Before and After

First pic is me last summer i think and second is me after the half in clontarf(ohh that rhymes) on june 30th:)
21 stone to at the moment 13.5 stone

The chest hair waxing must have hurt!

mloc123 wrote: »

See attached... still abit to go for race season next year. Ignore the 'photo face'

hey thats mad , just looking at your pic there i think you were across from me in transition ,pulse 09 triathlon , clogherhead ?, what was your no. ?

Aimman wrote: »

I heard about this thread, so I thought I'd add to it.

Heres a pic of me in December 06 and then in April 07, after I cut out all the bad stuff and took up long walks that gradually turned into running.

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and then me staring at the finish line for my first marathon in October 07, about to fulfill a 7 year old promise.

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Nice Aimann very nice:)
I know your doing Mooathon and Dublin(see you there).
What Marathons you planning on doing next year bud?

I forsee much pain in your future:)
Maybe 1 day a longer race than 26.2 but i think ill wait a few years.
Im thinking of doing 3 maratons next year injury permitting. Been looking at alot of marathons and i thionk maybe either cork or belfast and i was looking at Dingle with its lovely scenery. Then 1 foreign marathon in between them in around the start of july, any suggestions?

Aimman wrote: »

Heres a pic of me in December 06 and then in April 07, after I cut out all the bad stuff and took up long walks that gradually turned into running.

That's a seriously impressive transformation in 5 months. Lots of people could learn from that....

Izoard wrote: »

In four months? That is incredible...amazing transformation.
Can you give a little more detail on the dietary changes as I'm sure that was a huge factor as well....

Cheers,

Basically, I just suddenly stopped all the bad stuff. Fried food, alcohol, sweet stuff, chocolate etc.

I also increased my veg intake and ate a bit more fruit. Sometimes I'd have a bowl of raw veg, or stir fry in balsamic vinegar, soya sauce and water. Basically, i had a very low fat intake. I heard pepper and spicy foods increases metabolism, so I put lots of pepper or chilli powder or chilli flakes in a lot of my foods. Cut out salt too, along with pork and processed meat. Just had lean pieces of beef or chicken (no skin)

I took multivit tables and cod liver oil every day and drank plenty of water.

I was doing long walks most of the days, which was where I lost a lot of the fat and then eventually, I got bored walkinng and started to add little bits of running until i was able to do a 4km loop without stopping running.

To give the dinners a bit of flavour, I didnt use shop bouth sauces, but made my own, so I could keep an eye on what goes into it.

I'm sure its not the most suitable nutritious method, and no doubt, people will find things that I shouldnt have done, but it worked for me.

Oh, and I;m back enjoying beer becuase I can run it off the next day. :-)

Aimman wrote: »

I think marathon calanders usually pop up on the internet around January with definite dates for races. The only foreign one I could recommend from experience is Berlin, but thats in September.

If you want to run Connemara, it might already be too late by then. At least once it has sold out in December.

Super thread & well done to all for achieving and posting their transformations! Has to help encourage more into running and keeping fit.

This thread is making me sad...

Well done to all that have put the work in. Thumbs up.

I did a good bit of running a while back, to supplement the arduous training regime my local soccer club employs... ONE session a week...

I was always a little bit on the rounder side of a healthy weight, but I was at around 15 stone (very roughly...) and 5ft 6"...

A few years ago I took part in a reality TV show that involved being taken away for a while with a group of others with weight problems, without our possessions. It was for about 20 days. The food was fruit in the morning, a mixture of veg and "high energy" veg type burgers and veg and some chicken or fish for dinner. Fruit could be had when you liked also. Drinking water was encouraged and times were designated for drinking, to make sure people did actually drink enough.

We did A LOT OF WALKING in the first week, with other exercises and activities being ramped up over time. Eventually, running and some arduous hill walking and mountain "climbs" were done. Those of us that could handle it anyway. My recovery times after it very amazing. Even though I was still only a stone lighter. Amazing what 20 days can do.

Unfortunately, it never took. Once I was back in my own routine again it was hard to keep it up. I played football and was even asked to come to the A team training (bypassing the B team), but when I did a bit of an injury to my knee, the lack of soccer and my lifestyle meant I was back to my old self soon again.

Ah well... maybe I'll do something about it someday... Jesus, I just realised this is a fair rant... I'm off to the PI forum.

EDIT: This has absolutely sfa to do with the thread...

I must dig out my before and after photos [indeed, should do a new after one], but this time last year I had not started to loose weight yet and was over 20 stone and miserable and had never run a step..

Only started the whole process early June :cool:

Should edit this with a new after pic - I'm now a wee bit smaller at 130lbs and (I hope) more toned as I have been doing a fair bit of weight-training too in the interim.

Before (June 2008, 96-97kg)
After (Barcelona Marathon 2011, 65kg)

I'm not exactly tall, so the "before" was pretty damn fat

We all have those pics, the one that drove me over the edge was at my birthday last year.
175lbs last year
141lbs this year

My wife gives out to me for standing on the scales so often, but I'm relentless in my conviction to keep myself lean

Again not as impressive as some on here, but about 88kgs when I lived in India (enjoyed the food too much) and about 73kgs now. Look at that tum squeezed into a 36 inch waist, now a 32 is too loose on me .