Fiddy

After a suggestion by Glenn a couple of times, I decided to make this thread. A few of will know I used to post on Pf a lot back in the day, up until recently I hadn't posted at all in 14 months. The reason I hadn't is I decided to change my life. I was having a lot of issues, I'd smoked weed for pretty much 15 years, put a lot of weight on, ended up on ant depressants, my life was a bit of a mess if I'm gonna be honest. Starting May 2012, was when the new me began. I'd been off weed for a couple of years by that point, but was heavily on anti depressants, and the heaviest weight I'd ever been, was over 20 stone. two of my best mates had been telling me for months I needed to get off the anti depressants, lose some weight, and get my arse in gear. I'd swerved the idea for months, wasn't interested. Now both of my best pals both trained MMA with the same guy, one of my pals is a doorman, and had know this MMA coach for years, worked the doors with him, my other pal, who also trained MMA with him, as he was very good Freinds with his dad, who had also worked the doors with him. They had both sang his praises to me, was in the marines, done body building, faught MMA, taught MMA, ran doors, by all accounts, what this guy didn't know about diet, training, keeping in shape etc, wasn't worth knowing, they had both told him about my situation, he had said if he wants to sort himself out and get focused, bring him down, I'll help him. Well for months they had both being trying to get me to go, I'd refused. One Thursday one of my pals comes round, says rite, I'm sick of asking, now I'm telling, we're going to brawlers tomorrow, I've booked us a private lesson, just me, you, and the coach.

So, I thought FFS, I'm going down here, 20+ stone! can't walk a mile without getting out of breath! and I've got to train with this MMA coach, marine, body builder, doorman, superman type guy, I was very nervous. So, the day after, my pal pics me up, and off we go. I was expecting this guy to be a brutal twat, who was gonna scream and shout at me, do this, do that, grrrrrrrr, that couldn't have been further from the truth, as much as you could tell the guy was extremely tough, he was very nice, and within that one hour lesson, we just hit it off, really clicked with him. I've already babbled on enough, so without making this thread a book, best decision I ever made, I stuck with him, he gave me a diet, exercise plan, what to eat, what to do, and when, 18 months later, I feel a and look like a different guy, my life is like night and day, I'm going to MMA twice a week, gym 3 times a week, out walking at least 5 miles a day, but most importantly, I'm enjoying life again, not some fat miserable hermit who barely left the house.

Rite, onto some pics, I've never been one for having my picture taken, when your 20+ stone! you don't really life seeing pictures of yourself! but this was one of the suggestions of my MMA coach when I started, take a picture diary, so you can see the changes in your body, and can see what the work/focus is doing

Me at the start, May 2012, 20+ stone

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Few before and afters


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And a recent one of me and the coach at his wedding vowel renewals, the guy who pretty much changed my life

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CosworthGuy

Congratulations. Looks totally transformed. Just wish I had someone to help me. I seem to be in a similar situation to yourslef apart from the weed and prescription tablets. Ive been in a downward spiral since jan 2013 when My gran who was my world died 66 days after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Coincidentally my 30th birthday. I have no motivation. Sit on my arse all day driving wagons and eat because Im bored. Eat shit and drink lager when Im at home then Go all in at weekends and party like its 1999 lol. Im always going to rejoin the gym next month and go back to kickboxing like I did in my youth. Problem is next month never comes. Congrats again mucka

Longdog3004

Fucking hell!
Now that's a complete turn a round mate
Well done bet your very proud as you should be,
Congratulations mate

madsi

well done mate

paul16v

Awesome Fiddy mate, you look like a different bloke bet you feel it as well!

andrewmctiernan

looking good mate, I can do the food and the training but have you managed to keep off the ale?

Sonic Boom

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Fair play to you mate that is quite staggering transformation.
Could do with doing that myself!
Rich

PaulinhoT

That's pure brilliance, well done

delbee1

Well done mate....top top work

peteh

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Fooking shit the bed buddy, well done you!!!

And to stick at it, just keep those pics for ever so you can remind yourself how and before if you ever have a low moment again. ;o)

Fiddy

That's the most difficult part mate, getting the focus and motivation, the actually weight loss and training isn't hard, it's getting the motivation to actually do it, thankfully my two best pals didn't give up whinging, but it still took one of them to literally drag me there before I got my arse in gear and found that motivation

Cheers buddy



Cheers Ginge, and yes bud, not just health wise, but mentally aswel, I really enjoy my life now, whereas before, I really didn't

I wasn't a big drinker before mate, Infact, I didn't drink at all for 7 years, the stupid thing is, now, I do, every Friday and Saturday night, I love a drink, but, even my alcohol is about as diet as it gets, vodka and sugar free lemonade is all I drink, but, a lot of it

Cheers mate

Ellie

Awesome work that, fair play to you!

Rsmat

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Well done mate

foreigneRS

well done to you and your mates who you can truly count as proper mates

KSA-Cossie

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Big big respect to ya big man.

andy888

well done mate that's some change

Mk4 Lew

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not seen that recent photo like, but I remember the other ones. well done matey

RSMK4TURBO

Well done mate,well worth being proud of yourself.

