[2009] Monday Morning Weigh-in

All that stuff is pretty much complete bull****.

You can't lose weight fast without working hard, unless you're cheating (surgery, trying to touch your larynx, etc)

 

Down 26 lbs since this started. I feel like a new person. This is incredible.

 

No kidding.

Plus that ad is completely phony.

I've seen that "before" pic used with 3 different "after" pics..

Any one of those chicks would have unhidable loose skin if they lost THAT much weight.

I really wish clutch Would pull those deceptive ads

 

Actually that is the same person...she was on the UK Biggest Loser.

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...not that The Biggest Loser is even close to being a healthy diet system...

 

You're a personal trainer correct? How tall are you? I don't see how you're carrying that much weight and body fat % from when you posted a picture while ago. Unless I'm confusing you with another board member

 

6'2".

Yes I am a PT.

3 years ago I weighed over 300lbs.

 

Have you ever talked about it on here, how you did it? Your lifestyle then vs. your lifestyle now?

I like weight loss stories.

 

wow thats impressive. i bet you get a lot of compliments on how you look these days.

 

Me too.. Congrats on the transformation Donny. What is your target body fat % / weight goal?

 

I'm 6'2, with a large build... I look downright skinny when I'm around 200 pounds.

I assume Donny is probably around the same.

 

I've never really talked about it, at least in super detail, with anyone.

The reader's digest version:

2006. Working 60 hours a week at a public section job. Putting in 12 hours working on my PhD. Somehow managing a world of warcraft addiction. My weight completely ballooned up from 240ish (college weight) to 308lbs over the course of a year.

I quit my job, dropped out of school.. miserable, felt like I wanted to die.

Cut off all my hair, went into isolation, started going to the gym for a bare minimum of 30 minutes a day every day. I remember pushing myself to even hit a mile running. Felt like I was going to die. Not being able to lift 15lbs above my head with one arm. So sad.

But I kept at it. As I rehabbed I started working as a gym cleaning crap for spare money. I was pretty down in the dumps career wise, and I decided to work there mostly for the free membership. I took that as an opportunity to immerse myself in a new lifestyle. I went gym nuts. I started working out 1-2 hours a day every day. Running the loop at rice til my blisters popped. You name it. In a span from about July 06 to Jan 07 I went from 300+ to 245, eventually getting down to 220 by July of 07.

The manager of the gym noticed my dedication and decided to ask me if I had ever thought about personal training, which I hadn't. But I talked about it with him and he agreed that if I passed my certification course and worked for him, he would pay my course fees. So I took a chance and did it and have been loving it ever since.

I've learned so much since this transformation, about fitness, about business, and about myself. I really can't imagine where I would be if not for throwing everything away and taking that leap of faith to start a new life.

There are people, to this day, who do not recognize me. They're mostly people I don't care for though, so I don't bother letting them know who I am

I float between 220 and 230 pretty regularly. Ideally I want to hit 220 and be at 20% BF. I've come close several times, but like anybody I am not perfect and have my ups and downs. But I've come a long ass way, and I know that this is a marathon and not a sprint.

I have made, in the last 16 months, more drastic changes to my diet than I can ever remember. I used to be a supplement w**** and a preserved/frozen/quick meal junkie. I sucked in the kitchen and never cooked.

Now I make almost 100% of my meals from scratch and watch my intake like a hawk. I am working now on phasing out all processed foods from my diet, and eating completely raw foods.

Pretty much. I am large and in charge.

 

Sooo what was her name? JK. Props on the effort and dedication. Great story.

 

Wow, thanks for sharing that...what an awesome story and such dedication.

I never thought I could be a gym rat but I have been working out every day the past couple/three weeks and I find my body craving exercise now at around 7 each morning.

...man, what a great testimony to hard work your story is...