Up 5 lbs, before and after

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  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    damn image needs resizing
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    fixed!
  • morticia16
    morticia16 Posts: 230 Member
    You look fab! Well done!
  • SpecialSundae
    SpecialSundae Posts: 795 Member
    Looking good!
  • ChrisM8971
    ChrisM8971 Posts: 1,067 Member
    Fantastic job, looking great
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    Thank you everyone. :3
  • rogerbosch
    rogerbosch Posts: 343 Member
    Way to go! Finally someone who gets it (opposed to the 1200 calorie posters)
  • itsjustdawn
    itsjustdawn Posts: 1,073 Member
    Phenomenal!!! Seriously... wow. Once my back heals I'd like to look into lifting. You're very inspiring, thank you!
  • LJSmith1989
    LJSmith1989 Posts: 650
    What do you eat?

    Well done!
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    @roger- trial and error. that's really not enough food though.
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    @ljsmith- whatever i want. i try to make sure i eat fruit n veg daily though.
  • samammay
    samammay Posts: 468
    So you get to eat more AND look better doing it. Brilliant. :)
  • noglamour
    noglamour Posts: 3 Member
    How long did it take you to put on 5 lbs?
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    Lifting and eating wins again. You look fab!
  • jbgolf52
    jbgolf52 Posts: 210 Member
    You look great! Always refreshing to see a girl eat more and look better, if only some of my friends understood what you do. 2,000-3,000 cals, you must be pretty active right?
  • RM10003
    RM10003 Posts: 316 Member
    I love seeing photos like this--well done!
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  • bunbunzee44
    bunbunzee44 Posts: 592 Member
    looking good! :) how did you do the 'bulking'? for how long?
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    How long did it take you to put on 5 lbs?

    6 months.
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    looking good! :) how did you do the 'bulking'? for how long?

    Well I lift 4 times a week, every other day. Upper body and lower body split. I ate whatever I wanted for the most part, but tried to make sure I had fruit and veg every day. I've been at it for 6 months now.
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    You look great! Always refreshing to see a girl eat more and look better, if only some of my friends understood what you do. 2,000-3,000 cals, you must be pretty active right?

    Well I lift 4 times a week. I don't really make any effort to do cardio, but I walk around campus a lot when I'm at school (twice a week), and walk my dogs maybe half a mile every morning. Other than that, I work an office job.
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    thank you everyone for all the encouraging words. x3
  • dlbaron
    dlbaron Posts: 79 Member
    You look fantastic! This is exactly what I want to see because it's getting really hard for me to eat less than 2000 calories a day and I've been strength training but am going to start a focused lifting program this week. I'm just below 22% BF right now (I think it may be higher but that's according to online calculators (averaged) and a hand held body fat analysis machine.

    What program do you use?
  • ken_hogan
    ken_hogan Posts: 854 Member
    Wow!! Looking hot!! :blushing:
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    Good job! You look firmer! And I'll bet life is better now too, huh? :laugh:
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    You look fantastic! This is exactly what I want to see because it's getting really hard for me to eat less than 2000 calories a day and I've been strength training but am going to start a focused lifting program this week. I'm just below 22% BF right now (I think it may be higher but that's according to online calculators (averaged) and a hand held body fat analysis machine.

    What program do you use?

    Since i am focusing on gaining weight...i don't watch what i eat. If I'm hungry, I eat. I'm learning to listen to my body instead of tracking my macros, and it seems to be working.

    I do a upper and lower body split. Upper body I work my biceps, triceps, upper back, chest and shoulders(curls, rows, shoulder press, bench press ect.). Lower body i work my quads, hamstrings, lower back and calves(sumo/prisoner squats, dead lifts, calf raises).

    I think the key to making progress when lifting is to go as heavy as you can manage while keeping good form. If you can do more than 10 reps on your last set, the weights aren't heavy enough. I also always make sure to push myself to failure on my last set whenever possible (prefer to have a spot in this case).
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    Good job! You look firmer! And I'll bet life is better now too, huh? :laugh:

    Thank you.

    Oh yes, so much better. Eating all the food, and getting stronger. I use to struggle w/ my self image and under eat a lot. Lifting has set me free from all the stress that came with dieting constantly in an attempt to keep my weight low.
  • Raw_Bean
    Raw_Bean Posts: 293 Member
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    WOW! What a transformation!!
  • Naomi0504
    Naomi0504 Posts: 964 Member
    I think you look great :smile: Good job!
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
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