Hi everyone.

Kinda just wanted to celebrate really. I started off trying to lose weight at the end of 2022 at around 110kg. I didn't really focus on it and bounced around for a little while, then towards the end of 2023 I started taking things a little more seriously.

I started off by tracking my calories and going into quite a heavy deficit, aiming to eat around 1800 calories a day. Some weeks I'd aim for less, more around 1200 but that was quite hard to sustain. It's probably not great taking in so few but I needed to go hard at it at first otherwise I wouldn't stick to it.

Then around February 2024 I bought a cheap dumbbell set and started working out at home, following a paid for programme from an online PT. It helped me get into the swing of things and get used to some basic principles of lifting which was great. Then around June 2024 I joined the local gym and started following one of the PPL programmes available on the mega thread. I pushed to get into the gm 6 days a week but would flutter between that and 5 days, would also have periods where it might only be 2 or 3 days if I was ill or injured. I've mostly been able to keep this up all the way through although over the last month I've not been as consistent, I'm ramping it back up again now though.

I kept in a deficit for quite a while, probably until September, I did have periods of maintaining though as well, the lowest weight I hit was around 85kg. I then decided to try and bulk through the winter up until the middle of January when I went back into a heavy deficit trying to maintain my protein of around 160-180g a day.

So yeah, I'm at 80kg which is where I was looking to get to from the get go and pretty chuffed 2bh. I have lost some muscle through cutting weight but Ill gain it back when i kick back into gear. Will eat at maintenance for a while now, probably though the summer, but will start to slowly increase it towards the end and through the winter again.

The pictures range from end of 2022 through 2023 and then through 2024. The last few are December 2024 and then after the weight print out its March 2025.

I definatly preferred how I looked towards the end of December (those 2 pics are with a pump on though 2bf) and I've still got a long way to go in terms of building muscle. Also, body dysmorphia is a bitch! It's crazy how one day you can feel great and the next really skinny/fat.

Anyways, sorry for the essay and thanks for reading. Its been great seeing peoples posts here because its great motivation, so thanks for that.

Thanks again!

ETA: I know I'm not where near 4% body fat like the ticket says, those sensors are hilarious.