Finished Stage 1 of New Rules

avalynsmom

For those of you that are starting/thinking about starting and ESP for those of you who, like me, are obese, this is my progress so far with New Rules. This is eating at the numbers that Fat2Fit gives me, so 2300 to sometimes 2500 cals/day. You can lose weight, and most importantly, inches and FAT eating more and lifting! Oh, and according to online calculators, I've lost *about* 5% bodyfat and gained *about* 6lbs of muscle:)

Ok, I finished the last special workout on Friday, here are my full stats:

Workout A:
Squats- 20lb weighted barbell >90lbs Smith Machine
Push ups- 30 degree incline on bench the whole time, but form improved drastically and I didn't take breaks anymore
Seated Row- 40lbs> 92.5lbs
Step-Ups- 30lbs (15ea hand)> 40lbs (20ea hand) (this is on a bench press bench)
Prone Jacknives- BW, but improved and slowed down the moves toward the end!

Special workout !:
Squats- 60 with 20lb barbell- thought my legs were going to fall off!
Push ups- 12 almost perfect ones
Seated Row- 60 with 40lbs- shoulders got crampy!
Step Ups- 15 with 30lbs
Jacknives- barely 15!

Workout B:
Deadlift- 30lb weighted barbell>100lb smith machine
Dumbbell Shoulder Press- 20lb (10ea hand)> 50lb (25ea hand)
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown- 70lbs>100lbs
Lunge- 20lb (10ea hand)> 50lb (25ea hand)
Swiss Ball Crunch- BW>25lb barbell on chest

Special Workout B:
Deadlift- 35 with 30lbs
Dumbbell Shoulder press- 25 with 20lbs (10ea hand)
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown- 26 with 70lbs
Lunges- 25 with 20lbs (10ea hand)
Swiss Ball Crunch- 26 with BW

I'm very happy with my progress on everything but pushups, but those have improved, so I'll take it! The special workouts were kind of hard, I think it's way harder to do several of a move instead of just a few!!

And here are my weight/measurement changes in the 6wks:
Weight: SW- 210 CW- 204.5 Loss of 5.5lbs

Measurement Difference (Just listing the change in inches)
Calves: down 1.5" on each calf!
Thighs: Down about 3" on Right and 4" on left!
Hips: Down 2.5"
Waist at bellybutton: Down 1"
Natural Waist: down 2.5"
Under Breast: Down 1.5"
Breast: Down 2"

For a grand total of 19.5"! Now, I will say I'm not the best at measuring, but I did my absolute best to measure in the same spots each time!

Now for the pics.

PLUMSGRL

Truly amazing results! You look like a different person, you must feel strong and wonderful.
I can't wait to start, these great results are getting me soooo motivated!
Can't thank you enough for posting!:flowerforyou:

avalynsmom

You're welcome and thank you! I feel so much stronger already, I'm just pumped to see what happens after 6mos!

HeidiHoMom

OMG!! WOW what a difference! You're looking good! You can see a big improvement.

KarinFit4Life

Oh my gosh u look amazing after 6 short weeks!! You can be so proud! Well done!
Cant wait for you to finish another 6 weeks! Pls update us again! :bigsmile:

HeidiHoMom

You should post your photos in the photo sticky thread so more people will see!

avalynsmom

Aww thanks everyone! I'm loving how lifting is changing my shape so fast! Several years ago I lost a bunch, and it was by eating, not by starving myself, but I wasn't lifting like I am now, so I was still like "skinny fat" but this time is just SO different! I'm just loving every minute:) And yes, I'll post my pics to the sticky thread:) Thanks again so much, sharing with other people just motivates me so much more too!

lovesharmony

Great job! Please keep up the great work.

avalynsmom

Thanks! You know I will, I'm obsessed now:)

Noor13

Oh wow look at you! Your waist got so much slimmer-you look stunning, girl!

avalynsmom

Thanks! Not gonna lie, all these compliments are just going straight to my head lol:) So glad to have found this group and New Rules

BADGIRLstl

Truly amazing. Keep up the good work. Your progress is tremendous. high five!!!

sugarplumj

WOW! Fantastic work! I am half tempted to get a gym membership now and start NR!!!
You have every right to be proud and let it go right to your head.

