6 months into strenght training

Those who know me and my history, don’t mind me I will pretty much just repeat myself

I am a 38 years old woman, I am french canadian (this expain the fact that my english is far from perfect). I am the mother of 2 and the surrogate mother of 4….no twins in the lot….so I had 6 pregnancies. The last one was in october 2010. After I gave birth, I suffered from pre-éclampsia (yes, after…usually it is before giving birth but I like to do things differently). I ended back in the hospital with a heart monitor, 2 different IVs, peeing in a bag and with enought High blood pressure medecine to kill a horse. Let just say that it was my first taste of what it means to be unhealthy. My weight my not the problem but being scared ****less to leave my babies without a mother was a the kick in the pants I needed to really do everything in my power to be and stay healthy.

2 weeks after leaving the hospital, I started using MFP. My weight loss has been very slow (18 pounds in 15 months as of right now) and let face it, frustrating sometime but I refused to do anything drastic that was not sustanable long term.

140 lbs

IMG_2720 by yanicka , on Flickr

Like many newbies, I started running using C25K. I can’t say that I love running, heck I pretty much hate all cardio. It is very boring and makes me feel like a hamster in a wheel LOL. By summer of 2011, I had lost 15 pounds and was feeling pretty good about myself, I was at a healthy BMI (still on top at 24.7) but I was still very hummm soft.

125 lbs

danlucie dogs 037 by yanicka , on Flickr

Did some reaserch and I knew that for the body I wanted, Strenght training was the way. I ordered the book “the new rules of lifting for women” in August and fell in love the first time I did a squat (with the barbell only!!!) Let me tell you that I had pretty strong legs but my upper body was very weak….the worst being my grip, but I made progress really quickly.
After one month of weight lifting. Like recommended by the book, I was eating between 1600 and 1900 calories a day ( I am 4’11’’ so that is why the calories are so ‘’low’’)
Weight loss = 0 lbs


After 2 months.
Weight loss = 0 lbs


After 3 months.
Weight loss = 0 lbs



After 6 months and 2 weeks into my cut cycle. Right now I am trying to lose fat and maintaining muscle at much as possible, so to do that, I cut 300 calories from maintenance and try to eat 100g of protein a day.
Weight loss = 4 pounds



So this is where I stand. I lift 3 times a week and run once or twice a week. I never spend more than 1 hour at the gym. I have a HRM and eat pretty much every calories I can get.