Post-Bulking Progress Pictures (Female)

hiker282

My favorite thing about this post: Showing that it isn't all about the number on the scale, but about working out and reshaping the body. I love this!

NeuroticVirgo

I this post Thanks for sharing.

LilRedRooster

Wow, look at you! That's awesome progress, especially around your waist! You can really see the definition there. Great job!!

Crystal_Pistol

BUMP!

Spamee

Fantastic! Thanks for the side by side

lisabstrong

oh yea baby you are awesome!!!!

Squash that friggen scale!! piece of crap junk!!!!!

cshine06

You are too Sexy!!!!! I love it how you can actually eat and look better than people that are starving. Keep up the great work!!

Rae6503

Thanks everyone. You guys are too nice! And yeah, most of the difference is in my upper body but I swear my lower body has improved too, you just can't see it since I carry all my fat there.

TropicalKitty

Totally awesome! I really love lifting and would rather use it more than cardio time. Which bring me to asking: what are your cardio habits? I'd prefer to lift all day than spend 30 mins on a treadmill. haha

I can't believe you are a mom! You really should be a source of inspirations for moms on MFP to see what our bodies are capable of doing.

Rock on girl!

gemini2267

muscle does look better than fat. good job lady.:flowerforyou:

Rae6503

Totally awesome! I really love lifting and would rather use it more than cardio time. Which bring me to asking: what are your cardio habits? I'd prefer to lift all day than spend 30 mins on a treadmill. haha

I can't believe you are a mom! You really should be a source of inspirations for moms on MFP to see what our bodies are capable of doing.

Rock on girl!

I don't do much. I do about a half hour of moderate-slow steady state cardio twice about week. I usually mess around on MFP on my phone while doing it, heart rate is only about 130 the whole time.

paisley2288

Only one pound difference?! Are you kidding? You look great

sweetrice12

you are amazing!!! thank you for the inspiration!

taso42

Fantastic!!! Great to see hard work paying off like that. Thanks for sharing. I think this will serve as an inspiration to many! :drinker:

JennieAL

And because I'm an attention *kitten*, I put the 3 side by side:

Amazing job! Great side-by-side comparison shots. Thanks for sharing

Btw, I'm a similar height & body shape, so I'm VERY interested in watching your progress. Congrats, superb job!!

fakeplastictree

I've been having a problem with recently going up to 2200 flat caloric intake and you have just eased that concern of mine. I look foreward to being awesome like you one day. Thank you for posting this. :flowerforyou: You look fantastic.

Sidesteal

You went from "spacey, don't really know how to flex, sort of plain" to "Smokin, and I look a bit fiesty and if you disrespect me you'll get straight-up asspunched".

I like it. Great work Rae

Rae6503

You went from "spacey, don't really know how to flex, sort of plain" to "Smokin, and I look a bit fiesty and if you disrespect me you'll get straight-up asspunched".

LOL. True. I really didn't flex at ALL in my early pictures and that's probably why I look pissed in the last ones, trying to flex too hard. I was really trying to figure out a way to make some definition show in my quads but it didn't work. They look awesome on the leg press machine when gravity is pulling the fat away.

gillleeman

bumping this is awesome.

keiraev

First of all congratulations you look amazing! I have just started NROLFW and love it

Can I just ask- when you plan to enter your "cutting" phase will you continue to lift heavy, and are you afraid of losing muscle when you start eating at a deficit again?

Rae6503

First of all congratulations you look amazing! I have just started NROLFW and love it

Can I just ask- when you plan to enter your "cutting" phase will you continue to lift heavy, and are you afraid of losing muscle when you start eating at a deficit again?

Thanks!

And yes and yes! I love lifting and will continue it because I love and because it's the best way to preserve my VERY hard earned muscle. I also plan to continue eating at least 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass, and I'm going to set my calorie deficit pretty small, like 300 calories. Both these things also help preserve muscle.

tabithajoyy

Incredible work!

jgsinfw

WOW - that is jaw-droppingly awesome!

SMarie10

I'm a dedicated lifter and am working with a trainer, wondered if the 5X5 means five reps with increasing weight each Rep? I'm still learning the lingo

Rae6503

I'm a dedicated lifter and am working with a trainer, wondered if the 5X5 means five reps with increasing weight each Rep? I'm still learning the lingo

Generally 5 sets of 5 reps. I think you can "pyramid" or "reverse pyramid", where you either start w/ lower weight and move up each set, or start w/ the highest while you are still fresh then move down with each set as you tire. So far I usually do 3 sets at the same weight unless I feel it's to easy, or it gets to hard.

TerezaToledo

Haha you should have made the thread title "Size 12 to Size 6 with only 1lb lost" AWESOME job!

I agree! Excellent job, you look awesome!!!

flausa

<bump> just because I think more people should see this!

jetlbomb

This is the perfect example of how muscle takes up less space than fat at the same weight. Amazing work! You're an inspiration.

kdiamond

Isn't that amazing how you can transform your body by GASP! eating more and lifting heavy? Truly it is the only way to TRANSFORM, women who do cardio only may lose weight but they only make their bodies SMALLER, not tighter and change the shape.

You look FABULOUS girl, GOOD JOB, good attitude, you are an inspiration to people on this board who SHOULD LIFT SOME DAMN WEIGHTS!!! :laugh:

solpwr

This is also a great example of how the scale is not the best way to track your progress. Photos, measurements are a great way. And for fitness, resting heart rate VO2 max, and performance times (like a best 5k time or a best 20 mile ride time).
Awesome Rae!