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  <body>Weight loss stories

Wondering if anyone else had been trying to eat and live better. I've been trying to live my life a lot more healthy. I've been too embarrassed to pull out this old photo but what the hell, here's a before and after. Any other tales of weight loss?

&lt;img src="http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs107.snc1/4911_1162815344010_1036623366_30522250_4255844_n.jpg"&gt;</body>
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  <title>YOU WERE FAT!</title>
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      <body>nice man! congrats!

kind of s silly question, but do tattoos change at all when you lost weight?</body>
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      <body>Congrats!
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      <body>thanks Riff and Jeff, the tattoos still look great. I haven't noticed any issue at all with them. I bet if there was a REAL dramatic difference there may be some kind of effect on them</body>
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;CASTLE said:&lt;/cite&gt; thanks Riff and Jeff, the tattoos still look great. I haven't noticed any issue at all with them. I bet if there was a REAL dramatic difference there may be some kind of effect on them&lt;/blockquote&gt;

i was just wondering. i need to drop a few lbs to and i was wondering if any of yours changed. i could imagine a weight GAIN could have a much bigger impact on them.

congrats again man!</body>
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      <body>p90X... result pictures soon</body>
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      <body>I can't get fat...I've tried</body>
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;ithew said:&lt;/cite&gt; I can't get fat...I've tried&lt;/blockquote&gt;

same</body>
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;RustyEight said:&lt;/cite&gt; p90X... result pictures soon&lt;/blockquote&gt;

yeah I am waiting for that thread to come back and hear everyone's results.


&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;Travis Cook said:&lt;/cite&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;ithew said:&lt;/cite&gt; I can't get fat...I've tried&lt;/blockquote&gt;

same&lt;/blockquote&gt;

me too
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;RustyEight said:&lt;/cite&gt; p90X... result pictures soon&lt;/blockquote&gt;

dude, this is P90X.... did it for 3 months.... hell of a commitment!</body>
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      <body>now of course I'm not all ripped up like TV but I did lose 40lb;0)</body>
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      <body>I actually lost around 60 lbs about 8 years ago and have kept it off since. I'm 6'3" and was about 220 lbs. I got down to 160 but have been doing more weight training the past few months and fluctuate from 165 - 168 usually. 

The biggest change was mentally, though. How I thought about food (junk food especially) and my attitude towards it. Though I never got "huge" nor did I gorge myself, I did have a propensity for using food as a reward of sorts...and it was never healthy food. Changing your thinking and your lifestyle definitely has the biggest impact on weight loss...especially long term. I've never been a fan of fad diets... </body>
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;ithew said:&lt;/cite&gt; I can't get fat...I've tried&lt;/blockquote&gt;

i can. i'm trying!</body>
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      <body>arent your before and after pics kind of out of order? ;) 

40 lbs!? that's awesome. </body>
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      <body>My uncle's on this intense diet, he's lost over 100 pounds, his face is really different looking than I'm used to. He's trying to cut his body weight in half.</body>
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;CASTLE said:&lt;/cite&gt; now of course I'm not all ripped up like TV but I did lose 40lb;0)&lt;/blockquote&gt;

in 3 months! that's gotta be worth it!</body>
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      <body>I weighed 250 pounds 4 years ago, and now I weigh about 165...
(unflattering picture to start, but yeah...)
gotta love tuna and green beans!&lt;img src="http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w130/farewellepitaph/beforeandafter.jpg" /&gt;</body>
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      <body>MORE visual info...
&lt;img src="http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w130/farewellepitaph/n25001952_35731115_6013023.jpg" /&gt;</body>
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;jublin said:&lt;/cite&gt; arent your before and after pics kind of out of order? ;) 

40 lbs!? that's awesome.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

.. oh yeah. hhaa. thanks man

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;treyinstereo said:&lt;/cite&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;CASTLE said:&lt;/cite&gt; now of course I'm not all ripped up like TV but I did lose 40lb;0)&lt;/blockquote&gt;

in 3 months! that's gotta be worth it!&lt;/blockquote&gt;


dude, totally worth it but you can ask Rusty if he's doin P90X, it ain't no joke. It's hard;0) hahaa!</body>
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;ZAMN!MD said:&lt;/cite&gt; I weighed 250 pounds 4 years ago, and now I weigh about 165...
(unflattering picture to start, but yeah...)
gotta love tuna and green beans!&lt;img src="http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w130/farewellepitaph/beforeandafter.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;


wow man, that's awesome.. that's a ton and you can most definitely tell the difference. One thing I could never do was tuna;( I started eatin all kinds of veggies and fish that I never ate before but couldn't do tuna
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      <body>Hey nice work guys! That's a pretty sweet anchor Castle.</body>
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;PrimatePrecious said:&lt;/cite&gt; Hey nice work guys! That's a pretty sweet anchor Castle.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

hehe, thanks man! I dig old school sailor tattoos</body>
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      <body>way better looking with some weight on 'em.</body>
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      <body>your just breathing in ;)</body>
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      <body>all you males and your weight loss is funny</body>
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      <body>so that p90x crap really works?  and better than something i could find for free?</body>
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;dcbeatty said:&lt;/cite&gt; so that p90x crap really works?  and better than something i could find for free?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

P90X worked for me because it basically showed me how to work out, I had been going to the gym for years and just doing treadmills and lifting weight and i didn't ever lose any weight but with P90X it just showed me the right combination of things to do. It was a lot of money but for me it was worth it and cheaper than a personal trainer..... anyway</body>
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      <body>Nice one!!!!!</body>
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      <body>im the fat dude with the mustache and no shirt on.
i have lost a couple pounds since then. 
&lt;img src="http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/4884_1135855033735_1148100366_30518994_5783845_n.jpg" /&gt;</body>
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      <body>I use to weigh 250 and I lost 80 lbs and went down to 170. I did it just by watching what I ate and not eating as much. Food for me is like a drug. I crave it so bad when things are shitty. </body>
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;SoulBleed said:&lt;/cite&gt; I use to weigh 250 and I lost 80 lbs and went down to 170. I did it just by watching what I ate and not eating as much. Food for me is like a drug. I crave it so bad when things are shitty.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Do I spy an emotional eaterrrrr?</body>
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      <body>Guilty as hell. I love emotional eating.</body>
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      <body>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;cite&gt;SoulBleed said:&lt;/cite&gt; Guilty as hell. I love emotional eating.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

D'awwww</body>
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      <body>I eat people's emotions.

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