My geeky #s NSV (w/ pics because people love those)

MrsBraxton08

You look great!!

Ruthiejas

You are an inspiration! Thank you!

csquaredsmom

what kind of strength training do you do? I HATE weightlifting but know how important it is. Did you follow a program?

I thought I hated strength training... and then I had someone show me what I was doing and now I'm in love with it.

I won a contest through my local news station and my prize was a month of 3x/week personal training. It was fabulous.
I learned how to use all of the different machines and how to maintain proper form and how to know if I was using a weight that was too light.

Now, on strength days (I probably do them 3-4 days a week), I go through the basic routine I learned from the trainer:

10 minute warm-up (usually the treadmill or elliptical)
Lower body (leg press, leg extension, leg curls, abductors, adductors, weighted wall squats)
Upper body (bicep curls, chest press, cable flyes, lat pull-downs, assisted pull-ups, dips, push-ups)
Core/Back: crunches (with a medicine ball, bicycle crunches, and with resistance bands), pelvic lifts (these are my favorite).
And then the dreaded plank - I can do a 2 minute plank, but someday I want to be able to get up to 5 minutes.
5-10 minute cool down.
The whole thing takes around 45 minutes, maybe an hour tops.

I do heavy weights, few reps, and go slowly - 4 seconds to initial extension/contraction and then 6 seconds on the negative.

I really, really want to do free weights but I am afraid of not knowing what I'm doing so unless someone shows me or I can afford to hire a trainer, I will just stare longingly in that direction every time I go to the gym.


ETA (just because): I love eating my exercise calories.

Okay, I know what MOST of those things are and can look up the rest i'm sure? How many reps?

CoryIda

what kind of strength training do you do? I HATE weightlifting but know how important it is. Did you follow a program?

I thought I hated strength training... and then I had someone show me what I was doing and now I'm in love with it.

I won a contest through my local news station and my prize was a month of 3x/week personal training. It was fabulous.
I learned how to use all of the different machines and how to maintain proper form and how to know if I was using a weight that was too light.

Now, on strength days (I probably do them 3-4 days a week), I go through the basic routine I learned from the trainer:

10 minute warm-up (usually the treadmill or elliptical)
Lower body (leg press, leg extension, leg curls, abductors, adductors, weighted wall squats)
Upper body (bicep curls, chest press, cable flyes, lat pull-downs, assisted pull-ups, dips, push-ups)
Core/Back: crunches (with a medicine ball, bicycle crunches, and with resistance bands), pelvic lifts (these are my favorite).
And then the dreaded plank - I can do a 2 minute plank, but someday I want to be able to get up to 5 minutes.
5-10 minute cool down.
The whole thing takes around 45 minutes, maybe an hour tops.

I do heavy weights, few reps, and go slowly - 4 seconds to initial extension/contraction and then 6 seconds on the negative.

I really, really want to do free weights but I am afraid of not knowing what I'm doing so unless someone shows me or I can afford to hire a trainer, I will just stare longingly in that direction every time I go to the gym.


ETA (just because): I love eating my exercise calories.

Okay, I know what MOST of those things are and can look up the rest i'm sure? How many reps?

I try to do the heaviest weight I can so I can't do more than 8 reps with perfect form.

DancingPixie

AMAZING!!!!

samanthaleethomas

You look amazing!!!!

carpp107

Incredible results......Way to go!!!!!!

jjohnboy2000

Looks like the numbers are adding up! Great loss and well done.

Lotte34

wow congratulations

mellynat

WOW that's a lot of inches. Huge accomplishment!!! good for u! !

Dayna154

WOW!!!

MrsSWW

Wow! You are awesome!

:flowerforyou:

CuteBlondie

O..MM...GGG HAHA I LOVE THOSE PICS! beautifullllll :happy: :happy: :happy:

determined1221

you look fantastic!!! strength training rocks!!

blynn2708

AMAZING!!!

Bullygirl30

:flowerforyou: thank you for posting this. You give me hope that I can do that and you are amazing!!!!!!!!!!

gec1266

Incredible work and dedication!!!

sexyminxinthemaking

wow you have done very well
you look fabulous, well done :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

Boingo1

You look so amazingly fit and healthy !!! AMAZING transformation!!!

adriana_hackney

Amazing!!

LaTee21

You look so amazing! Thanks for posting. It truly helps those of us just starting to take the plunge and change our lives.

BarbWhite09

Wowza

PearsPeppersandPeanutButter

Holy moly I thought you were kidding at first, you look so AWESOME!!!

cbu23

Oh wow! You are such an inspiration and motivation!!! Thank you so much for sharing!

elo83

DANG GIRL! You look awesome! Congrats on the awesome weight loss!

hiker282

Love that this is back in the 'home page' feed. Wa hooo!

bessbla

You look fabulous and reminded me that I really need to get on the ball and start measuring.

grimrpr

Absolutely amazing, Nice work, and i LOVE the flexing. Hard earned things should be shown off and clearly you worked hard. Enjoy!

Shizzman

I fully admit that I am a huge nerd, and I love numbers.

I just happened to do the math today and, from the first time I took my measurements, I reached a pretty awesome milestone.

Neck: -2.75"
Upper arms: -10.0" total
Forearms: -7.5" total
Chest: -13.5"
Waist: -19.25" (that one is my most exciting measurement!!!)
Hips: -17.5"
Thighs: -20.5" total
Calves: -9.0" total

TOTAL: -100.0 inches

Holy crap that's a lot of inches!

THEN (294 lbs, 56% body fat):





NOW (161 lbs, 22% body fat):



Side-by-side comparison:


My "secret" (since everyone always wants to know that)
Eat nutritious meals and snacks in sensible portions, drink plenty of water, and move your body.

****As a side note, strength training rocks. I love having muscles.

Awesome on catching the cool number milestone! Great work! You've really done wonders

lepardmama

WOW!!!! You look amazing! Crazy what diet and exercise can do eh? LOL! I am truly inspired by you, how long did it take you?