lonefrontranger Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 I've been struggling off and on with a back injury over the past 2 years, and recently decided to take my own health into my hands and went Paleo + started strength training. At my 2010 and 2011 annual physicals the nurse told me that my "official" height was 5'3", which bugged me, since prior to being injured and going semi-sedentary I'd always had it measured officially at 5'4". Yea ok, I'm short, whatever, but when you're short every centimeter counts, right? I chalked the shrinkage up to the injury and "getting old sucks amirite?" Not to mention the ~15 extra pounds of flubber I'd packed on. So 5'3" and 162# of secretarial spread, awesome, huh?So last fall I quit making excuses for the injury, got proper massage and started strength training, and cleaned up my diet in January. The diet fix gave me the energy to get back to riding my bike and doing some competitive running races, and in February I learned how to skate ski.Well last week after 8 weeks of bodyweight workouts, doing stuff like planks and rows, 4 months of varying kettlebell workouts + lots and lots of mixed cardio and HIIT, plus stretching and massage, I went in for my annual and guess what?***5'4" and 148# BABY***I am a 43 year old woman and I not only lost 14 pounds going Paleo, but I appear to have "grown" an inch back. I'm betting it's simply due to improved posture and fitness.Take THAT you BMI trolls! Quote Link to comment
Book Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Yeah! Way to go! Never surrender to age. (I'm 42) Quote Character and Epic Quest! Current Challenge Battle Log Link to comment
Silvernia Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Awesome! Way to go! Quote Link to comment
AprilMay Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Fantastic!On a side note BMI sucks to start with. Quote "Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. "-Mark Twain“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.†– Winston Churchill“You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.†– Abraham MaslowWood Elf Adventurer LEVEL 6.817Stats: STR-18.62 DEX-8.22 STA-19.05 CON-29.72 WIS-30.26 CHA-22.73 Link to comment
unicornassassin Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 That's great! Quote [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] “If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.†-Thomas Edison "I'm only at about 35-40%, and I'm surprised as eff." -unicornassssin Fitocracy! [thread=16121]My Challenge Thread[/thread] Link to comment
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