HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!

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  • primal_cupcakes
    primal_cupcakes Posts: 280 Member
    Here I am in July 2011 at around 180# (I'm 5'9"):
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    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#:
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    And here I am in July 2013 at around 165#:
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    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:
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  • Acerock7
    Acerock7 Posts: 3 Member
    OnMyWay, that is pretty incredible. Excellent work!
  • seliinac
    seliinac Posts: 336 Member
    Bump!
  • WeepingAngel81
    WeepingAngel81 Posts: 2,232 Member
    You ladies are lookin' hawt! Way to go! I am hoping to get to where you are myself.
  • Shortontime
    Shortontime Posts: 25 Member
    So impressed with all these ladies! You look great!
  • Viva_Karina
    Viva_Karina Posts: 398 Member
    bump
  • AccioFitness
    AccioFitness Posts: 244 Member
    Yep, I'm sold. Give me some weights!!
  • shapefitter
    shapefitter Posts: 900 Member
    I need a hair cut.
  • Cpuff70
    Cpuff70 Posts: 153
    Bump! Great job ladies!
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    :drinker:
  • tinana_RN
    tinana_RN Posts: 541 Member
    Someone sign me up for this lifting business... :drinker:
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    :drinker:
  • babyblues4
    babyblues4 Posts: 241 Member
    Wow, great job ladies!
  • lukasmac
    lukasmac Posts: 216 Member
    BEFORE:

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    AFTER

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  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I miss me some Lea :(
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    I miss me some Lea :(

    QFT!!
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    I miss me some Lea :(

    QFT!!

    +1
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    I miss me some Lea :(

    QFT!!

    +1

    +1 000 000:sad: :sad: :sad:
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    This awesome thread needs a bump. :flowerforyou:
  • rosettafaery
    rosettafaery Posts: 102 Member
    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
    Hauntinglyfit Posts: 5,537 Member
    With clothes on. Just to show how goddam bulky i am. Lost all my curves too.

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    "Bulky" legs:

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    I definitely look like a guy:

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    No curves at all:

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  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    With clothes on. Just to show how goddam bulky i am. Lost all my curves too.

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    "Bulky" legs:

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    I definitely look like a guy:

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    No curves at all:

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    WOW!!! Fantastic! You are stunning!
  • Hauntinglyfit
    Hauntinglyfit Posts: 5,537 Member
    WOW!!! Fantastic! You are stunning!

    Thank you!:blushing: :flowerforyou:
  • maz165
    maz165 Posts: 73 Member
    I love every single one of these threads! You ladies look freaking amazing.
  • LuLuChick78
    LuLuChick78 Posts: 439 Member
    WOW!!! Fantastic! You are stunning!

    Thank you!:blushing: :flowerforyou:

    I agree, wow!!!
  • Bxrlvr73
    Bxrlvr73 Posts: 82 Member
    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
    Lovely_at_any_size Posts: 94 Member
    Bump
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    I was just showing this thread to a coworker last week! So awesome...
  • lindsaylove07
    lindsaylove07 Posts: 444 Member
    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

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