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middlehaitch wrote: »Just something to think about.
If your food is running through you like a train there is a good chance you are not absorbing the nutrients and fats you need.
Lack of menstruation may be an indicator of this, and your weight loss.
Even though you are at a reasonable BMI/ weight for your height, it may be too low a weight for your body.
I have no problem with your BMI as mine is similar
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I would suggest having a visit with your PCP and talking these problems through.
Once the 'train' and menstruation are sorted, you may want to look at reverse dieting- slowly adding calories so you maintain but can eat more.
Cheers, h.
Thank you, H!
The first problem seems to have resolved in the meantime. I'm chalking it up to the increase in carbs. Figure any diet change is bound to prompt some adaptation, sometimes bumpier.
I've just had my bloodwork done and everything seems fine. A little cholesterol problem, but that's nothing new. I actually had my blood taken when I was still recovering from a cold, so I was expecting worse tbh.
Regarding the TOM issue - I'm giving it time, calories, less cardio and more sleep. I increased the daily allowance with 150 cals for now and... We'll see how it goes 2 -
Yes, so. 3 months visual update. You can't tell any difference.
BUT. THERE IS MINIMAL PROGRESS ALRIGHT.
23 April 2018- 57 kg / 125.5 lbs
- Waist - 66 cm / 26 in
- Hips - 97 cm / 38 in
- Thigh - 55 cm / 21.5 in
23 July 2018- 55 kg / 121.5 lbs
- Waist - still the same / too minor of a change
- Hips - 93 cm / 36.6 in
- Thigh - 52 cm / 20.5
I can also bent-over row 30 lbs for 3x10. Which is progress. I am still doing things at home with the dumbbells, but I finally managed to get to where the barbell was stashed for renovations. Tomorrow should be interesting.
This marks the turning point from losing to gaining, I think. Dear food... I am ready for more. Hit me up.5 -
SabAteNine wrote: »Yes, so. 3 months visual update. You can't tell any difference.
BUT. THERE IS MINIMAL PROGRESS ALRIGHT.
23 April 2018- 57 kg / 125.5 lbs
- Waist - 66 cm / 26 in
- Hips - 97 cm / 38 in
- Thigh - 55 cm / 21.5 in
23 July 2018- 55 kg / 121.5 lbs
- Waist - still the same / too minor of a change
- Hips - 93 cm / 36.6 in
- Thigh - 52 cm / 20.5
I can also bent-over row 30 lbs for 3x10. Which is progress. I am still doing things at home with the dumbbells, but I finally managed to get to where the barbell was stashed for renovations. Tomorrow should be interesting.
This marks the turning point from losing to gaining, I think. Dear food... I am ready for more. Hit me up.
There are changes, you lost some body fat by being in a calorie deficit over 2-3 months time), its hard being female and building muscle in a deficit, once we reach our potential for growing 'newb gains' these are going to taper down.
Reversing any deficit of you had/have to maintenance will set the stage for official recomp, its still a very slow process. Your pics and the one you posted on your wall yesterday show you are very lean, you could bulk if you wanted or stay the course with recomp. Recomp takes a long term commitment, be patient it will happen. 4 -
SabAteNine wrote: »Yes, so. 3 months visual update. You can't tell any difference.
BUT. THERE IS MINIMAL PROGRESS ALRIGHT.
23 April 2018- 57 kg / 125.5 lbs
- Waist - 66 cm / 26 in
- Hips - 97 cm / 38 in
- Thigh - 55 cm / 21.5 in
23 July 2018- 55 kg / 121.5 lbs
- Waist - still the same / too minor of a change
- Hips - 93 cm / 36.6 in
- Thigh - 52 cm / 20.5
I can also bent-over row 30 lbs for 3x10. Which is progress. I am still doing things at home with the dumbbells, but I finally managed to get to where the barbell was stashed for renovations. Tomorrow should be interesting.
This marks the turning point from losing to gaining, I think. Dear food... I am ready for more. Hit me up.
There are changes, you lost some body fat by being in a calorie deficit over 2-3 months time), its hard being female and building muscle in a deficit, once we reach our potential for growing 'newb gains' these are going to taper down.
Reversing any deficit of you had/have to maintenance will set the stage for official recomp, its still a very slow process. Your pics and the one you posted on your wall yesterday show you are very lean, you could bulk if you wanted or stay the course with recomp. Recomp takes a long term commitment, be patient it will happen.
