Wake up call thread?

The status is single or married. The hospital doesn't give a fuck if you're in a relationship or not

I saw a picture of myself on facebook and looked like a fat piece of shit

still fat but not as much of a piece of shit and losing weight

want to lose 15 lbs

pic related: my weakness

>had been overweight ever since I was 8
>never really a nerd but not popular either, talked to girls but never really went beyond friends
>all the girls thought my friends were really hot
>all my friends fucked at parties while I stayed getting drunk and doing stupid shit
>at 16 realized about how much pussy I would get if I were skinny
>start dieting, running, and working out at the beginning of my junior year
>by the time I got to my senior year I was probably the hottest out of all my friends
Senior year was the best year ever.

senpai

>diagnosed depression since 14
>gf just left me for a literal roider
>went to gym and legit enjoyed it
>first real fulfillment in years
A mixture of that and lurking CBT threads made me resolve myself to eat clean and start SS. W-we're all gonna make it, right?

I didn't have a wake up call. Valentines Day 2015 (a coincidence as I don't care about holidays) I just got in a real weird mood. I've lost 60 lbs since.

It was no coincidence. The gods selected you on that day. You are now Dr. Love, PhD in Attraction.

>Wanted to get taller
>Started swimming at 16
>Hung around the gym a lot
>Started doing shitty bodyweight routines at 17
>Started properly lifting at 18
>Jacked af now

Hmmm... I don't think you're right, but I don't have the wherewithal to prove it. Guess I have to go slay mad pussy now.

>Always thought I looked average
>Maybe verging on chubby
>Want to join Army
>Eventually get to MEPS
>DQ'd, overweight
>Everyone in there is Veeky Forums as fuck
>I have a pot belly and stretch marks
>Also man tits
>I'm disgusted with myself
>Start running more and more
>Lifting, dieting, you name it
>Lose 50 pounds over the course of a few months

And here I am. Still waiting to improve myself before I go to basic training some time next year. Still chubby but getting much better.

> 24
> diagnosed T1 diabetic a year ago
> after 1.5 years of low energy, bad feels, seemingly reasonless weight loss
> tfw everyone says "that's normal user, everyone feels that way"
> tfw if I had only gone to a doctor instead of listening to them
> no energy for anything but bed and school
> fuck blood sugar
> literally 5'10, 135 lbs
> then appendix ruptures
> "you're not allowed to pick up anything heavier than 20 lbs for any reason for 3 months"
> more bedriddenness, get pneumonia from anesthesia, blood sugar out of control from recovery and steroids for pneumonia
> can't drop classes for medical withdrawel unless I drop all my classes
> keep all classes, stressed as fuck
> so bony it hurts to sit

and that's when I decided that I was never going to be skelly mode ever again

up 40 lbs since my worst weight, but a lot of that was from dehydration and fat come back

I could no longer look in the mirror and convince myself "I'm not that fat"

>be 25
>upper end of BMI scale, not fat but pudgy, have a little gut. Went from obese at 220 to 175 two years prior.
>SO leaves me out of nowhere after a 6 year relationship
>cant afford to stay in our apartment just on my income with shitty job I was working
>don't want to leave because I love that apartment but just can't afford it
>when lease ends, rather than move into ghetto, end up choosing to move back in with parents like a NEET faggot failure
>one nice thing is don't have to worry about groceries anymore and can actually eat real food since mom buys a lot of stuff
>start to eat
>and eat
>and eat
>and eat
>gain 8 pounds in 3 weeks
>look down at scale and tell myself I can either be fat OR I can live with my parents at 26, not both
>decide that now is the time to get fit
>fuck around for a month
>gain another two pounds
>feel like dying

>finally re read the sticky
>download some bodyweight and HIIT routines
>start cut

Down to 135. Now I'm upping my calories to start gaining back some muscle damage i'm sure I did early on in the cut.

I take pictures all the time now. Like, with people. I like taking pictures with people now.

I hated pictures.

I haven't won very much in life. But I won this.

when i was 15 all of the body and food shame my parents raised me with finally hit lmao

when i was 15 all of the body and food shame my parents raised me with finally hit lmao

I jerked it into my own mouth

Lmao

>very skinny
>still waiting for wake up call

Lol I'm 6'2" and got to 178 pounds about a year and a half ago. But I have a secret weapon now: EGGS. I've put on about 10 pounds in ~3 weeks. I've been running regularly to, some body weight stuff every few days. Hopefully I'm heavy enough to be willing to hit the gym hard when I get back to school in about a month.

