to surround myself with new people.. i find most people i meet already have their niches.

[hommes]

you guys have done so well for yourself, congrats

[cheesesteak]

problem is, i find as i get older it's a lot harder to surround myself with new people.. i find most people i meet already have their niches.

I notice that that too. I hear it only gets worse as you age.

[swolegantor]

swolegantor, I have known you for close to 2 years now... you need to be consistant with your eating...

Remember the following equation...

Eat like a bodybuilder + Train like a bodybuilder = Look like a bodybuilder

As always... I am around for you with lots of free advice... what you choose to do with it, is up to you :)

I need to be incredibly consistent with my eating. You are right however.

[sherlock]

I've gone from 311 last December to 239 currently with a big body composition change. Still a super long way to go with the goal being 205 at sub 20% body fat. Just gotta stick with my diet.

[vazsek]

395 and about 45% in aug of 2004 to a 215 stickman in july of 2005, then got stuck in a shitty camp job for a few years and went back up to 280 and am currently 255 and 20% as near as i can tell. i have been losing a pile of inches everywhere but my chest (chest was 44 and is 48 now lol) the last year weight hasn't moved but strength is going up everyday and i am seeing viens in new places all the time :)

[Gilmour]

Call me selfish or an asshole but I wouldn't be able to stay with someone who wasn't supportive of me 100%.

You are a selfish asshole scamming scumbag welfare bum inbred ****faced virgin Dave.

[kloan]

You are a selfish asshole scamming scumbag welfare bum inbred ****faced virgin Dave.

really? still? i think you can let it go bro... he's not posting here anymore. ;)

on a totally unrelated subject, are those your axes? any experience with or do you own any acoustics? im trying to decide on a decent budget acoustic...

lookin at a Takamine ES31C and a Washburn OG2CE

[Rhinobolt10]

Dude, honestly, it sounds like you've got some issues... Getting a great body is just that, having a great body.

I'd personally recommend talking to someone, no matter how great your body is... I don't personally think it's going to give you exactly what you want.

But... it is going to help a bit... to be brutally honest. It does help confidence, it does make you feel superior, it does make you feel like you're a leader, and a lot of other stuff.

But it doesn't cure depression, or make you trust people, or help you be more comfortable in social exchanges.

P.S. cheat meals are a great way to be able to be soical with friends and not feel bad about cheating on your diet... and they help keep the metabolism going when you've been at it for a while.

[Rhinobolt10]

and I'm not saying you've got depression or anything, but I've definately seen a correlation between me becoming stronger, and becoming mentally more put together.

I'ts kind of lame.. but my body can't grow if my mind isn't... the further I take one, the further I can take the other. It's no coincidence, that the higher my total is, the better my business skills are, and the better I look in the mirror...

For me it's all connected... that's just me tho, just trying to give you another perspective.

[Gilmour]

really? still? i think you can let it go bro... he's not posting here anymore. ;)

on a totally unrelated subject, are those your axes? any experience with or do you own any acoustics? im trying to decide on a decent budget acoustic...

lookin at a Takamine ES31C and a Washburn OG2CE

That is my gear. Gonna thin the herd soon. Go with the Takamine.

[z83]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=128408771

[natenator]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=128408771
ON IT!


This will be good

[z83]

what was your signature a while back about him, it was awesome

[faller]

Lol, too funny!!

[Delt King]

Why are we bumping a Cheese thread? lol

[z83]

he's back on BB.com :popc2

[faller]

Nothing going on in that thread, was there another one started?

[Mr Ontario]

Did he get off welfare? :)


he's back on BB.com :popc2