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  • Angellaree
    Angellaree Posts: 71 Member
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    Great job ladies! The progress is fantastic!!:drinker:
  • fishlover888
    fishlover888 Posts: 132
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    :smile: You ladies look great!

    Here's my update! Slow and Steady.
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    This is me today!
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    I think my abs are slowly trying to escape my layer of fat there. Hehe.

    Edit: what? last time i checked i knew how to post photos... [ img ] url [ /img ] ??
  • lwoodroff
    lwoodroff Posts: 1,431 Member
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    Edit: what? last time i checked i knew how to post photos... [ img ] url [ /img ] ??

    are they in photobucket? there is a link to paste..?
  • DaniH826
    DaniH826 Posts: 1,335 Member
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    I tried it with the "direct link" option, and the pictures work but they're too big. Can you resize?
  • fishlover888
    fishlover888 Posts: 132
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    Thanks for your help!!! I will try to resize and try again soon. Lord knows why the pictures are giant. Nobody needs to see that!
  • BikerGirlElaine
    BikerGirlElaine Posts: 1,631 Member
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    OK, Here we go!

    I started losing weight on January 1, 2013. In the second week of January I found MFP and it has made ALL the difference for me. I have used the logging to make sure I am eating in a deficit. And in early February, at the suggestion of SideSteel in the Eat Train Progress group I started doing an actual published routine for my workouts.

    I've lifted weights for about 15 years. About 9 years ago my life changed and I was really sick, diagnosed with fibromyalgia. The time since then has been spent figuring out what works for my new, fibromyalgia body. In the last 9 years I'd been lifting weights only sporadically. I'd hire a trainer and they would have me do workouts that would leave me completely wiped out and that gave me no results at all. I hated the gym instead of loving it.

    When I started Stronglifts, that changed. I feel better now than I have in ages. I am astounded at how much better my knees are. I love the simplicity and the results.

    A pic that a friend put up on Facebook that I found devastating at the time:

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    April 1:

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    May 1:

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    Next month I'll put up some shots that hopefully will start showing some muscles!
  • lwoodroff
    lwoodroff Posts: 1,431 Member
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    Lookin great and not hiding behind the hair any more! :-)
  • kirabob
    kirabob Posts: 481 Member
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    Ges - Fabulous progress! You can really see how your body is changing!
  • BikerGirlElaine
    BikerGirlElaine Posts: 1,631 Member
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    Thank you both!! It was hard to share these, so it is nice to have positive feedback.
  • chunkmunk
    chunkmunk Posts: 221 Member
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    Holy Moly Ges, you are shrinking! Great work---and its wonderful to hear that you are FEELING better too!
  • tdml
    tdml Posts: 14 Member
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    You look great! That's amazing!
  • lwoodroff
    lwoodroff Posts: 1,431 Member
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    Tameko, happy for these to be amalgamated!

    So... this is after (nearly) 8 weeks of stronglifts, but it was 4 April when the last lot of pics were taken so around 5 weeks between shots. I have to say I am amazed! This is also pretty much the -only- exercise I am doing, the odd 5 minutes on the bike or cross trainer but nothing else really... and grr I went through resizing all of these and saving over the originals on photobucket but it seems to ignore me. *sigh* sorry!

    this one's just for a laugh, my daughter took it before we started!
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    side on not held in
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    front on not held in (NSV staring at the pics trying to work out the difference!)
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    side on held in
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    front on held in
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    arms..
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    and of course the bicep shot (although I can't see much difference tbh)...
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  • jstout365
    jstout365 Posts: 1,686 Member
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    Awesome progress lwoodroff!!!
  • kirabob
    kirabob Posts: 481 Member
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    lwoodroff - living proof that you can eat all the food and still be rockin' hot and strong!
  • lwoodroff
    lwoodroff Posts: 1,431 Member
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    Lol and boy do I eat all the food!
  • melaniecmajors
    melaniecmajors Posts: 39 Member
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    Hope these aren't huge!

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    I gained 1.6lbs this past month, but lost 6" overall. Also according to Heybales spreadsheet, my body fat decreased 1.61%. Just further proof scales are stupid.

    Thanks for posting your stats! I started the program two weeks ago and my weight has stalled and even gone up a little :/ I was worried so I took my measurements and I've already lost a 1/2 in in hips and 1/2 in in waist! I'm loving the program. I finish week 2 tonight :) Way to go on your progress....inspiring!


    All y'all looking so good!
  • belle_of_the_bar
    belle_of_the_bar Posts: 474 Member
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    Ok, so you ladies are freaking awesome! I'm starting SL5x5 on Monday and you all just sold me. I'm so excited and proud of you all for your progress.
  • bimmer2331
    bimmer2331 Posts: 59 Member
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    OMG!!! how on earth did I miss this thread??? You ladies look so so awesome....beautiful....I am going to post some pics soon..I wish I had taken some before pics though....
  • mmddwechanged
    mmddwechanged Posts: 1,687 Member
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    I love love the pictures!! Well done everyone!:)
  • alittlemorewhit
    alittlemorewhit Posts: 1
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    These results are awesome. I started lifting heavy a few months ago and have, after seeing what's out there, started the stronglift 5x5 routine. I have started a blog to keep myself accountable. My next blog post will reveal my body fat (getting it measured in a few days), discuss my diet plan and why i decided to keep doing stronglifts, and will show what will end up being my "before" pics. I haven't focused enough on progressing the weight I lift because I don't have the squat rack that I need at home so will probably get a gym membership so I can get the most out of my routine, from this day on. My blog is at muchmorewhit.com. Hope you check it out :)

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