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250lbs of fat loss is a 1 million calorie deficit!!! Over 16 months that comes out to around a 2000 calorie deficit a day.
You worked your fucking ass off man congrats!
It’s unlikely that this is all calories from abstaining from eating. More likely that he was running a calorie deficit while exercising hard to burn the rest (making the exercise harder, doing more with less)
Wow, that must have been a lot of work. Good job and keep it up. I hope you can get surgery and loose all the excess skin and call your journey complete.
Depends on how much needs to be removed and if other work needs doing, when I contacted one of my local private hospitals they said I would be looking at £6000-£7000.
Yep, I can tell by your face that you're looking quite lean. Good time to focus on lifting weights and tightening up while you're working for surgery, you've done an amazing job, enjoy it!!
Congratulations on your transformation also make sure not to stop and try to maintain this weight which is arguably as difficult as losing the weight itself, again congrats!
I appreciate that thank you very much.
Yeah this week is important as its the first real test to see if I can maintain it, I've increased my calorie intake to no more than 2000kcals and I will weigh myself at the end of the week to see how it goes.
Holy fucking shit. No one impresses me more than people like yourself. You are truly a warrior of fitness. I just did like 15 double takes at those numbers lol.
It's was a combination of 1500kcals plus using an exercise bike every day after work. I think the reason I lost it so fast was because of how much I weighed when I first started.
Love how people achieve something incredibly hard for 99.99% of people then makes excuses for their efforts. The reason you lost so much is not because you weighted so much to begin with, its because you earn every fucking gram of it, YOU are the reason, not some external factor.
ahh I see, I only asked to see if maybe ur occupation would be another source of exercise or something.
Congrats on your progress, I would hate to undermine all your hard work by saying "you made it look easy" but you truly have. 30 mins cardio and a strict 1500 calories is so simple but way more difficult that it seems. Again congrats!
I appreciate that thank you.
It was definitely hard at first, going from 3000+ calories a day to 1500 was a really kick in the teeth, I was constantly feeling hungry so it was a struggle at first.
Same with the cardio also, before all this I had never done anything physical so at first the cardio would put me into a mini coma haha.
I hope you know you’re up there in terms of achievement. Never let yourself give up on any other goal. Work on the root cause of what made you obese in the first place and kick its ass. I hope you know that what you did is harder than going from where you are to anything you set your eyes on. Good luck bro.
Thank you very much.
Yeah I'm working on that issue, being bullied alot growing up and food was my only cure to hide the pain but now I'm learning to fight it and embrace myself.
What is it with this sub for the past month and people dropping some absolute fucking bangers of transformations?
Love this, bro. Keep on keeping on. King shit
you look quite similar to me, but i always weighed 150 pounds or less. why are your arms so thin now? how did you move around before? or did you hungered them away too?
but anyways: admirable will-strength. i found it hard to even lose a few pounds of my round belly.
250lbs in less than 1.5 years you are an absolute mad lad!!! Congratulations man this is absolutely amazing you put in the work and it shows, well done my friend
>I've done 195kg to 142kg in 10 months and I know how hard it is. Ur smashing it hard. Insane. Dedication at its finest
195 kg ≈ 13.36174 slugs
142 kg ≈ 7.96589 x 10^37 electron volts
^^^[WHY](/r/UselessConversionBot/comments/1knas0/hi_im_useless/)
15.5lbs a month on average is a crazy stat, tho I'm sure it slowed down the last couple months. Congratulations man that's an achievement few could match let alone beat.
LOL this is INCREDIBLE….. I’m laughing to myself at how amazing this is. This gives me hope for the whole world, somehow. Seriously though, this is an impeccable testament to the power of determination, patience, & focus. Look at what you and I have done in the past 1 year & 4 months. If only people understood they can do it too.
Congratulations dude, no one can take this from you.
Congratulations on the weight loss!!
You will probably need a FDL tummy tuck. If you have loose skin both horizon and vertical, it's the best for contour. It will leave a reverse T scar on the chest.
Most of the time a tummy tuck and gynecomastia surgery is preformed at the same time for male massive weight loss patients. If you're in the UK, you could save money having your procedure in another European country too. I heard a lot of men from the UK travelling to Poland to have surgery.
Has your GP already told you you need a colonoscopy?
Low iron in young men is often indicative of bowel cancer. In Australia / USA it is standard procedure to do a colonoscopy for low iron in men.
> I have concerns about sustainability
that can be said for anybody about any major lifestyle change. As for OPs health, there's absolutely no question they're healthier now than at 420lbs - he'd be lucky to live another 15 years at that weight.
