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2012: 305lbs, my heaviest
How I got here: binge eating disorder for most of my life coupled with four years of being a competitive powerlifter (which came with the mindset of EAT ALL THE THINGS SO YOU CAN LIFT MORE). Not a good combo!
Last week: 215lbs!
How I got here: recovered from my eating disorder, learned healthy eating habits (such as: eat all the veggies, re-training myself what a good portion size was, breaking my sweet tooth), got out of competitive powerlifting (and the toxic mindset that came with it) and now go to the gym for fun instead, got into road biking this summer and bomb around as much as possible.
Still in the gym...
... still lifting heavy ass weights. Not quite as heavy as in my heyday, however, I am no longer spherical, so that's a bonus.
Ooo gratuitous underwear shot!
I want to lose another 25lbs or so and then see where I want to go from there as far as body composition. I figure I'll either want to get back into heavy ass weightlifting and aim for packing on as much muscle as possible, or I might want to lose more body fat and go for more of a figure competitor look.
I have never, ever, EVER in my life been able to think about what I want my body to look like, nor have I ever been able to successfully make an effort to lose weight- if I tried before when I was sick I'd just binge even harder.
BananaStairway
Way to go!!!!
DrSirSexyLegs
Way to go op keep it up.
Mikeupvotes
Diet pills did however melt steel beams.
Polaris7
I also lost an average middle-schooler, and all I had to do was keep the minivan doors locked.
JohnnyDeformed
Your real problem is Blurry Face Syndrome.
drmcfacekick
I hear it's uncurable.
Kingalingding
Well done I'm a random guy on the internet possibly hundreds if not thousands of miles away... And I'm proud of you :)
Clueis13
Blurry Face Syndrome. Get well soon.
fnughur
Did you eat him?
Igotdisjoketotellyou
Congrats on the weight loss op but you should be less negligent; did you ever find the poor kid you lost??
hapsdinersdumpster
Congrats, make sure you keep it off...I lost 70 lbs and gained it back.
ImgurBannedMe
LINDA!
MajesticKatieCat
+1 for no longer spherical. You go girl.
palelegionnaire1204
Where did you last see your average middle schooler?
cranberi
Please call the police and not the number provides if you see the middle schooler
Sentinelese4Lyf
How long beore you noticed real progress?
drmcfacekick
I took pictures from the beginning so that helped. How long until I was like "damn, I look a lot different!!!" Uh... 75lbs? (1/?)
drmcfacekick
The brain is a weird thing. I have days when I feel like I don't look much different. I don't know if that will ever change.
HufflepuffAndPass
150 pounds down here. The body dysmorphia is real. D:
lurkingintheclosetwithkittens
My name's Blurry Face and I care what you think.
jsktrogdor
Honestly +1 for blurring your face. Essentially no one has enough sense to protect their online identity these days.
drmcfacekick
I *know* some of my current and ex co-workers are on Imgur, so I am at least trying to remain semi-anonymous!
jsktrogdor
Even co-workers aside. It's insane that people blast their identity out to 10's of thousands of strangers.
GasStationButtMucus
I'd poke it
Meowmixx1515
lol I remember you Mr. I'd Poke It
GasStationButtMucus
It is a thankless job. But I love it.
Meowmixx1515
Good work.
xMyst87
As someone who doesn't powerlift, can you elaborate on the toxic mindset part?
drmcfacekick
Always must lift more. Must eat all the things to lift more. Don't do anything that might cause you to have a bad day at the gym (1/?)
drmcfacekick
so no doing anything strenuous other than lifting. Gym is life:3-5x per week 2+hrs each time. Eat, sleep, gym. Eating revolves around (2/?)
drmcfacekick
the gym, so eat even if you're not hungry. My gym got a lot busier too so it was always really crowded and new lifters were really (3/?)
drmcfacekick
judgy of EVERYONE. People that I was friends with were acting like they were in Mean Girls. I finally realized that I'm not trying (4/?)
drmcfacekick
to be the best at exercising- I wanted to live my damn life. After I lost a lot of weight I could go do way more fun stuff than I could b4
NorfolkBoy
I presume it would be that it's only the amount you can lift that matters?
goldensky
See, the sad thing is that *competitive powerlifting* didn't keep you toned...
