2nd Fitversary!! 117 down and counting!

So this is my 2nd fitversary. You can find my 1st fitversary post in my profile. Below is a pic from before I started dieting and exercising and one from a couple days ago. Granted I started wearing contacts and I started growing a beard (which I'm growing the best I can), but it's quite a difference.

Before


Recent


In my 1st year I lost 100lbs and 33.5 inches total! My 2nd year I've focused a bit more on fitness and I had a hard holiday season (enjoyed the holidays a lot, as well as, was sick with one thing or another from early-mid January to earl-mid March). So I haven't loss near as much lbs total (17 ), but that's after losing ~25 and gaining ~25 during that hard time. You can see my weight progress below.



However, I have lost 18.5 more inches (total of 52 inches to date)! Most of my clothes are pretty loose now. I'm able to wear a large 3xl to a small 4xl now (was in big 5xl to 6/7xl before). Bought a few tees, but still waiting to go on any large wardrobe shopping spree.

I've gone from hiking about 2-3 km to about 5.5 km (and these are hills, so it's a pretty good burn and a bit exhausting). I've started going to the track quite a bit to walk; started just doing 5km, but now usually do 6-8km, and did my 1st 10km a few months ago (and have done it 2-3 time since then). I was able to hike/walk the track over 100km in June! I also added a lot of weight (that I was lifting...not on me) when I was weight lifting, but I only went 3-4 days a week from Oct-Dec (when it was too cold to hike, walk or swim). I've actually not swam since Oct and don't currently plan to start up. It's a great workout/calorie burn, but I think I hurt my right shoulder doing it too often and am still waiting for it to heal some.







Overall I'm glad I've gotten to where I am. I wished I'd lost more lbs this past year (and not slid back during the holidays), but I still lost quite a few inches, and I'm in much better shape fitness-wise! I'm thinking of working out less intensely, but more often from here on for awhile. Probably add more time with weights as well.