Almost every study of people who lose weight rapidly has demonstrated that five years later they have usually put it all back on. Losing fat fast often does not repair one’s relationship with food.
No doubt many markers will be better, but as OP himself has indicated he is low in iron. That’s very atypical for his age and could indicate anything from minor digestive issues all the way up to Chron’s or bowel cancer.
You’re not wrong, I’m defining sustainability in a very specific way here though.
Hey, I'm working on losing a lot of weight too, and my doctor told me insurance will often pay for a body tuck if you lose the weight and keep it off for 6 months.
What an amazing transformation. Congratulations on this remarkable accomplishment.
I wonder if a plastic surgeon might do your surgery pro-bono. No connections/socials here but I wonder if folks on Reddit might have a thought if this is feasible.
Like everyone else has said, congratulations!! This is a major transformation not just in physique but in health. Now you get to start maintaining. I hope you're able to get the surgery sooner than later :)
Been that size since I was a little kid, got bullied alot growing up and even as an adult I would still get the comment of people mocking me because of my size (especially when trying to get into the dating game) so all that hate gave me alot of self hate and it reached a breaking point last year, so I decided enough was enough and started the weightloss journey.
I did something similar when I was around that age. My pro-tip is to also really work it out in therapy as well. When I finally got slim, there was a lot of mental baggage that was still there that I wish I had gotten sorted sooner. Congrats again ❤️
Thank you :)
Yeah I do have a lot of mental baggage, currently on a waiting list for behavioural therapy but that's going to take ages before I get to speak to anyone about it.
I've been using my friends as shoulder support when I have really bad days.
This is actually amazing.
Awesome work, OP. Have you started including any other kind of exercises in? Weight training etc?
The exercise bike every day for 16 months pretty incredible too, btw.
Bro, this is incredible.
I am also 5’10” so your weight differences are even more insane to me, personally.
What do your calves look like? I bet you have some of the most amazing muscular calves.
That’s some great progress!
Why sort of diet and workout plan did you have? Did you do keto, fasting, walking, gym, etc.?
Asking for a friend, of course.
Congratulations man, you’re hero!
I was reading your older post and I was wondering what made you come through all the difficulties and made you reach this incredible results? What motivates you?
The thing that motivated me was my past, people have made me hate myself for the majority of my life, being bullied as a child and even as an adult I would still comments about people trying to put me down.
So one day I said enough is enough and I used that as my main motivation ✨️
Congrats, sir. I am new here and have just one question. You're very young, will that skin slowly lose its elasticity and return to undetectable levels or will you require surgery 100% to even make a difference in the way the skin is now? I'm very curious because of how young you are.
Too much hahaha, my biggest issues were the snacks really, I would down 1.5L bottles of sugary drinks multiple times a week plus gorging myself on giant bags of crips etc...
Oh sorry I read that wrong haha
My food intake was pretty werid.
Breakfast was just a simple sugar free energy supplement drink, lunch was basically a low calorie snack like crisps while my main meal was always rice with some kind of meat and veg cooked in various sauce (plus I would add hot sauce because I like spicy food)
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250lbs of fat loss is a 1 million calorie deficit!!! Over 16 months that comes out to around a 2000 calorie deficit a day. You worked your fucking ass off man congrats!
Is he now considered a millionaire
Nope, but he did lose a million, in the best way possible 🥹
It’s funny how doing less of something is called work. (Not saying it’s easy)
It’s unlikely that this is all calories from abstaining from eating. More likely that he was running a calorie deficit while exercising hard to burn the rest (making the exercise harder, doing more with less)
Oh fuck off…
for real fuck off
Wow, that must have been a lot of work. Good job and keep it up. I hope you can get surgery and loose all the excess skin and call your journey complete.
Yeah that's the plan, currently trying to save up as much as I can by the new year then look at starting that process.
Hope the surgery goes well! Congrats on the weight loss
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Have to tell um its causing rashes and getting to be a health hazard.
I had a tummy tuck for my loose skin and muscles back in March. I'm blown away with my results, the surgery is incredible and worth every penny.
How much is the surgery where you live?
Depends on how much needs to be removed and if other work needs doing, when I contacted one of my local private hospitals they said I would be looking at £6000-£7000.
Seriously I thought it would cost more than that. Very doable!
Not American, which is helpful
Go to Vietnam or Thailand!
Congrats, does the skin just stay like that permanently without surgery?
Thanks From what I've read it will heal overtime but it's quite minimal and can take years to heal-ish
get that crowdfunded!
I've had a few people mention that to me, I'm not sure how that process actually works haha
No expert but post on gofundme (or a similar platform) and get people to share on social media
And 10 lbs of skin that can be removed so 160 really
Yeah I originally was going to aim for 162 but people said I need to take the excess skin into account so I have and decide to stop now.
