30+ Pounds Down - How I Did It

theba2il · August 2011

Great job!!! Looking good!!! Thanks for sharing!

dinix · August 2011

This is really encouraging!! Thank you!

LorinaLynn · August 2011

Thanks!

The weird thing is... sometimes I still don't see the difference. And that scares me, because logically I *KNOW* I don't look like I did. I'm certainly not in any danger of being anorexic, because I eat a LOT of food, but I can understand how weight loss can get out of hand for some people.

I went out with my husband tonight, and he snapped a couple of pics before we left since I was rockin' my new size 2 (TWO!?!) capris. And the first picture... it actually scared me a little.

I thought... OMFG... where the F are my hips?! I always identified myself as being bottom heavy or pear shaped. I don't have much boobs... my hips and bum are the only curves I have, and I like them.

But luckily, it was just the angle that made me look freakishly small. I don't have the badonkadonk I did before, but I'm not a walking candy apple, either.

I've been very underweight before in my life. Not an eating disorder in the sense that I thought I needed to lose weight and got too thin, but I had some rough patches in my life where I had a poor appetite and could easily skip meals without feeling hungry. I don't want to go back there. I wonder which is more annoying to the Mister... how I used to ask if I was getting too big, or now asking if I'm getting too small. The answer is always the same either way. He loves ME, no matter what size I am.

EpiGaiaRepens · August 2011

i think it'd be cool if you could share a little more about what types of exercising you were doing and how often. I think you said you ran 2-6 miles 3-4 x's a week. I do that too....and you mentioned that you do weights. I do weights but I'd like to know how much weight, how many reps, what exercises. Currently I only do bench press, suicide press, and bicep curls, then I do chin ups and yoga. But I also try to stay active in a lot of other ways. I'm just kinda frustrated cuz my weight is going down, but my belly isn't going anywhere. I want me some abs like you, girl!

and you look amazing.

40 is the new 20- youre proving it!

Kathy_Noring · August 2011

Ohhh, I want abs like your's! Excellent work. You look fantastic.

common_housecat · August 2011

SO inspiring!! :flowerforyou:

LorinaLynn · August 2011

Honestly, I don't do much with the weights. I do a round of about every machine at Planet Fitness, typically two or three sets of 10, of whatever weight I can barely do. For most arm stuff, that's 30-50#. If after three reps, it feels too easy, I raise the amount. Same with leg stuff or the ab or back... I do what's almost too hard to complete.

And I do hanging reverse crunches (chair knee raise?) in the Roman Chair. ( http://www.muscleandstrength.com/exercises/chair-knee-raise.html ) Between 30 and 60, in sets of ten. Ten straight up and down, then ten with my knees pointed to the left, then ten with my knees pointed to the right. Repeat if I'm feeling sadistic. And assisted pullups. I can do them easy if I use half my body weight, but I try to go for more than half.

I'm intimidated by free weights. I'm paranoid I'll drop them on my toes. So I do the machines. I'm not sure if it's in my head or not, but I think I probably would have better form since it's a limited range of motion.

It typically takes me a half hour to 40 minutes to go through all the strength training things, and I do that two or three times a week. I've only been doing this stuff at the gym a few weeks, so I don't know if much shows from that.

Before that, it was EA Sports Active 2 on the playstation, with 5# dumbbells. That has some cardio (running in place, skipping), some ab stuff (planks, crunches, reverse crunches), stuff using your own body weight (pushups, mountain climbers), and stuff with weights. Probably all the same stuff in any workout dvd, but I like that it's interactive, customizable and has it's own HRM for calories burned.

waisheimli1 · August 2011

Wow you inspire me to keep going thank you and to mention about the exercise calories I can eat them yey!!!!!

Mpost0036 · August 2011

You look fabulous! Congratulations - you must be SO proud of youself! Well done!

zucena · August 2011

great job!!!! thank you for sharing

AquaFan · August 2011

What an inspiration! Thank you for sharing.

silvergurl518 · August 2011

you go, woman! you look fantastic and super healthy! i want abs like that! if i get there, maybe i'll get myself a little tattoo as well!

statickey · August 2011

awesome!!!

hate2run · August 2011

You look great! I am new to MFP and you may have helped me figure out how many calories I am supposed to eat....If I am supposed to have 1200 calories originally and I exercise for 600 more calories, do I eat those calories too or not?

Aurelina · August 2011

Oh - look at your gorgeous glistening self! Lovely!

islander3 · August 2011

Fantastic! You are a real inspiration:happy: Thank you for posting your story, simply wonderful.

pbeans · August 2011

The Situation has nothing on you. Go girl! Awesome job! :bigsmile:

jah1165 · August 2011

amazing story....

JeSuisPrest · August 2011

Wow...look at you!!! I can't wait till that's me!! Thanks for the inspiration!!

PrixFit84 · August 2011

I want your abs!!!!!! I can't get over it! gives me something to shoot for.

cocolo89 · August 2011

you look great!! i want your abs lol.. i'm working on it, but i have a lot of belly fat for being 133lbs :S soon and very soon

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mom031344 · August 2011

you look Great..How did you do it..WOW:flowerforyou:

starracer23 · August 2011

ROCK STAR!
Way to go, you look a-m-a-z-i-n-g!!!

zookeeperjess · August 2011

You look amazing! I love the progression photos! I too have been taking photos to track and am SO glad I did. It helps keep me motivated! We both started at the same weight and I now weigh 135 and am working on dropping a few more pounds and toning up. Thank you for sharing your awesome success!