Always great to read your insightful input and have your support, Roxie!
I have a feeling I have maxed out the noob gains. Hence the increase in calories. So far by my calculations I am going on an extra 100-150 cals per day trying to figure out where I maintain, and if that's the spot then I'll go another 150-200 from there. With a slow build-up I have less chance of panicking.
Patience is a virtue which I'm learning to learn.
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Updates.
- I'm doing good on 2,000 cals. It's my Sedentary setting (1580) + an average of about 300 cals per day I am expending weight training 3 days per week and commute walking 5 days per week + maybe bit of surplus. It should be *more or less* maintenance for the moment but it is hard to tell, because weight started fluctuating so much more with the increase in carbs. At least I'm not losing anymore, haven't gained much either though. Around 1-1.5 lbs.
- My macros are set for 200 C, 150 P, 67 F. On non-training days, I am happier with carbs under 150g, and happiest with them under 120. I stopped arguing with my body, but the nasties stopped as well. And when they don't, nothing beats probiotics and simeticone.
- Trouble with bigger cal allotment: I'm reaching for the cookies more and more often. Re-introducing some stuff in the diet re-opened the appetite :<
- I am still very, very, very beginner-stage on my weights. Disappointingly so. I was checking out weightlifting strength standards for beginners and... damn it. I'm hoping eating more will yield more.
- Upside: lower body starts to get defined, too. Finally. And my posture has improved. And my balance has, TREMENDOUSLY! Physical one, that is. The other one... egh, it has its issues.
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OP- middle makes a good point. How is your nutrition? Are you eating a good mix of fruits and veg, lean protein, healthy fats. I personally felt the best I ever have at 121 (also 5-7”) and do not thinks that’s too lean. But if you’re eating a heavily processed diet rather than mostly Whole Foods, your system could easily be out of whack.3
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SabAteNine wrote: »Updates.
- I'm doing good on 2,000 cals. It's my Sedentary setting (1580) + an average of about 300 cals per day I am expending weight training 3 days per week and commute walking 5 days per week + maybe bit of surplus. It should be *more or less* maintenance for the moment but it is hard to tell, because weight started fluctuating so much more with the increase in carbs. At least I'm not losing anymore, haven't gained much either though. Around 1-1.5 lbs.
- My macros are set for 200 C, 150 P, 67 F. On non-training days, I am happier with carbs under 150g, and happiest with them under 120. I stopped arguing with my body, but the nasties stopped as well. And when they don't, nothing beats probiotics and simeticone.
- Trouble with bigger cal allotment: I'm reaching for the cookies more and more often. Re-introducing some stuff in the diet re-opened the appetite :<
- I am still very, very, very beginner-stage on my weights. Disappointingly so. I was checking out weightlifting strength standards for beginners and... damn it. I'm hoping eating more will yield more.
- Upside: lower body starts to get defined, too. Finally. And my posture has improved. And my balance has, TREMENDOUSLY! Physical one, that is. The other one... egh, it has its issues.
Lots of good stuff in there... progress coming in many forms. Nicely done.0 -
OP- middle makes a good point. How is your nutrition? Are you eating a good mix of fruits and veg, lean protein, healthy fats. I personally felt the best I ever have at 121 (also 5-7”) and do not thinks that’s too lean. But if you’re eating a heavily processed diet rather than mostly Whole Foods, your system could easily be out of whack.
Thanks! I don't eat processed mains because I stay away from take out but am too lazy and pressed for time to stitch together anything more elaborate than protein + obscene amounts of raw vegetables or beans / peas sides. I don't like rice and potatoes and am generally unimpressed by fruit, albeit lately I try to fit that in too (blueberries go well with fresh cottage cheese and a bit of granola or muesli).
What I do like and indulge in are varying amounts of chocolate and alcohol, but after I hit my macro and micros. I think I'm fine in this regard.SabAteNine wrote: »Updates.- I'm doing good on 2,000 cals. It's my Sedentary setting (1580) + an average of about 300 cals per day I am expending weight training 3 days per week and commute walking 5 days per week + maybe bit of surplus. It should be *more or less* maintenance for the moment but it is hard to tell, because weight started fluctuating so much more with the increase in carbs. At least I'm not losing anymore, haven't gained much either though. Around 1-1.5 lbs.
- My macros are set for 200 C, 150 P, 67 F. On non-training days, I am happier with carbs under 150g, and happiest with them under 120. I stopped arguing with my body, but the nasties stopped as well. And when they don't, nothing beats probiotics and simeticone.
- Trouble with bigger cal allotment: I'm reaching for the cookies more and more often. Re-introducing some stuff in the diet re-opened the appetite :<
- I am still very, very, very beginner-stage on my weights. Disappointingly so. I was checking out weightlifting strength standards for beginners and... damn it. I'm hoping eating more will yield more.
- Upside: lower body starts to get defined, too. Finally. And my posture has improved. And my balance has, TREMENDOUSLY! Physical one, that is. The other one... egh, it has its issues.
Lots of good stuff in there... progress coming in many forms. Nicely done.
Thanks, J! Yeah, can't complain. Barring the weakling thing with the weights, but I gather that takes time. And time allotted to weight training, which has completely lacked in the last week, and it makes me scale the walls. But today is the day! It has to be.2 -
Since I've posted in this thread before - thought I'd update that my formerly bare bones google doc MFP data file now has graphs too - Tracking weight against calories (two y axis no less) among other things. Interesting note is that weight is very stable - I guess because Kcal consumption is within a quite narrow band. I don't do strength training but have upped my running distance to about 10km (once or twice a week) - cause cardio gets me feeling good.2
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I just discovered this post. It's nice to go through because I just started the Strong Curves program, well I'm on week 4 so I'm a third of the way through. I really should take measurements.2
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Since I've posted in this thread before - thought I'd update that my formerly bare bones google doc MFP data file now has graphs too - Tracking weight against calories (two y axis no less) among other things. Interesting note is that weight is very stable - I guess because Kcal consumption is within a quite narrow band. I don't do strength training but have upped my running distance to about 10km (once or twice a week) - cause cardio gets me feeling good.
Hi, and thanks so much for the updated spread! It's really remarkable how small the variation is over the two years over which you have maintained - it's practically insignificant! Awesome job.
I definitely don't have a long-term spread, but for the short and very short term, I noticed that weight-ins were a lot more stable when I was eating less carbs.
For kittens and giggles, here's my data from the beginning of the year, days and weekly + monthly averages. I lacked consistency in recording the weight, but to be fair, January was the month in which I went 1,200 kcal and saw nothing, day after day. I kept with it, but wasn't motivated to record.
I just discovered this post. It's nice to go through because I just started the Strong Curves program, well I'm on week 4 so I'm a third of the way through. I really should take measurements.
Yup, it would be a good idea to do so! How do you like it so far?0 -
SabAteNine wrote: »
Well I did take measurements after the first four weeks, and I went back and found measurements that I had taken back in May, which I figure are probably pretty darn close to what I was when I started the program because my weight is about the same. my measurements did change a little bit. Waist and Thigh down a quarter inch and my hips up a quarter inch (woo woo) but I compared my pictures and I look exactly the same LOL. It's been 4 weeks so I wasn't expecting any change though. I like the program overall, although I find it to be a bit long. It takes me about an hour to get through. I also don't like all the hip reps. 20 rep squats? It's even worse when it's a single leg exercise like step up, or single leg RDL. It takes forever. I will say I'm cheating and I'm adding weight to the glute bridge and now hip thrust when I'm supposed to be doing bodyweight!3 -
SabAteNine wrote: »
Well I did take measurements after the first four weeks, and I went back and found measurements that I had taken back in May, which I figure are probably pretty darn close to what I was when I started the program because my weight is about the same. my measurements did change a little bit. Waist and Thigh down a quarter inch and my hips up a quarter inch (woo woo) but I compared my pictures and I look exactly the same LOL. It's been 4 weeks so I wasn't expecting any change though. I like the program overall, although I find it to be a bit long. It takes me about an hour to get through. I also don't like all the hip reps. 20 rep squats? It's even worse when it's a single leg exercise like step up, or single leg RDL. It takes forever. I will say I'm cheating and I'm adding weight to the glute bridge and now hip thrust when I'm supposed to be doing bodyweight!
Congrats on the progress! It's not nothing, you know. But it takes time... a whole lotta time.
I totally understand the frustration with the high reps AND the bodyweight issue.
I did the very same thing with adding weight after figuring the glute bridge and hip thrust were too easy. Single-leg things are WAY too boring and long, fully agree! Also for squats... I started with the normal and box squat as foreseen, but went on to goblet squat pretty fast (which my arms hated because the programme supersets with upper body exercises)... and then barbell. Working out from home and in lieu of machines, I had to adapt or replace quite a lot of exercises, so it doesn't much look like Curves now.
Particularly for squats though, I don't have an issue so far with the high reps because I do not have a squat rack. So basically I can't squat more than I can overhead press... and that is, to date, 20 kg / 44 lbs. I do that for 3 sets of 20 squats while working towards being able to lift more overhead while still tired from supersetting with military / incline / bench press.
I have a completionist mindset so if I see 15-20 reps in the programme I will want to hit 20, and a 2-minute plank will have to be a 2 minute plank - that's not always the perfect way to go.
Personally, I don't mind the total duration. If it's only 3 times per week, I want to make sure I get the proper full body that leaves me in a pool of sweat. And I add a tiny bit of extra because I don't feel the programme tackles some of the parts that I would like to focus on sufficiently (such as the triceps).2 -
SabAteNine wrote: »Hi everyone, and happy Monday!
I’m entering maintenance now and would really use a few workout and dietary suggestions from you more experienced and knowledgeable people around here. I’ve been reading around, but nothing compares to contextualized advice
Basic stats:- 29 and female
- 169 cm / 5’6-5’7-ish
- 57 kg / 125.5 lbs (GW)
Measurements:- Waist: 66 cm / 26 in (went down from 31.5)
- Hips: 97 cm / 38 in (went down from 42.5)
- Bust: like a 12-year-old with extra padding, please don’t ask for specifics
- Thigh: 55 cm / 21.5 in, which is pretty thick but then again my legs seem like my only powerful bodyparts.
Here's how that looks:
Started off way back from 155 lbs and only recently kept track again. Since beginning of January (oh, new years’ resolutions!) I have lost 11 lbs. What worked:- 1450 cal intake for feb-apr (my BMR’s about 1350 cals and I am routinely walking about 12-15k steps per day plus quite a bit of stairs). Wanted to go slow and steady.
- Staying at 20g carbs per day (C/P/F - 5/30/65) because I am turning into a monster if I get a taste of bread.
Online calcs out there put me at about 1850-ish calories per day for maintenance, but the actual loss of the last three months indicates more like 1750 (400 cals over BMR).
So the plan would be to increase intake to 1750, and increase weight training (every other day). It shouldn’t be too hard to get a positive outcome of the latter, seeing as how I’m basically at near-zero now and can’t overhead dumbbell press more than 5 kg, 2x10, for the life of me. Also, I'm right-handed and my left calls quits WAY before.
I have a set of dumbbells going up to 25 lbs at home and a barbell up to 50. I would like to continue to use these for the moment.
Question nr. 1: Does the 1750 cals sound like a good starting point to you guys? Should it be more right from the start if I weight train?
Question nr. 2: Could you recommend a weight training plan for beginners which uses bodyweight, dumbbels and barbell? I do not have a bench unfortunately but plan on getting one asap.
Question nr. 3: Should I increase carbohydrate intake in maintenance if I’m looking to recomp? I am asking because it feels much better staying at the lower end of the carb scale, but as far as I got to read, it’s a trade-off between efficiency / effectiveness of recomp (better with carbs) and my own personal preference (better without carbs). Ultimately I can change my preference if the advantages are worth it.
Thanks so much in advance!!!
Sabina
Frk your body looks great! Fantastic job! Do you have before and afters anywhere?2 -
IHaveMyActTogether wrote: »SabAteNine wrote: »Hi everyone, and happy Monday!
I’m entering maintenance now and would really use a few workout and dietary suggestions from you more experienced and knowledgeable people around here. I’ve been reading around, but nothing compares to contextualized advice
Basic stats:- 29 and female
- 169 cm / 5’6-5’7-ish
- 57 kg / 125.5 lbs (GW)
Measurements:- Waist: 66 cm / 26 in (went down from 31.5)
- Hips: 97 cm / 38 in (went down from 42.5)
- Bust: like a 12-year-old with extra padding, please don’t ask for specifics
- Thigh: 55 cm / 21.5 in, which is pretty thick but then again my legs seem like my only powerful bodyparts.
Here's how that looks:
Started off way back from 155 lbs and only recently kept track again. Since beginning of January (oh, new years’ resolutions!) I have lost 11 lbs. What worked:- 1450 cal intake for feb-apr (my BMR’s about 1350 cals and I am routinely walking about 12-15k steps per day plus quite a bit of stairs). Wanted to go slow and steady.
- Staying at 20g carbs per day (C/P/F - 5/30/65) because I am turning into a monster if I get a taste of bread.
Online calcs out there put me at about 1850-ish calories per day for maintenance, but the actual loss of the last three months indicates more like 1750 (400 cals over BMR).
So the plan would be to increase intake to 1750, and increase weight training (every other day). It shouldn’t be too hard to get a positive outcome of the latter, seeing as how I’m basically at near-zero now and can’t overhead dumbbell press more than 5 kg, 2x10, for the life of me. Also, I'm right-handed and my left calls quits WAY before.
I have a set of dumbbells going up to 25 lbs at home and a barbell up to 50. I would like to continue to use these for the moment.
Question nr. 1: Does the 1750 cals sound like a good starting point to you guys? Should it be more right from the start if I weight train?
Question nr. 2: Could you recommend a weight training plan for beginners which uses bodyweight, dumbbels and barbell? I do not have a bench unfortunately but plan on getting one asap.
Question nr. 3: Should I increase carbohydrate intake in maintenance if I’m looking to recomp? I am asking because it feels much better staying at the lower end of the carb scale, but as far as I got to read, it’s a trade-off between efficiency / effectiveness of recomp (better with carbs) and my own personal preference (better without carbs). Ultimately I can change my preference if the advantages are worth it.
Thanks so much in advance!!!
Sabina
Frk your body looks great! Fantastic job! Do you have before and afters anywhere?
Thanks!
I have something from when I was first considering maintenance and I started surfing the forum and getting me some friends. I'm around 123.5 and plan on slow bulking for about 10 lbs. This below is more of a timeline, and 2010 is not the highest point I was, but this is pretty much all I have. I hadn't had my picture taken at all for a long time. I am now shamelessly compensating with the Selfie thread.
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I have no advice to give, as I'm not where you're at yet, but just to offer congratulations. You've done an amazing job.
Love that look of self-satisfaction in the 2018 pic.1 -
IHaveMyActTogether wrote: »I have no advice to give, as I'm not where you're at yet, but just to offer congratulations. You've done an amazing job.
Love that look of self-satisfaction in the 2018 pic.
Thank you! I mean it's only taken 8 YEARS to achieve what I wanted weight-wise
- but I'm there. Progress on body comp is probably going to be just as slow, but I'm not racing. 5 -
Well it's been a month, so here is my update. I'm not sure if this thread is where it's supposed to be though, because I am not really maintaining. So.. as mentioned above, the plan is to slow / lean bulk a bit. Until Christmas. If things don't look dramatic by then, then maybe a bit more, too.
So far, so good:
It'll be fun, and a bit ironic, to finish the year close to the same weight with which I started it, desperate to lose a few. Goes to show just how little the scale matters in the end, when you're building muscle.
And I am doing that. SLOWLY (I think my glutes are retarded, by the way). Last week I moved from the 3x full-body workouts that I was doing to 4x upper-lower split. I was looking at PHUL, but for some of the power exercises I need a rack. In any case, splitting was definitely necessary because my legs were not recovering between workouts and with using them a lot daily on top.
I'm really curious about what'll happen next. I totally destroyed my programme this week because I am away, no gym, and there is too good a food getting thrown at me... but it's just a week. So after that, onwards to glory we go.6 -
OK guys, it's been 6 months since I started this, so I figured I should make a small update / comparison / thing. I doubt there will be a lot of readers, but for any few, I'm going to try to make a short recap (the TL;DR version).
I reached my goal weight (125.5 / 57 kg) exactly 6 months ago and the plan was to maintain it.
Only I started lifting then as well - with dumbbells, at home, wherever I could (with a house in renovation, this meant sometimes the bathroom. I'm serious). After a small initial weight surge, the lbs continued to keep dropping (slowly) as I added progressively to my cal allotment. In July I reached 121-122 and thought... okay, why not bulk? Certainly THAT can help me lift more and progress. And it looks like it's doing so.
Graphically, here is how my last stretch since January went (I initially started WAY back with a bit more to lose):
^see? down and then back up again. First inflection end of april is the start of the would-be "maintenance". I am now a little over my initial goal weight, and plan to return there after the bulk, soooo... TECHNICALLY, this is still the correct sub-forum for the thread. Right?
Notes and observations looking back:- I was losing until April on 1450 cals. Then I started to lift some weights and started eating at 1750 cals. Then 1800. 1850. 1900. I am now gaining on 2150-ish (some days 1900, other days 2400 and two whole chocolates), but without any cardio other than walking, and it's not that much walking lately.
- It was AMAZING for me to see how my maintenance calories go up. Seriously. I was blown away by just how much I could eat and still lose. Unfortunately, that faded quickly and now sometimes I am disappointed by how little I have to eat to gain in the rhythm that I aim for. I swear, I'm starting to realize that cutting after a bulk might be psychologically more difficult than the losing people normally do.
- Macro-wise, hitting protein (ca. 150 g) is the easiest for me. Then comes fat... then come carbs, which I oftentimes do not hit because alcohol has calories too, and something's gotta give. 40/30/30 is the compromise between my taste, preference and problem-free digestion on one hand, and my performance with the weights on the other. I plan around the different kinds of protein that I feel like eating for the day, then the rest kinda get filled up. If I'm low on carbs or workout in the evening, the last meal is milk / Greek yogurt + protein powder + muesli / cornflakes + oats. Then dark chocolate. Always dark chocolate.
- I cannot emphasize enough the importance of having adjustable dumbbells. Especially in the beginning. It's a time, space and money saver. Also, don't be an idiot like me. Invest in a rack and a pull-up bar.
- Calculating the 1 RM through strengthlevel.com, here is the progress on the random lifts I was doing in the beginning and which are now incorporated into my workouts:
- Bench press (11 lb dumbbells for 8 sets) - 27 lb 1RM. My latest bench (48.5lb*12) - 70 lb 1RM
- 1 arm db row 1RM then = 16.5 lb, 1RM now = 41 lb. This was my strongest progress, and I love doing them.
- Hammer curls - 1RM then = 13.7 lb, 1RM now = 27.3 lb. Weight doubled from 11 to 22 lb.
- OHP - very hard for me in the beginning. 1RM in the first weeks was like 22 lb. My current is 44 lb. It is still weak but I had to read a lot on form to better understand it.
- My initial squat was bodyweight. I dabbled in Strong Curves for a while. Then added a bit with dumbbells, (2*11 lbs). I am scared of going into the low rep range with squats, still. I do not have a cage. My latest squat was 88lb*10, 4 sets. 1RM - 118 lb.
- Deadlift - I was not doing it in the beginning. I started small, had to buy more plates for it, and I am still continuing small. Last deadlift was 110 lb for 10 reps, 147 lb 1RM.
- I started working out with dumbbells only, with this. Then I tried Strong Curves for a while. But then I wanted more upper body exercises so I started doing a full-body routine which consisted of lunges / squats, deadlifts / hip thrusts, bench presses, tricep extensions, rows, curls, and a few ab exercises. Then I started seeing some progress. And then a month ago I came to the conclusion that I no longer can sustain working legs 3 times per week so I switched to PHUL... or a variation thereof (power and hypertrophy for the upper body, hypertrophy for the lower body twice, since the 4-6 rep range scares the kitten out of me still for squats and deads).
- I have a set of adjustable dumbbells, small 15 lb bar and plates up to 132 lb for it. More when I outgrow it. I also have a bench with the leg extension thingie, which I am using because... quads!
- Looking back, I switched too early, too often. I like what I do now and I see progress from workout to workout, so I am going to keep at it like this for as long as it's worth it.
- There is definitely good definition in my upper body and I can see progress with my stalling lower body. I CAN. It's there. Maybe not the glutes, not really, but it's there.
- I don't sleep enough. I never realized just how important sleep is for recovery and growth until recently. Eat. Train. Sleep. Hydrate. That's really it..
Okay, that's all I can think of right now. And in closing, here's a picture from yesterday. I was meaning to take progress pictures for this post but alas, I am travelling for work again at the moment and my pjs are not exactly fitting the purpose.
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Congrats - you look great! And... inspire me to keep lifting. Like you I started with just a small set of adjustable dumbbells - the transformation is incredible. I've been adding more and more equipment including barbell and my newest addition is a pullup bar.
What kind of rack did you get?5
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