My life is shitty in other ways though. But I've also got a lot to be thankful for.

My BMI hit 25.1 a couple weeks ago. Time to change.

SS is a meme

SS is a meme is a meme

>up 40 lbs since my worst weight, but a lot of that was from dehydration and fat come back

Nobody cares about this bullshit. Nobody cares about numbers and goals and aesthetics. You'll find fags who have nothing better to do with they're time, but there is exactly one and only one correct list of priorities:

1. Health
2. Happiness
3. Literally anything else, including the opinions of flighty broads.

And don't think those first two refer to the needs of others.

youtube.com/watch?v=psiXMEBwEsI
this song

>frank turner

good taste desu. personal favorite is once we were anarchists

>Few years ago
>Went to my first con, Anime Expo
>Not a kissless virgin but stopped caring about sex forever ago
>Get there and see tons of fine ass anime bitches
>All dat ass and titties, sluts everywhere
>Made a pact with my friend to get fit so we could fuck some anime girls
>Literally as soon as the con ends I begin a strict diet and so does he
>Gym a few weeks after
>3-4 times a week, never missed a day that entire year
>Weight literally flew off my body, noticed visible changes within 2 months
>Dropped tons of weight, gained muscle, got contacts, spent tons of money on new clothes, saved a lot of money not eating fast food, hygiene improved 10 fold, got a slight tan, manscapped my body
>Went back to AX the year after with my body
>We dropped tons of money on a hotel and made it our goal to fuck anime bitches

It's now a yearly ritual for both of us. We've fucked a few of them together.
but his dick is huge n-no homo

A black teen drove by and shouted "yo you eat all the mcdoubles?!"

lost the rest of my large intestines to crohn's when i was 34, decided if I was gonna get healthy I might as well get hot too
been on Veeky Forums for years since, thanks faggots
\o/

>See friends getting fit
>See University friends losing weight
>I'm ashamed to go see my old friends, since I have gained lots of pounds since they last saw me.

That's when I decided I wanted to be fit, I didn't want to feel ashamed of myself when I have the means to go to the gym and eat healthy

lmfao

Not sure what you're trying to say here man. I was medically underweight, now I am normal weight. That was my wakeup call.

As for health and happiness, well I'm a hell of a lot happier now that it doesn't hurt to sit, my arms are not skinnier than those of my 5' tall female friends, and I don't get winded going up stairs. Regarding health, my chiropractor told me my body is in a much better place now.

As a matter of fact, aesthetics are the only thing that have actually suffered (extra weight looks bad on my face, haven't been on a true cut yet)

>be me a depressed obese 15 yo
>about 230 pounds
>try to run from school to kfc for lunch (i Was late leaving class)
>run for about a minute when knees and ankles kill and am out of breath
>realize i'm too fucking fat so i start jogging and eating rice and salads for a whole summer
>lose 40 pounds and now have a fine ass girlfriend

beautiful

You may be in DEP longer than you'd like. I'd still try and join as soon as you can. Don't wait I'd say, but it's your call.

Hahaha, gross

> eat Oreos cuz parents have no healthy food around
> feel nauseous and induce myself to throw up in the sink
> my body is strong and won't give it up
> try to keep gagging
> sharp pain in abdomen
> fear bursted intestines
> golf ball protrudes from chest/abs
> hernia.jpg
I pushed it back in, straightened it out, slept, went to the hospital the next day and Doctor told me not to do it again or she'd put me in the psych ward again.

A little over a year ago I downloaded myfitnesspal and started recording meals. Don't really remember why, but I started walking and lifting as well and am down about 100 pounds with at least 50 to go.

