From a size 20 to a size 8 with strength training, in one year! PICS!

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  • SassyRN_77
    SassyRN_77 Posts: 66 Member
    Sooooooo impressed with your progress!!!!
  • Weaz66
    Weaz66 Posts: 1,846 Member
    Wow! It took me quite awhile but I managed to read all 21 pages. You my friend are truly inspirational! For what all you've done in a short time to transform your body and to still be replying to all of us here on your thread, not to mention the making of the videos.....absolutely amazing! Thank You.
  • Yurie222
    Yurie222 Posts: 5 Member
    This is awesome, Good job!!!!!!
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Nice! I have similar stats to you, but your legs are bangin'

    Runner's calves!
  • patty7006
    patty7006 Posts: 35 Member
    That's fantastic! Looking forward to my end results!!!
  • me960
    me960 Posts: 1 Member
    edited March 2016
    Awesome!
  • lizalmp1234
    lizalmp1234 Posts: 311 Member
    Very beautiful! Great job there! Amazing inspiration, thank you for sharing
  • oceanity
    oceanity Posts: 182 Member
    Good morning...I needed to see this today, to watch your video Redeemed....to know that He is watching out for us. You are truly beautiful inside and out!
  • minijoanna
    minijoanna Posts: 27 Member
    Congrats on your accomplishments! I am inspired by your post as I have been focusing on strength training for some time now. Your arms are my goal arms! Keep up the good work and I'm glad you feel so good inside.
  • Vanessalookingood
    Vanessalookingood Posts: 135 Member
    I have read through all 21 pages and I have to tell you that your story is so very inspiring to me. You have achieved so much in one year. Your body looks amazing. I wish you blessings in the birth of your child. Keep up the great work! You are so beautiful inside and out!
  • HStheBusyBee
    HStheBusyBee Posts: 1,366 Member
    You look incredible! Congratulations! You should be so proud of yourself :) What an inspiration
  • bmayes2014
    bmayes2014 Posts: 232 Member
    simply amazing!
  • lil_katie86
    lil_katie86 Posts: 73 Member
    Your an inspiration!!!
  • drpsamin
    drpsamin Posts: 265 Member
    Thats amazing progress.
  • Alysia82
    Alysia82 Posts: 67 Member
    Awesome update....super cute baby
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Congrats on baby and the safe success there.

    I'll throw in a comment I saw two new mothers make separately (perhaps they both saw it somewhere), and I've seen three others have success with.

    They let the breastfeeding create the deficit.

    No attempting to figure out how much to add for it - then figure out exercise - then create a deficit from that.

    Merely attempted a good estimate of TDEE for new level of activity plus the exercise added on, then ate that, no deficit calculated in - though it was there.
    I believe 2 of the newer ones that applied it used MFP style of logging/eating, the others used the weekly average TDEE method.

    And the deficit started bigger as the body made more milk and had more fat to support that easily, and as feeding dropped off and weight had gone down - deficit was smaller as it reasonably would be.

    Just throwing it out there because I thought it was brilliant and avoided the iffy math of guessing extra calories needed.
  • GenElizabeth
    GenElizabeth Posts: 291 Member
    edited April 2016
    Thanks ladies! :heart:

    @heybales: Thanks for the tip!! I will keep that in mind for sure. :smile:
  • hzl22
    hzl22 Posts: 157 Member
    Wow you look amazing!! Thanks so much for sharing how you did it.. Very motivating and inspiring!
  • Stripeymitten
    Stripeymitten Posts: 74 Member
    You are such an inspiration, especially to me as our heights and starting weights are very similar. I begin lifting soon but doing Body By You at home for now to build some strength first.
    You look absolutely gorgeous and you must be so proud of yourself, jolly well done!
  • SagarikaBedi
    SagarikaBedi Posts: 15 Member
    bloating after lifting weights..anybody noticed that
  • michelle24p
    michelle24p Posts: 23 Member
    Truly amazing progress! An inspiration.
  • GenElizabeth
    GenElizabeth Posts: 291 Member
    Thank you, ladies. Strength training for the win! :heart:
  • spicy618
    spicy618 Posts: 2,114 Member
    GenElizabeth wrote: »
    SweetAzn wrote: »
    You look amazing! May I ask what a typical strength training workout looks like?

    That's a hard one to answer because my workouts change daily!!! I tend to do upper and lower in one workout (just prefer it like that for me) with 4-5 exercises for each.

    Here are some example exercises I would do, for about 30-45 mins:

    Squats 3x10 at typically 30lbs (using either barbell, dumbbells, kettlebell, etc)

    Walking lunges 3x10 with 15lb dumbbells each side

    Hip thrusts off bench 3x10 at 25lbs

    Step ups with milk crate 3x10 at 32lbs

    Clean and press 3x10 at 32lbs

    Overhead press 3x10 at 30lbs

    Bicep curls 3x10 at 15lbs each side

    Tricep kick backs 3x10 at 10lbs each side

    As you can see, I don't lift too terribly heavy when I lift at home but it's heavy enough for me and as long as I'm seeing strength improvements, I'm happy and will keep doing it. I enjoy it so much!

    Thanks for taking the time to list some of your go to exercises. I was imagining you lifting Really, really big things, that I wouldn't be able to do. However, these are weights I can do now... You are awesome!
  • GenElizabeth
    GenElizabeth Posts: 291 Member
    @spicy618 : Thank you! I encourage you to start and you will also see strength improvements if you stick to it. Best of luck to you! :smile:
  • evesmom2
    evesmom2 Posts: 231 Member
    Great video. He is adorable...congrats!
  • GenElizabeth
    GenElizabeth Posts: 291 Member
    @evesmom2 : Thank you :smile:
  • GenElizabeth
    GenElizabeth Posts: 291 Member
    There are so many good exercises that can be done with just dumbbells... It's been such a long time since I've worked out so I was trying to think back about some of the others things I did as well.

    About a year ago, just before I got pregnant, I started doing "reverse pyramid" style lifting. Reverse pyramid is when you lift your heaviest weight first for fewer reps, then lighten the weight and increase the reps for next sets. Last night I finally got a chance to work out at home with my dumbbells. Here's what I did for 30 mins that had a focus on glutes and shoulders.

    Bicep curl to OHP (each side):
    5 reps at 25lbs
    8 reps at 15lbs
    10 reps at 7lbs

    Chair push up:
    3x10

    OH Tricep Ext:
    5 reps at 25lbs
    8 reps at 15lbs
    10 reps at 7lbs

    Squats:
    5 reps at 25lbs
    8 reps at 15lbs
    10 reps at 7lbs

    Glute bridge:
    5 reps at 25lbs
    8 reps at 15lbs
    10 reps at 7lbs

    Donkey kicks:
    3x10 (each side)

    My buns were feeling it today!! Just gotta get creative and make sure you have a challenging weight. ;)
  • kirstinethornburg
    kirstinethornburg Posts: 300 Member
    Wow so excited for you. In 11 years times I went from 290 pounds wearing a size 28 to 225 and wearing a size 12 and working on getting back to a size 10 and weiging 163 is my goal

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