This is the first time I've seen this thread but this is amazing. Not only the OP but everyone that has goals they are working towards.
I'm not hugely overweight, but just not where I wanted to be. I've always been able to eat what I wanted and get away with it. Weighed around 175 when I graduated high school (I'm 6'1"). Continued my ways in college and also hit another growth spurt. I'm a lot bigger muscular wise then I was in high school but I also gained some unwanted poundage due to the bad diet and beer. I've been working out pretty intensely the last 6 months and still kind of ate what I wanted. The last 6 weeks I've really honed in my diet and have lost 15 pounds while also putting more muscle mass on.
I've found planning out meals ahead of time keeps me on track and I meet with a nutritionist on a weekly basis (I'm competing in a lot more things now so I seek the professional advice) and those things have really helped. I'm about 15-20 pounds from my goal right now and hope to get there by sometime in January. It's pretty crazy to think that my non-fat mass currently is more than my high school weight, but sometimes that can be disheartening because "you're set on a certain number". My goal weight is 195-200 right now which would have "crushed" me before I really started to look at the numbers. Sure, it'll be 20-25 pounds more than I graduated high school, but I'm a lot stronger than I've ever been and I should be rocking a 6 pack at that weight for the first time in my life.:yes:
