One Year of Barbells and Ice-Cream: My Story…So Far (pics)

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  • CinerellaxChicagoxfitter
    CinerellaxChicagoxfitter Posts: 7
    This is a great & beautiful story. I absolutely love it. Thanks so much for sharing. I'm sure in encouraged all of us :)
  • CynthiaT60
    CynthiaT60 Posts: 1,280 Member
    Pretty freakin' annoying, emsainz3.:grumble:
  • mamma_nee
    mamma_nee Posts: 809 Member
    ROCK ON !!!
  • CynthiaT60
    CynthiaT60 Posts: 1,280 Member
    Oh wow...somebody's discovered copy/paste, one of the required troll skills. Congratulations.
  • t73reed
    t73reed Posts: 22 Member
    That's what I want to look like! You rock!
  • linsey0689
    linsey0689 Posts: 753 Member
    Great story and boy you look great :)
  • melissayoungblood
    melissayoungblood Posts: 38 Member
    You look incredible! I hope to follow in your footsteps. Thanks for sharing your story, your an inspiration!
  • _SABOTEUR_
    _SABOTEUR_ Posts: 6,833 Member
    So glad this got bumped.

    Just so everyone knows, Sara continues to be awesome and has done a powerlifting comp. Maybe she can update us with some pics from it? (Pretty please?)

    Her and SS still give their time and expertise for free (the fools!) in their group: Eat, Train, Progress.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/10067-eat-train-progress-
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    So glad this got bumped.

    Just so everyone knows, Sara continues to be awesome and has done a powerlifting comp. Maybe she can update us with some pics from it? (Pretty please?)

    Her and SS still give their time and expertise for free (the fools!) in their group: Eat, Train, Progress.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/10067-eat-train-progress-

    Thank you :flowerforyou:

    I actually did a thread about my first meet: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1137702-sara-s-first-powerlifting-competition-pics-and-vids

    Some pics from there of my final lift of the meet.

    Pic of me setting up for my final lift:

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    Pic of me doing a happy dance 30 seconds later:

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    I had a great time and I am so glad that I did it. I see more competitions in my future...possibly one next month.
  • livelifelift
    livelifelift Posts: 16 Member
    Your true inspiration!
  • stormystrickland
    stormystrickland Posts: 187 Member
    bump
  • ablot63
    ablot63 Posts: 71 Member
    great job, very inspiring! just wondering, do you also do cardio? i'm new to weight training. i still do cardio but was wondering if it's necessary. btw i'm from england too :)
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    great job, very inspiring! just wondering, do you also do cardio? i'm new to weight training. i still do cardio but was wondering if it's necessary. btw i'm from england too :)

    Hi! No, I don't do cardio. I hate it =).
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    great job, very inspiring! just wondering, do you also do cardio? i'm new to weight training. i still do cardio but was wondering if it's necessary. btw i'm from england too :)

    Hi! No, I don't do cardio. I hate it =).

    If you enjoy it or need/want the calorie burn to create a caloric deficit it - then go for it, however cardio, while beneficial, it is not necessary to lose weight - a caloric deficit is.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    *cough* Need more posts in here. Getting close to rolling!
  • rexiecatmeow
    rexiecatmeow Posts: 43 Member
    You look great.. Job well done! Keep it up.
  • tedrickp
    tedrickp Posts: 1,229 Member
    Sarah is the best! Amazing transformation :flowerforyou:
  • RonFrances8
    RonFrances8 Posts: 44 Member
    Loved your story... You go girl! Thanks for sharing!
  • ssaraj43
    ssaraj43 Posts: 575 Member
    In for the roll .....

    Thank you for all you do Sara :flowerforyou: :heart:
  • flab2fit_30
    flab2fit_30 Posts: 66
    this is so inspirational... when i tell people i dont do cardio and only weight train they look at me like im crazy... but i hate cardio, so i dont waste my time knowing i wont put my all into it.
  • cajunpirate
    cajunpirate Posts: 10 Member
    Simply Awesome
  • Rays_Wife
    Rays_Wife Posts: 1,173 Member
    Sara you are an inspiration to so many, including me. I re-read your story all the time. I just had to bump this for you in case there is any one else out there who may need that inspiration today. Thanks for all the hard work you do around here helping people. You don't really know me but I just wanted to chime in and say I think you're great :smile:
  • Marlene1667
    Marlene1667 Posts: 201 Member
    You are an amazng person. What a great story. I LOVE that you go into heaving lifting. So many women are afraid they will get bulky but you obviously look fantastic. I started heavy weights a few months ago and am hooked. I love ice cream too but it has to be a very occasional treat for me. I am like a kid on crack with the stuff (or any sugar) I can't have just a little....yet ... maybe one day.

