Huntress Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 When I started lifting and eating better earlier this year my main goal was just to be stronger and healthier. I knew my body would change but it wasn't the big focus. Still it's been really nice to see what a difference six months has made. Not calorie-counting, buying low-fat or cutting out food groups... just a lot of fruit and veggies, lean protein and deadlifts. Apologies all for bralessness and underboob, I never thought I'd be sharing these pics with the world! Avert your eyes if you're a sensitive soul. May: November: 4 Quote HuntressCurrent challenge - Rebels - Huntress lays the foundations"The effort yields its own rewards" - Data, Star Trek: TNG. Link to comment
gijoe4500 Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Awesome progress! And never, ever apologize for underboob. ;-) Quote "The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it." -Lincoln Hawk, Over The Top. http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/39221-getting-strong-now-gijoes-battle-log/ Link to comment
Pretzle Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Really nice progress! Looking epic in the recent pictures! Quote level 10 wood elf assassin Intro| 1st challenge | .... | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Current @ warriors Link to comment
Kaylya Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Nice progress! Looks like our bodies are quite similar with the narrow waist and big hips (though I'm presently closer to your before) Quote "None of us can choose to be perfect, but all of us can choose to be better." - Lou Schuler, New Rules of Lifting for Women Link to comment
Q_est Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Nice work! That is a huge difference - deadlifts FTW Quote Link to comment
Super Destroyer Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Wow! You have done a great job! Quote "It is cutting time......" Spoiler 1st challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/38089-worlds-greatest-math-teachers-quest/ 2nd Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/39264-becoming-super-destroyer/ Holiday Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/41497-super-destroyer-is-staying-on-track/ 3rd Challenge (1/6/14-2/16/14): http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/42105-defining-super-destroyer/ Daily Battle Log: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/44212-super-destroyers-battle-log/ 4th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/44345-super-destroyer-will-make-800-by-50/ 5th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/46686-putting-the-super-in-super-destroyer/#entry976817 Current PVP Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/46764-join-the-800-club/#entry978826 Another PVP Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/48506-may-20-july-13-20-pound-challenge/#entry1042244 6th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/48918-super-destroyer-takes-on-podgy-and-the-binge/ Link to comment
samanmoran Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Thank you, thank you! For that Rockin' Dose of Inspiration! Damn good job. 1 Quote 42 ----Don't Chew what you should Eschew! Link to comment
Timmy M Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 yay you! loving the deadlifts! and may i be the first to say dayuuuuuum!!!! you done good girl! Quote Link to comment
I-Jo Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 dauuuyyyym was totally my first thought. Excellent job!!! Keep up the hard work! Quote Link to comment
Ceasefire Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Whoop! That's some excellent progress you've got going on! Tips and tricks? =) Quote Pixie Ranger Drunk on Tea~ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Link to comment
Huntress Posted November 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Nice progress! Looks like our bodies are quite similar with the narrow waist and big hips (though I'm presently closer to your before) Haha nice! Someone once described my shape as 'an hourglass with most of the sand in the bottom' and I think that's pretty accurate... I seem to be popular with the kinds of dudes who are comrades of Sir Mixalot, if you catch my drift yay you! loving the deadlifts! and may i be the first to say dayuuuuuum!!!! you done good girl! dauuuyyyym was totally my first thought. Excellent job!!! Keep up the hard work! Aw shucks. Now I'm blushing. You lot sure know how to make a girl smile. Whoop! That's some excellent progress you've got going on! Tips and tricks? =) I guess it depends on your starting point. That was a switch from eating pasta and delivery pizza and no exercise to fruit and veggies and lean meat and working out three times a week. My main tip would be to come up with healthy foods you love and then just eat a tonne of them and to find forms of exercise you enjoy and focus on getting good at it. I feel like the specifics aren't as important as finding something that a person is going to be able to do consistently over the long term because it's what they really want to be doing. And also being willing to trade short term quick fixes for long term change that lasts. I hope that's not too basic! 3 Quote HuntressCurrent challenge - Rebels - Huntress lays the foundations"The effort yields its own rewards" - Data, Star Trek: TNG. Link to comment
Corvo Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Looking good Quote facebook: Cory KalteXboxLive: SnuSnuProdigy Feel free to add me. Link to comment
Thom Stépan Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 You have don a fantastic job. I can really see the importance of progress pics from your post. Thankyou for the inspiration. Quote Where to find me: Current Challenge : Battle Log : Facebook : Instagram : "Each day, just focus on getting 1% better in whatever it is you're trying to improve. That's it. Just 1%." ArtofManliness Article. "That which is wise and holy helps the health and wholeness of the chain of generations." D. R. Miller. "We do not rise to our expectations. We fall to our level of training." Archilochus Link to comment
SLB Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Good job! Well done on being consistant for 6 months like that - I'm sure seeing those pictures and feeling so much better on the inside makes the effort to change your habits worth it On a different note, you have a beautiful figure! even on your before pics you had a nice hourglass shape - even if there was more sand at the bottom what wonderful genes...You must be so excited to see what the progress will be in another 6 months... I know I am!x Quote Link to comment
