Progress Thread

>>38515927
Why did your muscle mass go down so much while your fat decreased? What am I missing here?

>>38516317
My weight loss probably wasn't healthy.

I ate at 1200 - 1500 calories as well as working out, which could be upwards to 2 hours at the gym, 1 hour cardio, 1 hour weights.

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>>38516330
I guess I'm just confused as to why it's saying you had so much muscle mass to begin with when you were just overweight.

Either way good work mang, keep up the progress. We all stall at some point, just gotta keep it up.

I really need a new progress pic.

>>38516396
I was pretty bear mode under all the fat.

But I also don't know how accurate they are, the measurements.

>>38516396
You have any tips on how to get outta skelly mode fast? Im making *very* slow progress

>>38516396
Also, dem gains, I jelly. Hopefully I'll look something like that once I have my skin removed in November.

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Will that loose skin ever go away?

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I've been pretty stagnant for the past couple months, currently sitting at 280. Because I'm 6'7 I don't have much of an expectation as to how I'll look once I drop more weight, as well as what I can expect after I start lifting. Has me feeling pretty down :(

>>38516448
Surgery in November but won't ever be as pretty as someone without

>>38516469
Is that the only way to get rid of it?

>>38516426
I've only ever really slow bulked. Never really ever went above ~12% bf. But really it just boils down to eating more.
Milk and peanut butter are easy for putting on more size. Just don't go overboard.

>>38516433
Thanks senpai. Good luck with that shit.

>>38516456
I imagine lifting at 6'7" is rough but dropping a 100 lbs is awesome man and nothing to be down about.

>>38516330

1h of weights? I doubt that. Stats?

>>38516478
Yep, once you're that far gone.

>>38516510
Nothing too intensive. I can upload the excel sheet I started doing and stopped doing again if you're interested. I kept track of all of my exercises in it.

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>>38516456

good progress bro. reminds me of me. I am 6'5 started at 176KG (387.2lbs). i am 150KG (330lbs) now.

Sometimes it just stops i was at the same weight for weeks. It's the body readjusting. Don't tilt over that shit.

>>38516600
Good progress. How much so far?

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5'9 - 190lbs > 150lbs - Jan 16 - August 16.

Trying to recomp as I am massively dyel

>>38518111
Any skin issues?

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Still along way to go...

>>38518111
where are your nipples m8?

>>38518846
I'm pale as fuark. Strawberry cream nip nops.

>>38518646
A little bit. It'll all go once I get lower bf

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I'm starting to get the beginnings of loose skin at the tops of my biceps and my weight loss is plateauing.

I'm thinking about easing off on the cardio (4x jogging 3 miles per week, it's still a lot for me) and adding in some more lifting. I have a pretty loose lifting schedule atm, and I only lift about 1x per week.

I'm thinking about going to a routine that is XXABXAB like I used to do for high school for football, with A being upper-body day; bench, biceps, triceps, etc and B being squats, leg curls, back, maybe deads. If I switch to this and still do cardio 1-2x per week and continue eating at 2350cal/day with plenty of protein, I should be good, right?

>>38518806
underage b&

>>38518987
that loose skin on your lower stomach isnt going anywhere, i made a similar weight change about 10 years ago and it looks exactly the same and im jacked now. sry for bad news.

>>38519051
I'm 19

>>38519069
Post pics.

>>38519041
You don't have any loose skin anywhere, faggot. The loose feeling you have is normal because the fat is getting softer as the body prepares to burn it off. If you just keep cutting, you'll make it by the end of the year easily.

>>38519041

Stronglifts

Guys I hit the gym for the first time yesterday. Did some simple things (cardio, dumbbell curls). I'm very weak and my arms hurt a lot from the curls. In fact, it hurts the most when I'm doing a curling motion. And I can't seem to straighten out my arms. I only used 10 pounds for each arm.

Did I break something? Maybe my form was shit and something got messed up. Or is it just muscle building?

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>>38520232

Stronglifts plus cardio on rest days. Work up to doing HIIT once your stamina gets better.

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50 lbs loss so far. looking to lose another 30 lbs

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145 lbs -218 lbs

>>38520522

If you lose another 40 you'll be fuck tier

>>38520530

I'm pretty sure you were supposed to workout

>Lost muscle in between 3rd down and bottom

>>38520530
>gets blacker

>>38520522
>>38520551
She already is super cute though

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>>38520593

I can see its your first day here, I'd like to point you towards the sticky.

>>38520551
>>38520522

Keep working out and lose weight/fat + tone/add muscle mass, you have potential.

>>38520522
Tits or gtfo

>>38516456
Duddde, you need to start lifting, you will be a gripper

>>38520602
Not at all, but thanks for the already read reading material :-)

>>38520575
Lol obviously you don't know how to bulk. I weighed probably 185 in the 3rd and gained 30+ lbs since. I haven't started a cut yet.

How long would it take for me to cut down 50 pounds on a 700 kcal deficit?

>>38516396
Because it's easier for fat people to carry more muscle. It's not uncommon for fat people to have FFMI above 25, a level that is considered very rare for non steroid users.

>>38520530
Went to San Diego, CA and got a tan. Feels good since it taned over stretch marks.