Fiddy

Cheers bud

Thanks Mat

Yeah bro, they didn't give up on me, think they were a lot more confident, and believed in me more, than I did myself

Cheers fella



Cheers Lew, and aye, you'll have most before I deleted my Facebook mate, and the rest on Instagram lol

Less.

Awsome effort you look so much better and younger too

I take my virtual hat off too you

Fiddy

Cheers gents

Carlos-Titx

Good to see you back mate.

You should be proper proud of your self! Seeing your results got me back into mma.

Cheers Fiddy

Steve the Plumber

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Good for you Fiddy,

Staffi

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Awesome Fiddy, that has been a lot of hard work I'm sure, keep it off now pal, you look great ( not in a gay way )

Lee Reynolds

Wel done Fiddy Weight loss etc is awesome! Best part was loosing that horrendous beard though

Mates just done a similar thing. He was 21.5 stone and now 13 and three qaurters doing Iron man events etc!

Good on ya

Petrolhead

Unrecognisable, fair play! RESULT on a massive scale.

Sort of thing I need to do.

Where do you train?

JoeE30

Fucking awesome... Amazing turn around and brilliant commitment...

Fiddy

Cheers Steve



Cheers fella

Cheers Lee, but the beards back mate lol. Your pals done well, similar loss to mine, I've gone from 20st 4lb, I'm now down to 12st 7lb, I'm not into all that iron man stuff though, that's proper hard work, I don't mind getting punched in the face, kicked, choked out, submitted, eating healthy, and lifting weights, but that iron man stuff is proper hard work, I'd die

Cheers bud, my MMA gym is called Brawers MMA, as for weights etc, do most of them in house, got all the stuff I need at home, I'm not trying to get properly in shape, abs and all that stuff, just like to keep a bit of shape and get toned

Cheers Joe

bigchez

fairplay mate, i lost over 5 stone in a year so know it's tough going - well done!

Now keeping it off is the hard part, although that geezer looks like he'd kick your head in if you didn't which is a reasonable incentive

Cossie.jack

wow bloody hell you look like a different bloke. well done to you!

Fiddy

Yeah mate, getting it off was the easy part, once I did, staying focused and keeping it off, was quite difficult, but thankfully now, eating good, training etc, is the norm, not a chore

And yeah, he's not the kind of guy you want to piss off, but as he says, we're not just coach/student anymore, we're mates, plus his wife invites me round for big Sunday dinners regular, so if I put any weight on, I'll blame her

Cheers Bro

Fiddy

Never uploaded/linked a photobucket vid before, so not sure if this will work, but this is a quick vid of me doing a light pad session with coach, doing a bad impression of Tong Po and what not

mercury grey minter

Can you share some tips of what diet and training you went through to achieve this amazing transformation.?

STeve

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Huge respect to you Fiddy for having the guts and determination to see it through

Maxwell

Hat off to you. Wish i wasnt so lazy. Used to be a healthy 11.5 stone and quite in shape. Now im 15.5 stone and a mess.

Me seeing stuff like this makes me wanna do something. Just need the motivation

Psycho Warren

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well done!!

Do you have loose skin having been so big or did it all tighten up??

dojj

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Remember when you were posting daily and weekly reports on fb mate, you certainly had dedication and I used to feel good that you were doing it for you

Now get back on fb and here again more regularly

How's the family?

doga-ot

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Well done now just keep at it!

LHD220Turbo

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congrats to you, life changing im sure! all the best

Fiddy

Wasn't really a strict diet mate to be honest, not like I'm eating ridiculously healthy either. A lot of my issue was I wasn't eating enough, I was only having two meals a day, lunch a dinner, but both meals will have been ridiculously unhealthy, and massive portions, when the coach told me I needed to eat more, I thought what's he been smoking ?, he said not portion size, but more meals, and eating the rite things at the rite time. Average will be, breakfast, slice of wholemeal toast, two scrambled eggs, and put cayenne pepper on it, cup of green tea. Lunch, a chicken wrap, with salad, cup of green tea. Dinner, couple of slices of wholemeal toast and beans with cayenne pepper, cup of green tea, and supper, something like a slice of wholemeal toast, or a low fat yogurt, cup of green tea, also drink plenty of water, I have a minimum of 4 pints a day. There is lots of different variations, but that's something average. Reason for the cayenne pepper and green tea, is both are fantastic natural metabolism boosters.

And believe it or not, the weights/MMA are not really the major things that have dropped my weight, walking is. Walking is fantastic for burning fat, my coach used to walk a lot when he was in body building competitions he said, because walking burns fat, not muscle. I make sure I walk a minimum 5 miles a day, sounds like a lot, but I can do 5 miles at a steady pace, in 1hr 10m, I usually do two 2.5 mile walks, not 5 in one go, although sometimes if the weathers decent, and I'm not busy, I might a 5 mile walk, then another 2.5 miles later. I love walking, get my headphones on, and away I go, plus, I live with my fiancé, and my 4 daughters, so it's nice to get out the house and walk, bit of peace and quiet