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Originally Posted by timbo109 

For me, it boils down to 3 things: athletic function, self-improvement, and aesthetics. I've noticed significant improvements to my athleticism in terms of strength, speed, and mobility from lifting. Honestly, your college coaches were doing you a disservice by not forcing you into the gym.
As for self-improvement, lifting weights is one of the best ways I know of improving myself, in a way that strongly manifests itself and that is fun. Sure reading and other pursuits related to brain function improvement are great, but they are less easily measurable and less apparently at least initially. Sure it may be kind of vain, but knowing that you are larger than the average individual you see is a great confidence boost. Also, aesthetics works in terms of attracting "yambs" to borrow your preferred term.
My best advice to you is to remember that everyone starts somewhere. Do you think the swolest guy in your gym was always 210 and squatting 450? Nope, he was at one point at the same level as you. You won't get anything done comparing yourself to others. Perhaps, you should change your mindset and ignore "yambs" at the gym but rather focus on improving yourself. Gym yambs will come later. I'm not part of the school of thought that picking up women at the gym is wrong or should be avoided, but I do believe that you need to have reached a certain level of fitness and aesthetics for you to be successful.
I'd say alcohol has been one of the largest detrimental factors to my training thus far (especially in college.) It's not that I drink too often or all that too much either, but alcohol does have effects beyond the simply the caloric intake. For me, I don't worry really about the calories in the alcohol I drink and I've mastered not eating grimey stuff when drinking (to some extent), what really hurts my training is the lack of sleep and sluggish feelings the next day that result from when I drink.
Yo, you're probably not eating enough honestly. 2.7k doesn't seem like a big enough number for bulking. How much do you weight? What's your activity level?

Originally Posted by RickyBattalion 

Just completed a 30 day juice detox. Went from 265 to 230. Taking the Super Bowl off and going to do another 30 days afterward.

1st pic is on Christmas. 1st small pic is the same Cardigan today and the next two are things I couldn't zip up at the beginning. Feels good man...

Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican 

That is probably some Steam Fresh Veggies. I know that mixture. It is good too.

Originally Posted by IAM KING 

Originally Posted by RickyBattalion 

Just completed a 30 day juice detox. Went from 265 to 230. Taking the Super Bowl off and going to do another 30 days afterward.

1st pic is on Christmas. 1st small pic is the same Cardigan today and the next two are things I couldn't zip up at the beginning. Feels good man...

Originally Posted by paliplaya2010 

Starting my final cut tomorrow.
I've gone from a 44 waist to a 32 in just about 2 years.
Wish me luck just got done bulking and actually kinda excited about this cut

Originally Posted by LuckyLuchiano 

So bloated. Good night

Originally Posted by NikeAirForce1 

honestly, I go to the gym for the compliments and looks I get.

being a fattie gets you NO yambs

Originally Posted by championboyz7 

Wrong. Having NO GAME gets you NO yambs.
Looking good is a plus.

Originally Posted by NikeAirForce1 

any one who has lost a significant amount of weight wanna chime in?

Originally Posted by sole searchin 

Not too sure how good this is for you in the long run, you'll lose it fast for now, but once you start eating normally again, you'll gain it back quickly. I tried the crash dieting, etc and it works fast numbers wise, but it'll set you back in the long run.

Originally Posted by gatorad3 


congrats on ur weightloss man I know exactly what youre talking about. That thread from bb.com was a big motvation for me too


270lbs to 146lbs in a little over a year timeframe.

It was like waking up in someone else's body at the end lol because I didn't really adjust to being skinny yet. I've always been told I was a goodlookin dude if I lost weight but I always shrugged it off as BS as some type of lowkey "hint" to make me lose weight. But when I did decide to lose the weight:

- no more choking when i sleep
- no more fat jokes, no more getting called fat ***
- no more sweating from just standing after 1 minute
- no more everybody giving me their food when they can't finish it
- no more breathing and sweating hard from walking a flight of stairs
- no more looking @ walking as a chore. Now I love walking. Rather take the stairs than the escalator.
- 44" waist to 32"
- XXXL to M size
- 7 5/8 to 7 1/4 fitted
- gained half inch in height 5'5.5 to 5'6. Doesn't matter tho still manlet
- 1st time doing a pull up and push ups was life accomplishment
- people not recognizing u
- people assuming you were skinny you're whole life
- no more getting called "big man" "big guy"
- people treating you equal
- people acknowledging you exist
- girls checkin u out, girls dtf @ parties, girl friends acting different around you, girls hittin on u, girls startin conversations, gay dudes checkin u out and hittin on you, catch dude's girl checkin u out and he's mad doggin you. etc

What made me decide to lose the weight was I knew if I kept my old lifestyle I would eventually become 300+lbs before I got to 30 and think about my life in "What ifs..."
My obese cousin was also a motivation because he went to hospital because of his diabetes and almost died. And I would've probably gotten diabetes too if i kept getting fatter since my grandpa had diabetes and died from it.

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Originally Posted by coolbeans 

@gatorad3 congrats bro, i just did 3x10 yesterday and my upper body is really sore today.should i skip them today? Thanks

Originally Posted by gatorad3 


congrats on ur weightloss man I know exactly what youre talking about. That thread from bb.com was a big motvation for me too


270lbs to 146lbs in a little over a year timeframe.

It was like waking up in someone else's body at the end lol because I didn't really adjust to being skinny yet. I've always been told I was a goodlookin dude if I lost weight but I always shrugged it off as BS as some type of lowkey "hint" to make me lose weight. But when I did decide to lose the weight:

- no more choking when i sleep
- no more fat jokes, no more getting called fat ***
- no more sweating from just standing after 1 minute
- no more everybody giving me their food when they can't finish it
- no more breathing and sweating hard from walking a flight of stairs
- no more looking @ walking as a chore. Now I love walking. Rather take the stairs than the escalator.
- 44" waist to 32"
- XXXL to M size
- 7 5/8 to 7 1/4 fitted
- gained half inch in height 5'5.5 to 5'6. Doesn't matter tho still manlet
- 1st time doing a pull up and push ups was life accomplishment
- people not recognizing u
- people assuming you were skinny you're whole life
- no more getting called "big man" "big guy"
- people treating you equal
- people acknowledging you exist
- girls checkin u out, girls dtf @ parties, girl friends acting different around you, girls hittin on u, girls startin conversations, gay dudes checkin u out and hittin on you, catch dude's girl checkin u out and he's mad doggin you. etc

What made me decide to lose the weight was I knew if I kept my old lifestyle I would eventually become 300+lbs before I got to 30 and think about my life in "What ifs..."
My obese cousin was also a motivation because he went to hospital because of his diabetes and almost died. And I would've probably gotten diabetes too if i kept getting fatter since my grandpa had diabetes and died from it.

before
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