It's not all about the scale + my man muscles *Pic heavy*

lindsy721

You look fabulous, I love it!! :-D Congratulations!!

mbbrewer

wow great body!

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

Wow you're amazing! Indeed muscles are what make us sexy. I love seeing women here who aren't afraid to lift heavy.

You go girl & remember that STRONG IS THE NEW SKINNY!!!

MrsLVF

Nice job, you look fantastic.

whamann1

What an accomplishment! You have come full circle and you are healthy physically, emotionally and mentally. What a good plac eto be!:flowerforyou:

groomchick

Most dedicated & hardest working person on MFP!!! You are such a huge inspiration to soooo many here. The transformation is amazing...proves the scale lies!! You are absolutely gorgious Beck! Looking forward to watching you progress even farther!

Spanntastic12

Thanks for sharing and i'm happy for you on your fitness!

RacerX_14

Awesome pics! Keep up the great work!!

Goal_Line

nice guns

jdhosier

Outstanding! You look great! Thanks for the inspiration.

WandRsmom

You are my new hero! Strong is the new skinny! You look fantastic!

A_New_Horizon

You look awesome, and you are correct that the scale lies especially when it comes to weightlifting. Keep up the amazing work - I am trying to do better when it comes to strength training, but I get disappointed with such a small burn. I need to get past that.

Sarahbara76

Your the same height as me and this encourages me, since I increased my weights and upped my calories I got heavier too but I still look skinny ..but now I have muscles popping up all over the place!! :flowerforyou: awesome job you look wonderful!

LoveLiveLift

Thanks! You guys are all so sweet. Just wanted to show that it's worth it to keep pushing forward. Good luck on all of your goals, as well. Big ^5 to all my lifting ladies!

Channing

I Heart Muscles!!!! You look awesome!!!

fawndam

AWESOME!!!

LaurnWhit

Bump!

Rae6503

You look great! I love seeing people look better heavier than they did lighter.

ALW65

I'm so glad you posted! I'm finally getting around to starting NROLW and I know the program will work well. I've never been afraid of muscles and I like when people can tell I'm lifting but I'm not 'overdone'. Your description of calorie intake was very helpful and I find it really encouraging to see what you weigh at 2 inches shorter than me - it helps because I'll be less dismayed when the scale does stop moving. Even if you know it's okay to have smaller movements on the scale because of loss of body fat it helps to picture the end result in someone else.

I was wondering if you still run at all? I've never been able to run more than a minute until I did C25K last year. I stopped for almost a year, restarted, and ran/walked my first 5K Saturday. I really am coming to enjoy the satisfaction of running and I'd like to keep doing it two days a week. Do you think it will set back my progress much?

Thanks again for posting!

LoveLiveLift

I'm so glad you posted! I'm finally getting around to starting NROLW and I know the program will work well. I've never been afraid of muscles and I like when people can tell I'm lifting but I'm not 'overdone'. Your description of calorie intake was very helpful and I find it really encouraging to see what you weigh at 2 inches shorter than me - it helps because I'll be less dismayed when the scale does stop moving. Even if you know it's okay to have smaller movements on the scale because of loss of body fat it helps to picture the end result in someone else.

I was wondering if you still run at all? I've never been able to run more than a minute until I did C25K last year. I stopped for almost a year, restarted, and ran/walked my first 5K Saturday. I really am coming to enjoy the satisfaction of running and I'd like to keep doing it two days a week. Do you think it will set back my progress much?

Thanks again for posting!

Thanks!

I still love running. It's been 100 degrees here recently though and I'm not a fan of running in the heat. But once it cools down, I will probably start back up again. I just no longer do 10-milers on a regular basis. I like my little 3-5 miles jaunts.

I don't think running will set back your progress. Just listen to your body and have fun! If you haven't checked out the NROL4W group on here, they are fabulous, as well.