I found it at a Swedish version of Fark (http://www.fark.com)called buzz (http://buzz.bazooka.se)about 2 weeks ago. Been coming almost every day since that to watch John's progress and to get inspired.

How did you find out about this place?

On an online forum in October.

Saw a link on kottke.org (http://www.kottke.org).

I found it from http://www.yayhooray.com .

found it on &totse fitness forum

I found it on a link from the bodybuilding.com forums.

I found this site when John posted a lik to it on the Home Theater Forum a couple weeks ago. Since then, I've been reading about his transformation and investigating what I can do to get in shape. Another good research is the forum and articles at bodybuilding.com.

What HT forum was that? AVS?

I came across it about a month ago in a cycling forum..

What HT forum was that? AVS?

Hi Chris. It was the HTF (http://hometheaterforum.com).

Here (http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177016) is the specific thread to which I was referring.

I found a link on the fitness boards at menshealth.co.uk

The wife and I have taken great heart at the success that is obviously possible.

Andrew.

I also found it from Buzz a couple of weeks ago..

I started visiting his site about half a year ago because a friend recommended it for motivation, I still look at the site atleast a few times a week for inspiration.

I honestly dont remember how I found the url! Ive been visiting John's site daily since the first week of November. His site, and willingness to respond to emails, etc, is what prompted me to get off my butt and get in the gym.

I found it on a link from the bodybuilding.com forums...

Read about John in the norwegian newspaper www.vg.no
Saw the website and thought i'd drop by..

Got linked to the site from Fark.com

A colleague send me a link last week. Got hooked right away, and is now coming back daily.

yep, I read about John at Fark too. I was absolutely astounded at his weekly photos.

I found a link on the best Swedish dvd forum called http://www.dvdforum.nu
;)

Check it out!

I read about John in the norwegian newspaper www.vg.no

Same here.

A buddy sent me the link from fark.com (a hint I think...)

I found it at a Swedish version of Fark (http://www.fark.com)called buzz (http://buzz.bazooka.se)about 2 weeks ago. Been coming almost every day since that to watch John's progress and to get inspired.

How did you find out about this place?

The best/worst site on the web... http://www.fark.com

I am motivated to get going on making a new me. Thank you, John, for this inspiration.

I'm pretty sure I found the link on the Mens Health magazine message boards. I was skeptical, but I was blown away by John's transformation. Truly inspriational. Got me starting a program!

Like a few of you, I discovered this site from a link on the bodybuilding.com forums. I was pleased to discover that John uses a lot of the same principles in his training that I do myself. I was never in the position to see such amazing results, nor was I ever particularly motivated to strive to achieve my goals. After seeing John's results, I had all the motivation I needed; I knew that following my plans would yield results. So far, so good. :)

So there you have it. That's why I'm here, and I plan to stay as long as John does.

i found this site from http://forum.bodybuilding.com which is another great resource for people wanting to lose weight/bulk up, or just live healthy!

I found it when I saw the link posted on Fark.

I found it on a random BLOG I was reading.

Found it when i was in bed after having all my wisdom teeth removed.

Has motivated the crap out of me..

Saw it on VG in Norway. Okay all you guys and gals at TINE lets get motivated!

Bill Crazy Canadian

Signing in from Portugal, and I found the link to John's website, amazingly, in a portuguese Hardware/Software Forum...

I have been greatly inspired by this website, no just to emulate his deeds, but to show myself how strong our will is...

Congratulations!

i found it in the bodybuilding.com page
transformation of the month
his story by far is the best i ever read.
got hooked and motivated since august, 2003
what really got me believing was the pictures, thats what really got me going
with that i really knew that it can be done, and im proudly to say that my abs are starting to show, ive lost 40 pounds, just doing whats hes doing
my life has changed totally, thanks john...
greetings to all from puerto rico

Must blame fark for me finding this site. However, it was an omen. I had already decided to join Weight Watchers and the club started on Tuesday. Turns out fark came out with his site on the same Tuesday. I saw his transformation and said to myself, this is an omen. You are destined to lose weight!

A friend that I work with sent me the link. We were discussing getting in shape and then he emailed me the link to John's before and after pictures and needless to say that inspired me.

the before and after pics were on a web log i read, nothing at all to do with fitness but it still got posted.