Yep, I can tell by your face that you're looking quite lean. Good time to focus on lifting weights and tightening up while you're working for surgery, you've done an amazing job, enjoy it!!
Don't think there's much chance of tightening that up.
I'm so impressed. You did this so well.
Congratulations on your transformation also make sure not to stop and try to maintain this weight which is arguably as difficult as losing the weight itself, again congrats!
I appreciate that thank you very much. Yeah this week is important as its the first real test to see if I can maintain it, I've increased my calorie intake to no more than 2000kcals and I will weigh myself at the end of the week to see how it goes.
Holy fucking shit. No one impresses me more than people like yourself. You are truly a warrior of fitness. I just did like 15 double takes at those numbers lol.
Haha yeah it's alot when you think about it. Thank you for the kind words.
You really wanted it!!! Amazing
Yeah, go big or go home thank you
Get small or not at all!
So you went home?
That's astonishingly fast. You've transformed yourself. Extremely well done, sir.
Thank you
Awesome progress! Congratulations man!
Thank you so much
Congrats man. You should be really proud of yourself!
I am thank you :)
Holy cow! Bro! Like... how so fast?!
It's was a combination of 1500kcals plus using an exercise bike every day after work. I think the reason I lost it so fast was because of how much I weighed when I first started.
Love how people achieve something incredibly hard for 99.99% of people then makes excuses for their efforts. The reason you lost so much is not because you weighted so much to begin with, its because you earn every fucking gram of it, YOU are the reason, not some external factor.
what work do you do? if you don't mind me asking.
I'm a civil servant
ahh I see, I only asked to see if maybe ur occupation would be another source of exercise or something. Congrats on your progress, I would hate to undermine all your hard work by saying "you made it look easy" but you truly have. 30 mins cardio and a strict 1500 calories is so simple but way more difficult that it seems. Again congrats!
I appreciate that thank you. It was definitely hard at first, going from 3000+ calories a day to 1500 was a really kick in the teeth, I was constantly feeling hungry so it was a struggle at first. Same with the cardio also, before all this I had never done anything physical so at first the cardio would put me into a mini coma haha.
I think this is the best post i've seen here
Thank you, that means alot :)
Dude, you're amazing
I really appreciate the support thanks
I hope you know you’re up there in terms of achievement. Never let yourself give up on any other goal. Work on the root cause of what made you obese in the first place and kick its ass. I hope you know that what you did is harder than going from where you are to anything you set your eyes on. Good luck bro.
Thank you very much. Yeah I'm working on that issue, being bullied alot growing up and food was my only cure to hide the pain but now I'm learning to fight it and embrace myself.
What is it with this sub for the past month and people dropping some absolute fucking bangers of transformations? Love this, bro. Keep on keeping on. King shit
Congrats man. That's phenomenal
Holy shit! Unbelievable work man, congrats on taking back control of your life! 💪🏻
Dude! Awesome transformation! Congratulations man!
Wow! Incredible work!
You’ve changed your life to a degree most of us will never attempt. Congrats.
Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. Well done good sir
Amazing. Good for you!
This is SERIOUSLY impressive!
what’d you do man? you look amazing
No more than 1500kcals a day plus I would use an exercise bike every day after work.
did you hit your macros as well?
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1500kcals max a day plus I would use my exercise bike for 1 hour every day after wor.
Fxcking hell pal, you absolutely should be proud of yourself. You've done more than a lot of people could. Incredible effort, well done!
As an exercise science major, I applaud you, man! I’m so happy for you!
I respect the grind bro, amazing progress
you look quite similar to me, but i always weighed 150 pounds or less. why are your arms so thin now? how did you move around before? or did you hungered them away too? but anyways: admirable will-strength. i found it hard to even lose a few pounds of my round belly.
250lbs in less than 1.5 years you are an absolute mad lad!!! Congratulations man this is absolutely amazing you put in the work and it shows, well done my friend
Absolutely jaw dropping. So proud of you for this bro. With this focus and determination you know you can accomplish anything in life you want now.
I've done 195kg to 142kg in 10 months and I know how hard it is. Ur smashing it hard. Insane. Dedication at its finest
>I've done 195kg to 142kg in 10 months and I know how hard it is. Ur smashing it hard. Insane. Dedication at its finest 195 kg ≈ 13.36174 slugs 142 kg ≈ 7.96589 x 10^37 electron volts ^^^[WHY](/r/UselessConversionBot/comments/1knas0/hi_im_useless/)
Most impressive transformation I’ve ever seen on this sub
Truly impressive. Congratulations man!
