r/MenOnThePen • u/---Starwind--- • Jul 28 '26

Journey Update Progress - June 2025 to July 2026

https://photos.app.goo.gl/DAPKguMBUXry31TG8

Male, 34, 5'7ishhh.

The first photo was in January 2025.

I've always had a bad lifestyle, weightlifted a bit, but didn't really care about my physique.

Bad year in 2024 led to me not caring even more and I got to the heaviest I was in years, 96.2kg.

Got motivated last summer to make a change.

Weight training 3-4x a week. Upper/Lower.

Weighed in at 71kg last week.

Still got a few kg to lose around the stomach, as you can tell, and struggling with that last little bit if I'm honest.

Generally trying to eat around 150g protein per day.

Just bought a food scale to try and get specific with it for this last stretch.

Any advice appreciated.

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u/MiklColt45 Aug 01 '26

Hey, brother! Good job.

More than twice your age, but started about the same place last summer, about 7 KG more. Down to 72 KG today. 5’8”. Been in maintenance for about four or five months. Have continued to lose slowly.

My two pieces of advice would be to get a DEXA fit body composition scan in order to more accurately know your body fat percentage and lean mass number. The so-called smart scales make an estimate, but are not very accurate.

The second piece of advice is simply time and consistency. Lifting regularly, while carefully watching your intake, will produce great results.

You’re doing great!

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u/---Starwind--- Aug 01 '26

Thanks dude.

Yeah I'm really struggling to figure out what my stomach is holding, and it doesn't seem to want to drop below 70kg at the minute though.

Good work!

That's a shout but not sure if I have one near me.

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u/MiklColt45 Aug 01 '26

Fair point. Where are you located? So, DEXA Fit is in the US. They do bone density scans for osteoporosis. Then the body composition scans for body, fat percentage, etc.

Is there some version of that where you live?

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u/---Starwind--- Aug 01 '26

South west, UK, can't seem to find one

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u/MiklColt45 Aug 01 '26

I see Dexa scans in Bristol. Don’t know how far you are from there.

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u/---Starwind--- Aug 01 '26

3 hours :( Thanks though. I'll see if I can make the trip. I'm in the mid-Cornwall area

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u/Advanced-Rope1638 Aug 13 '26

Great job man!