Finally on a roll!!!

[Val]

Woohoo!!! After 6 weeks of busting my ass, the first three w/ absolutely NO results, I've lost 7lbs of fat!! I'm so excited and motivated now. I'm now at 137 and was 128 when I got pregnant. I hope to get down to 118 by the end of May or mid June. It's so crazy how my body was so resistant and then all of a sudden started dropping the pounds. I'm glad I've got support here for achieving my goals. Bikini contests,... here I come.

Ladies, if I can do it, so can you! :rockon

[WannaBBIG]

Congrats Val...we all knew you WOULD do it. You, as well as others, know that you don't get the results right away, but determination and not giving up, you shall achieve your goal. Again, congrats and I know that I speak for the rest of everyone here: "How about some photos?"

[cutup]

Congrats on your progress! I love when I get to that point when it all starts just falling off.

Right now I am coming back from an injury that put me out for four months. I have been back at it for about 2.5 and have not seen only nominal results in terms of fat loss, I still have about 12 lbs. to go before I feel "normal" again. Any tips or recommendations of what you did that helped? I am really at a plateau and regardless of what I do it seems I am just not losing. I have been pretty stressed at work lately and I think that could be contributing to it?

Anyway, not meant to be a hi-jack of the thread...congrats on your results!!

[thor]

congrats val! well done i wish i could just get the enthusiasm (did i spell that right?) to get my booty to the gym! have been wanting to for quite some time but just can't seem to do it and i don't have any good excuse not too either.

[ZEEBS]

great job girl

[Janus]

Great to hear.
We get progress pics, right? j/k
Keep it up

[WannaBBIG]

Originally Posted by Ulcasterdropout

Great to hear.
We get progress pics, right? j/k
Keep it up

BS...you're not joking and if you are, shame on you....WE WANT PICS! :bow

[Reverend Satan]

then you must be butter.

[Val]

Originally Posted by Dr. Satan

then you must be butter.

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[Val]

Originally Posted by cutup

Right now I am coming back from an injury that put me out for four months. I have been back at it for about 2.5 and have not seen only nominal results in terms of fat loss, I still have about 12 lbs. to go before I feel "normal" again. Any tips or recommendations of what you did that helped? I am really at a plateau and regardless of what I do it seems I am just not losing. I have been pretty stressed at work lately and I think that could be contributing to it?

Stress can definitely contribute to a lack of results, IMO. I actually started about 2 and a half months ago and about a wk after that my uncle passed away and I was out of town several days. About two weeks after that my aunt (different side of the family) passed away and I had to go out of town again and was generally not in a work-out mood. The biggest difference has been my diet. Through all of the funerals and out of town trips, I was eating horribly and pretty sad, which caused me to not give a shit. I decided to draw up a contract w/ my Mom saying that we had 16 weeks (plenty of time) to lose about 20-25lbs each. There are specific rules for each of us in the contract. The main thing was getting through the first two weeks of dieting and being consistant in the gym. I started by training total body 3 days a week w/ 20 min. of cardio for the first week then 4 days the next week and the next. So after 3 weeks I split upper/lower body 4x's per wk and upped my cardio to 25 min after a workout and one extra day of 45 min of cardio. I did that for 3 weeks and this week I've started my official body part split...

Chest/tris/abs
back/bis/abs
legs/calfs
shoulders/core

cardio after each workout 30 min. and one extra day of cardio for 45min-1hr.

It's pretty basic, but my body is still recouping from childbirth and needs the basics. I think the diet was the key factor in being successful so far. I have one cheat day per wk and cut out all my "white" carbs except for breakfast,...I have cereal or oatmeal and take one ECA.