very first NSV! take THAT plateau!

jocemorg

Fellow MFPers! I have celebrated your NSVs for the past 6 months, and now I am super stoked to say that it is finally MY day!!

I have been scrounging trying to come up with "before" pictures, and I realized that I never kept any (accurate) "fat" pictures of myself! So here's me in my work pants that I bought at the beginning of summer, because they were my size at the time.



YES!!! This has me so pumped up because I've been plateauing for the past month and a half, and I FINALLY broke it just last week. But if I'd known my body was doing THIS all that time... well... maybe I wouldn't have been so down on myself.

Keep going, guys! Thanks for the encouragement!

YukonJoy

Great work!!! I'm happy for you!! Soon those will fall right down!

Your stomach is beautiful!! Way to go!

jrp31

Hooray! WTG!

LauraMarie37

Awesome!!! What finally broke your plateau?

Brandicaloriecountess

Seriously, you rock!!!!

kirstyfromscotland

well done, thats a gr8 pic 4 motivating urself and others. How did u get out ur plateau?

nextrightthing

I love that you stuck with it and rode out the plateau.....it is so tough to do! Congratulations!

Crystalchaos72

Awesome!!! Keep up the great work!!

clhiter

This is outrageously awesome. great job and keep on going

jocemorg

Awesome!!! What finally broke your plateau?

Honestly, I don't know exactly what did it. I think it was introducing strength training. I was strictly doing 30 minutes of cardio (elliptical) 3 or 4 days a week, then plateaued. When I researched about it there was a lot about either (1) increasing your food intake to mess with your body's metabolism, or (2) increase your amount of exercise and strength train. So I raised my cardio to 1 hour and, for days I only felt like doing 30 minutes, I started doing squats, lunges, planks, crunches, bicep curls, etc.

But even after that it still took a while for my body to finally start responding. I'm definitely not losing as fast as I was before, but something's better than nothing, and nothing's better than gaining.

**Oh, and WATER!! I never drank water, just coffee and diet soda usually. I bought a fun water bottle from Target to keep at work so I make sure I'm constantly hydrated throughout the day.

nataliarunes

Good job, how did you break your plateau?

jkcools

Abs, looking sexy!! Keep rocking on.

jocemorg

Hahaha! You're too sweet! Thanks ya'll!

MissBellatrix116

Good Job!!

JahavFuel

Good job! Abs are looking good! What is an "NSV"?
I've been on a plateau for about a month and a half. I need to hit the weights!
Keep up the good work.

mamareese

Great job!!!

jocemorg

Good job! Abs are looking good! What is an "NSV"?
I've been on a plateau for about a month and a half. I need to hit the weights!
Keep up the good work.

"NSV" is a non-scale victory.
Keep working through that plateau! Change your diet/workout routine up if you need to. It's just something your body does, so kick its butt and show it who's boss.