HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!

lausmit4477

I have lost a total of 112 lbs!! Heavy lifting, little cardio and feeling like a boss! :happy:

All of you women rock!!!

I cannot see a difference as they are different lighting and angles.

:flowerforyou:

I am kidding. You look amazing.

Haha! Thank you! :flowerforyou:

However, the first pic is cut off! *sigh*

NovemberJune

LOVE that more and more women are starting to realize the benefits to lifting heavy and move past the myth!! I absolutely love being strong!!

Here are my pics (lifting pic was taken about 3 months ago so I've gotten a little bit more definition since then but you get the idea). Still not at goal but getting there

Before 323lbs


Current 183lbs

Ummmm DAMN! Awesome results

QFT

k8wizzo

Your before measurements and pic are about where I am now. I just started NROL4W and I am so hoping that I have results even close to yours in 5 months. What an inspiration you are!

pepgab

Cool, I am working my way there, one of these days.

lizzardsm

You are all amazing!! Can't wait to put up my success story! <333!!

ShannonS2714

Jealous women make me laugh....

This.


You are all absolutely f*cking amazing....you are inspirations to all of us, and I thank you for sharing your progress with us!

fullofquirks

I'm a month in to the Stronglifts routine ( last night was "A" and I've had to restart squats completely b/c of my knee issues so they were 35#, just did 45# OH Press and 70# Deadlift) and seeing this thread has me very excited for my possible outcome. I know my weight amounts are light but I never thought *I* could lift anything.

Congrats ladies, you are certainly doing it right.

Thanks for this thread.

_SABOTEUR_

In for women who can lift more than me. There is nothing sexier.

Michelle12583

Lea you are sooo inspiring! hehe Now I wanna eat better so I can have abs. lol

Okay so I shudder at sharing this....but oh well. The left pic is pre-lifting. I was doing Jillian Michaels and Chalean Extreme type workouts when that was taken. I was around 175 lbs I think. Lotta flab. The right picture (155#) is after about a year of heavy lifting with a poor diet (I will be the first to admit I would have had better results if I ate better but I love junk food). You don't get the full scope of the changes that took place with just these images but my other ones are too sessay to post and MFP will surely shut them down.
I don't have to stand so far apart for my thighs to not touch now. *yaaaaay*
Measurements went from a 40 to a 34 bra, size 12 to sz 6/8 and I'm too lazy to dig up all the numbers from measuring body parts, so you'll just have to deal but everything got smaller and more compact, definitely not bulky.



Why my pics always come out so big?! GAWWWD. I resized and everything. *pouts*

YOU LOOK AMAZING!!!! I WANT YOUR LEGS!!

DontStopB_Leakin

I'm a month in to the Stronglifts routine ( last night was "A" and I've had to restart squats completely b/c of my knee issues so they were 35#, just did 45# OH Press and 70# Deadlift) and seeing this thread has me very excited for my possible outcome. I know my weight amounts are light but I never thought *I* could lift anything.

Congrats ladies, you are certainly doing it right.

Thanks for this thread.

Don't sell yourself short, at all. Heavy is anything that's heavy for YOU. And keep in mind, no one can just walk into the gym and start squatting 200, hell, even 100 lbs. It takes time, hard work, and dedication to get there. The fact that you're doing something you never thought possible is amazing!

And believe me, it's totally worth it.

NovemberJune

OP that is great progress, especially since you said it was in just a few months!!! :happy: You look outstanding in that bikini!

Here's mine. I like cardio, barbells, and body weight based strength

fullofquirks

:flowerforyou: Day made. Rock on with your bad self.

Edited b/c I messed up deleting my quote from leaky's quote. Anywho...

CoderGal

I have lost a total of 112 lbs!! Heavy lifting, little cardio and feeling like a boss! :happy:

All of you women rock!!!

I cannot see a difference as they are different lighting and angles.

:flowerforyou:

I am kidding. You look amazing.

ROFL :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: to both of you and a :flowerforyou: to the OP because it's a sin half the posts are of someone criticizing her. This could have been a really great thread.

