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:	post by AUTOPSY_666 at 2010-12-01 21:17:51

December 1st, 2009 is when I started this weight loss/getting into shape journey. I can't believe it, but it has already been a year. For the people that care, here is a quick summary of what has happened so far..

I woke up a year ago today and decided things had to change. For those of you that knew me in school 487975 years ago, you know I was always fat. I was 275 senior year in high school, which was 1994. Over the next 15 years I had put on another 90 pounds which brought me to 365 a year ago. Enough was enough and the change would begin upon waking up a year ago today.

First step was pretty easy. EAT LESS and EAT BETTER. I totally cut out regular soda and began eating 3-5 regular meals a day instead of one giant meal and then snacking on garbage the rest of the day. The soda part was tough because I usually drank at LEAST a 2 liter of Coke every single day. Luckily I found Coke Zero, forced myself to drink it and get used to it, and I grew to love it. Now I can't even drink a regular Coke anymore. It tastes like a sugary mess to me now. I also slowly started eating other foods I had never eaten before. I'd always been a "meat and potatoes" type person, but that had to change. This was also difficult, but I found a lot of foods I really did like that were much better than eating a package of Oreos or a gallon of ice cream.

After three months of this, I had lost about 60 pounds. I was finally slightly below the 300 pound mark. Unfortunately, the weight loss was slowing down a lot and it was getting frustrating following a really strict diet and only losing 1-2 pounds a week. I did some research on the internet for TONS of diets that get good results, and I found the HCG diet. It seemed to work for EVERYONE that did it, it was dirt cheap, and the results were there if you had the willpower to actually do it.

I won't get too involved in what HCG is all about (if you want to know more, e-mail me), but I'm happy to say IT WORKED. You basically do short rounds of it which are followed by breaks so you can reset your body. My first round I did 40 days and lost 51 pounds. My second round I did 40 days and lost 43 pounds. My last round I did 23 days and lost 31 pounds. So that comes out to 103 days on the diet (not counting the 3-4 week breaks in between) with a total loss of 125 pounds. I did gain back a little in between each session (usually 5-7 pounds) which was my fault for not following the "maintenance phase" exactly like I should have. In fact, my lowest weight was 197 a few months ago, but now I'm settled in at 205 and maintaining it fine there.

The only problem with losing 160 pounds in 9 months is you have a lot of loose skin and flab still hanging around. I had been doing moderate exercise most of the last year (nothing more than walking my dog and brisk walks on the treadmill) but I decided to bump it up more than a few notches and do P90X. Shortly after starting that, I decided to double that up most days and also do Insanity, TurboFire, Power 90, 10 Minute Trainer, and various other Beachbody workout routines.

It's been 45 days of intense exercise so far and I'm seeing the good results already. I haven't lost any weight yet (which I guess is pretty common, although most people lose doing these workouts), but I can tell it's making a huge difference when I look in the mirror and try on different clothes. I am able to wear size 34 pants now which is great considering I wore a size 40 in high school, and a size 52 one year ago.

According to those silly BMI charts, I'm still considered "obese" being 5'8" and 205 pounds. I don't look at it that way, although I'm still continuing my quest and hope to be between 180-190 a few months from now. I'm not sure that will happen, but that is what I'm shooting for. Considering how much I've done so far, it seems very possible I can reach that goal.

I don't want to turn this into a novel, so I will end it there. I've had probably a dozen people on here e-mail me asking me how I did it and what it was like and how they could do it themselves. I hope this helps anyone interested, and feel free to contact me if you want to know more.

I'd like to thank everyone that helped me make this happen. Thanks to the people on the HCG boards for their advice, the knowledge I've gotten reading the Beachbody forums, and guys like Tackleberry and Splatterbeast for their recommendations based on their body building experience. Also, thanks to everyone for the comments and support over the past year. I won't name names, but you know who you are, and I really appreciate it.

I will check back in later on with more updates. Oh yeah, and if all goes well, expect a HUGE update not relating to a diet to come soon. Thanks to the one helping me make this a reality too. I will find a way to pay you back and I will NEVER forget it!

~Wayne

PS - Here is a before and after picture. 365 before and 197 after.

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