Probably a better 'starting' picture.. This was taken after living in the Marshall Islands for a little over a month, a few months before the military. Probably weighed 170, tops.. didn't do much aside from bike around the island and go swimming.

Thickening up a bit more... Nah, just kidding, this is just to show off the farmer's tan I've been working on. Leave it to the new phone to bring it out in all its quasi-pasty glory.

Probably a better 'starting' picture.. This was taken after living in the Marshall Islands for a little over a month, a few months before the military. Probably weighed 170, tops.. didn't do much aside from bike around the island and go swimming.

Sometime from the beginning of 2006.. can't remember exactly when, but this is obviously the truest example of masculine sex appeal out there. Mmmmm, lovin' the belly, little arms and awkward posture. Hottttttt.

A couple weeks into the program, once I had established a schedule. We'll use this as the "first" pic of the 12-month program.

The cardio was starting to pay off, thankfully.. and hanging leg raises became my friend. Much more work to be done, though.

Just over 2.5 months in... 219lbs.

Can't wait to see what this looks like after dropping the body fat...

Can't wait to see what this looks like after dropping the body fat...

Definitely felt bloated today.. abs decided to hide. :(

Trying to flex = weird faces. I'm just going to leave it at that.. you really don't want to see what's behind the smiley. In other news, lats are coming along well, but I still need some serious shoulder work.

Abs were thankful for the workout yesterday and decided to be nice today.. figured a new pic was in order before they changed their mind. Supposedly at ~14.6% BF in this picture.. or I may just be stupid when it comes to using calipers.

Just over three months in.. makes me wonder if there are any types of cardio that help with hip-bone reduction. & Once again my face nearly ruined it.. so a smiley was in order.

SO INTENSE. Man, I wish I had a jungle to take progress pics in or something.. *sigh*

Happy that the abs managed to come out and say 'hi' this morning at 4, even though the rest of my body wanted to be back in bed for another few hours. Still lots more progress needed.. even though the lighting just sucks in this one. Arm veins are starting to show more - yaaaaay!

Figured my shark could use some attention. :) After day #2 of doing 15min HIIT immediately after lifting. My schedule doesn't really allow for doing it any other time during the day, so I guess some is better than none. Hopefully after a few months the HIIT will really show some progress.

About time I got one of these up, eh? Dunno how you people do these shots without feeling like you're sticking your junk in the camera, but... yeah.

I figure this is just because the arms are still recovering from yesterday, but.. the right looks a lot smaller than the left. Could be the angle, though.. peak still needs a lot of work. ~10% bodyfat

Chest starting to fill out a little better, but due to the hectic schedule this week, the diet hasn't been as great - thus looking softer. :( Oh, and yaaaaaay new ink.

Two tickets to ze gun show? That'll be about tree fiddy.

Trying a little experiment just to see how my body reacts. Keeping up with the diet and cardio, but this is 2 weeks without any having done anything to concentrate on abs alone. I'll keep this up for a few more weeks, then get back into doing abs to see how much of a difference I'm getting.

I'd love to figure out how to do a proper lat spread, but for some reason it never works quite right, so I guess this is the closest I'm getting for now.

Insanely bloated thanks to having far too much breakfast, but I knew I needed to take some new progress pics. Chest is filling out a little more, and my shoulders are getting a bit better, thankfully. Not too happy that the abs faded away, so I'll probably kick those back into gear and try that whole 'clean bulking' thing.

Scoping out the veins - seem to be getting more and more visible each month. ...hm, that doesn't sound awkward or anything.

When children watch too much Winnie the Pooh, then grow up and have access to Celltech... this happens. The natty PB and swedish fish were next on the hit list. "Hum-dum dee-dum hum-dee dum-dum, I'm so rumbly in my tumbly..."

Just over 3 years of random gym visits + 8-9 solid months of food, iron and sleep. 2007: ~170lbs // 2009: 213lbs

Thickening up a bit more... Nah, just kidding, this is just to show off the farmer's tan I've been working on. Leave it to the new phone to bring it out in all its quasi-pasty glory.