When you feel like you're not making any progress....

BrightEyedAgain wrote: »

WOW, look at you!!! I can see a LOT of change in those photos. Your mid section and abs are really showing up nicely now, and your legs look thinner with more definition. Way to go!!

Thank you! I think I'm not alone in feeling like I'm working really hard on my diet and my training and its not making any difference, but it is!

Maybe, if I keep going for another 6 months, I'll be able to do the buttons up on my shorts.

EmBeatie wrote: »

You're the ideal weight for your height, so I'd just buy bigger shorts

Comedy. That's definitely an easier option than what I'm currently doing!

I'm trying to get down to 17% body fat for vain aesthetic reasons (and ill be able to run faster) so based on my not very accurate scales, I've got around 112lbs of lean mass, so if I can lose around 15lbs of fat (not weight) then I should be approximately there or close enough.

I'm going to keep tracking my progress with photos though, and I think I'll know when I'm happy with my physique, regardless of what the numbers say.

Lietchi wrote: »

leomom72 wrote: »

how tall are you ? im 149 lbs, and i dont look like this..you look amazing

SallyKaPow wrote: »

People always say take photos instead of weighing yourself and my god those people are right.

Today is the first time I've compared my photos side by side and now I can see it... These days the scales hardly budge at all, but since I started lifting 6 weeks ago, I'm starting to see the physique I was looking for trying to break through.

Quite discreet, but it says 5ft8 in the pictures

This is where I have to hold my hands up and say that in reality I'm actually 5 foot 7.5 but in my head, I've been 5 foot 8 for 20 years so I'm sticking with it!