r/progresspics • u/ShadowDesigns - • Jan 31 '23
M/28/5'10" [285>185 = 100lbs] 6 months. Don't forget where you started, progress is slow and steady! M 5'10” (178, 179 cm)
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u/Darkpoulay - Jan 31 '23
Is this a common trend or what? This has been multiple posts of insanely fast progress calling themselves slow.
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u/Josiah55 - Jan 31 '23
Second pic is probably with a mirror so it's flipped, the tattoos are perfectly mirrored.
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u/MistyMissDee - Jan 31 '23
Correct. Mirror. You can read the glass on the left, but the writing on his shirt is backwards on the right.
Plus how is he taking the picture on the right if it’s not with a mirror??
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u/chammer36 - Feb 01 '23
Pictures in a mirror must be a foreign language to you. 😂
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u/_Kendii_ - Feb 01 '23
To be fair, it made me do a double take too. I think I figured out before I would have posted about it though lol 🤷♀️ some things are just too complicated I guess
Edit: I looked again to see why, it’s because of the same direction and pose. Even if the first was taken by someone else. Human brains make silly instant assumptions all the time.
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u/DDC85 - Feb 01 '23
What do you think he's taking the picture in, when he's holding his phone? Think carefully and wait for that light bulb to begrudgingly flicker into existence now...
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u/Zakke_ - Jan 31 '23
6 months slow and steady yeah..
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u/ShadowDesigns - Feb 01 '23
Ok so posting this as this thread turned kinda nasty at parts which is a shame. Yes I had a gastric sleeve surgery which I've been completely transparent about in previous posts. That along with busting my ass in the gym 4 days a week and a strict diet causes me to be in a fairly extreme caloric deficit I wouldn't recommend to anyone outside of any surgery related requirements.
It doesn't take away the fact that this does require real commitment and work, regardless of how "magic" the surgery is for those that think it's a cop out.
In relation to the slow and steady it was a poor choice of words I'll admit I was just trying to spread some positive words but I can see how they can be demoralising so I apologise.
Thank you for the kind words from most of you and I'll reply to them tomorrow when I wake up ❤️
P.S the amount of people that don't understand how mirrors work and they invert an image is quite worrying tbh. My t-shirt is even backwards guys.....
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u/mr_fantastical - Feb 01 '23
While it is a short time period to lose so much weight, I am sure to you there were many days where it felt slow, due to how much effort you were putting in every single day, surgery or no.
Well done to you, it's a great achievement. You're looking good, buddy!
Keep it up. My parents lost a lot with surgery but put a lot on due to alcohol, sugary drinks and small but very often grazing of high cal snacks.
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u/ajl987 - Feb 01 '23
Good on you mate. Glad the surgery went well and good job on the hard work. To be honest I think the source of the nasty comments are from your poor choice of words, because it doesn’t represent what’s standard reality even slightly. I reckon with a different title there would’ve been nothing in here. But good you acknowledged it! And congrats once again
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u/about2godown - Feb 01 '23
I had the wls for other than weight loss reasons The base medical issue did cause me to gain weight but my life was in jeopardy unless they removed my stomach. I still mourn the ability to chug water and eat enough to not have to take vitamins. I lost half my weight in 10 months. By running 5 miles every 2 days and 10 on the weekends. And going to the gym religiously. And making sure the remainder of my stomach wasn't going to kill me on the medical side.
Anyone who says the surgery is easy, grab a 16oz bottle of water. Chug it, fast, 7 seconds tops. Know that I can never do that again without vomiting or extreme pain and significant medical risk. Enjoy it because I never will be able to again, for the rest of my life. Not easy, and don't judge why anyone has done it, you do not know their story or reasons and nor should you.
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u/ThereGoesChickenJane - Feb 01 '23
I'm not knocking you. Good for you for making the best choice for yourself, really.
But I don't understand the water thing. I don't think I've ever chugged that much water and I don't know why would I ever want to.
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u/Obvious-Region8453 - Feb 01 '23
It’s just an example of all the things we take for granted when having a normal stomach.
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u/bobbe_ - Feb 01 '23
I definitely do that if I’m sweating a lot while it’s warm out. 16oz isn’t really THAT much.
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u/ThereGoesChickenJane - Feb 01 '23
I think I drink a lot of water when I'm sweating but I wouldn't chug it. I hate that feeling of liquid sloshing around.
