Unexpected NSV today!

YouHadMyCuriosity

When I had restarted this journey, I had taken some mirror pictures for my "befores" in order to track progress. I was so embarrassed about having gained so much weight over my 3 months of travel that I didn't even have my husband take them for me, so I did not have a "before" of my backside (back, arms, legs, butt). I've been exercising and strength training for a couple months now, just starting to get into lifting heavy, and finally asked my husband to take a picture of the back of my body so that I could track my progress in the future.

When he handed me back the camera, I literally said "shut the **** up". I HAVE MUSCLE IN MY BACK. After not seeing a picture of myself that I've been happy with in a long time, I was just so ecstatic and surprised by how different my back and arms look from strength training. They look better than they did when I was 8 lbs slimmer! The cellulite on my thighs is a different story, but I'm just over the moon about my upper body right now.

Lift heavy guys, it seriously works wonders!

ScottF83

When I had restarted this journey, I had taken some mirror pictures for my "befores" in order to track progress. I was so embarrassed about having gained so much weight over my 3 months of travel that I didn't even have my husband take them for me, so I did not have a "before" of my backside (back, arms, legs, butt). I've been exercising and strength training for a couple months now, just starting to get into lifting heavy, and finally asked my husband to take a picture of the back of my body so that I could track my progress in the future.

When he handed me back the camera, I literally said "shut the **** up". I HAVE MUSCLE IN MY BACK. After not seeing a picture of myself that I've been happy with in a long time, I was just so ecstatic and surprised by how different my back and arms look from strength training. They look better than they did when I was 8 lbs slimmer! The cellulite on my thighs is a different story, but I'm just over the moon about my upper body right now.

Lift heavy guys, it seriously works wonders!

I started heavy lifting a month ago.

I've slowly been gaining weight which is worrying the hell out of me, but I know that I shouldn't be as it's either muscle growth and/or initial water retention!!

YouHadMyCuriosity

When I had restarted this journey, I had taken some mirror pictures for my "befores" in order to track progress. I was so embarrassed about having gained so much weight over my 3 months of travel that I didn't even have my husband take them for me, so I did not have a "before" of my backside (back, arms, legs, butt). I've been exercising and strength training for a couple months now, just starting to get into lifting heavy, and finally asked my husband to take a picture of the back of my body so that I could track my progress in the future.

When he handed me back the camera, I literally said "shut the **** up". I HAVE MUSCLE IN MY BACK. After not seeing a picture of myself that I've been happy with in a long time, I was just so ecstatic and surprised by how different my back and arms look from strength training. They look better than they did when I was 8 lbs slimmer! The cellulite on my thighs is a different story, but I'm just over the moon about my upper body right now.

Lift heavy guys, it seriously works wonders!

I started heavy lifting a month ago.

I've slowly been gaining weight which is worrying the hell out of me, but I know that I shouldn't be as it's either muscle growth and/or initial water retention!!

Have you been able to measure your body fat percentage? I've heard that is a great way to track your progress while you're lifting. I have to find a place out here that can do a measurement for me, because seeing the scale moving slowly is a little frustrating, though I can tell that my body is changing for the better.

ScottF83

I have tried the measuring tape method and the calliper method. Both give very different results. So I'm obviously doing one wrong and don't know which number to trust

Lizzy622

Great NSV!!! The number on the scale isn't always reliable but a picture is worth a thousand words.

MityMax96

I started heavy lifting a month ago.

I've slowly been gaining weight which is worrying the hell out of me, but I know that I shouldn't be as it's either muscle growth and/or initial water retention!!

Keep lifting heavy brother.
Just track things over 3 to 4 weeks, and see how things look

Have you figured out how many calories you need daily?

JNettie73

Congrats!!!! That is truly wonderful. I am happy for you!