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Hi Fallen_Horse, I sure am!

Howdy all. I started a new job three weeks ago that has an onsite gym. Personal training is free, so I've decided to have one of the trainers design a workout for me. I had an assessment and did extremely well. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that my total body fat is 13.3% and not the 18% I thought I was. They tailored a plan for me that really pushes me. I wanted to focus on building mass all around, with a concentration on my weak points (PULL UPS). I've been going 5 days a week and have already started to see results. I will post new pics in about a week or so.

hey vege, I'm almost done with the book. Man, its so good. Thanks again. I will take pics soon.

vege: how funny life is huh? A little bit too late. Some could say that things happen for a reason. Looking back, none of my past girlfriends would have even supported going me vegan. I remember one used to make fun of Vegan's. You are probably in a better state in your life now then before. Yeh guys, she drives me up the wall sometimes, you know how marriages are always fun!! lol.. but she is amazingly supportive. She did try going vegan, and went at it cold turkey. She stuck to it for about three months. She started to workout with me and then had to stop because of a gallbladder surgery back in March. She kind of fell out of the bandwagon due to it, and started to eat meat here and there. The thing is, she feels terribly guilty about it. Not because she is letting me down, which she isn't because I don't shove my belief's down anyone's throat nor do I make others feel bad when they eat around me, but she felt terrible because she knows how good her body feels when vegan. She feels very down chemically after eating heavy dishes with meat. So, another issue is that we are trying to get pregnant and her doctor's stated that she shouldn't be vegan while we are in this process. I mean, I know there are tons of women that are Vegan and continue their lifestyles into their pregnancies. But my wife is a worry-wort and all it took was reading one article about a woman that claimed that her child's birth defect was due to her vegan diet. So my wife is now saying that she will go vegan again after we have a baby. I don't care what she eats, as long as she is healthy inside and out. I have to admit, sometimes, she tells me she wants to workout with me like before, but due to some things she's dealing with at work, she hasn't been in the best of moods when it comes to fitness. She is about to embark on a career change, leave her job, and go back to school for Culinary. She's a little worried about it, but we make a great team. Just like she has my back, I have hers. She goes out of her way to create new dishes for me. She see's a great recipe's on food network or read's one in one of her magazine's, and she converts them into awesome all vegan dishes. She's amazing. I do kiss her every day and tell her I love her at least twice a day.

Awesome Formulatwo, I am glad you are being proactive about this change and staying positive. You are going to do amazing, I know it!

Oh by the way, my wife gave me a great compliment today. She always complained that I was "assless". She smacked my butt and said "OH YAY MY BABY IS GETTING AN ASS" Gotta love my wife: hot, amazing, and very supportive.

Oh okay, I think that seems fair how you customized your workout dates. I think for now I will stick to the calendar verbatim. I'm going on vacation Saturday, yay road trip!, and I will take my dvd's with me and not break my routine. Yeh dude, so last night, I go to pay for my book, and considering I have amazon prime, I get free 2day shipping. Well, for some reason, I had the option for "same day delivery". I've never seen that option. I wanted to get the book in time before we leave saturday: Oh yeh, look how happy I look, lol.. http://i36.tinypic.com/mlgnde.jpg Good reading material for our long trip to South Carolina... oh yeh!

Thanks for the awesome advice guys. I am proud of myself! It didn't hit me until recently, I mean very recently when I visited my family. Their reactions to my weight loss was priceless. I was eating more raw fruits and veggies at first, but I kind of stopped for some reason. I will dramatically cut the fat, even though I love me some peanut butter! vege, I just ordered 80/10/10 Diet from amazon, I should be getting it in two days, gotta love Amazon prime. I will be very patient with Insanity and I can only imagine how rough the last few weeks of the program will be. Sandypants, should I try to do additional weight lifting or running aside from my 6 days of Insanity? My local gym offer Les Mills Body Pump classes which use weights, should I do that on my off day of Insanity or would that be overkill? Congrats on the improved number on your fitness test. My second fitness test is this sunday. I hope to beat my original numbers which were: Move Fit Test 1 Switch Kicks 63 Power Jacks 54 Power Knees 68 Power Jumps 43 Globe Jumps 8 Suicide Jumps 11 Push-Up Jacks 35 Low Plank Oblique 25

