Ok...*deep breath* here goes...I am posting my before photos. My least favorite being the back view... But I am staying positive because I know it will only get BETTER from here! YIKES!!!!
Good for you for posting the pics! I have to say that you carry your weight well. That trainer better give you a good workout next time, otherwise you should ditch 'em.
So, you and Paul don't workout together? I would think some of his lifting programs would do the job for you.
Thanks...it was really very hard to post them, but I felt it was something I needed to do. It will keep me honest and continue to motivate me...and now when I'm at work and I think I'm hungry...I can look at those photos anytime...and go get a glass of water!!!
Hmmmmm....as for the training...I guess we don't workout together because when this all started I was the one who wanted to go to the gym...and I started with a trainer...and never did train with Paul!! Part of my fear is that if I don't have that appointment...I'll slack off. At least for now while I have so much to lose...and to learn.
If this trainer doesn't get his act together tho...I will still have an appt...with my husband!!!
Having before pictures is great, posted or no, and frickin awsum for you that you posted.
I hated having my pic taken (still do now that i've gained some weight again) and I positively hated my fat pictures, and yet once I was far enough removed from them... they were like this weird reminder of all I had been then, which was so much less and so depressed and unhappy and scared and generally miserable. Didn't realize it till I was on the other side of the coin, so to speak. But they're great to look back on. For motivation, to see how far you've come, to realize just how much you've changed inside and out.
Because I've yet to meet someone really overweight who doesn't have a lot of inside changing they're going through as they lose. It's necessary, mostly because there's a reason we get to that state, and that reason has to go away and be dealt with before we can be in another state.
You look great. You're beautiful, intelligent, funny, and strong. And you'll only feel better as you go.
Why don't you join our challenge in August? (See the NROL4W forum for details).
I've actually been thinking about it...I just might do that!!! By then I will be smaller and hopefully more able to do more of the exercises that are listed...it will also be a good challenge for me. I am expecting to lose at least 20-25 lbs by August...so I should be ready by then!
Having before pictures is great, posted or no, and frickin awsum for you that you posted.
I hated having my pic taken (still do now that i've gained some weight again) and I positively hated my fat pictures, and yet once I was far enough removed from them... they were like this weird reminder of all I had been then, which was so much less and so depressed and unhappy and scared and generally miserable. Didn't realize it till I was on the other side of the coin, so to speak. But they're great to look back on. For motivation, to see how far you've come, to realize just how much you've changed inside and out.
Because I've yet to meet someone really overweight who doesn't have a lot of inside changing they're going through as they lose. It's necessary, mostly because there's a reason we get to that state, and that reason has to go away and be dealt with before we can be in another state.
You look great. You're beautiful, intelligent, funny, and strong. And you'll only feel better as you go.
Awwwwww thank you so much!!!
I really needed to post them for me. It has to be a reminder of what I don't want to be...I want to be more of who I really am, not that woman I see in those pics!
I spent most of my life doing and being for everyone else...and worrying about what everyone else thinks of me. Well, it's more important how I feel about ME!
My husband always loved me for who I was, and though my weight has wavered, he never has. He taught me that I needed to be happy with who I am...and I am finally doing it for me...and only me...and that's is what will be different this time. NO excuses...just ass kicking and progress.
This is a workout that my husband put together for my days that I am not with the trainer from Power Training . It is modified a bit for me! Leg Press
90 x 25
180 x 20
270 x 15
360 x 8 DB Romanian Deadlift
45’s x 12
45’s x 12
50’s x 8
55’s x 8 DB Bench Press
25’s x 15
25’s x 15
30’s x 12
35’s x 8 1 Arm DB Row
30 x 15
30 x 12
30 x 10
35 x 10 Shoulder Press
30 x 20
40 x 15
40 x 12
50 x 8 Lat Pulldown
60 x 20
70 x 15
80 x 8
90 x 6 Seated Russian Twists (feet straight out in front for now)
8 x 30
8 x 30
8 x 15
8 x 15 Plank
12 secs
15 secs
30 secs
18 secs Cross Ramp Trainer
30 mins Gluteal Setting – 7 resistance, gradual incline
THIS is more like what I am used to doing…it’s more like what I like to do…and it felt great! I am tired…for sure….but it made me feel so good! My trainer was in the gym tonight too…and sitting behind me on the leg machines whilst I did the dead lifts that he said he wouldn’t be doing with me! HAH! I’ll do them myself you ass!
