Hello - Starting Out Again!

**Tom C** · 18-11-2006 07:30 PM

Hi,

As I've been browsing these forums for a week or two absorbing all the great advice, I felt it was about time I said hello and introduced myself.

I've been training from home (free weights & cardio) for about 3 month now, eating cleanly and supplementing with whey protein after workouts. Currently trying to lose the fat I accumulated over the past couple of years of shift work combined with eating & drinking too much!

My weight is hovering around 212lbs, height 6ft 2 (ish?) and bf @ 25% according to my scales. I will post details of my routine / diet later when I get time, but I basically try to keep it varied at the moment.

Here are a couple of before / after shots on imageshack (couldnt post links or pics here as this is my first post, so I had to remove the h t t p:// from the start of the links, hopefully you will be able to copy and paste them into your browser though)

August 10th:

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Nov 17th:
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I'd really appreciate any comments and advice any of you might have. Don't be too nasty as I need to keep my motivation levels up!

Tom

**MartinM** · 18-11-2006 07:37 PM

Good effort mate!!! All my flat mates were in my room and were very impressed. You've got a pretty good structure too

**Tom C** · 18-11-2006 07:59 PM

That was a quicker reply than I was expecting!

Hopefully if i stick with things, in another few months I should be pretty close to my ideal weight, and can start trying to build some more lean muscle. Might need to upgrade my gym equipment as I only have a basic incline / decline bench with no barbell support and I'm on the limit of amout of weight I can squeeze on my dumbells for bench presses / one arm rows etc

**Maximumbass88** · 19-11-2006 12:10 PM

Good progress m8, keep up the good work!

**Rich** · 19-11-2006 01:11 PM

great progress

**Duncan** · 19-11-2006 03:51 PM

Looking good, yeah! You must've been training pretty hard for that!

**Bolf** · 19-11-2006 03:59 PM

Wow, great progress.

**finlee** · 19-11-2006 05:37 PM

good going!

**MartinM** · 19-11-2006 09:32 PM

Have you posted anywhere what your diet and training has been over that period?? Might be helpful for others

**Tom C** · 19-11-2006 11:49 PM

Not yet, but I can try and knock something together. As I said before my routine has been quite varied (i get bored easily!) so it might take me a while..

Where's the best place to post it? Attached to this thread?