A before and after picture for you guys..

[AfroBob]

Took me 4-5months to drop all 50lbs...I gained 10 back and I wanna lose my damn belly!

http://afrobob.homestead.com/files/ba.jpg

[Stina]

Wow! Congrats on such a wonderful achievment!

Now where is your head? ;)

[Karen]

I was about to ask the same thing. Now we have three headless low-carbers! ;)

Lookin' great Bob!

Karen

[Trainerdan]

Congratulations AfroBob! Awesome results. The rest will come. IT may be slower, but it WILL happen.

And what's wrong with headless low carbers? Who's the third???

[Karen]

Stina in her wedding dress! The picture is early on in her journal.

Nothing's wrong with headless low-carbers. We have low carbers that have heads but no bodies here too.

Maybe I should post a picture of my foot, just to keep it interesting! ;)

Karen

[fiona]

Reminds me ... Camera (hopefully digital) for UK LCers next week.

Will have to check with the others whether we wannabe headless or bodiless! Hopefully it won't be both :D

AfroBob Congratulations. That is marvellous. Lovvvvvvve your slim ankles. ;)

Take care.

[debbiedobson]

Originally posted by Karen
Maybe I should post a picture of my foot, just to keep it interesting!
Karen
:D :D :D :D

[minetofix]

Way to go AfroBob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're proud of you!

minetofix:wave:

[Tikerberi]

Wow! Lookin' good!! Gives me lots of hope for myself too!!

BTW, has having both hands/arms on the same side of your body ever caused problems for you? :doah:

[Yukho]

Congrats!!!!! Awesome difference!!!

[danume]

Wow.......way to go ! :roll:

[josevega]

Keep going dont quit!!!!!!!!

[lesleyc]

Awesome AfroBob!

SUch inspration. How about some more of you long termers giving us similar shots?? ;)

Lesley

[Trainerdan]

Well, here I am ... And let me say that VERY few people have seen my "fat" picture. It is from about 5 years ago ... the "lean" picture is from May 2001. I have a whole gallery of in between/transition pics, but these get the point across.

I am still working on it though ... Never happy ...

Here I am at my highest ... a sloppy 235 - 240 ish ...

[lesleyc]

OMG what a difference!

...and still there is no head :daze:

[Trainerdan]

And ... the "after", well, the "current" anyway ... LOL

I couldn't figure out how to get them both in the same post so I took up two posts ... sorry ...

[Tikerberi]

Trainerdan...

I looked at your stats....is it an error or are you actually working on gaining....and thus your fat picture would show your success???

:confused:

AJ

[Trainerdan]

At my worst, I was 230-240ish and fat .(I have no idea of my bodyfat percentage when I started, but about 6 months into it I was 26% and I had lost quite a bit).

Then I started working out and watching my diet ... then I found low-carb ... I got down to about 185 and decided that I wanted to "muscle up" ...

So ever since, I have been adding muscle. My goal is to be 235 - 240 at a low percentage of bodyfat (10 - 12%) all year round. When I want to get ready for beach season, I can drop that down to 225 at 8% or so.

As far as my stats go, I wasn't sure how to do it. I already hit my fat loss goal ... but my current weight is higher than my original goal. So I put my current goal up there since that is what I am chasing now.

You know me, always have to be the difficult one ... :cool:

[danume]

:D :idea: Your picture trainerdan :wave: gives me some good ideas for keeping myself motivated...... :thup:

[tamarian]

Originally posted by Trainerdan
As far as my stats go, I wasn't sure how to do it. I already hit my fat loss goal ... but my current weight is higher than my original goal. So I put my current goal up there since that is what I am chasing now.

You know me, always have to be the difficult one ... :cool:

Actually, the stats can work either, for gaining or losing. It simply calculates the progress from start to goal based on the current weight. In the case of members who first lost weight, and then gained muscles, they simply chose which one they want to reflect in their stats, and one logical choice is to reflect the latest project, either the losing path, or the gaining path. :)

Wa'il

[gecolon]

Wow! So, that is what 50lbs looks like when you loose it low carbing? It looks :hyper: :wave: more like 70. Looking good dude. :hyper:

[DesertRose]

Hi AfroBob,

What great results!!! A big motivation!!

:rose: DesertRose

[KASSY]

Congratulations on your weight loss. You said you gained 10 lbs. back. Was that because you went back to eating carbs?

[mum's girl]

Congrats to both of you! My flab thanks you for posting your pics (or pecs, in dan's case) We need to see the befores and afters. It gives so much hope and inspiration. You make us proud.

Thanks again,
mg

[Cheryl R]

I don't get all the headless pictures...hmmmm
but great job any way guys.

[annalabeba]

i was thinking i was the only self conscious one, i had posted my before and after in my introduction an then i got what me and my friends call selfconciousness attack couldnt sleep, thinking that so many people were looking at my pic and surprisingly the after picture is the one that was mortifing me, i dont know why. so i did the cowardly thing and deleted:bash: i hope i can get over it some day.

[danume]

:o Annalabeba
You can share your success with us anytime...go ahead and share your after....you worked hard to get there :D
Sometimes I need constant reminding that I can reach my goal of an after picture.... :Party:

Everyone needs a little encouragement....
Marcie

[Cheryl R]

I agree...when I get to my goal....I am posting my before and after too..... I will be beaming with pride.

[annalabeba]

well, ia guess i have a little work to do on my confidence as well maybe it takes a little longer, just like when i gained the weight it took me while to realize my new size:wave:

[justme]

way to go !!!!!!!!
Keep up the work

[City Gent]

Afrobob - you STAR!!

you must feel so much better now. Its seeing things like this that make me realise WHY its best to stick with your diet. Sometimes if ive lost a pound or 2, i feel slimmer in my head rather than in my trousers, and have a blowout (willpower - what willpower?!!)

Good luck to you bob, and by the way, love your trousers!!

STeve

[Karen]

Yes City Gent! Afro Bob was a success story.

What happened? He sadly treated this way of life as a diet, and gained back weight.

His last post is here:

Afro Bob (http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=205269#post205269)

Low carbing is not a quick fix!

Karen

[City Gent]

Yeah, I see your point!

Bob, if you're out there still, look at your own photographs again.

You of all people know this WOE shows results - what else is there to say? if you need to lose it - lose it.

All the best,

Steve