First before & after! Work in progress. :)

A work in progress; my goal is to be around 23% body fat and strong, currently 28%. This is 4 months of work, 2-5 pounds lost (fluctuates daily) and over 10 inches lost. I workout 3-4 times a week doing Insanity and lifting. I haven't started heavy lifting since my dumbbells only go up to 20 pounds each, but Stronglifts is next. I currently eat between 1600-1900 calories a day.

This photo was a huge help today, last week was one of those "I don't feel like I look different" weeks. I am 5'3 started at 155, currently around 153-151. I don't really weigh myself, but do take measurements and BF.

This was honestly a harder battle than I anticipated. I did WW 3 years ago and lost 20 pounds in 8 weeks. I was hungry a lot, this was before fruits and veggies were 0 points. This time I decided I wanted to make a change that would be for life. Something that I wasn't on a constant countdown to. My diets in the past, I was always saying "only two more weeks before this event, then I can eat normal again". I got tired of it, it wasn't a life.

I found MFP and spent a lot of time researching TDEE, nutrition, exercise, etc. I want to be informed, then I realized all it comes down to is calories in vs calories out. I eat ice-cream, pizza, pop-tarts, and drink vodka, but I still see changes. This is the life that I have been wanting. Still enjoying days at baseball games eating nachos and drinking. Sure it's a slower process to lose BF% rather than weight, but strength and keeping my lean mass was/is my ultimate goal.

My advice is to take photos and measurements. Like a lot of people say, the scale lies.

I've never posted a photo on here, so hopefully it works.