swimsuit competition...

HERE'S TO REVIVING A DEAD THREAD, WELL... BECAUSE EVER SINCE IT DIED OUT, I'VE LET MYSELF GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Seriously, this thread was the ONLY FREAKING THING that worked for me. I tried joining various challenge groups, etc. to no avail. Sure, scale numbers are one thing and you can have really great drops and still look flabby, not everybody has access to a regular caliper whiz... but PICTURES... pictures everyone can appreciate!!! No holding yourself up to somebody else's standard or idea of fit or healthy eating. The only people we compete with here are ourselves. It's also way easier to stay motivated when you can *see* the changes in your body for yourself.

Here's to getting back on track. Doesn't matter what day of the month you pick to post, just post once a month regularly and we'll see if we can breathe some life back into this thing! I want to be WAY more cut by summer and the "true" swimsuit season. Post whatever stats you feel like keeping track of for comparison's sake.

As for me: *sigh* There's gotta be something to getting breast augmentation that made me so much more complacent about the rest of my body. It's like, "Well, they're not looking at much else so why bother?"... Well, it's pretty damn sad that I think my body as-a-whole looked better before the surgery with a super-deluxe push-up bra than I do now with the bolt-ons Kinda effed up, so I’m going to bust my butt to change it. At least the girls dropped into place finally.

For reference- I'm 5'8.5" tall

Last Year:

This Year:


Last Year's Stats Around Time of Photos:
153lbs
18.85% Body Fat, Composition better than 74% of female population
23.3 BMI and 39th percentile of women with same height and age range
Maintenance = 2050 net calories/day.

This Year's Restarting Stats at Time of Photos:
160.8lbs
22.2% Body Fat, Composition better than 62% of female population
24.5 BMI, BMI in 48th percentile of women with same height and age range
Measurements: Neck-13.25”/Upper Arm-13”/Bust-39”/Underbust-31.75”/Waist-30”/Hip Bones-36”/Hip@Fullest-41.5”/Thigh@Fullest-24”/Upper Knee-16.75”/Calf@Fullest-15”
Waist to Hip Ratio: .72 Circumferential, .66 Frontal
Past Month:
Maintenance = around 1700-1900 net calories/day
Macro Breakdown: 45% Carbs / 39% Fat / 16% Protein
Avg. Workout Frequency: 2.75 times per week
Avg. Workout Length: 75 minutes
Avg. Workout Burn: 650 calories

I'm in

So, I wasn't here last year. What would the first day for swimsuit photo be?

No problem Just once a month whenever you're ready on a regular basis. Last year I think they always did the 1st, but uh... yeah, lately I've tended to carry the extra 2-4lbs of ToM weight at that time, so I already went ahead and going to stick with mid-month for me, personally. Plus if we stagger them, the thread doesn't die 3 weeks out of 4 and nobody gets lost in the shuffle with everyone posting en-mass.

Looking forward to seeing some other pics even if they're just starting point ones!

(Holy cow I can tell where all my extra creeped up in the past year! *coughs as a diversion while covering up the latest posterior view* I'm going to aim for increasing workout frequency to 3-4x/wk, test "eat more to lose" again by going up to 1900 net because I'm plateauing/gaining on 1700 and my metabolism can't be that crappy and hitting the H2O HARD.)

new thread..look for it under Motivation and support..."Swimsuit Competition 2012" is the title

I take it the mods pulled it already? Joke thread?

It's about that time of the year again? Anyone want to restart the competition?