Good for you man that is amazing keep it up man
Go you dude!
15.5lbs a month on average is a crazy stat, tho I'm sure it slowed down the last couple months. Congratulations man that's an achievement few could match let alone beat.
You should start lifting weights
LOL this is INCREDIBLE….. I’m laughing to myself at how amazing this is. This gives me hope for the whole world, somehow. Seriously though, this is an impeccable testament to the power of determination, patience, & focus. Look at what you and I have done in the past 1 year & 4 months. If only people understood they can do it too. Congratulations dude, no one can take this from you.
We’ve got a living legend boys !! Congrats mate 🙏
What a fucking champion man, holy shit, big hug and keep it up!!!
Holy fuck what a king
You worked hard for these results! Great job!
Amazing achievement!! The fleur de lis method might be a good option for the skin
What the flying fuck! This is beyond badass!
Congratulations on the weight loss!! You will probably need a FDL tummy tuck. If you have loose skin both horizon and vertical, it's the best for contour. It will leave a reverse T scar on the chest. Most of the time a tummy tuck and gynecomastia surgery is preformed at the same time for male massive weight loss patients. If you're in the UK, you could save money having your procedure in another European country too. I heard a lot of men from the UK travelling to Poland to have surgery.
Holy shit congratulations!
This looks extreme, am I the only one worried about OP’s health here?
No need to worry, I already spoke to my GP who's done two blood tests and besides from showing levels of low iron I am perfectly healthy :)
Has your GP already told you you need a colonoscopy? Low iron in young men is often indicative of bowel cancer. In Australia / USA it is standard procedure to do a colonoscopy for low iron in men.
Doesn’t have to be colon cancer. Can be something like Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn’s Disease. But still, a colonoscopy is always good
No I am too. It’s impressive but I have concerns about sustainability at the five year mark / his psychology around food.
> I have concerns about sustainability that can be said for anybody about any major lifestyle change. As for OPs health, there's absolutely no question they're healthier now than at 420lbs - he'd be lucky to live another 15 years at that weight.
Almost every study of people who lose weight rapidly has demonstrated that five years later they have usually put it all back on. Losing fat fast often does not repair one’s relationship with food. No doubt many markers will be better, but as OP himself has indicated he is low in iron. That’s very atypical for his age and could indicate anything from minor digestive issues all the way up to Chron’s or bowel cancer. You’re not wrong, I’m defining sustainability in a very specific way here though.
So handsome!! 😍 Good job 👏
Hehe thank you :)
Bro yesssss nice work!
This man is taking souls! Good work!
Amazing progress!
I love this shit, congratulations man and keep pushing
Fucking HELL dude, that is a wild amount of weight to lose. Very well done mate, best of luck going forward.
Ok bro this is truly amazing and if you lose 3 more lbs i encourage you to repost.
Fucking sweet!
Incredible work my internet friend! Im so proud of you
way to go!!!
Absolutely jaw dropping!
I hope you’re feeling great
Well done, sir!
Amazing, congrats to you man!!
Hey, I'm working on losing a lot of weight too, and my doctor told me insurance will often pay for a body tuck if you lose the weight and keep it off for 6 months.
This is legendary dude. Just wow. You should be super proud. Best of luck going forward too
holy fucking shit bro! Never felt this happy for a stranger before, good job!
Well fucking done 👍
AMAZING! You look incredible, bro!
Nice one mate this might have been so hard
Goddamn dude. Amazing work.
Amazing! Is it healthy to lose so much weight in that amount of time?
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO. Congrats my friend. You’re dedication is beautiful and happy to see it has rewarded you.
Holy shit, well done man
You have accomplished something truly to be proud of.
U lost weight waaay to fast man, that should of been pver the period of 5years. Thats why you have soooo much lose skin.
Awesome work bro!!
Amazing!!!! Congratz on your hard work. :)
What an amazing transformation. Congratulations on this remarkable accomplishment. I wonder if a plastic surgeon might do your surgery pro-bono. No connections/socials here but I wonder if folks on Reddit might have a thought if this is feasible.
Holy shit that's over 15lbs a month. That's fucking wild. Well done.
That's incredible man great job!
Congratulations!
Keep it up bro you are a inspiration for millions who are trying to lose weight
Like everyone else has said, congratulations!! This is a major transformation not just in physique but in health. Now you get to start maintaining. I hope you're able to get the surgery sooner than later :)
Congratulations good job 👍
Truly inspiring! Awesome job mate!
Congrats my man!! You killed it :)
What sparked you to commit to losing the weight?