>fat all my life
>basically a shitty person, few friends, depressed
>huge superiority complex, even though ive done nothing to merit it
>turned 30 last year, started seeing old friends dropping weight
>decided to go for it, fuck it
>357.2 on jan 18th
>264.2 this morning
>already feel better, optimistic, more sure if myself, nothing to prove
>actually competitive, learning the value of working hard for what i want
>instant social, educational, and professional gains
>probs gonna make it, still have work to do

Thanks Veeky Forums

keep going bbygrrl. You gonna make it

>I posted a picture of me holding this gun on /k/
>some guys says my hand looks fat
>told them I'd lose weight
>they said I'll never do it

Lost 80 pounds since then

>mfw hand still looks fat ;_;

>Be 22 years old weight 280lbs
>be short of breath and uncomfortable even while idle. Exercise becomes a big fucking burden can't do it.
>I'm starting to ache and hurt like an old man, WTF?
>developing severe moonface, can't fit into any clothes, just walking around in public is a no-go.

About 9 months later having been doing a basic bro-split and cycling on alternating days (about 50 miles a week), I'm at 235lbs, and all those problems have been alleviated already. With a decent amount of muscle to boot. If I can buckle down I could probably get down to under 200 by the end of the year.

I let myself go to begin with, so I can't really talk, but I have to imagine every obese person has to start feeling like absolute shit all the god damned time at some point. To simply put up with it without taking any steps at all seems insane to me.

kcal counting is an instant eye-opener

Eat clean but do not do SS. It is a literal meme

You can start with mine ;)

You should learn to keep your fat finger off the trigger whilst you are at it...

Saw on the scale I was 210lbs which is way too much for a 5'7 person never been back to that weight again or even close

No it isn't dumbass. SS is something you're supposed to do the first 3-6 months. Hence starting strength. It gives you time to perfect your form and build a base strength so you don't hurt yourself on more advanced routines.

>No it isn't dumbass
right off the bat you lost the argument.
There are is a plethora of other programs that will let you perfect your form and do so in a more balanced manner that can also be scaled up to meet your advancing needs.
SS is shit tier an only narrow minded fools stick by it.
Even something as basic as Reg parks 5x5 outshines SS by a long shot.

>Go home DYEL, both your dads are baking cup cakes.

Reg parks 5x5 isn't for new lifters you fucking retard. Again SS is something for 100% new lifters. It's easy to follow, that's the entire point,. Easy to do, builds basic muscle and form, and let's you learn the lifts. I'm not saying to follow it for years. God damn you're a retard.

craft beer is pretty sweet user. It's tough to give up.

>Reg parks 5x5 isn't for new lifters you fucking retard

And thats how easy it is to spot a DYEL.
If you cant do a basic 5x5 as a starting routine, you need rehab not exercise.
Now go sit in a corner and reflect on how dense and weak you are.

I've been lifting for years though. I did SS for 3 months when I first started. There is literally nothing wrong with it, unless you try and make it your normal routine forever.
Regardless Reg parks 5x5 is not a good starting point.

Need that extra support for the photo bb

>Freshman in college
>Go to senior prom with gf
>Get pictures back
>Notice a gut

>Regardless Reg parks 5x5 is not a good starting point.
...just stop...

Can't stop being right.

>Can't stop being a clueless faggot.
ftfy

>19
>already had lots of wakeup calls but never woke up permanently
>realized above and got frustrated
>took out frustration on all sorts of new shit, to 'change'
>never talked shit on myself
>now 23 and super cool and buff and popular and have loads of experience
pic related

great pic

I'm 1.68 m tall, I'm skinny fat and I don't have good facial aestethics, seeing a fit manlet shorter than me having its way with my friend/ex fuckbuddy in less than a month sparked the hope in me that if I get really fit I can score some pussy, no matter the height.
I'm already a fun person to have around, but now I'll try to be fun AND attractive.

Also, let's face it: I'm 26 and I've only had two 8/10 girls in my life (one was my fianceè from a long time ago, the other was my ex-fuckbuddy), I must get swole and attractive before my 30 or else I'll face beta life forever.

>24 yr old skinny fat beta
>Doing nothing with my life
>Have a drinking problem
>One day go too far, drink so much I vomit all over my floor and end up sick in bed for 2 days.

It was a pretty sad moment and it's when I knew something had to change.

>6'3"
>170lbs
>walking to grab lunch
>feel this weakness in my biceps
>like, my arms can't bend their own weight
>hate the feeling
>hate it as much as I hate
>start lifting
>tfw biceps are bigger than forearms

>tfw I was doing good, feeling great for about two weeks
>then I snapped back into my bad habits and last three days were nothing but disappointment

FUCK ME, but I'll be back and kicking in a few days. Never go for the easy way, bros, there's no reward here.

