Vegan Fitness Transformation - 1 year fitness update

[jeanxon]

One year transformation for this 51-year-old. Been working a fitness program and shredding for 8 weeks at a time over the past year. I've lost a total of 43lbs and maintained and in some areas gained strength. I'm continuing to shred through the summer shooting for another 30lbs gone or 12% body fat before I start bulking. I'm doing this patiently because I want to avoid injury and make sure this is a lifestyle change I can maintain, not some crash diet.

This 43lbs is in addition to 35lbs I lost since going vegan 4 years ago.

Before Vegan -

https://imgur.com/WrwTSrG

Spring 2018 -

https://imgur.com/pshVOqg

Last Week 2019 -

https://imgur.com/qMgbbXi

 

[dawn16]

@jeanxon Lookin pretty good! Keep up the great work brother! Real solid moves on how you’re going about this.

 

[jeanxon]

@dawn16 Thanks. This past year has been mostly in the gym. This summer I'll be doing more running, biking, skateboarding, and mix in jump rope (This guy was in a couple challenges with me and inspired me https://www.instagram.com/trainlikeavegan/ ) and bouldering.

 

[dawn16]

@jeanxon Yo that ig is pretty cool

 

[leyah]

@jeanxon Skateboarding! What style? Street, park, bowl/pipe, longboarding?

 

[jeanxon]

@leyah Cruiser and longboard. I work in Minneapolis but live in the suburbs. I have a cruiser board that I'll bring into the office and then use to get around the city in combination with transit during the summer.

 

[dawn16]

@jeanxon Proud of you. I was over 300 at age 18 and now I'm 200 and a healthy vegan!

 

[godwetrust]

@jeanxon You look great. The vegan lifestyle is wonderful. How long did it take you to lose the weight?

edit...I see now. It took a year

 

[jeanxon]

@godwetrust First 35lbs or so came off in the first 6 months of going vegan. My activity level went up, and my eating was much more reasonable after switching to vegan. No more junk food, so much less processed foods. I ended up stalled at around 235-245lbs for 2 years not able to get any lower. But then I was thinking I just needed to work out more, be more active. It wasn't until I started getting vegan coaching that I realized it was what and how much I eat that was just if not more important than the physical activity.

April 20th of 2018 I was at 246lbs. That was my first check in before I started the fitness program.

Last friday my final check-in was at 203lbs. Just a few weeks over 1 year. I have been losing between 6 and 12lbs every 8 weeks. Mostly depending on the level of stress in my life. Even eating at a calorie deficit, if I'm not getting regular sleep, or family/work stress hangs around, my body will not let lose of fat. I'm protective of my sleep, and I do meditate and practice mindfulness to help with stress.

 

[godwetrust]

@jeanxon Awesome. I really want my son to go vegan. He is about the size of your before picture. I'm really praying for him. This is encouraging so thank you for taking the time to share your story

 

[cakeman]

@jeanxon You look so fantastic! It's awesome to see vegans from every generation thriving.

 

[theperfectbone]

@jeanxon You look amazing!!

 

[ainex]

@jeanxon Wow! Looking good! Great Transformation.

 

[rickydom]

@jeanxon Awesome job! =D

 

[dawn16]

@jeanxon Holy shit! Don't give up bro that's amazing!

 

[advise]

@jeanxon Dramatic transformation! Way to go!

 

[vladimir30]

@jeanxon You look great man. Really impressive lifestyle change.