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WOMEN: **Heavy-Lifting Free Weights* - 16 month progress

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  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,255 Member
    Ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, YES, GO VENUS!!

    Thanks, all!!!
  • brismom070897
    brismom070897 Posts: 178 Member
    bump for later
  • 89nunu
    89nunu Posts: 1,082 Member
    You're looking awesome!!!! Well done!! :flowerforyou:
  • AbbyPDX
    AbbyPDX Posts: 64 Member
    I just took a look at the Venus plan... it doesn't talk much about what you should eat and makes a point to say they can work around any diet. What do you eat to make that change?? Is that transformation just from lifting?
  • jporte
    jporte Posts: 164 Member
    Wow you look amazing for someone half your age...I am working on increasing my lifting also and you are an inspiration.
  • svgarcia
    svgarcia Posts: 592 Member
    U lk amazing. I have those saddlebags in ur b4 pic too... What type of workouts? Did u eat clean
  • Cacoates90
    Cacoates90 Posts: 62
    You look fabulous!!
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,255 Member
    To answer some of your questions:

    1. No, I do not eat clean....well, certainly not all the time. I am "cutting" right now and I am *trying* (but not always succeeding....) to eat mostly protein and fewer (bad) carbs.
    2. Yes, I do intermittent fasting. Actually, Venus would call my style of eating "intermittent feeding" because I eat all of my calories from 12:30 pm (lunch-time) to 6:30/8:30 pm. I am naturally more hungry later in the day.
    3. I eat NOTHING all morning and I work-out at lunchtime, fasted, always.
    4. "Heavy lifting" got me started on ending my "skinny fat" days.....but, it's 100% true that you CANNOT "out-train" a bad diet! So, exercise has transformed my SHAPE, but being in a caloric deficit has removed my BODY FAT.
  • luckyjuls
    luckyjuls Posts: 505 Member
    You look really amazing.
  • mister_universe
    mister_universe Posts: 6,664 Member
    Truly awesome. Well done!
  • rachietuk
    rachietuk Posts: 308 Member
    You look great, well done
  • jnh17
    jnh17 Posts: 838 Member
    Beeeeeeeps! Totally inspired, my friend! Lookin' good!
  • Praying_Mantis
    Praying_Mantis Posts: 239 Member
    bump inspiration
  • kelseyhere
    kelseyhere Posts: 1,123 Member
    woohoo!! so proud of you!
  • ShallaLovee1
    ShallaLovee1 Posts: 356 Member
    Wooo! Looking good! Great job. Congratulations!
  • cleotherio
    cleotherio Posts: 712 Member
    Ka-BAM! Awesome transformation!
  • jpolinisse
    jpolinisse Posts: 149 Member
    You look good....What is your diet like?


    Nevermind, I see the previous reponse above.
  • KellyBgetsfit
    KellyBgetsfit Posts: 1,713 Member
    Amazing success Beeps!!!! So proud of you. Keep it up!
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    Wow! What a change. Congratulations on securing better health! :smile:
  • SexyLovinmeCook
    SexyLovinmeCook Posts: 1,393 Member
    Man this some good stuff here!! You look freakn awesome... Can't wait to get back to regular heavy lifting....
  • FaithHopeBELIEVE
    FaithHopeBELIEVE Posts: 626
    You look awesome! I struggle with losing my belly and arm fat and keep going back on forth on lifting. I did NROL4W with no success. So might check out this venus program. Is it much different?
  • Taraanne76
    Taraanne76 Posts: 111 Member
    BOOM! You look wonderful! Awesome to see your success :)
  • WDEvy
    WDEvy Posts: 814 Member
    Huge difference! Especially in your thighs!
  • jamk1446
    jamk1446 Posts: 5,577 Member
    Fantastic work Beeps!
  • luckyjuls
    luckyjuls Posts: 505 Member
    Thanks for recommending The New Rules of Lifting. I am hoping to buy it soon.
  • Liatush
    Liatush Posts: 627 Member
    That's some pretty terrific results!!!!!
  • savemama
    savemama Posts: 105 Member
    You look great! I am sold! :)

    I'm curious, was there weight loss between the two pics? (I like to get an idea of what I can expect).

    Right now, I'm in weightloss mode. I plan to add muscle after my weightloss... and so will look into those recommendations. Thanks for the inspiration!
  • reneelee
    reneelee Posts: 877 Member
    WOW! You have inspired me to lift more often. I find it hard giving up the cardio classes. You look amazing!
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,255 Member
    There *was* body fat loss between the 2 pics. I would have described myself as "skinny fat" in pic 1....I looked just fine in clothes, was always described by others as "skinny" (only my husband - and all the women in my health club - saw me naked, right??). Figured I had 10 lbs to lose, which is how I ended up at JPFitness forum, finding a 'challenge' to enter (Jan 1, 2012), which involved NROL4W.

    I have lost 20 lbs to date. OF PURE FAT.

    I'm having a DXA scan done at the end of May, 2013 to confirm what my body fat% is (I think I'm about 24% right now...) and what my LBM is, etc.

    While Venus, like NROL series, focuses on "compound moves" (i.e. no split days, etc.), Venus is different than NROL. Different because:

    1. it offers different eating advice than the NROL series;
    2. it offers a community of subscribers which, for me, lead to my BEST successes and all sorts of learning about "posing", what sorts of clothes suit a pear-shaped body (I'm a natural pear), etc.; and
    3. It offers MUCH more variety - EVERY SINGLE WORK-OUT is a different work-out! Love this.
  • Nicole77sweet
    Nicole77sweet Posts: 19 Member
    You look awesome. I started lifting and I love it!
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