Nice l'mao

>If I hate putting in work.

Can't you find a way to make it more fun for yourself?

Well I have nothing else to do other than work, so the gym is all I have left and I'd kill myself if I couldn't train.

>be me
>not you
>1.5 years ago
>doing PhD as a job
>350lbs
>single for 3 years
>very depressed
>smoke weed every day
>eat >5000kcal every day
>one day get ultra high
>stand up to get another 700kcal snack
>have a moment of clarity
>put the fucking fork down
>lost 125lbs since then
>depression is repressed by deadlifts

feels good man

>depression is repressed by deadlifts

More like, depression is CRUSHED by deadlifts
Keep it up man!

Manlet bait?

Starts in Highschool:
>Be 13
>Contact sport fanatic
>Rugby, Hockey, Wrestling
>Get spear tackled and fuck up my leg really badly
>Took a long time to heal, couldn't walk for a few months
>Like my brain got reset after accident
>End up sedentary and stoic for 10 years
>Burgers and video games instead of sports and chicken breasts.
>Gain 250 pounds but barely even noticed.

One night:
>Was alone at home, 22 years old
>Finishing up whole pizza
>Wash it down with Dew
>Go to take a shit
>Ass doesn't fit properly on toilet seat.
>wtf?
>Shirt suddenly feels super tight and uncomfortable. >Dick hiding somewhere under stomach flab.
>Have to turn sideways to get through shower door.
>WTF
>Weigh in at 385lbs
>Realize how heavily I pant after standing up or moving in general.
>mfw when I realized what I had become.

Haven't looked back since.

>2009
>19 years old, 240 lbs. 1st year in college
>find out ex gf cheated on me with a swimmer, my darkest hour
>go into period of deep self-loathing
>refuse to eat for 30 hours at a time
>passing out in random places
>watch the movie "Yes Man" with friends
>decide to say "yes" to everything
>hitch hikers, going out, eating with new friends on the floor
>I used to go home each & every weekend, but stay back this weekend because these people wanted me to
>roommate asks if I want to go to the gym
>"yes"

Haven't looked back since. I feel so great, despite the body dysmorphia. Running saved my life. Lifting gave me a much needed release. Fitness talk gave me something to talk about with like-minded folks. My progress became my motivation.

Another fun point: I didn't start drinking/partying until I started losing weight.

>be 5'5" forever
>some charity harasser person on the sidewalk says "Hey big guy, help me out!"
>knew he was being sarcastic
>vowed right then and there to become the big guy

No one shall call me big guy sarcastically again.

>realized I had stopped wearing half my wardrobe because I felt miserable and fat in it
>Wasnt even close to medically overweight, just felt like I looked too soft
How the fuck do people let things go so far?

Beer is amazing and is your friend. It fights for your happiness

>be me
>highschool
>6'2 270
>realize my only fear in life is poor health
>never hungry in the am
>first meal either at 12 or 3pm daily
>cut all fast food and soda
>just water and coffee
>lost 100 pounds in 2 years and kept it off

rolls of fat on my stomach

>freshers year at uni
>already pretty fat
>eat and drink tons of shit
>come home from first year fat and a smoker
>go for a hike with friends and family
>exhausting as fuck, wheezing the entire way
>look at pictures afterwards somebody took
>bigger, redder, sweatier, uglier than everybody, awkward posture to conceal man tits

The point I quit smoking, started running, working out and eating less and healthier - it was all it took

Personally, I never had guidance at home, had to make my own meals (which resulted in snack cakes constantly), no accountability or sense of urgency because I've always been able to talk to/pull girls. I was complacent as all fuck. I had an ego & no working knowledge of health.

>Dadda's a lifter
>Doing bodyweight and 8 minute [insert part of the body] memes routines since 8
>Drop outta judo at 12
>2 years no sports
>Start bw again
>16, start to lift properly in home gym
>18 now, weak as fuck by fit standarts but everybody mires my physique irl
>Mfw everybody means every guy, pic related

>had Gaul stones
>not french

How come nobody replied with this?
youtube.com/watch?v=wyOXcmyenXY

Guess y'all are murican loosers C:

...