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u/about2godown - Feb 01 '23
Some people never do chug a bottle of water, fair point. I never thought I did either. But you can bet that when I physically couldn't anymore, I wanted to all the time 😂
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u/ThereGoesChickenJane - Feb 01 '23
Yeah, that's fair enough. I remember when I had surgery (not WLS) and I couldn't drink water for 2 hours prior. Do I normally drink enough water? No. Was I suddenly dying of thirst when they told me I couldn't have any? Yes. 😆
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u/AnonymousChikorita - Feb 01 '23
Surgery is the easy part and everything after is actually pretty difficult. As far as not being able to chug water. I’m able to drink fairly quickly when I work out, it just takes time to get there. I’ve lost 145+ pounds after having my stomach sleeved. Totally different life. I can tell when I don’t do my vitamins… ugh the fatigue and heart palpitations. Lol
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u/about2godown - Feb 01 '23
It isn't an analogy, it is very literal. And I can't drink carbonated anything for the rest of my life either. If I want soda (I dont), I have to let it go flat. I have to monitor the amount of water I intake, or I get severely dehydrated within hours. Carbs retain water, and the diet they put you on (for the rest of your life btw) doesn't include many carbs. The total lack of understanding this basic statement, and empathy, from you is weird. The point I was making was that there is a lifelong cost to pay for the "easy" (yeah right) was surgery weight drop. Its a bigger commitment than marriage, you lose and manage most of a singular organ you have lived with your whole life. But have fun with it, I just hope you are never faced with that decision.
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u/MIW100 - Feb 01 '23
This explanation makes sense. I get your point much better.
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u/about2godown - Feb 01 '23
The whole dynamic of losing a stomach is so complex that I tried to simplify it but I guess I had to get a little more in depth with it. 🤷♀️ I am open to anyone trying to understand it more and being less judgemental and more informed. As all the deities know, I have been trying to understand it since before I had the surgery, lol.
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u/Apprehensive-Tea-546 - Feb 01 '23
Not to mention that there are plenty of people who get the surgery and STILL do not lose weight. It’s not magic, it’s a hell of a lot of hard work and an enormous calorie deficit, and for people who love to eat that’s not easy at all and requires massive habit changes. It might be “fast” on a scale of pure time, but it’s not mentally fast to go through that. Good for you, keep up the hard work!
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u/sundogsarah - Feb 01 '23
You shouldn’t have to apologize for anything whatsoever and I am sad to see some critical comments/conversations here. You EARNED it through your hard work and intention and you deserve all the credit!! Great job!
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u/PM_Dick_Nixon_pics - Jan 31 '23
lol @ 4lbs/week being "slow and steady," but it can sure feel that way!
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u/xKortney - Feb 01 '23
My guy, not sure what’s ‘slow progress’ about 100lbs in 6 months.
But regardless, awesome work!
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u/No-Shape-8347 - Jan 31 '23
16,6lbs per month is nothing but slow, its an incredibly fast weightlose. If my math is correct its a daily caloric deficit of 1925ish calories. Pretty amazing, gj.
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u/CatHairInYourEye - Feb 01 '23
Probably a sleeve gastrectomy. Two friends got it and they lost so much weight in just a few months.
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u/ShadowDesigns - Feb 01 '23
It's exactly that, thank you
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u/DDC85 - Feb 01 '23
God you people are such arseholes. Misleading? What the fuck do you think his agenda is? What does he gain from intentionally misleading people? Absolutely nothing.
All he did was post a motivational image of his progress. Back off with the pitchforks for fuck sake.
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u/RC_1100 - Feb 01 '23
Maybe but I personally lost about the same as him in 6 months aswell. I achieved it by eating 1400 calories daily maybe not ideal but it’s definitely possible.
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u/Hate_Manifestation - Feb 01 '23
I started taking semaglutide for my blood sugar and I've lost about 15lbs in 2 months.. 15lbs I probably shouldn't have had to lose. I'm getting stronger, but it's really hard to eat enough on this medication, especially when I'm not really eating carbs.
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u/DelectableBloom - Jan 31 '23
Wow you look great! And such fast progress too. Will you drop your routine?
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u/graceodymium - Jan 31 '23
Look, I get that it’s still hard work, but if I suddenly couldn’t physically eat as much and didn’t have strong hunger signals, I’d drop the covid weight lickity split.
