Video gamer 12 month progress 35(m) - 30 lbs loss
I started working out for the first time since highschool a year ago and what a fantastic ride it has been! From slowly building my dumbbell home gym to calorie counting to cardio to meal prep, every month I just learned more and more and changed my lifestyle steadily. Health and fitness is honestly just like leveling my World of Warcraft characters xD
I didn't stick to any sort of plan for a while as I wanted to try everything out first but ended up on PPL twice a week on a very lean bulk for 6 months and then cut for 2 months with 5+ miles jogging almost daily before the photo. Counted my calories, hit my protein, ate healthy, and stayed very active! I can't wait for the next 12 months, going to try to actually build some significant muscle mass, if possible!
I cook my own chicken breast, lean ground beef, haddock, salmon - white rice, sweet potato, baked potato - broccoli, asparagus, peas, corn, carrots, sugar snap peas - lemon, ketchup, hot sauce for added flavor - sometimes a turkey sandwich on wheat/rye with pickles and quest protein chips
I'm 5'11", fully natural all my life (currently I supplement generic allergy medicine, multivitamins, creatine, chia seeds, and hemp seeds), ate very very poorly until now, work as a cook so that was my exercise all my life but played video games during ALL of my free time. Recently I tried out skydiving, indoor rock climbing, and mountain hiking and love them all a lot! Cannot wait for what the future holds!!!!