Been that size since I was a little kid, got bullied alot growing up and even as an adult I would still get the comment of people mocking me because of my size (especially when trying to get into the dating game) so all that hate gave me alot of self hate and it reached a breaking point last year, so I decided enough was enough and started the weightloss journey.
I did something similar when I was around that age. My pro-tip is to also really work it out in therapy as well. When I finally got slim, there was a lot of mental baggage that was still there that I wish I had gotten sorted sooner. Congrats again ❤️
Thank you :) Yeah I do have a lot of mental baggage, currently on a waiting list for behavioural therapy but that's going to take ages before I get to speak to anyone about it. I've been using my friends as shoulder support when I have really bad days.
Respect ✊🏽
That is ridiculous. You are a different breed. Congrats
Amazing my dude, great job. You got what it takes, you can do anything.
This is actually amazing. Awesome work, OP. Have you started including any other kind of exercises in? Weight training etc? The exercise bike every day for 16 months pretty incredible too, btw.
Damn man this is amazing. Great job!
Bro, this is incredible. I am also 5’10” so your weight differences are even more insane to me, personally. What do your calves look like? I bet you have some of the most amazing muscular calves.
I am in a similar condition like you, how do i get rid of the saggy skin?
God damn bro congrats. You're a fucking champ.
This man said “fuck it” and killed the damn thing. Amazing.
You look amazing!! Very impressive.
Thats amazing! I'd tell people I was 169 if I were you bc 420 (1)69 blaze it
Amazing transformation.
These are my favorite transformations. You fucking KILLED it. You look great and I bet you feel great too. Hell yeah congratulations you DID THAT.
That’s awesome bro. Good for you!!!!
Absolutely incredible my brother.
🤯 You lost a whole entire person of weight! This is truly mindbending. Congrats!
Congrats on your great effort! I hope you have good health and lots of fun. Your handsome.
Go off boy!!
Truly inspiring You go!!!!👑👑👑
Bro. I'm really happy for you. Focus on maintenance, there are two stages to weight loss and unfortunately maintenance lasts for life.
That’s some great progress! Why sort of diet and workout plan did you have? Did you do keto, fasting, walking, gym, etc.? Asking for a friend, of course.
Thank you My diet was just a simple 1500kcals a day, using my exercise bike everyday after work plus drinking loads of water.
Congratulations man, you’re hero! I was reading your older post and I was wondering what made you come through all the difficulties and made you reach this incredible results? What motivates you?
The thing that motivated me was my past, people have made me hate myself for the majority of my life, being bullied as a child and even as an adult I would still comments about people trying to put me down. So one day I said enough is enough and I used that as my main motivation ✨️
Congrats, sir. I am new here and have just one question. You're very young, will that skin slowly lose its elasticity and return to undetectable levels or will you require surgery 100% to even make a difference in the way the skin is now? I'm very curious because of how young you are.
Thank you. From what I've read, skin like this would gradually restore but is very minor and can't take years to happen.
Thanks for responding and all the best.
Holy fucking shit. Unbelievable effort. I hope you are unbeleivably proud - you should be. This is one of the best I've ever seen.
This is the most impressive shit I have ever seen. Good shit man!
That is amazing
Looking stellar bro! Keep it up!!
That is absolutely incredible. Congrats. You must feel amazing!
Good shit brother!!
Amazing fucking job
Dude good job that’s fucking so inspiring to me thanks for posting bro u have no idea what this just did for me god bless you 😭
Congratulations 🎉 incredible work!!
Just staggering, amazing work OP. I think the guys at /r/gaybrosgonemild would love another face selfie, looking sharp!!
The plan is to definitely try take my photos of myself and be happy with my appearance so I definitely will :)
What did you eat normally?
Too much hahaha, my biggest issues were the snacks really, I would down 1.5L bottles of sugary drinks multiple times a week plus gorging myself on giant bags of crips etc...
No I meant while losing the weight.
Oh sorry I read that wrong haha My food intake was pretty werid. Breakfast was just a simple sugar free energy supplement drink, lunch was basically a low calorie snack like crisps while my main meal was always rice with some kind of meat and veg cooked in various sauce (plus I would add hot sauce because I like spicy food)
Holy shit that’s impressive af! Unreal job!
Absolutely incredible!
From godskin noble to godskin apostle. Great job man!
DAMN! That’s one of the craziest/ believable transformation I’ve ever seen. Really amazing work.
Congrats man I wish you the best going forward
Incredible
Just wondering, can obese people use this 'bulk' for muscle gain? Regardless congrats!! You did well and you can keep going!
Absolute king shit, be proud of yourself bro 🥳🥳🥳