CoderGal

Why my pics always come out so big?! GAWWWD. I resized and everything. *pouts*

I loved the resizing you've done on your *kitten* :laugh:

Ascolti_la_musica

Bulky is a subjective term. An opinion. Your after pic is not a look I aspire to for myself. You're not as bulky as some of the women on here with weight lifting progress pics, but yes, my *opinion* is that you look bulky *to me*.

Is it a "bad" look? Am I "body shaming" you to say that I don't like that particular look? NO.
Just as it is not body shaming to say I never want to look like Peta Wilson. She's a beautiful woman, but I find her too thin. Again, not a look to which I personally aspire.

Congratulations on achieving a look that YOU want, and feel is attractive. Congratulations again on finding a fitness activity that you enjoy.

But can we please stop with the constant lulz at women who do not enjoy weightlifting? We get just as tired of hearing about how pathetic we are for not lifting "heavy" as you get of us saying we don't want to be bulky. It's not hard to share your success without poking fun at the people with a different view of success.

firstsip

Bulky is a subjective term. An opinion. Your after pic is not a look I aspire to for myself. You're not as bulky as some of the women on here with weight lifting progress pics, but yes, my *opinion* is that you look bulky *to me*.

Is it a "bad" look? Am I "body shaming" you to say that I don't like that particular look? NO.
Just as it is not body shaming to say I never want to look like Peta Wilson. She's a beautiful woman, but I find her too thin. Again, not a look to which I personally aspire.

Congratulations on achieving a look that YOU want, and feel is attractive. Congratulations again on finding a fitness activity that you enjoy.

But can we please stop with the constant lulz at women who do not enjoy weightlifting? We get just as tired of hearing about how pathetic we are for not lifting "heavy" as you get of us saying we don't want to be bulky. It's not hard to share your success without poking fun at the people with a different view of success.

Bulky: Adjective
Taking up much space, typically inconveniently; large and unwieldy.

Her measurements went down. She is not taking up as much space. Her body is smaller, not larger.

Que?

13mjames

Bump

tmckinna

This!
More ladies need to lift.

wbfd22

I have just started NROLFW this week. 2 workouts down. I am completely inspired by all of you ladies!! Thank you for keeping me motivated!!

MireyGal76

Bulky is a subjective term. An opinion. Your after pic is not a look I aspire to for myself. You're not as bulky as some of the women on here with weight lifting progress pics, but yes, my *opinion* is that you look bulky *to me*.

Is it a "bad" look? Am I "body shaming" you to say that I don't like that particular look? NO.
Just as it is not body shaming to say I never want to look like Peta Wilson. She's a beautiful woman, but I find her too thin. Again, not a look to which I personally aspire.

Congratulations on achieving a look that YOU want, and feel is attractive. Congratulations again on finding a fitness activity that you enjoy.

But can we please stop with the constant lulz at women who do not enjoy weightlifting? We get just as tired of hearing about how pathetic we are for not lifting "heavy" as you get of us saying we don't want to be bulky. It's not hard to share your success without poking fun at the people with a different view of success.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I think that the goal of threads like this is to highlight the fact that picking heavy weights up will not cause a woman to turn into a competition bodybuilder. It takes a LOT of work to get there. (And those women who WANT to become competition bodybuilders pretty much have to make it a career)

I have heavy lifter envy. I am muscular and strong, but I don't "lift heavy" yet. I wish I did, and wish I could post in this thread to support the OP and all the amazingly strong beautiful women.

I do not believe that this post is making fun or laughing at women who don't enjoy weightlifting. The whole point is to DISPEL FEAR of strength. to DISPEL FEAR of becoming a meat head. To ENCOURAGE COURAGE in trying something that may help many get to their "next level" of fitness success.

Not once did she put down people who don't lift. She is living breathing proof that women who lift are just as much womanly and sexy as those who do not. And in her case - mahgod is she ever womanly, sexy and beautiful... AND STRONG.