21lbs lost - with photos :)
summonfire
Posts: 14 Member
Hi all, I joined My Fitness Pal back around March / April, as I decided I needed to lose a few pounds. The last year or so had been hard - dealing with the loss of my dear friend and 'mum in law' to cancer being pretty tough - I'd gained weight, and had a fondness of Dominos Pizza
So, I joined Elite Fitness in Cardiff in April and decided to start enjoying exercise. Since then I've lost 21 pounds (1 and a 1/2 stone), and my fitness levels has never been better.
In November I joined a small group training program at Elite, which was excellent, and improved further, losing 5% body fat in 6 weeks. I will continue to enjoy working out and probably do a run or two in 2012 for charity.
At first I found sticking to exercise pretty hard, I've been a member of a gym for YEARS, but finding a good gym meant that eventually I started to enjoy it! And I love working out with my partner, which helps a lot I think. I'm not finished yet! And I'm joining a X-fit group from next Friday in addition to my gym workouts.
I am 5ft 10, and my before weight didn't mean I was overweight, so to those around me the change has been gradual and perhaps not as noticeable - so I decided to do a before and after to show that with a balanced diet and exercise you can make a difference to your body. Myfitnesspal has been an essential tool to getting my diet much better, there is always room for improvement, but I've lost count of how many people I have told about myfitnesspal, and to get involved!
Before photo is from July and After is on Christmas Eve (6 months between photos)
EDIT: You are all so nice!! Wow, what a community we have here!!..
I wish everyone success on their journeys, especially those you are just starting on it. For me I wanted to be realistic and so my first goal was to get back into my leather trousers (I'm a guitarist in a metal band), and when I achieved that I thought right well lets aim for some more.
Proof! This was in September - back in the trousers. But I need smaller ones now! yay
So, I joined Elite Fitness in Cardiff in April and decided to start enjoying exercise. Since then I've lost 21 pounds (1 and a 1/2 stone), and my fitness levels has never been better.
In November I joined a small group training program at Elite, which was excellent, and improved further, losing 5% body fat in 6 weeks. I will continue to enjoy working out and probably do a run or two in 2012 for charity.
At first I found sticking to exercise pretty hard, I've been a member of a gym for YEARS, but finding a good gym meant that eventually I started to enjoy it! And I love working out with my partner, which helps a lot I think. I'm not finished yet! And I'm joining a X-fit group from next Friday in addition to my gym workouts.
I am 5ft 10, and my before weight didn't mean I was overweight, so to those around me the change has been gradual and perhaps not as noticeable - so I decided to do a before and after to show that with a balanced diet and exercise you can make a difference to your body. Myfitnesspal has been an essential tool to getting my diet much better, there is always room for improvement, but I've lost count of how many people I have told about myfitnesspal, and to get involved!
Before photo is from July and After is on Christmas Eve (6 months between photos)
EDIT: You are all so nice!! Wow, what a community we have here!!..
I wish everyone success on their journeys, especially those you are just starting on it. For me I wanted to be realistic and so my first goal was to get back into my leather trousers (I'm a guitarist in a metal band), and when I achieved that I thought right well lets aim for some more.
Proof! This was in September - back in the trousers. But I need smaller ones now! yay
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Wonderful! You look fabulous0
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You look awesome! WTG!0
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Just fabulous! Great job!!0
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awesome !0
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great job - you can really see the difference.0
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Thanks guys, scaled the photos a bit, they were a bit large!0
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You look so amazing!!!, Nicely done!! ♥0
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Good job!!!0
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Good job!!!0
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You look awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!0
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Awesome! Congratulations! :smokin:0
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Wow! NIce Job! Thanks for sharing!0
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Wonderful! you look great!0
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you look great!! awesome job so far!0
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I'd hit it LOL just saying you look good.0
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You go girl! I would love to transform this bod into something I wouldn't be ashamed of! Keep up the good work!:flowerforyou:0
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Hello gorgeous! You look awesome!!! Great job!0
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:flowerforyou: Awesome Job! Way to Go! :drinker:0
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AMAZING!0
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Well done, that's fantastic!!
Very inspiring for me just starting out :-)0
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