Merry meet

misskaela206

Hi folks,

Just wanted to introduce myself, I'm Kaela, I hail from Seattle, WA but currently living in North Carolina. My fitness journey is not so much focused on losing weight, but mostly body fat. I gained quite a bit of body fat during my pregnancy which was 4 years ago, so I'm finally getting back on the ball.

I grew up with an inactive lifestyle, other than riding my bicycle all over the city of Seattle on a daily basis. That was more transportation than exercise. I spent almost 5 years in the Army before I asked for a discharge because of my pregnancy.. I used being a new or working mother as an excuse to be lazy.

Never tracked my diet until I noticed that it was starting to catch up with me, luckily I've been able to use this website to motivate myself to get active. On inactive days I was just barely capable of staying under my calorie limits. Now that I've recently worked my way up to two workouts a day, I don't have to worry so much and wind up way under my allowances.

I started my workout routines using the P.I.N.K. Method, and that was very successful. I did not use the diet plan, but the workouts have helped me get to where I am today. I didn't even have this kind of strength and endurance after boot camp 8 years ago.

My routines have consisted of the following over the course of the last 4 months:

-Started off using level 1, 3 times a week.
-Then I began to add yoga in on the other two days of the week.
-Advanced to level 2 using the same routine.
-Moved to to level 3, 5 days a week.
-I do two workouts a day now, I'm currently still using the level 2-3 DVD's along with workouts on fitnessglo(dot)com every day, as well as either Yoga, Pilates or Belly Dancing.

So far I'm not seeing any weight difference, only a little gain and then loss but I've already lost 2 1/2 inches off my waist, and I have a butt now, so that's nice.

I'm not sure what my goals are at the moment, I'm not a supporter of media beauty standards, I enjoy eating what I want, I workout to earn that food that I like. I have some belly fat I'd like to see go, I've got some pants I'd like to fit in to but basically I just want to be happy.

xxghost

Welcome to MFP! Your progress so far is so impressive. Well done!
The P.I.N.K method sounds interesting. I've never heard of it before!

misskaela206

Thanks, yes it's great program and perhaps even more valuable if you use the diet plan along with it.