# Then and Now **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 26, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299 "2013-06-26T11:37:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/21 "2013-06-26T16:58:44Z")
Here John: then: ![https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/554507_403205006358837_53474481_n.jpg](https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/554507_403205006358837_53474481_n.jpg) now: ![https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/309235_487344057944931_761516740_n.jpg](https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/309235_487344057944931_761516740_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/22 "2013-06-26T17:16:56Z")
The now pic is old jellies , ill tag u in the pic u should use . ---
**Author:** ![love4boost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/love4boost/32/6658_2.png) [@love4boost](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/love4boost)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/23 "2013-06-26T17:17:17Z")
![http://i39.tinypic.com/f5dgn8.jpg](http://i39.tinypic.com/f5dgn8.jpg) ![http://i39.tinypic.com/2uog9aa.jpg](http://i39.tinypic.com/2uog9aa.jpg) ![http://i44.tinypic.com/259lfzk.jpg](http://i44.tinypic.com/259lfzk.jpg) ![http://i42.tinypic.com/2ymyfq9.jpg](http://i42.tinypic.com/2ymyfq9.jpg) ![http://i42.tinypic.com/2ztgjma.jpg](http://i42.tinypic.com/2ztgjma.jpg) ![http://i43.tinypic.com/2i8ao1k.jpg](http://i43.tinypic.com/2i8ao1k.jpg) ![http://i42.tinypic.com/1zya59u.jpg](http://i42.tinypic.com/1zya59u.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/24 "2013-06-26T17:21:04Z")
> [@Car storage V. Heated floors good or bad?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-storage-v-heated-floors-good-or-bad/53050/9): > > Damn E man, so much respect. > Where are you at with your lifts? (Bench/DL/Squat) Don’t train like that anymore so who knows. I’m a bodybuilder not a power lifter so numbers mean nothing to me right now. In the past maybe when my ego got in the way. ---
**Author:** ![QuickLT1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/eada6e/32.png) [@QuickLT1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/QuickLT1)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/25 "2013-06-26T17:26:24Z")
> [@PRE-cooler, v.turbo honda](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pre-cooler-v-turbo-honda/53058/16): > > i went backwards… i’m not posting pictures because it makes me sad This… Was 160-165 in HS. Got up to 220. I’m now at 209 dieting and walking. I work OT and eat big dinners out with the company. Still trying to eat healthy. Gotta start working out again. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/26 "2013-06-26T17:45:58Z")
> [@Details emerge on next-gen VW GTI, harder-edged GTI-R](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/details-emerge-on-next-gen-vw-gti-harder-edged-gti-r/53042/28): > > The now pic is old jellies , ill tag u in the pic u should use . ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/27 "2013-06-26T17:49:11Z")
> [@QuickLT1"](#): > > This… > > Was 160-165 in HS. Got up to 220. I’m now at 209 dieting and walking. I work OT and eat big dinners out with the company. Still trying to eat healthy. Gotta start working out again. I was 208 last summer and now Im 245-250 but Ive been working out much heavier and bulking up. I can lift a lot heavier than I used to now. At my heaviest I was 262 with no muscle mass at all. That was before I joined the gym in 2006. I walk every night and take a 20 mile bike ride on Sundays. ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/28 "2013-06-26T17:58:33Z")
> [@Captain Morgan"](#): > > def motivational for me aswell congrats bro! im 186 but have a gut and man tits that i really want to take care of i have a gym membership but im way too lazy at 5 to go ☹ Don’t get me wrong I’ve still got a little gut and man tit going as well. But I’m way better off than I was haha, I just like bad food too much to care about dropping any more weight lol. I’m happy where I’m at. ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/29 "2013-06-27T12:27:06Z")
I’m currently 3+ months strong going to the gym… gained about 10 pounds. Upped my bench about 70 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/30 "2013-06-28T15:27:17Z")
> [@PRE-cooler, v.turbo honda](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pre-cooler-v-turbo-honda/53058/10): > > Then (circa 2003-04) 19-20 yrs old: > ![http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/skierdood/null-2.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/a/3a49a019a7bc2e6d5180e933bd5c800755bbad20.jpeg) > ![http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/skierdood/null-6.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/0/d0ec764c1bc441e642ed9c18abf39dab75b925f8.jpeg) > Now 28 yrs old: > ![http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/skierdood/null-7.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/1/31ad95936afd9109577b1ce9405c749d545c5a50.jpeg) > ![http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/skierdood/null-5.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/6/c/6cd96f589c1691516392ac437b723d0da092af23.jpeg) > > I was a super fat ass until my early 20s. Don’t mean to quote this again but damn dude. This just gave me another shot of motivation. As of 3 weeks ago I started getting strict with my diet, not so much dieting but changing the way I eat and going the Paleo route. I’ve been eating like a horse but my energy levels are so much better, ive been a lot more active and dropped about 15lbs in the past 3 weeks… AND I CANT STOP EATING :rofl Regardless that just gives me more motivation to stick to it, its been tough prepping meals and plans but its nice to eat good and feel great every day and not want to fall on my ass by 5PM from food coma from eating shit all day ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/31 "2013-06-29T15:32:34Z")