I think the great thing about the coverage Johns got is how many people outside fitness are comming here and getting inspired, most of them would probably never have visited a fitness site.

I first found it through a thread at a forum I regularly visit back in May last year.
Link (http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1045594)

I had been trying to lose some weight for a while and seeing the progress John made enabled me to motivate myself better.

I am now about 35lbs lighter than when I first read that thread.

John's thread at the forums at Anandtech.

I've lost 22 pounds and dropped from 22% to 12% body fat over the past 6 months. :db:

I also found his site through the bobybuilding.com forums, been visiting it since May.

bodybuilding.com back in June...

bodybuilding.com back in June...

Similar....Bodybuilding.com in July, been visiting the site a couple of time a week since then.

Marcus

A couple of friends and I were discussing our workout routines about 8 -9 months ago in IRC, and one of my friends linked the site, and I checked it out, then quickly bookmarked it.... This was back when John was still in his cutting phase... After that I checked the site almost every morning since, to read John's motivational morning updates! =)

Oh, I'm an internet stalker!

Actually, I found it one day by searching for other people's home theater setups. I built mine on the cheap, and i wanted to see how it stacked up...

I believe you cannot have a home theater without having a home gym. I mean, if you're going to be sitting around watching movies, you need to do something, right?

Although mine has plenty of bass response, i covet John's subwoofer.

Wow, am I the only one here from cgtalk?

www.cgtalk.com
Specific thread is: http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=116197&highlight=hero

Suprised there isn't more of us here, a lot of comp geeks there who seemed interesting in "getting back into shape"

for those of you here related in the computer industry, cgtalk is one of the largest forums out there for Computer Graphics, specifically 3d...

:flex:

I folllowed a link from a golf equipment forum - www.4gea.com
They were discussing Darren Clarke's recent weight loss, and someone posted a link to John's site. That was in early Jan 04, and I've been a regular visitor since.

Originally linked here from

wwww.fazed.net

I came through Fark, and was completely shocked by Johns progress. At the time I had just started to prepare for a High Scool senior boys competition (bodybuilding + talent). Through John I realized just what I needed to do to get where I wanted to be in time for the competition. Now I've lost 14lbs of fat since since 1/22/04, 40lbs period since May, 2003, and am still going strong. Thanks John!

I was referred by a member at www.short-media.com

I'll add a new one here: www.collegehumor.com.
They publish a list of "HotLinks!" of funny and amazing stuff from the web. John's link was listed as: "I officially proclaim this guy King of New Year's Resolutions."
I was astounded. I've read every word on the site (it's hard to keep up with the forums though). As a fellow geek, I more than appreciate his detailed tracking and analysis of tons of information. Information density of this magnitude is orgiastic.
John's helped inspire me, and although I've been a long time fitness guy, I'm deeply grateful for seom of the legwork he did with research, spreadsheets, and such. I'm also excited and thankful that he seems to have reached a niche demographic that is usually not at all interested in good health. Thanks John!

I found out about from the Metallica forums. Someone there posted a link to here.

I found about it by reading a post that I think was his in bodybuilding.com forums. I think its pretty sweet that I found this site and these forums at a time when I needed them, and yet so close to the forums opening. This is still fresh, but I feel may grow just like us.

I was already training and thinking about eating smart. I was just overloaded with information. I found this site, and and John's story. Well, heres a guy who clearly has already done the research The site was just his story and routine, and he had results! After reading Max-OT and HIIT, i understand the principles and believe that they are effective. I have started training on both. After reading these forums and analysing his diet, I adopted it and just changed it a little.

The first day hurt me, but I can do this. I will slim down and grow.
It has already begun!

His link was posted in the newspaper the Houston Chronicle in Janauary 2004. And then a couple of weeks later his link was in an e-mail from FHM.com. The tag line used was tied in with New Year's resolutions and losing your gut.

"Yahoo! picks" once featured this site and I followed it.

A friend emailed it to me because he knew that I was dieting and trying to get in better shape. Not quite sure where he found it, but I am glad I am here. It is a great motivation to see what is possible.

I found it on Fark the day after John's anniversary. I usually don't look at all of the Fark links but I just happened to come across this one that day. I'm glad I found it!

