I'm going to start using this platform for my gym updates 🥰
To start: I began trying to lose weight in 2013 when I hit 250lbs after my dad passed away. I was a size 18, my knees hurt, I had no energy, everything was bad.
Currently: I'm 141lbs (as of this week), a size 4, ready to really transform my body once again.
Just wondering if anyone would wanna be wl buddies !! motivation is smth i rlly need and just want to be able to talk to someone about this stuff besides my gf LMAO
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I decided to stop posting calories alongside my meals. Again, this stuff is mostly for my own reference to make things easier for myself. Almost like creating a menu for myself to look back on. Anyway, if I post it, it’s somewhere in the range of 350-500. This was lunch- potatoes, peas, and chicken sausage. Yes, I’ve been eating potatoes every day. Because po-tay-toes.
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Now, as the first month of the year has passed, I would like to recount it and kind of see how it went.
I started the journey on the 14th, so bear that in mind.
The week after the 14th I was bombarded with work. But I still managed to make it to the gym one day of the week. And for that I’m really grateful.
Friday the 19th
I got on the treadmill. Accompanied by the first episode of Percy Jackson I made the brilliant performance of 3.8 km in 37:26 minutes. Which may not sound like that good of a time, but I’m happy with it. Especially since I haven’t „run“ in over a year. I think it’s quite a good first time. Ready to be improved.
22nd to 28th January
The week after that, I actually came down with the flu. I spent all the time not at work in bed, sleeping by 8 p.m. or 9 p.m.
By Friday I was feeling better, but I didn’t want to overdo it, so I simply walked a bit outdoor.
That Saturday I helped my boyfriend repaint the house, or rather find spots that were damaged or dirtied by the installation crew and paint over that. And lo and behold, it proved to be quite the workout.
The day after that, Sunday, him and me drove someplace nice to take a walk. It was a nice hour and we talked all the while about very different things. We started at the topic of dating and somehow ended up at the military.
But it was a nice hour nonetheless.
29th to 31st January
And that brings us already to this week, which had the last three days of January.
On Monday I went to the gym, this time for strength training. Warm up was a small run on the treadmill, 1.59 km in 16:41 minutes. It actually felt easier, though that might have been because I knew I would only run for roughly 15 minutes.
But I will take whatever win I can get haha
After the run came the different machines for weight focussed exercises. And boy did I miss it. I felt so nice and strong while I did it - albeit I did overdo it on the bench presses. I took out the additional weights of 2.5 kg + 0.5 kg on top of the bar, and that was an experience.
I tried to do them as good as I could. The first set of 15 were… not easy, but doable. But it was a steep decline after that.
The second set I already had to split up in 8/7. The third and last set I quit after 6 repetitions, where the sixth was just barely liftable.
Again, I will put the new measurements under the cut.
I weighed myself on the evening of the 31st January, again after a shower.
The weight was 100.3 kg, which is 0.2 lighter than on the 14th, but weight alone does not define whether or not someone is on the right track for a healthier lifestyle.
weight: 100,3 kg
fat: 41,3 kg
muscle: 55,8 kg
arm left: 33,0 cm
arm right: 35,0 cm
chest: 101,0 cm
hip: 129,5 cm
waist: 88,5 cm
ass: 128,5 cm
belly: 116,0 cm
thigh left: 77,5 cm
thigh right: 77,5 cm
calve right: 43,0 cm
calve left: 42,5 cm
Overall the measurements stayed the same or went slightly down. I noticed though that I didn’t catch the biggest part on my legs, so these numbers aren’t really comparable to the 14th. We’ll just have to wait and see in two weeks how the numbers changed.
But for now I am very happy with the current results and am looking forward to the next section.
This isn’t an image thing - I’m fine with being squishy looking. But I’m feeling the negative effects of my squishiness. I just don’t feel good or comfortable of cozy. I feel sluggish and lazy and helpless. I want to change because
I have two small children and I don’t have the energy to give them all I can and it breaks my heart
I want to feel comfortable in my clothes
I want to live long enough to have a relationship with my adult children and grandchildren (if my kids choose to, or are able to, have them)
I am flying to Spain next year. I hate flying. I want to at least feel comfortable on such a long flight and not claustrophobic
I want to sleep better
I’m tired of my heels cracking under the pressure of my weight
I want to be able to fill my day with fun activity without feeling dead at the end of it.
I want to, hopefully, rid of my acid reflux
I want to feel good and healthy and active for as long and as late as I can in life
Time is going to pass anyway - I want to make the most of it