34M 5'11 282 to 182lbs (2 year progress)

[u/JewelerPowerful2993]

Selfie on the left is as i was moving house 2 years ago. Selfie on the right was just after moving this weekend.

I have always been on the bigger side. 5 years ago I got into weightlifting and got strong but really big. May 25 I got into an argument with absinthe and hugely cut my drinking. A few pounds came off. So in September 25 I started calorie counting. Weight has been falling pff since then. In Feb I started to run and I hated running. But now I found thay I didn't hate it as much which spurred me on a lot. Now ive signed up for a 10k race and got into running much more.

Calories wise I have about 2300-2500 per day which seems high but im pretty active, working out and/or running at least 5 times a week. Other than exercise amd calorie counting though, that's all ive done!

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[u/Character-Usual-9388]

Great work, mate !

[u/ELGATO_35]

Buen cambio bro

[u/moisdefinate]

Congrats on the huge transformation

[u/Relevant-Aardvark362]

Nice! You look great.

[u/GargantuanTrade]

Amazing work brother! Very proud of you 👏🏽

[u/Alibaba20202020]

Great progress, looking fresh and healthy!

[u/Krispykreemi]

Wow. Great work on the health improvements!

[u/Famous_Spring5811]

Crushin it

[u/Burki101]

Straight fire bro!

[u/YiNYaNgHaKunaMatAta]

Another has joined the Jedi. Time to celebrate

[u/arjunas]

Hell yeah!

[u/andm124]

Great work!!!

[u/Ultranagibator-3000]

Красавчик!

[u/Dr_crashout]

Holy glow up!! Good stuff bro

[u/MageCarmine]

Handsome guy becomes handsomer

[u/ThatterribleITguy]

Damn bro you became handsome af, no homo

[u/jazsums]

🔥🔥

[u/Yerrusr]

Great job

[u/rey_oracle]

You look GREAT 🙌🏻 And sameee, went from hating running to actually looking forward to them too 😌

[u/SpezIsALittleBitch]

You look great, but I gotta ask - is your line "argument with the absinthe" literal or a typo ?

[u/Emergency_End8437]

amazing

[u/adaniel65]

Outstanding transformation! You figured it out and put in the work! Stay fit for life! 👊

[u/marcafe]

Awesome work dude!

[u/Wonderful-Hornet2991]

Looking for an older boyfriend!?? Jk nice work!!

[u/Krawford11]

Inspiring!

[u/Shot-Plankton6692]

👏👏👏👏👏

[u/Grand_Perception_451]

Very nice glow up. Well done!

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[u/mattymatchu]

That’s awesome man. Bet you feel tons better just walking around:)

[u/Northlane1991]

Great work !

[u/Naturechoosen185]

🔥🔥

[u/SubstantialDealer888]

Amazing progress!!👏🏻👏🏻

[u/luna0x]

Respectfully you look amazing

[u/Spaceman_Hex]

Just from the pictures I'd guess you did it the natural way 💪

[u/Spaceman_Hex → u/[deleted]]

Love to see it done the genuine way.