I read it in the forums at wannabebig.com, I found wannabebig.com through a search on google specific to dieting.

Glad I found it. As soon as I did I put it in favourites and watched Johns changes...

Amazing.

I saw it at www.sportbikes.com in a post by a guy that couldn't believe the change so fast. Made me think i may even be able to pull something like this off if i tried =)

someone posted a link to here in misc.fitness.weights awhile back when I was reading it for a few days. I hate that newsgroup, though; nothing but flame-wars. ugh. but I'm glad it got me here! otherwise I'd probably still be flailing around trying to get in shape mostly by accident.

"Yahoo! picks" once featured this site and I followed it.

same here

From a thread on Bodybuilding.com as well as the Home Theater Forum (the HTF was where I first learned about this site). I've been visiting John's site off and on since he first posted it (been visiting it at least three times a week since he reached his goal; now I'm visiting once a day). Now I'm getting up off my arse and doing what's necessary to lose the last 45 lbs. to get to my goal.

Fark is my friend :)

www.bodybuilding.com
transformation of the month winner
i think john should update again
i think he would win it again..

I googled something july 04 about.. something nutrition-wise.. i think i was trying to figure out calories that i should be eating for my weight, etc.

It directed me to the forums, then i found the main site, then i found his food logs and pictures - came back everyday after that.

A buddy I work with found it when John first started posting his transformation pics... he emailed me the website to check it out.

yahoo pics. i cant believe more people read fark than yahoo. i guess yahoo pics werent too poplular because i dont see the link on the homepage anymore.

just as an FYI in suppliment to badgolfer's post: i've never heard of fark before reading it on this thread today :) maybe its more popular in the UK?

I'll add a new one here: www.collegehumor.com.
They publish a list of "HotLinks!" of funny and amazing stuff from the web. John's link was listed as: "I officially proclaim this guy King of New Year's Resolutions."

Yup, same here. I remember seeing the before and after at the time and thinking "whoa..."

Since then I'm down roughly 40-ish pounds - who says the internets aren't good for you? :)

Found it from here:

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/couch_potato_to_bodybuilder/ (Museum of Hoaxes)

(The good news is that they believe you, John :nod: )

About a year ago on Fark. I never go to Fark anymore, but I'm still going here (after a short hiatus).

Mine was purely by accident. I wanted to see "Before"/"After" shots of people and so I tried searching Google with general names and before/after. I tried: Bill before after weight loss, etc....and then I tried the name "John" and wa-laa. lol

ABCBodybuillding.com....of all places. That's a pretty serious crowd over there. The poster on ABC was almost apologetic for mentioning John's site.

Ask me when the last time was I was at ABC. Go ahead...ask. Never mind asking, I'll tell you. Months and months. I'm here every day.

I don't remember exactly. I know it was in early 2004. I am almost sure I read about it in a Houston Chronicle article. The photos were amazing, convincing, and inspiring, along with everything else John had said on-line up to that time.

I even registered, and memory nags at me, fuzzy, but I believe I even posted once or twice. But I don't remember what name I gave myself, or my password! (I hope John purges member names for those disorganized and forgetful souls like me! :o )

But I didn't visit again for months, until late 2004 or even New Year weekend of 2005. This time it was just by memory suddenly serving me instead of tormenting me: I just remembered, "Johnstonefitness."

I won't forget this time! I expect to stay joined with this movement much more closely from now on. -Martin

I found it through a blog that was actually making fun of John over a year ago. And since I clicked on the link I've been hooked on JSF ever since.

About a year ago on Fark. I never go to Fark anymore, but I'm still going here (after a short hiatus).

Glad to see your visiting again, Freemason. :tu:

The health section of a Final Fantasy forum.

1FastGTX referred me to the site after I posted a question about bulking on a BFL Yahoo message group. :)

I got here from a post on the Men's Health message boards in late 2003. How about you guys?

Someone posted a link to his www site years ago in a BFL Yahoo Group I am a member of. This was before he had his forums. I remember being super impressed both by John's transformation and by his awesome daily picture archive. I would visit every so often, until one day I saw he had his own forum. :)

I can't even remember anymore. :( It wasn't through Fark or Men's Fitness or the bodybuilding.com write-up. I think I may have just stumbled on it randomly while looking for fitness information.

