My journey to a healthy life. This is my progress:

TinaZ2018

Calorie_Counting_K wrote: »

Wow amazing! I am just starting out do u have any tips pls or are u on instagram pls? X

Hi! Thank you! I don't have Instagram.
- clean eating
- weight and introduce everything in MFP
- 25% calorie deficit (this applies to your TDEE)
- workout 4-5 times a week, 75% strength/resistance and 25% cardio. In the rest days do yoga/stretching, preferably for flexibility
- eat you daily calorie goal
- hit your macros goals too (I advise 40% carbs, 30% proteins and fats)... after I increased my protein intake in March I saw big changes
- take monthly photos for progress comparison
- plan and prepare your workouts, your meals, everything (I plan and register my meals 4-5 days in advance and I prepare the workout schedule for the entire month
- be organized and don't compromise
- don't let your body go into routine... change the type of workouts and/or intensity monthly
- allow yourself an indulging day per month
- don't impose to yourself absurd restrictions.. eat just about anything but the healthy version and in small portions (I eat daily something sweet but it's usually protein pancake, protein bar, protein shake, fruits)
- learn to be disciplines because you won't feel like working out every time
- cook delicious and diverse meals, this way you won't crave for what others are eating
- drink plenty of water (2-3 liters)
- try to stay in contact with people that have the same fitness goals (the support and motivation matter a lot)
- read and learn about everything (I've learned so much about sport and nutrition in this journey... people are simply to lazy to search, learn and apply)
- set a few major long-time goals and many little ones (they will give you a confidence and motivation boos when you'll achieve them)

This is it for the start. :-) Good luck!

TinaZ2018

Progress update:

thkdiffgirl wrote: »

You kook fantastic! You must be sooo proud, good for you on those push ups keep inspiring me, you do. My scale won’t budge...but workout quite a bit...so such is my journey

Thank you! I really do feel really proud. My mom is shocked because I had no interest at all in any sports (not even walk in the park) all my life and now I workout 5-6 days a week and look like this. What I see in the mirror motivates me to do even more.

TinaZ2018

@miss_zita_2020 thank you so much!

TinaZ2018

I am so happy with my progress! The photos from this weekend are gorgeous but as I'm in a thong, I can't risk being warned again about Community's guidelines, so that's why I've censored them a bit.
I'm also very stressed and nervous for the last 1.3 kg that I have to lose until the end of June. This last bit is the harderest. I really want to fit in the deadline and be 57 kg (the last time I had this weight was in 2010).
Meanwhile I started a chin-ups challenge. I can only hang now but hopefully I will gain strength, like it happened with the push-ups. :-)
I also started rope jumping.

As a follow-up on a discussion from Facebook, I started trying some yoga poses. It seems that the little stretching I've done twice a week worked wonders, so I've made a 6 months flexibility challenge. Join me! :-)
Maybe for once in my life I'll be able to do the splits. :-)

Forum thread: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10798516/tinas-6-months-yoga-flexibility-challenge/p1?new=1

thkdiffgirl

Thanks for sharing the yoga poses! Stretchimg is key!

mynameisnobody1990

Such a transformation! you look incredible

TinaZ2018

mynameisnobody1990 wrote: »

Such a transformation! you look incredible

Thank you!

TinaZ2018

Hmmm... I just noticed that instead of the progress for 4.5 months I wrote 5.5. Ooops. :-)
Meanwhile.... I've conquered my first yoga pose from the challenge. The Deaf man's pose:

TravisJHunt

Wow is all I can say. Amazing!

MidlifeCrisisFitness

Superstar

vaman

More wow😀

sheena_shewell

Huge difference! Well done!

PAFC84

Congratulations on what you’ve achieved in the last two years.

TinaZ2018

TravisJHunt wrote: »

Wow is all I can say. Amazing!

Thank you!

TinaZ2018

KHMcG wrote: »

Superstar

Hey... Thanks! Thought you forgot about me. :-)
Nice to see you. I hope you are well!

TinaZ2018

vaman wrote: »

More wow😀

Thanks! :-)

TinaZ2018

sheena_shewell wrote: »

Huge difference! Well done!

Thank you! :-)

TinaZ2018

PAFC84 wrote: »

Congratulations on what you’ve achieved in the last two years.

Thank you! Many bumps in the road... 2018 pretty much ended up in failure but I've cleaned up my act. :-)

TinaZ2018

Pogostickers wrote: »

Wow that is really inspiring! Pretty awesome and I hope to get there one day too.

Thank you! You sure will. :-)

TinaZ2018

Hi!
If I were to put a title for my last 6 months journey, it would be 'From cow to wow!'. No disrespect to anyone or to the cows. I love them. But have you seen how they just sit in there comfort zone and chew all day? That was me. Sit, eat, sleep, repeat. I usually write VERY long posts so I'll try to keep it short.
All my life I've been lazy when it comes to sports (cause I always hated them) and brought the sedentary life to the rang of art. I was eating poorly and with no limit. I was well for a while but along with age, health issues started to appear (ankle pain, back pain, a pain in the back of my knee for which I couldn't find the cause... I was popping ibuprofen like candies, so I've ruined my stomach too).
On Saturday I've cried of happiness because I've touched my goal weight and didn't know if I really have it in me. The last time I had this weight 10 years ago. I couldn't stop crying because it haven't been just weight loss but I've also put on some lean mass, making the scale go down slower.
My birthday is on January 11th. In the first days of the year, depressed and disgusted of how I looked, feeling older than I was, I've contemplated about the situation I'm in and asked myself how long I'll indulge my bad ways. So I've decided to change my life into a healthy and active one and so I did starting January 12th.
I had no strength and endurance so I couldn't workout with dumb bells, or do a knee push-up, or... do anything that meant exercising with some weight. Climbing the stairs felt like dyeing.
With eating clean, calorie counting, a 25% calorie deficit, increasing the protein and working out at home I've managed to lose 8.2 kg this year and 10.8 kg in total from my heaviest self in 2018.
I've also put on some muscle mass. Yesterday I worked on my before-after photos and they are worth a thousand words. There's no diet that will do what a healthy and active life style will do for you... I was looking at the one month (only for the last month!) progress photo with my arm and I can actually see muscles shyly showing! That must be the push-ups/chin-ups training and increasing my dumb bells weight. :-)
From the start I've worked on my discipline because I knew I'm doing something I dislike and it will be very hard. I've worked on my mindset, my patience and perseverance and it has paid off. I've meal-prepped, I've prepared my workout schedule 1 month in advance and I've set many short-term and long-term goals (I'm happy to let you know that I've achieved most of them before the deadline and some are still pending with due date end of the year).
During the lock-down I saw my biggest opportunity and pushed myself to the max. Sometime at the end of March something happened inside me and I started to enjoy working out. I was looking forward to do my morning workout and on the rest days I felt like something was missing.
I've chanced SO much inside-out. I really feel WOW! and it shows. Leaving aside the improved looks which regained back some of my self confidence, my blood tests turned out perfectly, I haven't been depressed in months, I generally feel joyful, I've inspired MANY people around me to start exercising and to change their lives, I have a healthy life style group that after less than two weeks has 400 members without me sending invites (who knew so many people were following my posts?) and I've never in my life thought that I'll become an example of living healthy through proper nutrition and working out.
I feel incredibly happy and my main purpose now is to keep pushing myself, test my limits and achieve new goals.
Thank all of you for the support and encouragement! ❤️

Photos will follow.