Alisi1234

You look sooo good!! Serious congrats!!!

MrsKosal

OMG! AWESOME JOB! You have gotten me super excited!!!! I just started last week and started Week 2 today. I'm loving it so far and cannot wait to see my Month 1 results!

Good luck on the next phase. I can't wait to see those results from you!

meggyh20

Wow! It looks like you started close to where I am. Hope that with time I'll see similar results. Are you doing any additional workout or just new rules?

rosied915

OMG OMG OMG O-M-GGGGG!!!!!

You look fantastic!! I can't believe it's only 5.5 pounds~ it looks like a LOT more!!!

SINCEREST CONGRATS TO YOU!!!!

My weight is close to yours but I don't care if I lose an ounce~ if my body changes like yours did~ I'll be on top of the world!!

WOW!! (did I say that already?)

bsinno

WOW! is there a larger text size option other than CAPS!?!?

avalynsmom

Wow! It looks like you started close to where I am. Hope that with time I'll see similar results. Are you doing any additional workout or just new rules?

I have changed up my workouts on non-weight training days a few times. When I started NR, I was doing Couch25k, but it got to be too much to do both, so I took a full week off cardio right in the middle. Since then, I've been doing intervals on the treadmill 2x/wk on the days I don't do NR, so I workout 5 days/wk. I was doing 6, but I waitress on the weekends, and I decided since I walk like 5+miles (7 on Sat and 8 on Sun this week!) that I didn't need to do more lol:) Currently, on cardio days, I do 30/30 intervals (30s run, 30s walk) on the treadmill for 30 mins with a 5min warmup and 5min cooldown and then after that I'll do like 25mins at a moderate pace on the elliptical. This week is my off week for NR so I'm just doing a bunch of random stuff, like today, I did the Kenpo DVD from P90X.

avalynsmom

OMG OMG OMG O-M-GGGGG!!!!!

You look fantastic!! I can't believe it's only 5.5 pounds~ it looks like a LOT more!!!

SINCEREST CONGRATS TO YOU!!!!

My weight is close to yours but I don't care if I lose an ounce~ if my body changes like yours did~ I'll be on top of the world!!

WOW!! (did I say that already?)

Thank you so much:) I've been sharing pics with my friends to inspire them to quit worrying so much about the scale. Even though I have 50-60+lbs I'd like to lose, if I can fit into a smaller size, who cares what the scale says!

Tigermad

You are doing an excellent job. Well done!

meggyh20

Wow! It looks like you started close to where I am. Hope that with time I'll see similar results. Are you doing any additional workout or just new rules?

I have changed up my workouts on non-weight training days a few times. When I started NR, I was doing Couch25k, but it got to be too much to do both, so I took a full week off cardio right in the middle. Since then, I've been doing intervals on the treadmill 2x/wk on the days I don't do NR, so I workout 5 days/wk. I was doing 6, but I waitress on the weekends, and I decided since I walk like 5+miles (7 on Sat and 8 on Sun this week!) that I didn't need to do more lol:) Currently, on cardio days, I do 30/30 intervals (30s run, 30s walk) on the treadmill for 30 mins with a 5min warmup and 5min cooldown and then after that I'll do like 25mins at a moderate pace on the elliptical. This week is my off week for NR so I'm just doing a bunch of random stuff, like today, I did the Kenpo DVD from P90X.

Thanks for the reply! I have been on and off about what to do on my off days, and today decided that I would do intervals for 30 min on the arc trainer (elliptical). It was a great workout and I think that I'll continue to do that in addition to New Rules. I will start workout 4 (stage 1) tomorrow, and your results are very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

jmmscccslp

wow! what amazing results! i'm about halfway through the book and am planning on starting in about 2 weeks when i get home from vacation and now seeing your results i am dying to get started!!!!! good for you! thanks for sharing!