    Congratulations!
  • fitndfab
    fitndfab Posts: 24 Member
    Bump!
  • freddi11e
    freddi11e Posts: 317 Member
    <3 you are such an inspiration. love u
  • richardbigg
    richardbigg Posts: 13
    Ok, I keep hearing about a calorie deficit, but am not sure how you get it without cardio. What I mean is how do you track calories burned when working out with weights? I for one can feel it when I am sleeping at night, the continued burn of the muscles after a long workout. In fact, I wake up the next morning and swear something is still generating heat in my muscles. However, I don't really know how to track the calories burned. Do you just bust your *kitten* to the point where you are spent and eat just a little less than what your body is telling you to eat?
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Ok, I keep hearing about a calorie deficit, but am not sure how you get it without cardio. What I mean is how do you track calories burned when working out with weights? I for one can feel it when I am sleeping at night, the continued burn of the muscles after a long workout. In fact, I wake up the next morning and swear something is still generating heat in my muscles. However, I don't really know how to track the calories burned. Do you just bust your *kitten* to the point where you are spent and eat just a little less than what your body is telling you to eat?
    I think the majority of people that are lifting regularly probably use TDEE to calculate their intake, but if you search weight training under cardio, there is an estimation from MFP.

    And you're right - there is an assosciated burn long after the exercises ceases.
  • silenceinspace
    silenceinspace Posts: 142 Member
    Ok, I keep hearing about a calorie deficit, but am not sure how you get it without cardio. What I mean is how do you track calories burned when working out with weights? I for one can feel it when I am sleeping at night, the continued burn of the muscles after a long workout. In fact, I wake up the next morning and swear something is still generating heat in my muscles. However, I don't really know how to track the calories burned. Do you just bust your *kitten* to the point where you are spent and eat just a little less than what your body is telling you to eat?

    You naturally burn a certain number of calories a day--the number of calories required to keep you alive (heart beating, lungs and brain going), without any other activity. That's your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). Then you have Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE), which is your BMR plus the calories required to do whatever it is you do (walking around the house, doing laundry, driving a car). You create a calorie deficit by eating less than your TDEE.

    AFAIK, some people count calories burned during weight lifting and some don't. It's more about the food, though you can also create a deficit through cardio (or a combination of deficit and cardio). It depends what suits you best.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Ok, I keep hearing about a calorie deficit, but am not sure how you get it without cardio. What I mean is how do you track calories burned when working out with weights? I for one can feel it when I am sleeping at night, the continued burn of the muscles after a long workout. In fact, I wake up the next morning and swear something is still generating heat in my muscles. However, I don't really know how to track the calories burned. Do you just bust your *kitten* to the point where you are spent and eat just a little less than what your body is telling you to eat?

    You just eat less that you burn. Lifting weights burn calories also (it is just not the primary goal of lifting usually).

    I do not track calories burned while lifting - I eat to a static number and tweak based on my results and overall trends.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    Ok, I keep hearing about a calorie deficit, but am not sure how you get it without cardio. What I mean is how do you track calories burned when working out with weights? I for one can feel it when I am sleeping at night, the continued burn of the muscles after a long workout. In fact, I wake up the next morning and swear something is still generating heat in my muscles. However, I don't really know how to track the calories burned. Do you just bust your *kitten* to the point where you are spent and eat just a little less than what your body is telling you to eat?

    You just eat less that you burn. Lifting weights burn calories also (it is just not the primary goal of lifting usually).

    I do not track calories burned while lifting - I eat to a static number and tweak based on my results and overall trends.

    It's going to be TWO YEARS of Barbells and Ice-Cream: My Story.....Again (more pics)

    ...in about 17 days?

    And people are STILL replying to this?

    WTF.

    I make a post about my abs and get 3 replies and some crickets.




























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