Over ComingSkinny Fat with Pics

Last September, after months of being unhappy with how my body looked and *****ing and moaning about it, I got back on MFP and started getting myself in shape. But, I did what most women do, I cut calories and kicked cardio into over drive. I weighed around 122 lbs and didn't look it at all. I got myself all the way down to 114 lbs and still looked pudgy. Then I saw the light. Lifting is where it's at. I workout from home (how I wish I could lift really big at a gym) lifting 3 days a week and using what I have. The other days I did some sort of family activity like riding bikes, play basketball...something active. And I did one day of rest. All I can say is that I've been lifting for the past 5 weeks and have seen more results in those past weeks than the 5 months before it.

These are my measurements between February 19th and April 1st:

High Waist - 26 to 27
Waist - 30.5 to 31
Hips - 36.5 to 37
Right Thigh - 19 to 21
Left Thigh - 19 - 20.5
Right Arm - 10.25 to 10.5
Left Arm - 10.25 to 10.5
Weight - 116 to 117

That's right, my size is bigger, but my weight is only up a pound. Today I'm wearing a pair of jeans (size 8) that I couldn't hardly button last year...only now, they are loose with so much room to spare. No more undoing that button when I eat. I have upped my calories to 1800 and I eat back my workout calories. AND I EAT!!! No, I don't eat all the candy I ate before, or the junk, or the sodium. And yes, I need to clean it up here and there...but for the most part, I EAT! Pizza once a week. Dessert almost every night. Pasta! I EAT!!!

Below are my before lifting and during pics. The ones in the sports bra were taken Jan 7th toward the end of my cardio crap. The ones in my bra were taken yesterday. The pic of me from the side in my undies was taken at the very beginning and the one under was yesterday. Yes, I have just started my weight lifting. Yes, I have a ways to go. And YES, I plan to do more. I'm on my rest week right now, but I start New Rules of Lifting for Women (NROLFW) this weekend and I have the next 6 months planned out. By the end of this program I will turn 40 and I plan to have a body that denies my age. My gift to myself is saying good-bye to Skinny Fat for the 1st time in my life.



Stay tuned...I ain't done yet, I'm just getting started!