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Lost 50+ pounds, naturally. Incorporated strength training, swimming and cardio. Have maintained a 50+ pound weight loss for five years. Have also gotten stronger. Naturally. My motivation is my family, to be here for my kids and wife. I work out with my son at the gym daily.

I lost a little over 50 pounds gradually, reaching roughly my current weight by 2021. It took roughly a year and a half. Since then, I’ve maintained the loss while continuing to strength train and build muscle. And maintenance has been possible because I changed my habits and created a new baseline. By continuing to do the things that helped me lose the weight, I’ve been able to maintain it. For me it has been a fusion of cardio, strength training, food logging, group support, changed eating habits, and a mindset that turned those habits into a new baseline.

It took decades, but I came home. 17 → 57. A lot happened in between. I gained weight, lost a leg, lost a child, rebuilt my life, lost the weight, got stronger, and kept going. I’m grateful for every version of me that made it here.

This version of me would not be here without the prior versions having come first.

Cardio. Strength training. Group support. A changed mindset. Five years later, I’m still at it. Naturally.

So I took the three photos tonight on top.

And then I asked AI to simulate SMP for me, on bottom.

I’ve been shaving my head with a razor for the past year. Or more. I don’t think I would ever go back to growing out my remaining hair past a zero guard or a one guard.

Late 50s. Gotten into shape. Lost 50 pounds. Kept it off for five years.

So why the heck do I keep thinking about getting this SMP done? I guess I just like the idea of having a frame to my face.

If I could get it done to resemble the bottom row, that would be awesome. The fear is getting a bad job like some that I’ve seen here. Or one that does not look appropriate to my age,

Ugh…

2019-2026: 50 pounds lost over a year and a half, and *kept off for five years*. Naturally. Increased muscle.

How?

By changing my habits and acting like the person that I want to be. Creating a new baseline. Creating a new normal. And yes, naturally.

Logging all of my food into an app. I still log my food. I weigh it on a kitchen scale. Getting at least 1 g of protein per pound of lean bodyweight.

Daily cardio on an arc trainer. 30 minutes. Swimming laps, 500 meters, arms only as I am an amputee, which can be seen in my other posts. Strength training 4 to 5 days a week, alternating push and pull days. Virtually all of my workouts are done with my son, 15 years old, who is on the spectrum, and is my workout buddy. This is therapy for both of us. I got fit working out with my son.

Diet consists of lean proteins, fruit, vegetables, and healthy amount of carbs and fats.

57 years old.

Am I perfect? No. Do I have single digit body fat? No. Do I compete? No. But I am the healthiest that I have ever been in my life, and really glad to be here, and always striving to improve.

Rock on! 🤘

I like close grip for how it works out the triceps.

Natural. 50 pounds lost and kept off for five years. I do cardio, strength training, and swimming.🙏

A lot of people say that maintaining is the hardest part. It took me roughly a year and a half to lose 50 pounds. I lost it by changing my habits. Doing what was sustainable. Naturally. I’ve kept the weight off of for five years now. I think I was able to keep the weight off because I just continued to do what I did when I lost the weight. Log my food, make healthy choices, exercise. 🙏🙏

As these questions do come up:

Yes, I’ve posted before, but as my journey continues, I post to share it.

I’m 57. I started this journey at 50.

I’m natural, no judgment on the choices people make, but I am natural.

I do cardio, and strength training. Swimming.

I lost my leg and my daughter when we were hit by a drunk driver in 2009.

I worked out with my son daily, at the gym, who is 15.

Wishing everyone the best in their Fitness journeys.