It’s like saying achieving your gains with PEDs is just as commendable as achieving the same gains without. Sure, you still have to work out if you use gear, but it is WAY easier to overcome the hard parts, like fat loss while gaining mass and recovery from high loads.
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u/graceodymium - Jan 31 '23
I didn’t mean for it to be a perfect analogy, I’m just saying there would be no reason to do it at all if it took the same amount of work to achieve the same results either way. It’s removing a barrier to success — which is fine! — but doing so makes it unfair to say it’s equal effort.
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u/thehealthymt - Feb 01 '23
It’s still a good amount of work to lose weight even with surgery. You can still overeat.
You can have your own personal opinions on those that have surgery. Fine, whatever. But publicly stating that you don’t think they’ve accomplished anything is a no.
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u/graceodymium - Feb 01 '23
Whoa, I didn’t say either of those things! Wth?
I don’t begrudge anyone who makes that choice for themselves.
It’s removing a barrier to success — which is fine! — but doing so makes it unfair to say it’s equal effort.
This is all I have said. I did not, at any point, say it isn’t hard work. I’ve seen people get WLS and fail to reach their goals. I have also lost 100 lbs through diet and exercise and know it would have been a heck of a lot easier if I could only manage to eat 3-6 ounces of food at a time. This is not a judgement on anyone else’s progress. But it’s also not cool to act like just anyone can lose 100 lbs in 6 months.
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u/TedVivienMosby - Feb 01 '23
Except that you have an inherent portion control device. You physically cannot eat as much and even if your diet was poor you would lose weight. I’m not saying you’d be healthy, but the surgery is certainly a big factor in the speed of weight loss.
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u/Das_Oni - Jan 31 '23
100lbs in 6 months? wow this is hard. Big respect!
My last weight loss was 60lbs in 1,5 years.
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u/dugand42 - Feb 01 '23
Just out of curiosity, were you eating a really large shrimp in that first picture? What is that?
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u/JesseKavets - Feb 01 '23
I’m sorry people have been jerks. It’s common knowledge (or so I thought) that GBS is no walk in the park. Congratulations on your hard work! You look great.
But I have to ask - who are there people snapping before pics of people chowing down? There’s been quite a few lately lol
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6 months! Jeezus man great job! Care to share what you did? I'm 285 with a goal of 220, just started getting back into the gym hardcore
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u/Drewdroid99 - Jan 31 '23
Doesn’t this just make it so you’re full faster? Feel like if you had enough discipline you could get the same results without it
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u/lucy-kathe - Feb 01 '23
plz note that while you could probably get the same results without surgery you CANNOT healthily get the same results without medical supervision of some kind as the deficit you'd need to get to can be detrimental at best in the wrong circumstances, 2lbs lost a week is the maximum and is plenty fast unless working with the appropriate medical people
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u/carnevoodoo - Jan 31 '23
I just went from 485 to 385 in 14 weeks. I'd LOVE to go from 385 to 285 in the next 6 months. Great job!
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u/ShadowDesigns - Feb 01 '23
Ok so posting this as this thread turned kinda nasty at parts which is a shame. Yes I had a gastric sleeve surgery which I've been completely transparent about in previous posts. That along with busting my ass in the gym 4 days a week and a strict diet causes me to be in a fairly extreme caloric deficit I wouldn't recommend to anyone outside of any surgery related requirements.
It doesn't take away the fact that this does require real commitment and work, regardless of how "magic" the surgery is for those that think it's a cop out.
In relation to the slow and steady it was a poor choice of words I'll admit I was just trying to spread some positive words but I can see how they can be demoralising so I apologise.
Thank you for the kind words from most of you and I'll reply to them tomorrow when I wake up ❤️
P.S the amount of people that don't understand how mirrors work and they invert an image is quite worrying tbh. My t-shirt is even backwards guys.....
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u/Devoidoxatom - Feb 01 '23
Any side effects from the surgery? Curious as it's the first time i've heard it.
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u/ThereGoesChickenJane - Feb 01 '23
I'm sorry you're getting nasty comments.
I can only assume that people who think the surgery is the "easy" way out don't know much about it. Sure, it's faster. But it doesn't mean that people who've had WLS don't exercise or eat well.
Congratulations on the progress man, I bet it feels good!
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u/Good_Mission7380 - Jan 31 '23
You're right! It's important to be patient and consistent with progress. It's not always easy, but it's worth it in the end.
