Jbal5000

Thank you, anon, and I have the same thoughts. That was one reason I dialed back. I knew if I kept going much further, there would be no going back to being lean, at least without lots of loose skin that would require surgery to remove.

I just am not quite ready for that right now. That doesn’t mean I won’t be ready in the future. But right now, I’m not. I’ve never experienced being really lean and ripped. The lightest I’ve been in my adult life is around 145 pounds when I was like 20-21 years old but I did not have the muscle I have now after spending many years lifting. I want to see how I’d look getting back down to close to that weight again. I also want to see how athletic I can be before age catches up to me.

The past couple of years have been pretty rough emotionally for several reasons. Life is short and any goal I have, I want to pursue and accomplish. That is why I wanted to pursue 225 pounds, which then turned into 250 😆

I’ve received a few messages over the past few months, but I am doing all right. I appreciate the concern. I’ve still been working on weight loss.

So here’s my update for everyone. I did reach 200 pounds recently. In fact, I reached 198.8 pounds on Tuesday this week, but since then I’ve been hovering right at 200 pounds. So I am officially down 50 pounds since my peak in February.

Normal everyday things are way easier now and I’m feeling more like my old athletic self. I’ll admit I missed this feeling as I was gaining. As I’ve lost more weight, I’ve realized I want to pursue CrossFit again, perhaps more running and obstacle races like I did when I was younger. So right now, the plan is to get back to 175 pounds by October. If I can achieve that, it’ll put me at 75 pounds gained and 75 pounds lost all in the span of 1 year.

As much as I loved going all in into gaining during the fall/winter last year, I don’t think I’ll be repeating that this year. I think I’ve put my body through enough lately lol. I’d like to see how it feels to be really lean and see how ripped I can get, so my thoughts are to get down to 150 pounds by the spring of next year, which would be a total loss of 100 pounds (if I do that, it’ll be interesting to see how much loose skin I have).

Gaining will always be a part of me, and one of these days, I’m sure I’ll be wanting to seriously gain again. I can’t imagine how I’d look and feel at 300+ pounds. I look back at my pictures from 240-250 and I can’t believe how large I got. But for right now, this is the path I need to take.

I’d say about 5’6, although it’s possible without shoes I could be a little shorter. I’ve not measured in a while but I’ve had measurements from 5’5 to a little over 5’6 (one time someone measured me at just under 5’5 without shoes). So I like to say 5’6 haha.

Thank you 😊 I’m pleased so far. I wish I could keep the extra size in certain areas of my body, especially my arms and wrists. But they’re going to lose a little size too due to losing fat and all the water weight.

My strength in my upper body, especially with the bench press, has dropped some, but otherwise, feeling good. Endurance is 1000% better.

In case anyone was wondering, this is how I look today. I’m below 230 lbs - around the 226-228 lb range. Still aiming for around the 200 lb mark for now.

I know it’s been a while, but here are some pics at my heaviest and the video of my weigh in above 250 (251.8 pounds. This was at night. The next morning, I was down to 249.0 pounds but I’m still counting 250).

This was almost exactly a month ago. As I mentioned before, I am trying to lose weight now. I am currently around 232-234. I definitely have moments I miss being this big, but I am sure one of these days I’ll be back to gaining.

Yes, I’m fine. I know I’ve been quiet these last few weeks. So I have updates.

First, the good news. I did hit 250 pounds - 251.8 pounds to be exact. It was on a full stomach (and was 249 pounds the following morning), but I’m counting it.

Now on to the bad news for everyone. I have decided to lose some weight. Several different factors went into this decision (I’m fine, no health concerns). Honestly, I never intended to get this big right now and the plan was always to cut down after the new year. I’m just ready for a change. I hit my peak weight 2 weeks ago. Currently I’m down to around the 236-238 range. The plan is to drop down to around the 200ish range and then I’ll evaluate if I want to go lower.

I have 0 regrets about really going for it. I pushed myself higher than I ever thought I would go. It was an incredible experience! I also didn’t expect all the support I’ve had from everyone. Thank you all so much.

I’m sure this isn’t the end of my gaining journey. I can’t say for certain when I’ll decide to gain again. It could be later this year. It could be some more years. But gaining has always been a part of my identity, and these last few months have only further awakened that part of me. Eventually, I’d love to hit 300 pounds, or more.

At some point, I’ll post more pics and videos during my most recent push. I wish I had taken a few more pics and videos when I hit my absolute max but I’ve got some I’ll get around to posting.

I’ve been getting a lot of these (which I understand lol). And that is a good question. I think if I really wanted to lose weight, I could. The problem is I haven’t wanted to (despite the increased difficulties in daily movement compared to before). And part of me wonders if when I get to 250, I’ll be desiring even more weight after a couple weeks of adjusting 🥴

😅 Honestly if I kept going at the rate I am, I definitely could hit 300. Assuming I kept a rate of 7 pounds per month, I would be 307 pounds by the end of October.

If I kept up the same rate of weight gain over these past 3.5 months (69 pounds) through the end of October, I would be over 400 pounds 🤯

I’m not really sure how to respond to this lol. It’s not something I’ve really thought about with anyone. But I do want to point out I am into men and not into women. Sorry.

Surprisingly no comments yet. I still haven’t seen most of those coworkers since the Christmas party last year, and no comments were made then.