M.J.: 16 lb down, 7 cm off his waist and a 1:58 half marathon

16.4 lblost (11st 4lb → 10st 1.6lb)

10.4%of bodyweight

7.1 cmoff the waist

14 cmoff waist and hips

12,458steps a day

Where he started

Waist and hips at their smallest, the rest at their biggest, in cm

Waist77.7 → 70.6-7.1 cm

Hips86.7 → 79.8-6.9 cm

Chest88.0 → 88.0Held

Shoulders41.4 → 41.4Held

Arm28.5 → 29.3+0.8 cm

Thigh51.6 → 53.8+2.2 cm

Calf33.3 → 33.8+0.5 cm

Weekly check-in scores out of 5

Energy

Start 3.5/5

Best 4.2/5

1 · No energy5 · Full of energy

Hunger

Start 2.4/5

Best 1.9/5

1 · Not hungry5 · Starving

Every win is tagged with where it came from.

Lowest weight of 141.6 lb, 16.4 lb down check-in log · 18 Jun 2026
"weighed when i got home and was 153 so even after a full day it wasnt too bad" check-in log · 20 Feb 2026
"weight is now under 143lbs." check-in · 6 Jun 2026
"Not gaining weight when there was zero cardio." check-in · 21 Aug 2026
Under 145 lb for the first time by mid April and held about 142 to 145 lb from late April to mid June check-in log

7.1 cm off his waist and 6.9 cm off his hips by July check-in log
"i am alot more confident in the gym now, running is alot easier. Back playing football and wasnt out of breathe once." check-in · 20 Mar 2026
Found rice cakes as his go to office snack instead of chocolate check-in log · 2 Mar 2026
Averaged over 14,000 steps a day from April to July check-in log

First kipping pull up check-in log · 17 Feb 2026
"pull ups are getting alot easier, no more fear of anything" check-in log · 24 Feb 2026
"Able to do 80% toes to bar now so really getting there." check-in log · 2 Mar 2026
"ring muscle ups are becoming easier." check-in log · 3 Mar 2026
"5k sub25 parkrun" check-in log · 21 Mar 2026
"new Deadlift PB 115KG" check-in · 4 Apr 2026
"Longest run I've ever done 7.5k PB" check-in · 10 Apr 2026
"Pull ups are solid now." check-in · 24 Apr 2026
"Definitely pull ups are just shockingly good now" check-in · 19 Jun 2026
"70kg back squat PB" check-in log · 20 Apr 2026
"ards 10k race. first 10k 51:17." check-in log · 8 May 2026
"Murph 2026. Full send!!!" check-in log · 23 May 2026
5k parkrun PB of 23:20 check-in log · 6 Jun 2026
"Lisburn 10k. 50.55 PB" check-in log · 17 Jun 2026
"47.37 10k PB" check-in log · 19 Jun 2026
"ards half Marathon....1:58" and "yes I'll be doing it again." check-in log · 26 Jun 2026
"first ever toes to bar properly tonight AND! got right up to the wall doing handstands." check-in log · 8 Jul 2026
Completed the 7x7s, 11 hours 20 minutes on his feet check-in log · 5 Sep 2026
Ran the Belfast half marathon check-in log · 20 Sep 2026
"4th place in church CrossFit comp." check-in log · 3 Oct 2026

"First rx workout, nothing crazy but no afraid anymore to give it a go." check-in · 27 Mar 2026
"Honestly just over the moon with how I'm doing." check-in · 10 Apr 2026
"I think really it's all starting to click. Not being gassed out after every work out." check-in · 17 Apr 2026
"No longer fearing bar work anymore as well as the rig." check-in · 18 Jul 2026
"only 9 cals over and kept to 1600 even when I wanted a feed." check-in log · 19 Mar 2026
"yea maybe I can do this half marathon....." check-in log · 11 Jun 2026
"largest about of kals taken all year it won't be happening again. back to the normal rhythm tomorrow" check-in log · 26 May 2026
"improvements needed. we reset and go again." check-in log · 3 Oct 2026