Someone told me to stop lifting heavy yesterday.

vtmoon

Amazing overall but the face one is like a different person.

svgarcia

Wow- what an incredible transformation

Cacoates90

You look absolutely amazing, I am so impressed. You're a true inspiration.

arturo_marti

What a great thing was that you did not follow his advice. That mentality is a very common error. The ideal range for lifting weights for fatloss is to being almost unable to make a 8 to 12th repetition . (it should be very difficult for you to lift that 10th rep!).

Did you by any chance read BFFM by Tom Venuto? I highly recommend it to everyone !

Amazing results, your transformation is sensational.

just curious was the person who told you to stop lifting heavy weights a guy who you were out lifting? lol.

Hahaha. No, he could outlift me for sure. But he was trying to convince me of that "lighter weights, more reps" mentality and I was like heeeeck no!

PSH he was just trying to warn you that after you lose thirty SIX pounds you start turning into a gigantic man hulk.

Also curious was he saying it was because you're a girl or because he's one of those guys who think more reps = smaller muscles and less reps = larger muscles?

Yeah he's one of those that thinks more reps = tones muscles. Which I guess it may for some, right? Not me apparently hahaha.

WDEvy

First of all you look amazing ( and you did before as well) but This is such an amazing story because you did it for your health and future!!!! You're an inspiration!!

BurtHuttz

oh my god.
incredible

snowmanluv

I am inspired by your story and change. Way to go. Do what works for you. Might not be right for them. Especially if the results add up

jkp5023

You've been lifting free weights? I'd love to figure out what I need to start doing weight wise to maximize my weight loss!

iliveintheshire

You've been lifting free weights? I'd love to figure out what I need to start doing weight wise to maximize my weight loss!

Check out ChaLEAN Extreme!!!!

jkp5023

You've been lifting free weights? I'd love to figure out what I need to start doing weight wise to maximize my weight loss!

Check out ChaLEAN Extreme!!!!

Thanks!!! I will!

Kashaea

Awesome progress!

Armyantzzz

Well done! You're entitled to celebrate when you do well! Keep up the good work!

MrGonzo05

You definitely need to stop LOL

twelfty

you're hot :P well done

FitMrsR

That's amazing!! Well done oh...and do stop the heavy lifting, you're making the rest of us look bad

Shani_Shoo

That is a fabulous result for 4 months. Well done, you should be so proud!

iliveintheshire

That's amazing!! Well done oh...and do stop the heavy lifting, you're making the rest of us look bad

lmfao!!!

iliveintheshire

UPDATE: right after I posted this, I stopped eating healthy and exercising....lol. IRONY!!! But I didn't gain any weight I just completely recomped my body to be a lot of fat and no muscle. so I am back on my fitness game and am sooo happy to be back.

JessiBelleW

it can be so easy to walk out on healthy eating and exercise.

This week I have been getting back into doing strength training stuff and my body is killing me today!

HelllYeaHH

incredible results!

Love that last pic. You're hot . Definitely keep lifting!

frommetobetterme

I'm glad that at least you are back since you had great results. At least you'll have less far to go this time!

KB5711

This is all sorts of awesome! Lift on!!!

WDEvy

Great results!! You look amazing! And I want that blue Nike half zip! It's gorgeous!! ( I have a Nike half zips obsession. I have 4...)

ayankeefan51

Yeah, that's not gonna happen until I stop seeing results.

Short story: 35 lbs & 10 inches lost from my neck, waist and hips in 4 months. I'm still a work in progress, but I thought I would post a thread for the first time

Here's the long story. Until a couple of years ago, I had never eaten a fruit or veggie in my life. I just refused. I'm not kidding. I lived off of processed food, a lot of junk food, meat, bread, pasta, and a LOT of sugar. I loved candy, cookies, all desserts; everything. I ate horrrrribly. Sometimes, I would have fast food for more than one (sometimes more than two, don't judge) meals per day. I ate entire cans of cake frosting by myself for dinner. I drank 3 liter sodas by myself with lunch. I ate dessert with every meal. Entire boxes of girl scout cookies or oreos several times per week. How I did not become 400 lbs I will never know.


