I weigh 15lbs MORE than I did in 2009
Rae6503
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Since I've been talking about "skinny fat" and "lean mass" etc, and well, I'm apparently a HUGE attention *kitten*, I will share a few pictures...
Before I had children I spent most of my life around 165lbs. I gained 25lbs during each of my first 2 pregnancies, returning to 165 between them. After my 2nd I did Weight Watchers online and got down to 145lbs basically with diet alone, did very little exercise.
Summer 2009, 145lbs:
I then got pregnant again. Gained 45lbs (so yeah, gained the extra 20lbs I had lost, thanks kid). This time I lost weight more slowly and have been lifting weights for 8 months including a 4 month bulking cycle. Never got back down to 145. I got down to 150 then went back up to 160 during the bulk.
Summer 2012, 160lbs:
I can wear most of my clothing from 2009 with the exception of a few pairs of shorts that are too tight (and too tight shorts are just wrong).
Before I had children I spent most of my life around 165lbs. I gained 25lbs during each of my first 2 pregnancies, returning to 165 between them. After my 2nd I did Weight Watchers online and got down to 145lbs basically with diet alone, did very little exercise.
Summer 2009, 145lbs:
I then got pregnant again. Gained 45lbs (so yeah, gained the extra 20lbs I had lost, thanks kid). This time I lost weight more slowly and have been lifting weights for 8 months including a 4 month bulking cycle. Never got back down to 145. I got down to 150 then went back up to 160 during the bulk.
Summer 2012, 160lbs:
I can wear most of my clothing from 2009 with the exception of a few pairs of shorts that are too tight (and too tight shorts are just wrong).
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That is some sexy 'hulk and bulk'
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Great work! How tall are you? (Gives folks like me some perspective on the weight differences)0
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Great work! How tall are you? (Gives folks like me some perspective on the weight differences)
Ah, yes. 5'9".0 -
Froggy is floored in the first pic. =B
Good example for folks what lifting can do for you!0 -
Froggy is floored in the first pic. =B
That's my 2nd baby's lovey. She was a devil baby and that really helped with her sleeping and stuff. We didn't do one with the first one. She still sleeps with that thing and she's 4.0 -
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LOVE!
Thank you very much. After reading posts like yours and Lorinalynn's, I'm beginning to re-evaluate my intense desire to lose the 15-ish lbs I've gained over the last year. While I can't fit into my size 4 BCBG jeans that I love so much; I'm actually slimming down rather nicely with a steady regimen of strength training (4 days a week) and cardio (3-4 days per week). My weight loss has been uber-slow and even fluctuated up and down, but I am finding that my body is changing and becoming much more beautiful than it's ever been.
I find it inspirational that ladies like you and a few others that I've befriended here are showing that the scale is not the ultimate way to measure fitness!
Thank you; you look great!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
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Hard work paying off. I love these examples.0
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LOVE!
Thank you very much. After reading posts like yours and Lorinalynn's, I'm beginning to re-evaluate my intense desire to lose the 15-ish lbs I've gained over the last year. While I can't fit into my size 4 BCBG jeans that I love so much; I'm actually slimming down rather nicely with a steady regimen of strength training (4 days a week) and cardio (3-4 days per week). My weight loss has been uber-slow and even fluctuated up and down, but I am finding that my body is changing and becoming much more beautiful than it's ever been.
I find it inspirational that ladies like you and a few others that I've befriended here are showing that the scale is not the ultimate way to measure fitness!
Thank you; you look great!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Pictures are the only way for me to track progress these days. Any time I get excited about the scale going down it ends up going back up again anyway. *kitten*.0 -
Love it......you look awesome dear.0
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You look fantastic-- great work!0
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Nice guns!0
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