HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!

primal_cupcakes

Here I am in July 2011 at around 180# (I'm 5'9"):

I've always had an active lifestyle but over the course of a few years some excess weight snuck up on me when I started back at school and fell into a more sedentary routine.

This is me in March of the following year after getting back into a good routine of weightlifting and regular physical activity @170#:


And here I am in July 2013 at around 165#:

I lift weights three times a week, do cardio, and eat a small deficit when I want to lose weight. I like the slow and steady approach.

Thanks for sharing all your transformations. Pleased to add mine to the mix :-)


Cheers!

Edited to re-size photos

Here's another pic of me in August 2011 halfway through a two-day bike event I was participating in. I hadn't started weight training yet:

IamOnMywayNow

Lifting made me bulky too and I LOVE it:) I looked like this after I had my second baby:( YIKES!! (159lbs, 4'11)
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Lost some weight(15 lbs) doing p90x/insanity but still looked like a marshmallow. Started Stronglifts 5x5 in Feb. of this year. I have gotten so much definition and lost 18ish more pounds. I feel like a rock star every time I deadlift weights that are heavier than me:) Before, I struggled to lift my very small kids that weigh 35 and 26 lbs.

I would rather be "bulky" than fluffy any day of the week!!!! (123lbs)


I am not done yet but wanted to share my experience with heavy lifting!

Acerock7

OnMyWay, that is pretty incredible. Excellent work!

seliinac

Bump!

WeepingAngel81

You ladies are lookin' hawt! Way to go! I am hoping to get to where you are myself.

Shortontime

So impressed with all these ladies! You look great!

Viva_Karina

bump

AccioFitness

Yep, I'm sold. Give me some weights!!

shapefitter

I need a hair cut.

Cpuff70

Bump! Great job ladies!

pastryari

:drinker:

tinana_RN

Someone sign me up for this lifting business... :drinker:

PikaKnight

:drinker:

babyblues4

Wow, great job ladies!

lukasmac

BEFORE:






AFTER

odusgolp

I miss me some Lea

cmcollins001

I miss me some Lea

QFT!!

MiloBloom83

I miss me some Lea

QFT!!

+1

Yanicka1

I miss me some Lea

QFT!!

+1

+1 000 000:sad: :sad: :sad:

Cindyinpg

This awesome thread needs a bump. :flowerforyou:

rosettafaery

I've only just started in the gym and have been started light... And on weight machines and not free weights.
I'm doing 12.5kg on the chest press and 40kg on the leg press... Literally only been going for a couple of weeks though and am starting up from rehabilitation for a health complication.
Getting trim and fit will be my aim.
You ladies really are inspirational and sexy and definitely not bulky! Sign me up!

Hauntinglyfit

With clothes on. Just to show how goddam bulky i am. Lost all my curves too.



"Bulky" legs:



I definitely look like a guy:



No curves at all:

Cindyinpg

With clothes on. Just to show how goddam bulky i am. Lost all my curves too.



"Bulky" legs:



I definitely look like a guy:



No curves at all:

WOW!!! Fantastic! You are stunning!

Hauntinglyfit

WOW!!! Fantastic! You are stunning!

Thank you!:blushing: :flowerforyou:

maz165

I love every single one of these threads! You ladies look freaking amazing.

LuLuChick78

WOW!!! Fantastic! You are stunning!

Thank you!:blushing: :flowerforyou:

I agree, wow!!!

Bxrlvr73

I've just made my way through this entire thread, all you women are amazing! I've had to pick my jaw up a few times!

Lovely_at_any_size

Bump

silver_arrow3

I was just showing this thread to a coworker last week! So awesome...

lindsaylove07

So glad I came across this thread! I am starting to lift weights more and do less cardio (well I'm currently at NO cardio since I knocked a tendon loose in my foot). I haven't been worried about bulking up, but I have been worried about not being able to lose enough weight! Ready to start