Baby to Bikini... Tears and All

sdpursley

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fastmar19

oh my you look stunning I hope I can do as well not that I will ever be in a bikini. I am a little to old for that just feeling good about myself is all worth it.
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hayles333

Wow. Just wow. I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes. Such an awesome story and an amazing transformation (body and mind). I'm still a work-in-progress...I can only hope that I have results like yours by the time my baby is one (she's 7.5 months old now)! You're an inspiration -- thanks for sharing! :flowerforyou:

FitMrsR

Wow!!! You look perfect :flowerforyou: great job!

BinaryPulsar

Incredible transformation!!

seanezekiel

You are amazing and deserve only the best.

Lupercalia

Wow, great work! You look absolutely amazing! :flowerforyou: :drinker:

KirstenMarie18

WOW just WOW!!!

basillowe66

Hey, You are a beautifull girl. You have a beautifull baby, and you are free. You get no stars for self pity. You have a lot to go on, just feel great about yourself. Be glad you got rid of that jerk and start over. It's not all that bad. I didn't readyour whole story, but I saw enough of you .
Hopefully you have a job. Just make sure that all of the choices you make from now on are good ones. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. And if the next guy isn'r perfect, dump him before you start.
You are not alone now, you have the baby and that gives you incentive to do good in everything you do.

You will have a lot of encouragement here on MFP. Add me to your friend list if you will and I will help you !!

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FitandFab33

Thank you all so much for the support! MFP has been the catalyst to get me here- the friends who have pushed and encouraged me kept me standing when I didn't think I could.

As far as training- I lift heavy and eat at a deficit. I focus all of my workouts on compound exercises like squats, deadlifts, chest press, lunges.. and lately I've been working out 3-4 days per week. I predominantly avoided cardio like the plague, but in the interest of health and performance (I'm signed up for a 5k, a triathlon, a Tough Mudder, and a Half Marathon in the next 6 months) I have been *trying* to learn to love it and run about 10-12 miles per week.

marinatan1982

Oh. My. God.
You are such an inspiration, thank you!

AlongCame_Molly

Holy sheeeeeeeet! You look fantastic! Ow Ow!

lisamarie1780

Today was a major milestone for me.

I haven't been to a pool (or beach/etc) in a few years. I have NEVER been comfortable in a bikini- regardless of how I looked. I have always had the feeling that I must sit this way or sit that way, stand that way or face that direction because there was something to hide.

And then I got pregnant. And then I got FAT. I ate indiscriminately, I did not exercise.. and by the time I gave birth I had gained something like 80 lbs and delivered at 238 lbs. The baby was 7 of those pounds. I knew I had screwed up. That was the end of May 2012.

I split with my fiancé (my child's father) and life was... well.. bad. I was a single mom, with little support and no family nearby. I had been in a bad relationship for the last 4 years, was fat, and had zero confidence. I was lonely, scared, insecure, and I ate my feelings. In September of 2012, I was still 212 lbs. Breastfeeding hadn't exactly "melted off all the weight" like I expected. I began watching my intake and dropped a few lbs. I started logging on September 15th and I started lifting weights on September 30th, 2012. That was when it started.

I felt powerful. I felt good in my skin, even if my skin didn't look so good. And my body changed. I wanted it to continue- so I made myself a deal: I would go from baby to bikini in a year.

Since then, my body has done things that I never knew was possible. Sometimes I ate really well, sometimes I didn't. For the most part I ate at a deficit, but I took several month long breaks and a few weeks here and there.

Today, I am 11 1/2 months post-baby. Today, I put on a bikini... I walked across my apartment complex, and I went to the pool. I had tears welling up in my eyes on that long walk- from nerves and fear. But I walked in and for the first time in my life, I felt good in that bikini. With my stretch marks, with my bits of flub and extra skin- I was confident and proud of my marred body. That's what this has done for me- it's not the weight, or the fat, or even the bikini.... it's the FEELING.

Now for all the pictures....

Where I was when I started lifting weights:

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And today, in a bikini. :-)

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beautiful. Inspiring story

pspetralia

You look great! Enjoy the feeling!!!!

funforsports

D@mn, great story!

aliencheesecake

You look awesome...can I ask how old you are? I am 32 and my baby will be three this year. I'm stuck around 140, and I feel like part of the problem is my metabolism and skin are not nearly as resilient as they would have been had I had my baby at 20 instead of twenty-nine! I don't know if I'll ever see abs like that again without surgery.

jonnythan

Holy hell.

karl39x

Holy ****! Can I be your new man.

Predsfan2013

Amazing. Congrats. Cute bikini

GFielding_56

Excellent results well done. You are an inspiration to everyone