>>38520628
What's the point of lifting while losing weight? I thought you can't build muscle mass while on a large deficit? I was planning to start lifting once I lost more weight. Is there any advantage to lifting now?

>>38516396
>Genetics, environment and training play a crucial role in how muscular an individual can become. In my experience, a FFMI of 22-25 is attainable for many men with reasonable levels of bodyfat after several years of weight training. Keep in mind that the work by Kouri et al., which determined the upper level FFMI (25) for men did not include subjects with body fat greater than 20%. Those with increased body fatness (>20%) may be able to exceed a FFMI of 25 through mechanisms such as increased organ size, visceral fat, intramuscular fat (Kouri et al. used calipers which do not directly account for visceral or intramuscular fat), or even increased musculature.
http://exercisetoolkit.com/tag/fat-free-mass-index/

The body composition of 36 professional Sumo wrestlers and 39 collegiate male students were assessed densitometrically. The means of body weight, BMI and %fat for Sumo wrestlers were 117.1 kg, 36.5 and 26.2%, extraordinarily large compared with untrained men (p < 0.001).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10195655

>>38520255
Height, weight, %bf?

>>38520669
There's plenty of calculators around.

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>>38515927

>>38520669
1lb=3500Calories
50lb = 175000 calories

175000/700 = 250 days

Did you even take basic grade school math? you fat dumb american

>>38515927

Woah man, I thought you died.

>>38520522
You're gonna be so fucking cute.

>>38520817
Died?

>>38524530
Any plans for the skin?

>>38520522
B-back that ass up

>>38515927
where did you find one of those body comp analyzers? i wanna try one out.

>>38524530
You lost 70 pounds in 4 days?

>>38524629
Have one at work that I can use for free but a lot of gyms have one as well

>>38524642
how much would they cost to use if not for free?

>>38524656
No clue, but I doubt it's much. My guess is 5 - 10 bucks at max.

>>38524705
How long between the two?

>>38524739
roughly two and a half years

>>38524765
Damn, guess I have some years left before buff mode

>>38520713
>What's the point of lifting while losing weight?
Dude what? You should have started lifting day one.
You put on muscle because you're already fat. In fact you would have had tons of it with all that fat, and when you cut, it looks much better. Start lifting ASAP.

>>38524782
all that matters is getting there my brotha

>>38520794
wow, from edgy fatty to a mexican biker, nice

>>38524705
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>>38524765
routine?

>>38520593

you are an idiot and telling her she looks great now is a demotivator. Just tell her to keep it up.

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5'9" 265 to 163 lbs

>>38525585
Nice face

>>38525585
I think you looked better at a bit higher bf, you look like you could pull off bearmode. Good progress regardless. maybe try to hit your chest a bit more.

>>38524794
I don't know... This sounds a little bro-sciency. Anyone else have input?

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1st pic is May, 2014 (143lbs / 65kg)

2nd pic is Jan, 2015 (163lbs / 74kg)

around 2 months later I stopped working out cause other things got in the way,
but around 1.5-2 months ago I started lifting again.
Went from <150lbs/68kg to 159lbs/72kg since then.

3rd pic is today (159lbs / 72kg)

Strength is coming back at a decent pace, but I'm still weak as shit (not that my lifts were remotely good before)

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>>38520255
bf% stats pls.
>>38524705
bf% pls

>>38520522
Face to die for. Instant win. Good job on the progress. Nothing pisses me off more when potential hot girls getting fat as fuck and I can't get a hard on when I see them. You're going to be a fine chica. Keep going girl!

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SL 5x5 for 3 months, progress as of yesterday

DL: 135 -> 260 lbs
Squat: 75 -> 240 lbs
BP: 45 -> 135 lbs
OHP: 45 -> 100 lbs
Pendlay Row: 45 -> 135 lbs

>>38526605
Your a-symmetrical nips look like they became more symmetrical as you progressed, nice!

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Stronglifts for 6 months.

>>38526605

Fuck your frame is aesthetic. I'm bigger but I bet I'll need another 10 lbs of muscle to have your proportions.

>>38524636
States Mate Month/Day/Year

>>38529535
nice! what did you start/end at with lifts?

>>38529375
Never noticed that before, but you're right - praise be gains
>>38529625
Thx brah. Problem is my shoulders are fairly narrow, it's just that my hips are super narrow too. So the proportions save me, but only until some actally wide dude stands next to me.

>>38528248
How short are you to still be over 25% bf at 160lbs?

>>38531134
5'7, sedentary life = no mass under the bf

>>38516396
I've never been impressed by a physique on fit but, them gains. Any other pics?

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8 months since I started losing weight dropped 35lbs in total from 200lbs, now I started weightlifting 3 months ago and I've been trying to bulk up to my old weight again but with muscle not fat this time.

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>>38531271
Thanks. Got pretty lucky with frame & insertions. All of these are great lighting and filtered so keep that in mind. I'm sure I look smaller in person.

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Gonna have to update this since I tried my hand at bulking up to ~225.

>>38520794
I look somewhat like you but fatter. My beard isn't all that thick , was curious with weight loss and skin getting a bit tighter , does the beard look fuller.

>>38531496
Great progress anon! I wish you'd have more angles though, hard to assess much from the side-shot.