One day at work, I was not feeling well so they decided to check my hemoglobin A1c, which is a finger prick to tell the average of your blood sugars over the last three months. It came back as prediabetic. At 22 and with a BMI of 27, I was shocked and knew something had to change, like now. I was not THAT overweight and "too young" to be diabetic. My diet was absolutely...terrible. (Well, I say I was shocked, but honestly, I knew, because I could and still can feel my blood sugar highs and lows.)

That was in early 2012. It took me almost a year of crash diets, fad diets, starving myself, hating myself and fighting with myself to finally figure it out. In that time, I think I joined MFP three times. I also joined loseit.com among several other websites and bought six different diet books. I joined Weight Watchers and did Nutrisystem. I did a weight loss doctor and sure, I lost some weight here and there, but gained it right back after I stopped whatever diet it was at the time. Nothing lasted more than 7 days, I always ended up caving to the hypoglycemia (headaches, dizziness, shakiness) because I didn't know how to FEED my body. I never had before, I didn't know what to eat, when to eat, how often to eat, and fruits and veggies still weren't in the mix; neither was exercise.

Boom. January 1 of this year. 180 degrees in my life. I made a new MFP account (for some reason, it had to be a new one every time lol). I gave up alcohol, fast food, and soda entirely. I started eating glycemic index-ish/paleo-ish/17-day-diet-ish (a mixture of all the books I had read in the year I had tried to diet before haha, I picked and chose what I liked from each of them). The key for me was eating frequently, like in the beginning I ate every hour. I eat high in protein and FINALLY added in the veggies. I started running and lifting. I exercise almost every day and find so much clarity in exercise... I am completely and totally, 100% addicted.

So here I am. Almost 4.5 months into this "diet" and still going strong, thanks to the 150+ people whom I've "met" on this site (pals, if you're reading this, you all are my saviors, you all keep me going every day and I can't thank you enough!!!). While I am still symptomatic with my blood sugar, my A1c's are now within normal limits. I know this change is for life because I have no choice. I can't go back to my old ways or I WILL become full blown diabetic. I still do not drink soda and in over 100 days, I have not had one bite of fast food. (I did recently start drinking a little alcohol again but hey, it's baseball season...nothing like beer and baseball and the deal was get to your goal and you can drink again). Coming from a legitimate fast food addict, that is a huge accomplishment.

Who would have thought, that all you needed to do was eat healthy and exercise?! No need to spend obscene amounts of money on all of that crazy stuff like I did!! I'm living proof that it works!

And now for everyone's favorite part!! PICTURES!!!

Height: 5'8''
SW: 176.2
CW: 141
GW: 130

I apologize in advance for the huge photos!!!!

BEFORE
Christmas party 2012:


That's my belly hanging OVER the counter. OMG. Thanksgiving day 2012, before dinner.






DURING
I weighed approximately 155 in this pic?




AFTER
Currently 141








I have baby biceps!!!!




And of course, face comparison pictures!

Holy crap!! You are the inspiration I needed to get started. I've been losing weight by jogging, logging my calories and doing some dumbbell/bodyweight exercises. I'm just at my half-way point and I'm nervous that I won't end up with the completely toned body I really want. So I've been looking into Stronglifts for a few weeks and have decided to start after I get back from my trip next week. But I can't afford the equipment so that means me going back to a gym as well as hiring a PT for at least a couple sessions to help me with my form. But I was a little nervous to do it. Now I'm ready thanks to you. Congrats on your amazing success!

daynation

Great job! You look amazing.

hannahjames295

Congratulations!
Bumping for motivation later :-D

Akimajuktuq

I love it! Great dedication. Yes, WHAT we eat does matter! Forget those muscle bound guys who try to tell us women that it doesn't. When metabolism is disordered it's impossible to get healthy while eating junk, even when the junk FIYM....such a bs phrase.

Zazoufit2014

omg wow !!! What a transformation ! You look sooo good!!
Your doggies are cute too :P