>Fat fuck from age 6-15
>go to the US for a year,take up weightlifting,lose 80 pounds
>Come back,just do cardio now
>Turn into skelly,running 3-4 times a week now
>19,start lifting again,doing Starting Strength,hit my first plateau,keep going for another 2 months but just give up because I was occupied with pussy
>22,haven't been lifting for a year total,all my gains gone
>Go on a tinder Date with some 19 year old chick whos only hobby seems to be biking and doing weight lifting,she could fuck me up if she wanted
>Realise that I'm waisting my evenings at home doing bullshit,get a gym membership close to my Uni,go there everyday to study and lift on the way home

Tinderdate never worked out,but she reminded me of how good you can look with lifting and how much time I was wasting on useless shit when I could be improving myself

I never needed one because I was always fit from being a sportive kid and always playing sports. When i stopped playing football, I naturally switched to hitting the gym. Never been above 200 lbs except when I bulked hard (6'1)

>be 18, 130-135kg, 6'4" boarderline autist
>every month wiping, showering and walking stairs gets harder
>drink about 3 liters of sodi pops a day
>heart starts going crazy after eating any sugar
>almost faint several times and feel shit when I eat
>thought I might be pre diabetic
cut out all sodi pops after a bad evening, then later started counting calories and am now 84kg and not diabetic

>Exactly two years ago, Summer 2014
>130lbs at 6'1, can't manage a single pushup, let alone bench 5kg dumbbells
>Weakest dude from friend groups
>Everyone either picked up lifting, boxing, wrestling or any other physical activity
>Get picked on constantly by friends and lose all fights we have ocassionally
>Pick up lifting
>gain more than 70lbs, an inch height and a beard two years later
>Massive arms and back
>Didn't lose a Fight since

>15, HS Freshman, 6'1, 230 lb, no muslce
>Make friends easily, but no girls want me bc overweight
>Made fun of frequently, but usually just laugh it off or include some self-depreciating joke to soften the blow
>One night in friend's basement
>Playing the "Kill, Marry, Fuck" game with some girls
>I get brought up a lot, killed every time
>Even when seriously unattractive guys who are skinnier get mentioned
>Girls literally cringing when thinking about it
>Someone in the group makes note of this
>Awkward silence
>Femanon who I liked: "I mean, we're just being honest. C'mon.'
>hidethepainlaugh.jpg
>Go home that night and throw all junk food in dumpster behind my house
>Began running every night, lifting a few months thereafter

3 years later, 6'2, 190, 11.8% BF

I'm 28, 5'11, 310. A week or so ago something clicked in my head and I realized that I wanted to join the navy. I know that goal is insane, and Ive seen the weight requirements, but for the first time in a while i really want something. I'm at the beginning still and the sciatica I have is punishing my for my sedentary lifestyle up to this point. There is a clarity of purpose, I see a food that I know I shouldnt eat and I hear a voice tell me "it isnt worth it, 5 minutes after you'll regret it." I hope I make it. You guys are helping a lot.

Decided to come check out Veeky Forums and realised I was slowly turning into the type of shit that gets posted in the fph/fps threads.

I was going to a dope house daily to buy my weed. Realized how bad it looked and how risky it was in so many ways. Plus all the time I spent every day just to make the trip, roll and smoke the blunts, etc. One day felt a bad vibe there and finally decided to never go back. A month later the place went down and was in the news.

At that point I was definitely looking at myself a lot closer and making little changes, but still found myself stuck in the same cycles. I'd make little improvements and stuff always got noticeably better over time. It hasn't been overnight change though. That house was busted in Feb 2014 so I last went in Jan 2014.

I'm currently working 70+ week as manager of the pizza place I started working at in like late 2013 as a delivery driver. I'm in school for business and I cut yards for moar money. I go to the gym at least twice a week, currently doing a full body routine on machines. A trainer taught me how to do the big lifts but I haven't started my program yet. I've been doing 1 set on the machines. 2 nights ago I did two sets after a work shift (open to close) and I almost puked. So I'm cool with using the machines for now. My mom bought me the SS book for my birthday which I'm getting from her today. And I'm in love with a dominant Goddess. Life is sweet af.

Says the losers who gangstalk thinking they're clever. I can't wait to see you get your shit kicked in by the Russians and chinese. You're a joke and are going to get fucked up so bad. Lel

m.youtube.com/watch?v=kqD8lIdIMRo