I don't really remember how I found it, but I'm glad I did. :tu:

John-

Thanks for merging the thread. I thought there might be something like this out already, but I couldn't find it. :tu:

I found it as twowiresthin.com before there were forums, sometime in 2003. I guess I found it searching for fitness sites.

I joined the forums in 2004, but used my last name as part of my login name and never posted with it. :o :lol:

Anyone remember members when they were newbies? I do. I remember when Doordude just joined, and when chicanerous had like 200 posts. :D

I was googling various fitness info, and links to this site kept popping up...so I checked it out and signed up (you used to have to be a member to access certain forums). I thought I'd mainly be a lurker so I just picked the first handle that came to mind...but here I am, more than a year later. :tucool:

Anyone remember members when they were newbies? I do. I remember when Doordude just joined, and when chicanerous had like 200 posts. :DI remember chicanerous when he had 200 posts. His advice was whack! Well, not really, but I don't completely agree with all of it anymore. ;) I'm sure that's the case with a lot of us.

I remember when doordude first joined too. Actually I remember not liking him! :eek: But, he grew on me quickly and I've learned to love the ol' bugger since then. ;)

I honestly can't remember exactly how I found the site. It either had to be google searches or a BB.com post. Probably googling something supplement related. I know I was floored by the site though.:)

I remember chicanerous when he had 200 posts. His advice was whack! Well, not really, but I don't completely agree with all of it anymore. ;) I'm sure that's the case with a lot of us.

I remember when doordude first joined too. Actually I remember not liking him! :eek: But, he grew on me quickly and I've learned to love the ol' bugger since then. ;)

Haha. Well actually, I did listen to your advice. I remember you were like the only one who replied to a thread I posted (I don't remember what about though). I remember you had an avatar of some kid in a funny hat with goggles (I think) sitting on a beach or on snow or something like that.

Haha. Well actually, I did listen to your advice. I remember you were like the only one who replied to a thread I posted (I don't remember what about though). I remember you had an avatar of some kid in a funny hat with goggles (I think) sitting on a beach or on snow or something like that.
:lol: Yeh, that was me. Well, whatever the advice was, your fitness has turned out good so it can't have been all that bad! ;)

Anyone else want to jump in here and reminisce?

Funny -- I remember Chicanerous's avatar too when I first joined up .... It looked like some anime chick or something. I also remember thinking "wow, that is the smartest 17-year old I've ever seen. At least 50 times more informed than I was at that age". :tucool:

I remember when doordude first joined too. Actually I remember not liking him! But, he grew on me quickly and I've learned to love the ol' bugger since then.

I remember awhile back suddenly noticing DD's postcount and being a little shocked. He had like 3 times more posts than I did and had only been on the board a couple of months. :spaz:

I was googling 'workout progress pic' and found it.

:lol: Yeh, that was me. Well, whatever the advice was, your fitness has turned out good so it can't have been all that bad! ;)

Anyone else want to jump in here and reminisce?

Haha.
Yea that's the pic. Wow this brings back memories. :D

I remember chicanerous had a nice acrobatic strength pose as his avatar for awhile.

This was mine for the first six months

I read an article about John in the swedish newspaper aftonbladet (http://www.aftonbladet.se) about two years ago.

/PJ

I dont remember how I found the site, but undoubtedly it was from a bb.com post or something of the like as I was a lurker on several boards prior to this one. I think I have been around JSF now for at least 2.5 years...I remember when John was really skinny...but still looked good since he had lost so much weight, but I was actually just thinking this morning looking at his DEC. pics that he looked sick when he was skinny compared to now...

My post count does not reflect my time around the boards as I am rather sporadic in my posting. Sometimes I post very little other times I post quite a bit...lately I have been getting my kicks around here just watching DoorDude stir it up and how he and Wh0 go back and forth...

My screen name was the first thing that came to mind as a co-worker of mine at the time had just called me that...

I found it while searching for the recipe for protein pancakes. What luck!

I remember when doordude first joined too. Actually I remember not liking him! :eek: But, he grew on me quickly and I've learned to love the ol' bugger since then. ;)

yah me too, it was called last Tuesday. :D i kid! i kid! one of my fav. JSF'ers he is.

