My story of sweet revenge (pics)

scottacular wrote: »

usmcmp wrote: »

I lied, my story really isn't about revenge. But, it started out that way.

In 2010 my life hit a very low point. I weighed 217 pounds and my husband wanted a divorce. The entire four year marriage had been rough, so divorce was a bit of a relief. The downside of that was having to move across the country and back into my parent's house with two children under the age of two. Being unemployed, a disabled vet, a newly single mom and being fat sucked.

I decided to get revenge on my ex by losing weight and looking super hot. I failed.

It wasn't until I just got tired of being fat that I started making the changes that made a difference. Eating well, working out and learning to just love myself. It was no longer about revenge, it was about taking care of me.

Tomorrow marks a significant point in my life. It marks three years of being single and my first bodybuilding competition. In total I've lost 70 pounds. As a single parent with a full time job and my own little house to take care of I have found a way to get a degree and get in shape all at the same time. I have tons of legitimate excuses to why I can't or don't have the time to eat right and workout. If you want it bad enough you WILL find a way!








**ETA: Workouts, I just lift heavy and do little cardio. Eating is TDEE-20% and IIFYM (with macros set correctly for my goals).


Update as of October 2014- Since my original story I have competed in two bodybuilding competitions, placing second and first respectively, as well as two powerlifting competitions, one of which set a world record for deadlift for my weight class. I continue to workout and balance the fun things in life with maintaining fat loss.

*For those of you who have been asking, I wrote a guide on how I lost the weight. You can find it here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

Wouldn't have mattered really if you did do this out of revenge, whatever motivates you is a useful mental tool. I'm not a believer in all this 'negativity being bad for you' stuff. Sounds to me like getting him out of your life was a huge boost for you. My motivation back at the end of 2011 was purely feeling so *kitten* about life and failing at everything I wanted to be good at something and change the one thing I felt I had any control over. Initially that was my motivation, then it developed into more positive motivation. So negativity leads to positivity. Great job!

christinabsmith5 wrote: »

OMG you are definitely an inspiration and are so right. There will always be an excuse unless you want it bad enough. And, I do. I consider myself an addict, a food addict, so I haven't hit rock bottom, but don't want to either! I'm pretty close to it. Would love to hear your opinion. I started doing P90X three years ago. I loved it, it kept my attention, it was working, until I started putting on a lot of muscle that I was fine with. I lost 27 pounds and came to a stand still right around the same time that my schedule got really crazy. I never considered myself totally outta shape, just overweight. It was rough in the beginning. Every day was easier and easier. I was getting stronger and stronger. My stamina was thru the roof! My husband didn't like the transformation. I don't think he liked my confidence, energy, and better moods. Lol, he isn't a big fan of me doing anything to improve myself. Anywho, I was going to nursing school and it got so crazy hard to do with husband, three kids vary different in age, a house, dogs, guinea pigs, family with problems, needy friends, ugh, I let myself go. I let myself down. That all said, I wondered why I never toned and lost my "problem" areas? My stomach, terrible. My inner thighs were better but not anywhere near what I wanted. What do you think is the best exercises to burn the fat most efficiently??? I didn't mind the muscle at all. I lost P90X, so ordered P90 since it seemed more cardio and it has kinda disappointed me. It is half the workout and I feel like nothing I try even comes close to P90X, the first program that I was on. Only did the 90 days and never got back into it. But I am very active but with everyday things.