> [@PRE-cooler, v.turbo honda](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pre-cooler-v-turbo-honda/53058/8): > > lets see some pics of you then, age in the late teens/early twenties and now > > this is me age 17(no shirt)-20(glasses) and now 29. > > [![http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s77/deadbeatrec/lol_zps9c646c9c.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/9/9/99464d877360e628ea722752ea445f0dbc90db4f.jpeg)](http://s149.photobucket.com/user/deadbeatrec/media/lol_zps9c646c9c.jpg.html) Dude. Teach me. ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/32 "2013-06-29T18:43:24Z")
Deadbeatrec, this is a serious question, does getting that big distort your tattoos at all? ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/33 "2013-06-29T19:02:15Z")
It makes them wave at ya ---
**Author:** ![JRubino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jrubino/32/6285_2.png) [@JRubino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JRubino)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/34 "2013-06-30T16:54:39Z")
> [@FS: 14" Nissan wheels w/tires](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-14-nissan-wheels-w-tires/52291/5): > > Deadbeatrec, this is a serious question, does getting that big distort your tattoos at all? I think all his work is fairly recent ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/35 "2013-07-01T04:42:10Z")
> [@FS: 14" Nissan wheels w/tires](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-14-nissan-wheels-w-tires/52291/5): > > Deadbeatrec, this is a serious question, does getting that big distort your tattoos at all? No, its when he’s old and everything sags that it becoems a problem :rofl. Was always somewhat curious about that though. I have seen some people who were pretty big or small when they got a tatoo and then body type changed and nothing looked really all that fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/36 "2013-07-01T06:59:26Z")
> [@JRubino"](#): > > I think all his work is fairly recent within the past 5 years. it will distort yes ---
**Author:** ![OhNoPOPO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ohnopopo/32/6344_2.png) [@OhNoPOPO](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OhNoPOPO)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/37 "2013-07-01T06:59:41Z")
2008 ![http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/tank099/369B5376-7D4B-4904-B076-87E207D174C6-14605-000005B713FBDF78_zpsb1780b9b.jpg](http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/tank099/369B5376-7D4B-4904-B076-87E207D174C6-14605-000005B713FBDF78_zpsb1780b9b.jpg) In Afghanistan ![http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/tank099/9BC109CA-61F5-4D74-BADE-6216B907D985-2926-0000012A9468F82C_zps130cfca4.jpg](http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/tank099/9BC109CA-61F5-4D74-BADE-6216B907D985-2926-0000012A9468F82C_zps130cfca4.jpg) Now ![http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/tank099/F63AB650-D06A-44A9-A39A-D6B9FB79192B-14605-000005B843E2DA3B_zpsd53fad6d.jpg](http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d32/tank099/F63AB650-D06A-44A9-A39A-D6B9FB79192B-14605-000005B843E2DA3B_zpsd53fad6d.jpg) Still got a lot of work ahead of me… But progress is still progress ---
**Author:** ![OhNoPOPO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ohnopopo/32/6344_2.png) [@OhNoPOPO](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OhNoPOPO)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/38 "2013-07-01T07:01:37Z")
> [@PJB"](#): > > Here John: > > then: > > now: Haha sorry fuzz that first one made me giggle … Ahh the good old days ---
**Author:** ![BDSKJChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@BDSKJChris](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDSKJChris)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/39 "2013-07-01T07:26:08Z")
I also went backwards, (desk jobs FTL), lots of motivation ITT, ive recentlly started eating right and once i get back down to my old weight im going to start lifting and staying in shape, (i figure i should match my habits to my current lifestyle so if i ever get out of the groove of regular excersize i wont immediately become a fat fuck again) ---
**Author:** ![jdaniels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdaniels/32/6399_2.png) [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299/40 "2013-07-01T09:05:51Z")
This thread has made me feel like a fat piece of shit again. Holy balls. People doin’ work ITT. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/then-and-now/267299.md?page=3)