220lbs a year ago.. 175lbs now, BUT....

[mackdaddy27]

i got to say , this is quite an achievement, i figuring out how to do is w/o getting too low of a calorie count is a biggie. me for example, i m 220, i was as low as 212 last monday and today i m back to 213/214...in 4 days, i think I had just 1 day i ate very low calories and my body , just feels so groggy feels so lazy and tired and on top of that i gained like 2 pds..so i think the real challenge for you when YOU ARE able to get that low, to be able to keep it off...its a really challenge to keep that weight. so I would say ...losing it is ONLY half the battle, the real challenge comes after YOU've lost it

 

[TheLadiesMan]

TheLadiesMan's "1 Year Oatmeal Diet"...

For breakfast lunch and dinner. You can substitute dinner with a turkey sandwich, but I didn't, at least not for the first 6 months.

Get some oatmeal.

Get some powdered milk.

Get some Splenda.

Make a bowl of it. Eat it.... for 3 meals a day, for 12 months.

Ok, sometimes I had a pizza, and beers, but you only live once, so F it.

Usually, when I eat this Monday thru Friday.. I'll eat what ever I wanted on the weekends. What ever I wanted.

Sometimes I'll throw in peanut butter with the oatmeal, sometimes yogurt, and sometimes low fat cottage cheese, with some strawberry jam.. mmmmm, yeah.

..and I lost all that weight, plain and simple, and I did a lot of diets prior. This one came from a friend who was locked up, and this is what he had ate when he was locked up... it's very bland, but you lose weight and gain muscle.

Oh, and you have to do some weight lifting, and exercising. Muscles aren't going to pop on your body, got to use those muscles. Pushups, and situps, and pullups.

There you go...

 

[Mr.Positive]

Oh, and you have to do some weight lifting, and exercising. Muscles aren't going to pop on your body, got to use those muscles. Pushups, and situps, and pullups.

Congrats on your progress LadiesMan! Very inspirational.

Now, since you've 'cut'...I recommend you take it to the next level.

If I were you (and I'm 34 years old), I'd start lifting heavy weight. Lift as much as you can with 4-5 reps, IE bulk.

You've got your weight down to what you want it to be, now it's time to built up the mass in muscle. If you eat clean (lots of protein) and lift heavy weight, you will build muscle. Lift to your 4 rep max.

I've lifted weights for years, but until I said to myself...I doesn't matter what I look like, it does matter how much I eat (eating clean of course..), did I start making progress. It's the lbs I lift that matter.

Lots of protein and heavy weight. Squats, deadlifts, bench. You will be a beast in 3 months.

 

[TheLadiesMan]

Congrats on your progress LadiesMan! Very inspirational.

Now, since you've 'cut'...I recommend you take it to the next level.

If I were you (and I'm 34 years old), I'd start lifting heavy weight. Lift as much as you can with 4-5 reps, IE bulk.

You've got your weight down to what you want it to be, now it's time to built up the mass in muscle. If you eat clean (lots of protein) and lift heavy weight, you will build muscle. Lift to your 4 rep max.

I've lifted weights for years, but until I said to myself...I doesn't matter what I look like, it does matter how much I eat (eating clean of course..), did I start making progress. It's the lbs I lift that matter.

Lots of protein and heavy weight. Squats, deadlifts, bench. You will be a beast in 3 months.

Thank you sir... couldn't of asked for a better answer. Lifting mega weights it is.