I found JSF thru a site i used to Mod on, Xeebra.com a techie website. I modded (and probably still do come to think of it) our Gettin Fit board cuz i thought thats an important topic in the heavily junk food'ed world of computers. I had been working out for a couple years already so i had made some progress, mostly mass, still lots o' body fat, and one of the other users posted a link to JSF to check out Johns progress.

been hooked ever since.

goodness.

i can't even remember.

i remember duckman and andi, though.

i remember duckman and andi, though.

sounds like a cartoon show, or an early morning talk radio show :lol:

I was doing some online "pre-shopping research" for new rack or smith machine and someone mentioned the CONAN CN1. 2 weeks later, I googled (or did I Yahoo search? Can't remember) and found John's site and learned about the TITAN. Been hooked ever since! :tucool:

+ back when i first joined, i thought TheLemonSong was a fitness expert because he had so many posts.
i felt "honored" to have him reply to one of my threads :lol:

+ i also thought 1fastgtx and swolecat were "too big", but now it's where i'd like to be somday.

+ chicanerous never had 200 posts.
he always had above 1000 for as long as i can remember, he's been here a while.

+ doordude is pretty new here - i never noticed him until i saw his progress pics.

+ i thought petebdawg was 70 yrs old for some reason.

what is this John Stone Fitness site you all are referring to?

I only came across this site because I was looking for new avatar pics of wh0areume.

+ back when i first joined, i thought TheLemonSong was a fitness expert because he had so many posts.
i felt "honored" to have him reply to one of my threads :lol:


This is really funny. When I was new here, everyone else was too and no one had 1000's of posts. I wonder what the new people now, think when someone with 1000's of posts responds to them.

I remember when Duckman made a morph between his face and johnny depp's because people tell him they look a like. A few people gave him a hard time about it and got banned. I think it was the first banning.

I remember when Swolecat first came on the scene and ruffled some feathers, by bringing a more bodybuilder mindset vs fitness. He had a big following with his clients (supirman and others), and the forum, at least the nutrition and weight lifting section became a little divided between swolecat dogma, as put forth by his clients rather bluntly and other users. John actually had to step in some to keep things in check. Swolecat was gone for a while and of course has come back with avengence. I definitely think for the better.

I remember when the first sponsor was added and the flak John took.

I remember when wh0uareme, had 50 posts, and, jerry seinfeld was his avatar and he made reference to a certain laser precise yogurt over and over again.

I remember when Duckman made a morph between his face and johnny depp's because people tell him they look a like. A few people gave him a hard time about it and got banned. I think it was the first banning.

If I remember correctly, he DID look like Johhny Depp? Or was it that HE thought he did and everyone else thought he didn't?

I'm confused.:confused:

But to reply to the thread topic: someone posted a link on Craigslist for JSF and was asking about John's tan/hair/haircut/boxers at the time.

i havnt been here long enough to see much from duckman.

TheLemonSong was the first one ever to reply to my first thread asking for advice, only to tell me against fasted cardio due to the catabolism danger. Another member, don't remember who, agreed with him. I believed them, but kept doing my fasted cardio because I liked it. Running was a goal itself.

First time I ever saw this site was way before the forums and john was just starting his program, I opened the page from menshealth.com and saw pictures of an over-weight guy, I looked at the site for a minute then I left. I then came across it months later, and to my surprise the same guy was getting more toned up and then I book marked his site because I looked around the site and began liking it and wondering why I didn't look around more back when he first started. :D

I remember when the first sponsor was added and the flak John took.

I remember when wh0uareme, had 50 posts, and, jerry seinfeld was his avatar and he made reference to a certain laser precise yogurt over and over again.

I remember when the forums had no sponsors! I left before wh0 joined. I came back over a year later and resumed posting. I have like 12 posts before I left. I had pretty much nothing to contribute to the forums back then.

If I remember correctly, he DID look like Johhny Depp? Or was it that HE thought he did and everyone else thought he didn't?

Well he sort of looked like johnny depp.
http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/showthread.php?t=2069

Most people I think knew he was just messing around, but some people thought he was serious and gave him a hard time.

