My journey out of obesity

192.2lbs this morning, very close to cracking the 190 barrier!
I went to grab one of my mates from work the other day to go and get some coffee and was chatting to her while the security guard checked her bags and apparently while we were out he was chatting to one of her colleagues because he thought I was her boyfriend and said he was impressed with how "tanked" (means the same as hench round here) I was.
Considering I've never met the guy before or spoken to him and I was well covered by a hoodie and my work gear, that made my day!
 
A quick update from me, I've decided to head in a slightly different direction at least for the first few months of the year.
I've increased my kcals and simplified my routine down to big simple heavy lifts 3x a week with a 4th session thrown in where I can just do whatever I feel like.
I'm planning on sticking some good strength on and some lean mass.
I got bored of the slow recomp I've been doing for the last few years, so lets see where this takes me :D
 
Mate I'd stick with the cutting for now. Get yourself nice and cut, then the bulking will be SO much easier and rewarding. You won't get to that stage where you start thinking "I'm getting fat again".
 
bakes0310 said:
Your pretty awesome ive been lurking your thread and you have come along way. Your thighs are huge they really stand out, you must love the squats:)
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Cheers mate :) I love legs in general to be honest, really feel like you've had a proper workout when you've got some squats, deads or cleans in it :D

MoNkeE said:
Mate I'd stick with the cutting for now. Get yourself nice and cut, then the bulking will be SO much easier and rewarding. You won't get to that stage where you start thinking "I'm getting fat again".
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I know exactly what you mean and if I was advising someone else I'd say exactly the same, but I feel I've reached a bit of a sticking point and I think mixing it up for a month or 2 as long as I keep eating clean and lifiting big might just help me mentally and physically when I go back to getting lighter. Either way we shall see, if it works brilliant if it doesn't I've lost nothing in the great scheme of things :).
 
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I'm up about 10lbs since the start of the year after changing my diet and routine.
Strength is up, need to try some 1RM in the next week or 2 to get a proper idea and everyone seems to being commenting on me looking bigger and leaner so I'm happy so far :)
My waist is still sitting around 32.5inches but my chest/back has grown around 1.5inches to 45.
 
Yep give or take a lb, I imagine a fair bit of it will be glycogen and water being held within my muscles due to the fact I've really bumped my carbs up and they were quite low before. That would also explain me looking fuller without seeming to gain fat. Also my bodies probably just happy to finally be getting a good intake of food! Lol

I didn't find healthy action great to be honest, the original diet plan was good but there was no real follow up or help to get it to fit round my lifestyle but your experience may differ.
 
Very nice progress tom_e, when comparing your first pics on page 2 to the above, great progress indeed!!!! Keep it up, will be interested to see how switching to a simpler routine is going for you, have debated doing the same thing myself and concentrating on DL, BP, OHP, Squat.


Whilst i'm here, can you update the powerlifting totals thread? Determined to hit top 20! :D
 
10lbs in 3 months sounds like you're gaining weight too fast, as the majority of that won't be lean weight, cut the calories back a bit :)

Good work though on everything else dude, inspiring as usual
 
Cheers mate will do, that's pretty much the core of my workouts and I'm loving it in and out relatively quick but a bloody good workout.
I updated it last night with all the most recent totals and I'm sure you moved into the top 20, if I missed you I'll sort it when I'm back on the laptop.
 
Haven't gained any more weight in the last few weeks but strength is still going up nicely, bw dips and pull ups are no longer a massive struggle even at my higher weight and since switching to a simpler routine I don't think my weights on the big compounds have not gone up session by session.

Here's a quick breakdown of my diet and routine for anyone interested, and also if anyone has any tips or improvements they're always welcome.

Breakfast
4 whole eggs scrambled, 2 pieces wholemeal toast

Post work out
2 scoops whey isolate

Lunch
200g cooked chicken breast, 75g basmati rice or wholemeal pasta

Snack
2 scoops whey, 1 slice wholemeal toast with a good dollop of peanut butter

Dinner
200g cooked chicken breast, 250g sweet potato

I add some tomato ketchup or light mayo into some of my meals and there's some EVOO used if I make my sweet pot into wedges.
There's also some mixed veg thrown in, before anyone jumps on me :D

That works out around 2,200kcals 150g carbs 80g fats and 220g pro

I'm doing a Push/Pull/Legs routine at the moment that goes something like this.

Push

Military press 5x5
DB Bench press 5x5
Dips 5x5
Tri push downs 3x8

Pull

Deads 5x5
Lat pull down 5x5
BOR 5x5
Curls 3x8

Legs

Squat 5x5
Cleans 5x5
Calf raise 3x15
Leg press 3x8
 
Well, my few months of eating bigger came to an end a few days ago.
I'm now sitting just over 200lbs

46" Chest
16" Neck
33" Waist
16" Upper arm
25" Thigh
15.5" Calf

I think most of my increased chest size has actually come from back growth as I've been working hard on it and I can now manage a few sets of BW pullups which I couldn't manage when I was lighter.

All in all I'm happy with how it has gone, my house mate doesn't know I've been running this little bulk and told me the other day I was looking good and still looked like I was losing fat.

My strength has also increased nicely, I plan on doing some 1RM work in the next week or so to get a proper idea of how it's gone.
 
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