Anyway…PJ put together this routine and I was so excited! I pushed myself a little where I felt I could with the weight, and it felt sooooo much better that the 4,000 reps low weight I do the other days. I am excited to see what Mr. Trainer Man has in store for me tomorrow…I am curious what stepping it up a notch for him…will feel like for me! In the meantime…I will continue with my other more strength oriented routines behind his back! I can only imagine it will make his routines easier and easier to do.
Tomorrow should be interesting…
Nice! The best workout is one you enjoy and will stick with, so I think you're headed in the right direction.
Thanks!!!
I will definitely enjoy the weight training...all though I am a bit jealous of the olympic lifting...DAMN...I wish I had knees!!! It looks like so much fun...and we watched the olympic trials the other day...and those ladies were so inspiring!!! For now...I'll keep my head on the weight loss...but later.....we'll see...........
Interesting thing I noticed last night...I was pretty much the ONLY woman in the gym lifting. (I'm not counting the mommies on the leg machines) It's probably predominantly a male dominated gym, and I kind of prefer that...since most women I know don't lift anyway...they think it will make them "bigger". I wish I could take some of the women on the treadmills and SHAKE them! Especially the older ones...where they aren't doing their bodies any harm...they could be doing so much more good...for their bones, muscles and overall structure...but...*sigh* what are you gonna do?
My biggest wish is that I could drag my mother in law in the gym...I figure...if my husband got his genes from her side (which he did) then MAN...would she be able to lift!!!!
I just wanted to say welcome! and just know that it is possible to lose and maintain a large amount of weight. I have maintained 70 pounds over several years.
my friend bonnie started her journey at 358, and now she is 177 and training for her second full ironman triathlon. her journey was slow and measured, with a similar eating plan that you have outlined.
I just wanted to say welcome! and just know that it is possible to lose and maintain a large amount of weight. I have maintained 70 pounds over several years.
my friend bonnie started her journey at 358, and now she is 177 and training for her second full ironman triathlon. her journey was slow and measured, with a similar eating plan that you have outlined.
Hey...thanks so much for sharing that!!! It's so good to hear that...at the moment it seems like such an overwhelming amount of weight to lose, but I keep looking at it in 1-2 lb increments...and that's helped me keep going. And then I worry...what if I do all of this hard work to take it off...and then it comes back?
I guess the trick is...once you know how hard it is to take of...you WON'T put it back...8) Plus I am armed now with more knowledge than I was before...and more drive...so this is it!
Finding this fourm was the best thing for me at this point too...so many of you have come such a long way, and it's so inspiring me to to see that is can be done!
Yeah...I think I'll keep him...then again...I have known him since kindergarten!!!!
You are stuck with me now.
I'm glad to hear that you liked your workout last night. I think in order to succeed in the long run it's important to be with someone that has a similar attitude towards fitness as you. I don't think either one of us would be as dedicated right now if it wasn't for the other being there to push when it's needed. Adding a workout log on here is the next step. Now you have a whole group of people keeping an eye on you.
I'm glad to hear that you liked your workout last night. I think in order to succeed in the long run it's important to be with someone that has a similar attitude towards fitness as you. I don't think either one of us would be as dedicated right now if it wasn't for the other being there to push when it's needed. Adding a workout log on here is the next step. Now you have a whole group of people keeping an eye on you.
*Gulp* no wonder you told me I should start a log...lol
I totally agree...we are such gym geeks...it's awesome!
I think it's great that you don't let an "all guys" type gym scare you away - too many women (even the ones on the treadmills) might be willing to try lifting if they weren't intimidated because no women are in the free weights...
I discovered, with my new schedule, that 3pm on M (and probably on W too) is college-age boy time in the free-weights. Ugh. Lotsa grunting, bad form and macho strutting... I was the ONLY female, but I did my workout and just cranked up my headphones...
Saw one kid and had to bite back from correcting him (or laughing?). He was using our power-rack for squatting, but didn't have the rails up. He'd pick up the bar from way too low down, get into a plie position (legs wide, toes out), then TRY to squat but mostly rock forward onto his toes and almost do a face-plant. He'd do 1/4 squats (if that), then try to unload the bar but it was so low that he'd tip it about 45 degrees (with no clips) and somehow it didn't all go flying... kept adding more weight and doing even worse form... hmmmmm... I might've said something but he was strutting around and didn't look like he'd take advice well from an "old lady". (ok, hijack over!)