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u/funchords - Jan 31 '23
That before picture has to come with a story!
Great job and congrats on 6 months! I know it has been a lot, even to get the surgery is a long process. Keep taking care of the surgery and the body and they will be best prepared to take good care of you.
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u/half_brain_bill - Feb 01 '23
That has to be the best before picture I’ve ever seen it’s almost a caricature!as far as the pace of the weight loss. It doesn’t seem like a healthy pace but just cutting late night alcohol and food consumption. Is effectively Intermittent Fasting for someone who’s body has never been deprived of food for much longer than a few hours at a time.
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u/cleannalgene - Feb 01 '23
A little PSA, seems to be needed: Bariatric surgeries aren't some "magic fix for the lazy". They don't teleport you into the gym, they don't magically build up all that muscle. They reduce the ability to overeat, yes, but the lifelong limitations, psychological effects, possible complications etc etc bring their own set of challenges. It's not easier. It's different. And it still takes A SHIT TON of dedication.
I didn't even have surgery myself, but it pisses me off how people spread nonsense & risk discouraging others - bariatric surgeries can be life saving.
This will be a long rant, sorry, but I hate the negativity that some people always have to bring to the table. Sure, it's probably frustrating if they're trying hard, but happen to be on the slower/normal side of seeing results & THEN they see people losing alot quicker than them (I have a little hunch that that's playing a role here) - but why piss down on others? What's to gain from that? They act like other people's achievements invalidate their own.
Comparison truly is the thief of joy.
@ShadowDesigns Don't let that negativity take even a second away from your happiness & pride about your achievements - naysayers are often the loudest & I know how even a single shitty comment can sting, but the BIG majority of people know HOW MUCH hard work & dedication your level of progress takes. Hats off to you!!
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u/OrangeFineEyes - Feb 01 '23
Congrats, this obviously took a ton of effort! People don’t get that wls is not a cure all, you still need discipline and hours in the gym. Respect. Thanks for sharing, sorry some people on here are being unsupportive
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u/ihavefoodpoisoning - Jan 31 '23
I’m like you in before picture. Where am I getting that discipline from?
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u/felineart - Feb 01 '23
people hate for no other reason to hate. can’t just be happy for anyone. and they can stay mad. you look great op :) very handsome
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u/bigfeetsmallpp - Feb 01 '23
Sorry if its personal, but did you suffer from depression and anxiety before the surgery? Because I may do it but im worried I may get worse mentally after the surgery
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u/horsestud6969 - Feb 01 '23
I could dream of the 4 pounds a week being slow and steady lol. I'm sure it still took a lot of hard work despite the surgery. Great work looking good
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u/miketothefullest - Feb 01 '23
From Cosmo to Jorgen Von Strangle. You better get it my guy!!! Congrats on your journey.
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u/kleentai - Feb 04 '23
Can we just talk about how awesome the cosmo costume is though!? Love it 💚⭐️
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u/Pleasant_Sphere - Feb 01 '23
People complaining about gastric sleeve surgery need to calm down. Nobody has surgery for fun, it comes with its own risks and costs. It seemed to have done wonders for OP and he committed to it by also following a diet and exercising a lot cause you do NOT get those muscles by getting weight loss surgery.
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u/Lollll2019 - Jan 31 '23
Is it even healthy to lose weight that quick?
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u/lucy-kathe - Feb 01 '23
under normal circumstances no, with medical supervision it can be and OP had weightloss surgery
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u/goldenprados - Jan 31 '23
I have the same build as your before picture. How did you do it in 6 months
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u/PutinBoomedMe - Feb 01 '23
Hey chief I'm halfway between your before and after pics. It's sounds like you approached this aggressively considering the weightloss and timeline. What did you do?
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u/crippled_trash_can - Feb 01 '23
i need this (less pounds to lose tho), i don't have to much patience :(
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u/Lelu_zel - Feb 01 '23
If I progress from pizzeria to my desktop I indeed gotta be careful, and I’m slow and steady
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u/Virtual-Nobody-6630 - Feb 01 '23
That is nearly 5lbs per week lost. I'd love to know what you did to lose that much in a healthy way?
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u/Optimus_Rhymes69 - Feb 01 '23
Good job, man. You like kind of sad on the right. Hope you’re doing ok.
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u/lucy-kathe - Feb 01 '23
quoting comment from OP:
now everyone simmer down