Hey folks. Its been a while. I’ve been incredibly busy and just wanted to give an update on where things have gone.
New brand officially as DJ Zoomski is up and I’m getting my foot in at clubs now. But I saw myself and realized I didn’t look the DJ part. I was 200lbs at 5’8" and unsightly. I had man boobs and looked 9 months pregnant.
I decided enough was enough. I went from eating junk food, wings, and fast food every day to a clean, organic diet that is more than half vegan and otherwise containing fish and other lean meats/eggs. I’ll modify it as I go and add supplements to eventually be mostly vegan, but I’m trying to at least be totally clean right now. No processed crap. No empty calories except for one beer/wine per week. Lots of water. Lots of…
EXERCISE. No life-changing weight loss is worth a damn without exercise. I’m doing Power 90 cuz I have no muscle to start from and P90X demands a base. Next round will be X with Insanity. I’m alternating cardio and sculpting 6 days per week and a rest/stretch day on the 7th.
When I told everyone how much I had lost in the first 3 weeks, I kept hearing things like “You’ll put it back on.” or “That’s too much weight too quickly”. All from heavyset people with no clue, of course. They don’t realize that not only am I exercising, but I’m cutting back to 1500 calories daily from like 3000 or more and eating clean. I lost 11lbs in 21 days. I’m back up 2 today (Day 24), but its not about the scale really. I’m building lots of lean muscle! My gut has shrunk 2.5" and my whole body has shrunk in size by an average of an inch.
I am back in pants I haven’t worn since high school. I was in 36s and am back in 33s. I was at one point debating XL tshirts to cover the gut. Now I’m close to wearing mediums again.
Here are some before and afters, not to brag (cuz its subtle to this point), but to inspire others and hopefully help end the obesity problems in our world.
Thanks! I put in a huge effort today to ward off the food I might eat. I ended up eating healthy today despite two different dinners with friends/family and just made that workout all the more rewarding. Hoping to do the same tomorrow before more gigantic meals await. Haha
Thanks! It took me about a week before I fully committed to it, but the switch has been a lot less annoying than I anticipated. I keep from snacking by eating smaller meals and spreading them throughout the day and drinking boatloads of water. I am beyond pleased. Just wish the stomach would shrink quicker, but nothing worth having is easy, health included.
Haha. Thanks man. I was skinny fat (145lbs) for years then the metabolism quit. Shot up to 230lbs. Gave up pop and dropped 30 in just over 6 months with no other changes. Now I’m kickin it in the ass and changing my life. I want to be the dad someday that mine couldn’t due to his weight and health.
But yea, that is 3 weeks. I can’t wait to see what I look like at the end of 90 days. Its never too late to change your lifestyle bro. My buddy’s mom just turned 50 and is competing with me for most body fat percentage lost. Haha.
Woke up today noticeably thinner and with more energy. Ended up doing 45 minutes on the treadmill on top of my normal workout and went harder than I have ever went before and still had trouble getting my heart rate to the burn zone or even breaking a sweat. Craziness.
New video is up of how I went from athletic to fat in the first place in pictures. Yuck, but it will be great once I finish and can see a huge difference.
Heh. Glad I could help. Down officially into size 33 jeans today. And they are comfy as well. Legs and arms are getting toned. Bought some weights to do it hardcore cuz resistance bands are a bit awkward.
Fair pay mate. Pretty keen to get back on it ASAP. Been real lazy over the last couple of years… as other people have said, goes to show if you put the effort in, the gains are big.
If I miss out on the gym for more than a few days I feel like crap.
My concern with your diet is you are not getting enough calories to build muscle. Thats fine for the moment, your stripping the fat off. But for the amount of exercise youre doing you should be eating 3000 healthy calories daily.
Heres an example of my new diet I’ll be attempting this year:
7 am (pre-gym): - protein shake with oats, creatine and coffee
8am (post gym): - porridge, bannna, nuts
10 am:- 2 eggs 1 egg white
12pm:- big sandwich for lunch
1pm:- protein shake with oats
3pm:- three riveta, cottage cheese & chicken
5pm:- Veggie detox Shake
6-7pm:-evening meal (preferably low carb)
9pm:- protein shake
This coincides with 5 days of heavy weight training and should hopefully see big changes in my muscle.
I tried P90X, my housemates were doing it at the time, HARDCORE! I lasted about 10 mins before collapsing with a bunch of swearing and groaning. heh.
This thread has gave me a kick up the arse I needed!
I’ve started a healthier eating regime this week (which is the hardest part for me!) I moved back home with my parents again about 4 months ago and have put on a stone in that time! I was already overweight anyway so now I need to shift about 3 stone!
I start a military bootcamp style thing next week now which looks pretty hardcore! But I’ve done the whole gym thing before but I get bored and can never get motivated on my own, I need someone to shout at me!
Shot up to 230lbs. Gave up pop and dropped 30 in just over 6 months with no other changes. Now I’m kickin it in the ass and changing my life. I want to be the dad someday that mine couldn’t due to his weight and health.