Duality Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Damn! I started going harder in May results are great, but not nearly as noticeable as yours! Quote It's not 80% diet, 20% exercise, it's 100% diet, 100% exercise. Give it your all. My journey (Date - Total - BF % - LBM) 2012-01-01 - 242 - 35% - 157 2013-12-15 - 172 - 10% - 155 2016-05-01 - 231 - 25% - 173 Link to comment
darksakura Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Do you have your weekly routine posted anywhere? I'm so inspired by your progress and would love to know the exercises you do. =) Quote Welcome to the Fantasy Zone! Get Ready!Orange Lounge Radio"Where Every Gamer Has a Voice!"- Live Sunday at 6 PM Pacific -VoGnetwork.com Link to comment
BigDRay Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Been lacking inspiration/motivation this past week. Think I found it in this thread. Quote I want to be as strong as I need to be. Physically, as well as mentally."Even a reject can surpass an elite, if he trains hard enough!" - GokuI refuse to fail!Ray, Lvl 2 Orc MonkSTR 2|DEX 1|STA 2|CON 4|WIS 4|CHA 2Current ChallengePrevious ChallengeFacebook / Twitter^^FRIEND ME/FOLLOW ME^^ Link to comment
Huntress Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Been lacking inspiration/motivation this past week. Think I found it in this thread. Dude, that seriously made my day. Thanks. Do you have your weekly routine posted anywhere? I'm so inspired by your progress and would love to know the exercises you do. =) I can talk about exercise until the cows come home but I'm not so strict about routines. At the beginning of this period I decided I was gonna go for consistency over perfectionism and just focus on doing at least 3 hours of strength training per week. 1 of these hours is 5 x 5 stuff with barbells and the other two a mix of bodyweight, kettlebells, dumbells. There's no reason for that other than me only having access to a squat rack once a week, otherwise I'd be doing heavier lifting every day, not to look a certain way but just because I love it.I don't have a specific program per se but when I'm not doing the heavy stuff I focus on five exercises covering the whole body: upper body, lower body, back, abs, and then something purely of my choice, often something dynamic like a kettlebell swing. For these days I typically do 3 x 10 of each exercise. Compound movements, isolation exercises like curls and lateral raises bore the pants off me and I feel like they don't transfer into real life. I quite like this dumbbell split routine too - http://www.stumptuous.com/workout-6 I also like kettlebell circuits for the same reason, dynamism. I think the last strength workout I did was a kettlebell circuit of 20 x swings, 10 x clean and press, 10 x single legged deadlifts, 10 x bent over rows, 10 x turkish get ups. I went through it I think four times. Lots of fun, painful painful fun.In addition I go for a walk with my boyfriend up a big hill/small mountain once or twice a week. Is this helpful to you?? I feel like you've just got me excited about strength training so I'm babbling I really think the main thing is to find something you enjoy and be consistent about doing it over the longer term. 1 Quote HuntressCurrent challenge - Rebels - Huntress lays the foundations"The effort yields its own rewards" - Data, Star Trek: TNG. Link to comment
darksakura Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I totally love strength training. I'm working more and more into my own weekly routine, but yeah, I don't want it to become too static. By finding out from others what they like to do, I learn new things to incorporate into my own workouts. I'm going to be starting benchpress and overhead press tomorrow, actually, using the Olympic bar. We have kettlebells at my gym, but I haven't tried using them yet except for a few things here and there. I'd love to start using them, I think, for range of motion exercises. Totally helpful, thanks! I hope to catch up to you! I started back in full swing in October and have lost a few inches here and there, so who knows. =) 1 Quote Welcome to the Fantasy Zone! Get Ready!Orange Lounge Radio"Where Every Gamer Has a Voice!"- Live Sunday at 6 PM Pacific -VoGnetwork.com Link to comment
Epsilonx2 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 It's so cool to see such tangible success! Congratulations! It does look like you have lovely curves regardless, and your love for strength training has accentuated them. I'm totally inspired, especially since it sounds like you've found really fun ways to pack awesome workouts into each week. Quote Aisha Half-Giant Warrior, Level 5 STR: 7 || DEX: 6 || STA: 8 || CON: 7.5 || WIS: 12.5 || CHA: 5 Challenges: 5 4 3 2 1 If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. -Lilla Watson Link to comment
Basement Cat Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Woo! That's great progress! Keep it up! Quote Current form: Chubby House Cat (lvl4) Weight objective: 20% S. 4 P. 6 E. 4 C. 7 I. 8 A. 4 L. 5 Battle log Current Challenge Handy linky. Link to comment
Robot_Monerz Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Amazing and inspiring!! Good for you I just started powerlifting, and this is exciting to see! Quote Link to comment
Tateman Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Great progress! I feel the same way with my own pictures. Took them thinking I'd never share them with anyone haha. Quote Tateland.com, Instagram, Fitbit Link to comment
Hella Paiño Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Well done and the hourglass is true! Very hot. Quote Dwarf Assassin | Level 2STR (2) ~ DEX (3) ~ STA (3) ~ CON (3) ~ WIS (1) ~ CHA (3) Current Challenge Thread | 101 Things"Rise and rise again until lambs become lions." -Robin Hood Link to comment
smftexas86 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Its amazing to see these kind of transformations! Congrats and keep it up, you're looking great. Quote Lvl 3 Half-Orc Warrior Assasin Male, Age: 30 STR 4 - DEX 2 - STA 5- CON 2 - WIS 4 - CHA 3 Intro Post --- Current Challenge "Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try" Jedi Master Yoda "Any misspellings or grammatical errors in the above statement are intentional; they are placed there for the enjoyment of those who like to point them out" Link to comment
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