First gym selfie A photo posted by Michael Beckwith (@tw2113) on Jan 23, 2016 at 2:01pm PST
To wrap up 2015, and to highlight the 30lbs I have shed since start, I wanted to post some various angle photos to show the progess thus far. Warning: They are shirtless
If you told me this time last year that I’d be on the path I’m on now, I’d be optimistic about my future, but also doubtful at the same time. Since my time in college, I’ve known that it’s possible, but situations are different and doubts about actually getting things going would have lingered. Fast…
Gotta keep this fun, and I’m great at at least amusing myself. With that said, and my recent acquisition of a Randy “Macho Man” Savage teeshirt, I’m declaring Mondays as “Macho Man Monday”. What this basically entails is that, as long as it’s clean, every Monday I wear the Macho Man teeshirt for my gym…
As per the request of my TermiTrainer, Jake, there will be less-frequent weight status updates in the sidebar. He wants me to only check once a week, on Monday morning. This is because throughout a given week, your weight will fluctuate depending on food/water in your body, etc. Checking it daily is essentially micromanaging it.…

Weight: 259lbs
Last updated: 2026-10-17
Cutting!
Gym rebirth date: 2026-09-21
Gym enrollment date: 2015-09-21
First trainer session: 2015-09-23
Small group class: HIIT. Personal training: strength and bodybuilding, 4 times/week