Hey everyone! I’m in the Harry Potter challenge (Go Team Herbology and Hufflepuffs!), and was kind of faffing about my weight loss journey for the past year, cutting 30 lbs from removing full sugar sodas but little else. I decided to cut the shit and get serious for the new year.
I started exercising in January, but the diet component was hit or miss for a while. For some reason, despite having a fucking degree in Math, having 1200-2000+ of something to track was just fucking with my brain too much. I wanted the flexibility of calorie count (and of course CICO is what makes every other plan work), but smaller numbers to track.
So I started WW on April 15th and tweaked my lower back at my first meeting right after weighing in. If that’s not a wake-up call, I don’t know what is.
I’ve been swimming for the past few months (about 3x/week), and lifting weights with Starting Strength (2-3x/week), with some bicycling thrown in (about 30 minutes a week, 9 mph) Being more mindful of my food intake (and making smarter choices, by extension) was enough to see some real gains.
Apparently, even height.
I have a slouching problem, which is probably why I fucked up my back. I was using the scale at the gym, one of those doctor’s scales with the retractable height rod and the level on top. I was curious because I was noticing small things, like my pants becoming more capri length and the rest of my clothes fitting differently.
I went from a little over 5’7 to 5’8.25”. :)
23F -> 24F
HW: 365 lbs (June/July 2018)
SW: 331.6 lbs (April 15, 2019, with clothes and shoes on because we don’t condone nudity in public)
CW: 319.8 lbs (Reducing sodium rocks, who would have thought?) at home, 324 with clothes on at the gym. (A 7.6 lbs drop from last Monday!)
~5’7” -> 5’8.25”
Swim: 3:51/100 yd (freestyle, only 100 yd) -> 2:59/100 yd (set during a 200 yd swim, half freestyle/half backstroke)
Bench: 45 lbs x 5 -> 115 lbs x 5 (135 lbs 1RM)
Squat: 45 lbs x 5 -> 135 lbs x 5 (155 lbs 1RM)
Deadlift: 95 lbs x 5 -> 165 lbs x 5 (185 lbs 1RM)
Now, to make some adjustments to my BMI based mini goals. :)
You all have been wonderful! Thank you. I hope to update when I cross out of the 300s!
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