Women who Heavy Lift

lobo_a_gogo

Hey ladies who lift heavy weights, I'm in week 3 of NROL4W and I need some inspiration from women trying similar things (especially those who started with still quite a bit to lose). I have noticed significant size difference (but not weight) so far. I'll go first. I've posted this before, but I feel silly asking for pics without offering my own. First, I'll show you a picture of my approximate goal weight/size: This was me in 2009 at about 180, size 10


I unfortunately didn't take "befores" and at my heaviest I avoided having pictures taken at all cost... That said I managed to find one picture where I was in the background and it was very dark...lol. For reference, I'm about 5'8". Here's my journey so far:

I started in May of 2012.
SW: approximately 240-245 (My old scale told me I was 205 no matter what... finally got a new one after I had already put some work into losing, which told me 238


I lost about 30 lbs over the summer by logging (mind you not always measuring food, never weighing food, but approximating), netting about 1600 calories/day and swimming almost every day, biking a few times a week. Here's me in August of 2012 at approximately 215:



I took most of September off from exercising because we were out of town every weekend, and then went to some roller derby practices which showed me how out of shape I still was. I started going to the gym at a local college 3-5 days per week all of November, and Did some gym workouts and some (not all 30 days) of 30 DS in December when the gym was closed. I went to Disney with some friends the first full week in January. Here's me at Disney at about 210:


Frustrated by this gigantic plateau (I had only lost about another 5 lbs in 4 or 5 months!) I continued cutting back on my calories further and further until I was only eating 900-1200/day, with not much of a budge on the scale. I got a fitbit to get a more accurate count of what I was burning in a typical day.
Of course everyone on MFP yelled at me, told me to eat more and so I did. For the past few weeks I have been eating around 1800 calories (20% off my TDEE) and I am on week 3 of phase 1 of the New Rules of Lifting for Women (heavy weight lifting)
Here's me today at 203:


For comparison pictures, I took a few in the same dress I was wearing in the August pictures. Here's a few side by sides:

May 2012 (240-45ish) compared with late January 2013



August 2012 to right now:




Ideally I would like to get down to 165-175, but moreover I'm setting a size goal rather than a weight goal these days since I have been heavy lifting. I'm currently a comfortable size 14, fit into some size 12s. I would like to be a comfortable size 10, fit in to some 8's (or smaller).

rachaelaldora

i dont go to the gym yet... weird i know, ive been proving that you dont need one you can do it on your own.
however i use 60-80 pound logs i find outside to workout with. sometimes 100 lbs
Keep up the awesome work its great!

lobo_a_gogo

i dont go to the gym yet... weird i know, ive been proving that you dont need one you can do it on your own.
however i use 60-80 pound logs i find outside to workout with. sometimes 100 lbs
Keep up the awesome work its great!

That's really inventive! How do you know the weight of the logs you use? Do you have progress pics?

valeriewxy

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y509/valeriewxy/On my way to fitness/67BFE91C-1178-4A50-BF28-0BB89F48F998-4699-000003958C12BE31_zps2bd7b7fe.jpg

That's a 2.5 month and 20 lb difference I did that mainly through lots of cardio and eating right. Since March, I've started on NROL4W, and I'm about 2/3rds of the way through Stage 1! The below picture was taken last week ^^

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y509/valeriewxy/On my way to fitness/4894A64C-69CD-4A54-B38B-FB55B3FEBA7B-4699-000003DCDA514477_zpscd122ec4.jpg

lobo_a_gogo

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y509/valeriewxy/On my way to fitness/67BFE91C-1178-4A50-BF28-0BB89F48F998-4699-000003958C12BE31_zps2bd7b7fe.jpg

That's a 2.5 month and 20 lb difference I did that mainly through lots of cardio and eating right. Since March, I've started on NROL4W, and I'm about 2/3rds of the way through Stage 1! The below picture was taken last week ^^

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y509/valeriewxy/On my way to fitness/4894A64C-69CD-4A54-B38B-FB55B3FEBA7B-4699-000003DCDA514477_zpscd122ec4.jpg

Awesome! I'm a little bigger than where you were from the beginning but I've already been on a major plateau from cardio and cutting back on food, so I'm hoping NROL4W will be my salvation...

RepsnSets

Well done on your progress! You look awesome

The only pic of my progress so far from january the 2nd is my profile pic. Result of heavy lifting. Im on my second programme now so doing split days 5-8 reps

newmelady

That's a 2.5 month and 20 lb difference I did that mainly through lots of cardio and eating right. Since March, I've started on NROL4W, and I'm about 2/3rds of the way through Stage 1! The below picture was taken last week ^^

Hey that's great result.

valeriewxy

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y509/valeriewxy/On my way to fitness/67BFE91C-1178-4A50-BF28-0BB89F48F998-4699-000003958C12BE31_zps2bd7b7fe.jpg

That's a 2.5 month and 20 lb difference I did that mainly through lots of cardio and eating right. Since March, I've started on NROL4W, and I'm about 2/3rds of the way through Stage 1! The below picture was taken last week ^^

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y509/valeriewxy/On my way to fitness/4894A64C-69CD-4A54-B38B-FB55B3FEBA7B-4699-000003DCDA514477_zpscd122ec4.jpg

Awesome! I'm a little bigger than where you were from the beginning but I've already been on a major plateau from cardio and cutting back on food, so I'm hoping NROL4W will be my salvation...

I'm a lot shorter than you though! Only 5'4"! And yeah - my weight loss slowed down majorly after 25 lbs, so I switched to lifting (which I'd always intended on doing anyway). I weigh myself once every 2 weeks now, and measure once a month. It's pretty exciting to see the changes in the mirror!

Oh, and my workout outfit in the bottom pic has amazing tummy-holding-in powers XDDD

rachaelaldora

i dont go to the gym yet... weird i know, ive been proving that you dont need one you can do it on your own.
however i use 60-80 pound logs i find outside to workout with. sometimes 100 lbs
Keep up the awesome work its great!

That's really inventive! How do you know the weight of the logs you use? Do you have progress pics?

my boyfriend lifts it first and tells me, hes scary accurate, (ive done it with a scale- get him to guess and then weigh something heavy lol)

and i do

mrsmustgetmuscles1

Lost my weight while lifting heavy.

Start weight 142
Current weight 115-117 Maintaining and it fluctuates but I have lost another size while maintaining.

http://s1337.photobucket.com/user/mustgetmuscles1/slideshow/Mrsmustgetmuscles1

kcaffee1

Taking it slow with lifting due to lower joint issues (back and knees), but this is month 2 working with a trainer. Profile pic is my before/during upto last month. Will be updating the pic tomorrow or the day after, depending on time. It's not showing MUCH in the arms.. yet, but it sure is showing in the core areas!

And, I'm dropping weight like a rock! Most days I'm not lifting, I'm putting in some heavy cardio (swimming, zumba/high impact aerobics).

lobo_a_gogo

The incredible shrinking woman! you look fantastic!

i dont go to the gym yet... weird i know, ive been proving that you dont need one you can do it on your own.
however i use 60-80 pound logs i find outside to workout with. sometimes 100 lbs
Keep up the awesome work its great!

That's really inventive! How do you know the weight of the logs you use? Do you have progress pics?

my boyfriend lifts it first and tells me, hes scary accurate, (ive done it with a scale- get him to guess and then weigh something heavy lol)

and i do