Both are not pumped pictures, I started training at 15 but was on and off the gym, in the end of 2023 I started a “I'm gonna eat whatever I want to and hit the gym to get big”, and then I couldn't stop and in 2024 I was really busy and didn't hit the gym even once, I ended up getting fat af at about 200lbs and in 2025 | lost it all the way down to 155lbs when the left picture was taken, in July, now in August 2026 I haven't stopped training and have been slowly gaining weight since

I don't track my calories, I track my weight, every morning after going to the bathroom, I do track my protein

Right picture was taken literally now I just took it before going to bed

The first photo is genuinely hard to look at, but I'm so thankful to be recovering well and be at a healthy weight for the first time in my life. The second photo is when I first started running and began to realize how poorly I had been treating my body by restricting food and over exercising. Compared to the final picture, present day, where I am able to run ultra marathons while keeping weight and muscle on. Ultra running has been such a helpful thing for my recovery because in order to be active I have to eat and it keeps me focused on fueling my body and noticing how I feel rather than how I look.

Finally feeling like the buff guy when I go to a function