But actually he looked a hell of a lot more like Kevin Smith.
http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/showthread.php?t=1842

Duckman was from the company that did a complete redesign of the main site. Remember the rain like background that John's main site use to have? anyone?

I found JSF through google, searching for fitness forums.

I found this site from browsing the BB.com forums if I remember correctly. I can never be too sure cause I'm a click monkey, I click almost everything I see. ;)

I did a search for "clean eating" on Google, and ended up here.

Zack the dog told my cat Annabelle who in turn told me.:D

Zack the dog told my cat Annabelle who in turn told me.:D

:lol: :lol: :lol:
A conspiracy of pets....

i found it back when john was fat....in the 'twowiresthin' days. wow....a little less than 3 years ago

Zack the dog told my cat Annabelle who in turn told me.:D

Hmmmm, I always imagined the conversation between a cat and dog to be more like "If you EVER come down outta that tree, your ass is mine!":p

i found it back when john was fat....in the 'twowiresthin' days. wow....a little less than 3 years ago

Yeah thats when I found johns site too lol

Bluestreak told me about it... I had seen it up on his computer screen dozens of times before I asked him about it and he sent me a link... he had mentioned it a few times before he sent the link too, I just hadn't really been interested, until I came here and saw how positive it was... I used to log in to BB.com but it was so negative in there that I couldn't stand it and quit going to that board.. I'm really glad I decided to check this site out :tu:


itsn't that lazer yogurt supposed to be better for you :p :lol:

I found JSF through google, searching for fitness forums.

ditto for me too.

Hemang.

Hmmmm, I always imagined the conversation between a cat and dog to be more like "If you EVER come down outta that tree, your ass is mine!":p


Nah. Zack is GTX's dog. He's very well behaved AND polite just like Chris.:D

Friday, 16 January 2004
I saw this linked on some /. esque website.

I remember thinking John looked better before he went on his first bulk attempt. :lol:

[QUOTE=Coachese]If I remember correctly, he DID look like Johhny Depp? Or was it that HE thought he did and everyone else thought he didn't?

I'm confused.:confused:QUOTE]


I dont recall exactly, I just remember he posted some pics of his house and I thought it was a pretty sweet place...he really seemed to be living the great bachelor life...I know he is still around here at times...it would be good to hear from him.

Also remember Supirman...I think he may have gotten himself banned on purpose because he thought he was spending too much time on the boards at work and not getting anything done. I thought I remembered it being a self destruct type of deal...I am sure the thread it went down in is around still somewhere. I wonder how his marriage is going, I think he was supposed to be married by now. :confused:

Also remember Supirman...I think he may have gotten himself banned on purpose because he thought he was spending too much time on the boards at work and not getting anything done. I thought I remembered it being a self destruct type of deal...I am sure the thread it went down in is around still somewhere. I wonder how his marriage is going, I think he was supposed to be married by now. :confused:I randomly found and exchanged a few words with Supirman at the beginning of October. He seemed to be doing good and is still lifting. :tucool: I didn't ask him about his marriage or his JSF ban, of course.

I randomly found and exchanged a few words with Supirman at the beginning of October. He seemed to be doing good and is still lifting. :tucool: I didn't ask him about his marriage or his JSF ban, of course.

Really cool, that is good to hear. He seemed like a good guy other than his mischief here at JSF;)

He IMs me once in a while.

+ He's done with school and just got a really nice job
+ he recently decided to buy a toyota MR2 :lol: actually he bought a truck
+ he got fat
+ forgot what he said about the girl, but im under the assumption all is well.

I found out about JSF by a guy who suddenly sent me a message on Yahoo Messenger. His screen name was/is "spiritual matters". I've only heard from him once since then. It's kinda weird as hell actually. So, if anyone knows who this cat is, let me know...Mick

He IMs me once in a while.

+ He's done with school and just got a really nice job
+ he recently decided to buy a toyota MR2 :lol: actually he bought a truck
+ he got fat
+ forgot what he said about the girl, but im under the assumption all is well.

Thanks for the update...yeah he always thought he was fat, I think his perception of what "fat" really is was a little off...

Thanks for the update...yeah he always thought he was fat, I think his perception of what "fat" really is was a little off...
err... nope. i saw a progress picture.
he's easily in the 26% range.