drmcfacekick
Nah, powerlifting is about EATING ALL THE THINGS ALL THE TIME.
goldensky
Ugh. I didn't eat all the things and it still didn't help me. (I can squat like all my friends though. XD )
doublekross
I'm guessing you haven't seen a lot of powerlifters... they have a very different physique than body builders.
goldensky
I got into lifting under the impression that I'd finally get a more toned body. ><
fatmanscoop
I've never understood why people blur their faces on here
drmcfacekick
People I know browse Imgur but don't currently know my username, and I'd like to keep it that way :)
fatmanscoop
Ahh makes sense
fatmanscoop
They wouldn't recognize u from all the background info in this story though?
drmcfacekick
Mayyyybe. The people who'd recognize me from the story are not the people I care about knowing my username.
SankaYaDedYeMan
Did you put the diet pills thing on there to stop people stealing your pics? I've heard of that happening with before/after shots.
drmcfacekick
Exactamundo. I'll be damned if anyone takes any credit for all the hard work I did and chalks it up to some dumbass snake oil bullshit.
flyingdutchfrenchman
Just a thought, but three small captions might be easy to remove with photoshop and not be noticeable. But I guess they wouldn't bother ;)
ZamorasaurusRex
Can I get the un-captioned ones? I'm selling some snake oil... ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ Jk, congrats OP.
MadamPuddifoot
I love that you did that. I follow people who do the it works! wraps and it pisses me off to no end that they can sell that shit based on
MadamPuddifoot
peoples' lack of knowledge. Also, good on you! I'm just starting my weight loss and seeing how far you've come is definitely a boost!
flyingdutchfrenchman
Just a thought, but three small captions might be easy to remove with photoshop and not be noticeable. But I guess they wouldn't bother ;)
FFKonoko
"But enough about the kidnapping, here's my weight loss story."
kablooeykath
Should we put out an Amber Alert?
Vitrum
I genuinely chuckled, FFKonoko. So by the power vested in me, I hereby proclaim you winner of the internet for today.
Peebrained
How tall are you?
FrancesFarmer67
Damn all these tall people. I want to see some short fat-conquerers!!
MosDeaf
I can confirm 215 does not look the same on someone who is 5'4".
drmcfacekick
5'10"... would have been good to mention in my post.
DeadThingsMikeyDEADTHINGS
You do not look like you weigh 215. You look fabulous!! Keep up the great work!!
IfIfitsItits
There's something seriously wrong with your face.
ThatCanadianViking
Bit of a butterface I guess?
StabbyMcMurder
Seriously, she should see a doctor about that. Or a priest. Or Yugi because her face looks like a portal to the Shadow Realm.
retreatsirrobin
Lol
ninjagaidensigma
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/931465/ghost-car-o.gif
rocketcarman
r/nosleep
badcheer
But Dat bod doe!
PQTANLINDA
she saw The Ring
Cinn17
This was my fear as a child and now I can't unsee it...
PQTANLINDA
I saw it when I was in middle school and I'm still scared
kaffefilter
Currently trying hard to get a hold of my binge eating disorder. Good to see someone that has.
sweetbeatdown
Sweets. I binge eat sweets. My teeth are paying for it.
kaffefilter
My downfall will always be salt. Chips, sauces and savory food. So hard to avoid.
drmcfacekick
I'm here for ya if you ever wanna talk about it. Remember: relapse is part of recovery- I had days where I was saying that over and over!
MrCatFelix
+1 For the "Diet pills didnt do this" Congtats. Train insane or remain the same. Keep going n.n
ISawTwoSquirrels
Yeah it was probably ADHD pills
supradedupra
They'll still use them :(
jtb1313
Beautiful
ThrowTheBanana
I think it's for companies that will try and steal her images for their shitty advertising.
ialreadyfappedtothat
It'd take 20 seconds to photoshop that out. But I thought it was humorous anyway
MrCatFelix
Either way, its the first time I've seen someone do it, and IMO its great.
ThrowTheBanana
If I ever do anything like that, Ima steal that idea.
MrCatFelix
You can do it!
ThrowTheBanana
Well Im pretty fit because of Rugby but Ill upvote and forget.