Before/Progress/After Photos!
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You look AMAZING!!!!! ALL go YOU!!!!
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Reposting to this section as well.
Here are my latest progress photos since I've finally reached my goal size (8). I've been on MFP since last December 2011 where I started around 196 lbs and a size 14. Through calorie restriction alone (due to exercise restriction from hernia) from Dec - Feb I lost the first 15 lbs. Then I started back to workouts at the end of February after bedrest/recovery from surgery with only a couple of days of light cardio. I started strength training in April using Butt Bible and then loosely have followed NROLFW and NROLFA since May. I lift heavy+HIIT cardio 3 days a week, run 3 miles using the zombies run! app 2 days a week, and play volleyball once a week.
I eat 2500-2800 calories a day, but only track my calories once every couple of weeks as a check in. I still log my exercise. At one point I was doing the same activity level on only 1700 calories a day. Other than that I've never done a VLCD. I target 50-25-25 for my macros because it's more attainable for me.
My NSV: I've gone from a size 14 to a size 8 and a 33% BF to 26%. I also couldn't do any standard push-ups (only 3 on my knees) and now I can do 12 standard. I used to bench press 24 lbs and now I bench 95 lbs. I used to shoulder press 16 lb and now I press 60 lb. I used to barely be able to run 1/2 mile without walking and now I can run 3 miles in about 33 min with no walking. My resting heart rate was about 80 bpm and now it's about 60. The scale has been the worst indicator of my success, honestly.
Note that the July 2008 photos are about 3 months post baby, but that is more or less how my body stayed for a few years. I floated between size 14 and size 12 for most of the last 4 years. There was a time I got down to 183 lb and size 10 by 'eating when I was hungry and stopping when I was satiated' and using the C25K app, but I was still very soft and flabby. Now I can feel all the muscle!
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What a difference. Amazing job!!!!0
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These are mine, I'm still in progress, but these are my 12 week lifting results
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These are mine, I'm still in progress, but these are my 12 week lifting results
Nice work you can really see a difference. What are you doing for your meal plan?0 -
Reposting to this section as well.
Here are my latest progress photos since I've finally reached my goal size (8). I've been on MFP since last December 2011 where I started around 196 lbs and a size 14. Through calorie restriction alone (due to exercise restriction from hernia) from Dec - Feb I lost the first 15 lbs. Then I started back to workouts at the end of February after bedrest/recovery from surgery with only a couple of days of light cardio. I started strength training in April using Butt Bible and then loosely have followed NROLFW and NROLFA since May. I lift heavy+HIIT cardio 3 days a week, run 3 miles using the zombies run! app 2 days a week, and play volleyball once a week.
I eat 2500-2800 calories a day, but only track my calories once every couple of weeks as a check in. I still log my exercise. At one point I was doing the same activity level on only 1700 calories a day. Other than that I've never done a VLCD. I target 50-25-25 for my macros because it's more attainable for me.
My NSV: I've gone from a size 14 to a size 8 and a 33% BF to 26%. I also couldn't do any standard push-ups (only 3 on my knees) and now I can do 12 standard. I used to bench press 24 lbs and now I bench 95 lbs. I used to shoulder press 16 lb and now I press 60 lb. I used to barely be able to run 1/2 mile without walking and now I can run 3 miles in about 33 min with no walking. My resting heart rate was about 80 bpm and now it's about 60. The scale has been the worst indicator of my success, honestly.
Note that the July 2008 photos are about 3 months post baby, but that is more or less how my body stayed for a few years. I floated between size 14 and size 12 for most of the last 4 years. There was a time I got down to 183 lb and size 10 by 'eating when I was hungry and stopping when I was satiated' and using the C25K app, but I was still very soft and flabby. Now I can feel all the muscle!
How tall are you? You look amazing!0 -
These are mine, I'm still in progress, but these are my 12 week lifting results
Nice work you can really see a difference. What are you doing for your meal plan?
I follow a mostly paleo/primal way of eating, but usually are a little m=bit more relaxed fri/sat. I dont calorie count, and eat a lot of protein and sweet potato
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This whole thread has been really inspiring. Thanks to everyone for sharing; I hope to be able to add my own success story soon 0
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How tall are you? You look amazing!
Thank you! I'm 5'11". I honestly always thought my goal size would be at 160-165 lbs, but weight training has had such a dramatic impact that I weigh a lot more and I'm a much smaller size. I am so glad I stopped using the scale to gauge my success. 0 -
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hope this works
How's this.
Hit Quote to reply, and you'll see how I formatted that.0 -
You all look amazing!0
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Bump & planning on putting my own pics here when I m seeing results
Well done all of you0 -
Hi
Wow, well done everyone! There are some amazing transformations!
I started losing the weight on April 8 2010. I lost around 31 kg. I'm 5 foot 2, currently weigh 60 kg and 22% body fat. I still have some fat I would like to lose but after 2 and 3/4 years of eating in defecit I needed to take a breather. I have been eating at/or above tdee for the past 8 weeks. Once I can establish what my true tdee is I will start cutting again at a slight defecit.
Here is a photo at my heaviest being 95 kg in 2008 at my brothers wedding.
Here is my transformation timeline photo collage from December 2009 - December 2012
August 2012
January 2013
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Oooops I had some nice photos in my gym gear I wanted you to see but it didn't work.
My computer is acting strange too so im having trouble with it co-operating. I'm on my iPad ATM. I'll try again to upload tomorrow 0 -
testing testing0
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Didn't use lower case on that last link.testing testing
And not a picture on that one.0 -
i'll keep trying. I'm having trouble saving with photo bucket right now so I'm seeing if I can host some photos at this free web hosting.0
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You are blowing my mind! This is an amazing post!0