I think it's great that you don't let an "all guys" type gym scare you away - too many women (even the ones on the treadmills) might be willing to try lifting if they weren't intimidated because no women are in the free weights...
I discovered, with my new schedule, that 3pm on M (and probably on W too) is college-age boy time in the free-weights. Ugh. Lotsa grunting, bad form and macho strutting... I was the ONLY female, but I did my workout and just cranked up my headphones...
Saw one kid and had to bite back from correcting him (or laughing?). He was using our power-rack for squatting, but didn't have the rails up. He'd pick up the bar from way too low down, get into a plie position (legs wide, toes out), then TRY to squat but mostly rock forward onto his toes and almost do a face-plant. He'd do 1/4 squats (if that), then try to unload the bar but it was so low that he'd tip it about 45 degrees (with no clips) and somehow it didn't all go flying... kept adding more weight and doing even worse form... hmmmmm... I might've said something but he was strutting around and didn't look like he'd take advice well from an "old lady". (ok, hijack over!)
Yeah guys don't really scare me, I tend to get along with them mostly...except for the ones who were mean to me in HS. But luckily none of them go to this gym. Luckily for them that is...
There is prime HS boys time in our gym too...I call it romper room...
They are primarily to be found staring themselves down in the mirrors in front of the free weights whilst earnestly curling their little hearts out. It's a sight to behold...lol You gotta love the grunting...rofl
There aren't too many who squat in our gym...due to the aforementioned curling disease. It makes my hubby happy tho...the squat rack is pretty much all his!!!
Yep, we've got our eyes on you. We're here to keep you motivated, or else.
I always think it's a badge of honor to be the only girly lifting weights. Who wants to be like everyone else right!
I do tend to feel good being the only girl there...and after they see that you're really there to work...they leave you alone. I think I'll make myself a G.I. Jane t-shirt...maybe minus my favorite catch phrase from the movie on the back...while I work out in the trenches of the free weight section...
I will not be grunting tho...and I still smell MUCH better...even at my worst...
There is prime HS boys time in our gym too...I call it romper room...
They are primarily to be found staring themselves down in the mirrors in front of the free weights whilst earnestly curling their little hearts out. It's a sight to behold...lol You gotta love the grunting...rofl
There aren't too many who squat in our gym...due to the aforementioned curling disease. It makes my hubby happy tho...the squat rack is pretty much all his!!!
Our old gym had this. Had to tell the little ones that it was rude to go pick up dumbbells, walk back to your station, then drop them from waist height.
15 is a hard age for a boy. Huge attitude problem -- still can't drive yourself anywhere in most states. Makes it hard to be a man when you need to ask mommy for rides and money.
Our old gym had this. Had to tell the little ones that it was rude to go pick up dumbbells, walk back to your station, then drop them from waist height.
Yeah that IS annoying...that and the seated chest press "fling" to the ground is always a favorite of mine too...
To take a page from UConnJulie's avatar..."silly boys weights are for girls!!!"
I do tend to feel good being the only girl there...and after they see that you're really there to work...they leave you alone. I think I'll make myself a G.I. Jane t-shirt...maybe minus my favorite catch phrase from the movie on the back...while I work out in the trenches of the free weight section...
I will not be grunting tho...and I still smell MUCH better...even at my worst...
Okay, guilty pleasure alert. Don't tell anyone, but I love G.I. Jane. Time stands still when that comes on cable. Give me one-armed pushups and Viggo Mortenson in hot pants and I'm there. I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself...
Okay, guilty pleasure alert. Don't tell anyone, but I love G.I. Jane. Time stands still when that comes on cable. Give me one-armed pushups and Viggo Mortenson in hot pants and I'm there. I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself...
ROFL!!!! When I am my new...sleeker self...I think my reward will be the G.I. Jane t-shirt...cause maybe by then I'll be able to do the one armed pushup....or...errrr...a push up at all??? And yeah...I'll take some Viggo...but...I was partial to him as Aragorn with the longer hair...
Okay, guilty pleasure alert. Don't tell anyone, but I love G.I. Jane. Time stands still when that comes on cable. Give me one-armed pushups and Viggo Mortenson in hot pants and I'm there. I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself...
Guilty pleasure? No guilt about it! Demi RULED in that movie before she went all plastic-surgery Hollywood skinny... Nothin' better to push through a tough workout than that movie!
And Viggo... Not a big fan of the long hair, but anything he does is pretty much ok with me
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
But I am staying positive because I know it will only get BETTER from here! YIKES!!!!
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