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Mayday midriff - Berry's bare belly challenge

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  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    I've managed to shed 3lbs of the 5lbs I put back on. I've started doing Tae Bo again for the first time in about 10 years - I forgot what a great abs workout it is, and without having to get down on the floor at all!
  • HappilyLifts
    HappilyLifts Posts: 429 Member
    oh my, I'm in, but I'm dreading it! I wasn't going to post a pot belly picture until I had an 'after' picture to go with it!
  • Happyoceangirl
    Happyoceangirl Posts: 1,993 Member
    May 1 is quickly approaching.... :noway:
  • helenium
    helenium Posts: 546 Member
    I'm in this by the way - forgot to post. Not long to go now, my fat loss stalled a bit though (abs are probably strong enough already!)

    P.S. my pole teacher gave an amazing new abs routine which HURTS LIKE HELL... must be good :D I'm ill so can't do it right now...
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Body Pump today. Any thoughts about what workout you'll do for the challenge? I might get someone to snap me running outside or on the treadmill - don't think my abs are up for scrutiny in a class :blushing:
  • mandi2r
    mandi2r Posts: 228 Member
    I think about it for 8 days heh... I'm most likely in.. It'll be a nice push
  • ladytinkerbell99
    ladytinkerbell99 Posts: 970 Member
    bump
  • EchoOfYourPast
    EchoOfYourPast Posts: 459 Member
    Ok, i'm in....hopefully, it will motivate me to work twice as hard!!
    San :)
  • flausa
    flausa Posts: 534 Member
    We're almost there! Sadly my belly still isn't where I'd like it to be, but it is acres better than it was at the beginning of April! I am still trying to figure out what my workout picture will be. I'd love to be doing a plank, but I've got a lot of lose skin around my middle, and it's really disturbing to see in that pose. Perhaps a yogic backbend to stretch it all out and make me look really, really lean. Hmmmm ...
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    If it wasn't 35 degrees this morning, I would have run my race in a belly-baring top. :grumble:
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Yikes, two days to go! With terrible timing I've just returned from holiday where I ate a 100% fried food and alcohol diet and put on 3lbs :blushing: But this isn't about "after" photos, it's all about body confidence, fitness and how far we've come with MFP. Bellies ahoy!
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Last day to get a preparatory workout in! I'm opting for Tae Bo, or maybe Body Combat if I manage to book a place tonight. After all, I'm bound to get a six pack like the girls in the DVD, right?
  • HappilyLifts
    HappilyLifts Posts: 429 Member
    Psyching myself up for this! So, let me get this straight....are we supposed to be posting a piccie of our tummy straight after a workout or whilst working out, only that could be tricky, there's no way I'm asking a stranger at the gym to photograph me? :laugh: With a 'before' piccie?
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Before, during or during, whatever suits, the only condition is you must do at least some of your workout with your navel getting some fresh air!

    I may end up just doing a sweaty picture in the mirror, though I'm slightly tempted by the "stranger at the gym" option just because I'd like to see just how bad I look working out :laugh:
  • HappilyLifts
    HappilyLifts Posts: 429 Member
    Before, during or during, whatever suits, the only condition is you must do at least some of your workout with your navel getting some fresh air!

    I may end up just doing a sweaty picture in the mirror, though I'm slightly tempted by the "stranger at the gym" option just because I'd like to see just how bad I look working out :laugh:
    :laugh:
  • shmunster
    shmunster Posts: 538 Member
    I've done mine (it's the 1st already in aus!), and taken pics but I'm not going to be the first to post them lol!
  • HappilyLifts
    HappilyLifts Posts: 429 Member
    ok, I'll go first, it will probablybe the worst, and that way mine can get lost in the thread :laugh:
    April 4th, 4 months into a new lifestyle of calorie coutning and 4-5 days a week at the gym:

    DSCF9444.jpg:frown:

    May1st:
    DSCF9477.jpg:embarassed:
    Still alot of work to be done!
  • Microfiber_wechange
    Microfiber_wechange Posts: 640
    Lots of noticeable difference though. Well done :flowerforyou:
  • HappilyLifts
    HappilyLifts Posts: 429 Member
    Lots of noticeable difference though. Well done :flowerforyou:
    Thankyou! :smile:
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Fab work choccie, you've come such a long way in just four months!

    My vast belly will be here tonight, hope you can hold back your excitement until then :tongue:
  • HappilyLifts
    HappilyLifts Posts: 429 Member
    Fab work choccie, you've come such a long way in just four months!

    Mine vast belly will be here tonight, hope you can hold back your excitement until then :tongue:
    I'll try :wink:
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    June 2009 Bikini Horror :frown: (weight unknown)
    bikinihorror-1.jpg

    May 2011 Less Horrific But More Work Required :laugh: (weight 147.2lbs)
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  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Ooh MrsSWW, looking super trim and narrow-waisted there, and yer actual abs, I'm jealous!
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    Lots of noticeable difference though. Well done :flowerforyou:

    Definitely a change, well done :drinker:
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    Ooh MrsSWW, looking super trim and narrow-waisted there, and yer actual abs, I'm jealous!

    Lol, thanks Berry - please accept my apologies for non-workout clothing, I posess NOTHING which exposes ma belly!!!
  • HappilyLifts
    HappilyLifts Posts: 429 Member
    June 2009 Bikini Horror :frown: (weight unknown)
    bikinihorror-1.jpg

    May 2011 Less Horrific But More Work Required :laugh: (weight 147.2lbs)
    SDC12457.jpg
    SDC12449-1.jpg

    4558573.png
    Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Nutrition Facts For Foods

    big difference! Nice work!
  • shmunster
    shmunster Posts: 538 Member
    You guys look AWESOME! Such big changes, well done!

    Ok, here goes!

    These were jan/feb/march this year before and afters for shred and ripped

    [img]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/Shoemonster/weight loss/30dshredjanfebrippedmar12.jpg[/img]

    And this was today! The gardener at the park got a good look as I ripped off my top to do my hill work! Still got a fair bit of extra skin there, and my many many stretch marks, but stuff it, I'm doing this for the mums!

    Complete with the bubbas prams in shot!

    [img]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/Shoemonster/weight loss/a28a543a.jpg[/img]

    [img]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/Shoemonster/weight loss/9dc1e8ac.jpg[/img]

    [img]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/Shoemonster/weight loss/d0e4656e.jpg[/img]
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Oh you so rock Shmunster, and looks like you had a lovely day for it too! What an awesome transformation of a mummy tummy to athlete abs, and a lovely eyeful for the lucky gardener :tongue:
  • oliviagetsdown
    oliviagetsdown Posts: 10
    I guess I need to post a new photo anyway. :)
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    You guys look AWESOME! Such big changes, well done!

    Ok, here goes!

    These were jan/feb/march this year before and afters for shred and ripped


    And this was today! The gardener at the park got a good look as I ripped off my top to do my hill work! Still got a fair bit of extra skin there, and my many many stretch marks, but stuff it, I'm doing this for the mums!


    Wow, that is amazing!!!!!
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