35M. June 2025 vs now. How am I doing so far?
Back in June 2025, I was at the heaviest I have ever been. I was 230 pounds. I’m only 5’8” so obviously this looked horrible as you can see in pic 1. I did not look good and didn’t feel good.
Last June, I decided to make a complete lifestyle change and get myself into shape.
the first few months I was mostly focusing on just losing weight and I was doing a bunch of cardio and in a major calorie deficit. I lost a lot of weight but unfortunately just got very skinny-fat and I didn’t like how that looked either.
Since January, I have been majorly focusing on weightlifting. I lift now 5-6 days a week on a PPL split, and am eating a heavy protein based diet.
I am now down to 170 pounds and pics 2 and 3 were taken today.
how am I doing so far? Is this a good result after a little less than a year? I am now trying to get jacked but I feel like I’m so far away from it still. I get a lot of comments from people being like “wow you got so skinny!” I know they mean well but it’s now the opposite I want to hear lol. I want muscle gains.
I am for sure going to keep at it because I now love my lifestyle and feel so much better and healthier. But sometimes I look in the mirror and just feel defeated because I know I have a long way to go still until I get my dream body.
What do you guys think? Anything I should focus on based off the pics?