34 yrs old
Fucker looks like 64
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/body-transformation-cut-body-fat-37-points.htmlBody Transformation: Cut Body Fat 37% PointsWhen using stairs feels like facing Napoleon's army, you must change, or you'll die. Brian chose the former – with a vengeance.
by Male Transformation Of The Week Jul 03, 2012
Name: Brian Hill
Email: runningones@gmail.com
BodySpace: networkingguru
Before AGE 34
HEIGHT 5'8"
WEIGHT 292 lbs
BODY FAT 50%
After
WAIST 52.5" AGE 36
HEIGHT 5'8"
WEIGHT 212 lbs
BODY FAT 13%
WAIST 36.8"
Why I Got Started
In January of 2010, I came to the crushing realization that I was morbidly obese, and on the fast road to an early grave. I felt horrible, slept poorly, struggled to function throughout the day, got winded climbing two flights of stairs, was constantly irritable, and generally felt like a 90-year-old man.
On top of this, when I saw photos of myself, I would be depressed for days. I hated how I looked, and in turn, started to hate myself.
I came to the conclusion that something had to be done. Furthermore, it had to be done quickly, because at the rate I was going, the time was coming soon where I would not be able to reverse the damage. So, I decided to attack the problem with everything I had.
How I Did It
Initially, I knew I wanted to gain muscle more than anything else, and I knew from past experience that I wouldn't do that by trying to follow what pro bodybuilders did.
See, in high school, I took weightlifting, and the coach had us do a simple 5x5 program (which was actually the Texas Method, though I didn't know this at the time).
In the 6 months I was in weightlifting, I gained more mass than I had in the previous 4 years of trying to copy routines from magazines. When I started back, I remembered this, and decided that I would try to find the best 5x5 program there was, and would follow it to the letter.
My search led me to Bodybuilding.com, where I chose Madcow's Intermediate, as laid out here:www.bodybuilding.com/fun/wotw56.htm. Little did I know that this was a modified version of the original program, but it didn't matter, this is what I went with.
In 6 months I made enormous gains in strength and size, taking my bench to 310 x 5 and my squat to 360 x 5.
However, while my effort under the bar was paying dividends in strength and size, my lack of effort at the table was showing through. In July of 2010, I still weighed over 280 pounds and had a 48.5-inch waist. Thus, I began to correct that side of the equation.
Initially, I began by trying to out-exercise my diet, which as most people know, is an exercise in futility. I added 40 miles per week of recumbent biking, keeping my heart rate steady at 130bpm. I only made minor changes to my diet, such as beginning to consume whey protein shakes regularly.
By November of 2010, my weight had dropped to 268, but there it stalled. At this point, I knew I needed to step things up. I found the original Madcow's 5x5 program and switched to it, and started experiments with Ketogenic dieting, using a Cyclical Ketogenic Dieting approach based on Lyle McDonald's articles.
Ketogenic dieting had worked for me in the past, so I had hoped that there truly was a metabolic advantage to the diet and it would work better for me than standard caloric restriction.
Unfortunately, all I did during this period is prove to myself that calories are the key to success while dieting, regardless of diet style. After three months of no progress on the ketogenic diet, I purchased a Bodymedia FIT and began using it to help me determine how many calories I should be eating based on my activity levels.
This, for me, was the absolute turning point in my weight loss. I made sure to eat 1000 calories per day less than I burned, every day, and the fat began falling off. One year later I had dropped 65 more pounds and reached the condition in my after photos.
