6 Month Progress

I've been sort of back and fourth about whether or not to post this. The original pictures I took were simply for my own purposes and never intended to make it to the forums, or any public place, but as time goes by I find I'm rather proud of my progress and want to show off! (Y'all can forgive a bit of self congratulations right?)

I'm six months into getting back into old habits and in shape. I was never a heavy or overweight person but I had the usual sob story of what happened to make me spiral into a depression and some serious weight gain. I'll let you spin your own tale as to what the usual sob story is, anything you make up will ultimately be more interesting than what I have to say. Certain medications played their part as well.

Anywhoo the whole point of this is I hit rock bottom and realized if I didn't make a drastic change in my recent habits I was headed quite quickly for a life of little happiness and few rewards. So I got determined and took my life back into my own hands, no more excuses. I dropped ten pounds as soon as I started. This was entirely due to stopping the medication (on doctors orders) that was causing me so many issues. My before pictures on the bottom were taken after those first ten pounds were gone and I decided to start progress pictures. That was in January and between then and now I have only lost 2 more pounds. That's right, the difference between my starting picture and my current picture is only 2 pounds. Unless the scale will go on with this next pound, that has been mocking me with its fluctuations, by consistently showing it as a loss three days in a row. I have however lost a lot of inches. Hips went from a 43 - 40, waist 33 - 29 1/2 and the bust from a 38 - 33, but no worries about the loss of boobage, I still manage to clock in at a 32G... 0_0

Now stop here, this is me in an utterly unflattering bikini that I chose to use for progress pictures because it fit perfectly at one point. There are sags, waves and bumps that are, ultimately, probably not very safe for work-ish. Proceed at your own cautiously determined risk.



I'm not done, I really hope to get back into the kind of shape I was in before. Its taking a long time, but I'm happy with the progress I'm making. Workouts are cardio (3 + walking/running miles every other day) and strength (yoga, 30 day shred, kettlebell) on altering days. Starting weight 165 - current weight 153. 5'9" small frame. Pear shape

Don't get frustrated and quit if the scale isn't showing the progress you would like. If it takes a while then it takes a while, so what! Your health and fitness shouldn't be a diet, it should be a lifestyle. Take progress pictures and don't make excuses! I work full time, I go to school after work, I have a young child at home, I write in my spare time, and am working on starting out a young horse to ride. My point here is that if you are serious about it, if you want to get in shape that you will find time to do what needs to be done. And ladies, if you take nothing else from this post, listen to this one thing... Don't forget the squats!

Oh and check out those collarbones, totally have collarbones, haven't seen those suckers in a while!