Hello all, I have been looking through all the before and after shots of everyone on the site and have been inspired to post my story\pics. Late 2008, I was at my heaviest, 5'6, 288lbs. http://i35.tinypic.com/72yv7k.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/20nuqd.jpg I told myself, "wow at almost 300 pounds, I have to make a change". Early '09, I purchased the Abs Diet book and really started to study it. I learned the basic's of nutrition, why fad diet's do not work, and how to work out safe and smart. Little by little, I started to change my eating habits to incorporate what I've learned from the book. I wasn't working out as much as I wanted to, but I at least managed to walk more than 10,000 steps a day at work. People began to notice subtle weight lost here and there. Fast forward to December 31st '09, I plateaued at 250lbs. My wife suggested, well not really suggested, but implied that I couldn't be a vegan for a month, that I had will power, but not enough to fully commit to Veganism since I absolutely love meat, especially chicken. I told her that not only would I do it for a month, but if I liked it, I'd make it into a complete lifestyle change. So on New Year's eve, I had a heaping serving of meat lasagna and some left over pepperoni pizza. That was my last meat dish and have not looked back. I jumped in, cold turkey, did not ween myself off of anything, just did a complete 180. When I look back it, it was not that hard for me. It made a lot of my eating choices very easy for me. I now forced myself to eat more of the good stuff, veggies, whole grains, fruits, nuts, and soy based "meat" products. I have to admit though, my first month of being a Vegan, I really focused on eating soy based meats. My meals revolved around them. I kind of felt it defeated the purpose of my diet because they were heavily processed foods and I did not want put that kind of stuff into my body. So I then began to get creative and started to make my own Seitan and eat tofu here and there. I started to eat cuisines from around the world, especially Mediterranean and Indian, which are by far my favorite. Working out as a Vegan: In January, I purchased a treadmill and began to run 4-5 miles, 2-3x a week. Sometimes I would skip a week of running I have to admit. I would still go to the gym and lift weights, however I felt a bit confused on what to actually do for my workout routine to lose weight. I need to be 168-170lbs to be in the Air Force. I thought to myself, "Should I focus solely on cardio and be a runner, should I just work on building muscle to burn more calories, or should I do a combination of both?". Finding the right balance really worried me because I don't want to be efficient since I have to meet a deadline. This is me at 180lbs March of 2010 http://i47.tinypic.com/35i0y0y.jpg Lost 55lbs almost 4 months into being a Vegan. On July 25th, I started doing Insanity, and man does it get my body pumping. I've never sweated so much in my life. I dread Insanity each day, but in a good way, lol. I tell myself, "Ah, it hurts so good". I can definitely already see results in my arms and legs. However, I cannot move from my current weight, which is 176lbs. I need t be 168lbs and its driving me nuts. My wife is telling me I should cut my calories in half, but I told her that's probably unhealthy since I need them to fuel up for Insanity. This is what I would eat in a day: Meal 1: Breakfast: Whole wheat toast with Smart Balance Flax seed peanut butter, cup of coffee with almond milk Meal 2: snack: Wasa cracker with water. Meal 3: Lunch: homemade hummus on whole wheat bread Meal 4: snack: carrots with peanut butter or pita chips Meal 5: dinner: 1 cup of whole wheat or fortified spinach pasta with veggies. Meal 6: POSTworkout shake: Soy Protein with either water or almond milk (also know that I drink a Multi vitamin, D3 (2,000 IU) and B12. I checked all of my vitals with my doctor throughout this whole Vegan change, and my numbers have been amazing, she says I am in the best health of my life ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is me as of last week, sorry if any of the pics are too much, I just want to get some honest feedback: http://i38.tinypic.com/29pbwc0.jpg http://i35.tinypic.com/35ksuh0.jpg See how my gut is still flabby in the front. Since I've lost so much weight so quickly, I have tons of flabby skin around my body, especially around my thighs and stomach. http://i34.tinypic.com/2q83cpw.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/f355ba.jpg In this pic, I tried to show the new found "abs" on the sides.. I really feel them pumping and burning when I do Insanity... http://i36.tinypic.com/16jhvfp.jpg Am I doing something wrong that I cannot lose these last 8lbs? Should have I seen at least a weight difference of a pound or two already on my 8th day of Insanity? What can I do to speed up my weight loss at this point?

I did the Fit Test yesterday and was pretty winded. Fit Test results: Switch Kicks 63 Power Jacks 54 Power Knees 68 Power Jumps 43 Globe Jumps 8 Suicide Jumps 11 Push-Up Jacks 35 Low Plank Oblique 25 Going to do the Plyometric Cardio Circuit dvd today. So far I like it!