One Year of Photo-Logging (PICS INSIDE OBVS!!)

spunkychelsea

Amazing! Great Job!

SuperHero_Girl

Thank you to everyone for all your kind words and replies!! Sometimes I have a hard time believing that I've accomplished what I have or thinking of myself as an actual success story. Hopefully anyone who I've inspired will also succeed and pay it forward by inspiring others! :happy:

seltzermint555

CONGRATS!!! Your photos are so inspiring and awesome. I wish I had taken photos but I just couldn't bring myself to do it (HW 307 CW 173). When I see stuff like this, even if my transformation may not be quite as amazing it makes me wish I had better documentation!!!

SuperHero_Girl

CONGRATS!!! Your photos are so inspiring and awesome. I wish I had taken photos but I just couldn't bring myself to do it (HW 307 CW 173). When I see stuff like this, even if my transformation may not be quite as amazing it makes me wish I had better documentation!!!

Sometimes, when I found myself facing a rough patch, the photos were what inspired me to keep going.

Kate7294

Outstanding!

nyqueensguy

Your pics are so inspiring!! I've been trying for awhile to lose. Maybe your pics will help!

tchvala

Great job~What an achievement! I am hoping in a year that will be me! :flowerforyou:

steveyinasia

I never get tired of reading inspirational stories in here such as yours. Congratulations on your courage to post the pictures and even a bigger congratulations for sticking with your journey.......truly inspirational.

luvforever

You look fantastic! I love stories like yours because they give me hope, thank you for sharing!

Songbirdcw

Great job girlie! Truly inspirational!

optionalsourcewins

Wow, what an inspiration!!! Congratulations on such an awesome job!!!

SuperHero_Girl

Okay, for those of you who were wondering how I got so much definition in my arms, I spoke to my personal trainer today. He tells me that he believes at least part of it might be genetics, but as for the exercises we did that focused on building strength in my shoulders, well, it was a lot of weight lifting. I know some women shy away from weight lifting because they don't want to bulk up, but, unless you're somehow genetically pre-disposed to bulking up or you're taking some sort of enhancer with the intention of bulking up, it's just not that likely that you'll end up looking like you're on steroids.

My trainer intentionally did circuit training with me that changed slightly from week to week, and he have me do short reps to help me build up my strength, depending on the weight he had me lifting, we would usually do anything from 5-12 reps. He said that, around the time that he was focusing on my shoulders, we did a lot of bench pressing and drop sets, shoulder abductions, shoulder presses, curls and flies. Almost everything that was intended to be shoulder-strengthening was weight lifting of one type or another.

Basically the short answer is lift weights and do short reps if you want to tone your arms and build strength in them. Hope that helps!!

SuperHero_Girl

Bumping because I'm super-proud and I want more people to see.

harribeau2012

Excuse my language but....holy *kitten*!
That is some incredible weight loss.
You look amazing!

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^^^^^^ THIS!!!! ^^^^ +1

wagglesworth

What a tremendous transformation! You look spectacular! I am so impressed with your dedication to getting fit. You really are an inspiration to all of us. A job well done my friend.

Wildflowers70

thanks for sharing your story. Inspired! Congrats!

Discoqueen77

I am hoping to be able to make a post like yours- our starting weights are so similar, as are our goals. Congrats. You look amazing!

helpimfalling

You look AWESOME!! What a transformation. I love inspirational success stories!

Italianma7

What an inspiration-Congratulations:flowerforyou:

xoeva

Wow big difference. Good job