2011 in pics – 5’3 January Start weight 160

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Tally29

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I decided to start a new thread. I felt like maybe I should rename it something better. Anyways my goal is 125 by June/end of May. I started p90x in January. I started my diet in February sometime don’t know exactly when.

Phase 1 Begin 160
Day 30 153
Day 60 143

Definitely seeing things improve. That is my favorite pair of jeans and it’s not buttoned for a reason lol. I also added a side picture if anyone’s curious about legs and stuff. I have bigger calves and not even sitting around for months seems to make them smaller.

I have no idea if these are typical results since I don’t know anyone who actually completed it or got past phase 1. Since they are at home gym workouts I feel like energy level and your efforts will make your results different then mine. Also my sister always expressed how fast I lose weight so I have no idea. I just do what I do.

Exercise
P90x
I never missed a day this month. I will start Phase 3 on March 2nd. I also modified this last rest week. I kicked out Kenpo and X-stretch and added P90x+ interval X (I mention this in my WLD but buying p90x+ is a waste if you don’t get the pull up bar).

I also took out ab ripper X sometime and added the tone it up girls 6 min interval video (google “tone it up girls fit sugar 6 mins” if you’re curious). I also added the plank moves bob harper suggests and that is on youtube too. I try to do 3 mins but not all the way through just 3 minutes of attempts lol.

Also I’m completely throwing out Kenpo (sorry Kenpo) and doing interval X/tone it up girls vid on day 6 from now on. My face is so red afterwards! Good things happen in that 47 minutes. I find that I am super tired after interval X but I feel really inspired by the tone it up girls so I like to add it in anyways.

Food

My diet plan is simply to keep an average of below 100 carbs. I stumbled upon the primal blueprint one day while reading popsugars health section and it made sense to me. So I’m doing it again. My suggestion to anyone is find something you can adhere to at least 90% of the time. I am always starving when I do the lowfat thing and I ate WAY more then I was supposed to just trying to fill myself up. Just eat well and eat well often. I do plan my meals out at least a day or 2 ahead. With cheats I always make sure to eat well the meals before and the meals after.

Cheats: I had 1 day in the beginning of the month that the fiancé and I went out and ate pasta. Then I had my cheeseburger and fries day. Then I had 3 days where I ate 1 bowl of spaghetti. I started my WLD and honestly that’s helped me figure what the heck I ate more than anything. I can’t even really remember what I ate before I started it so it works.

I do believe that as far as February’s overall average though I kept it below 100. I have no idea how many calories it was or what kind of servings though. I eat until I feel full and I put the rest away. This has been annoying with eating things like eggs… but I do it anyways.

Anyways I will update pics at the end of March/beginning of April. Don’t know how well I will eat in March since I have some lunch dates and birthdays BUT if I don’t feel like I’m doing well then my lunch date orders will probably be plain salad (no dressing/cheese) and probably a side of steak. Then for birthdays I can always bring a salad and munch on that.

I’m human and I may cheat a lot but we shall see. Quite frankly I’m already thinking about doing some damage at the cheesecake factory BUT the cheesecake factory will be there when I’m experiencing a plateau which is what the cheesecake factory should be used for. So I go back and forth lol.

I don’t really drink much. My friends already accepted that about me a long time ago so I usually just go out have fun and drop everyone off.
My phase 3 goal is to simply keep feeling the improvement and I’m gonna shop for 20 pounders sometime soon. I don’t really use the 15’s much but I’m getting there. I do hope to be 135 at the end of March but… I’ve done so well I’m not sure if my weight loss will just lower itself since I’m in better shape.

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Looking great, so glad you posted pictures! I'm definitely taking a second look at getting on the p90x train!
 
Tally you look awesome - and you definitely have a great shape :) Thanks for sharing what you've been doing. I know if you keep it up you'll definitely get the results you're looking for - you look amazing right now so it will only get better :D
 
Thanks everyone! I think the front shots do look pretty decent. Its the side ones I don't really like lol but that will come off in time :) Hoping that my March update will be outta this world! Just gotta keep working out and eating well :)

Good luck on every ones goals! We can all do this! Just one day at a time and before we know it we are where we wanted to be!

Also CUTigers I think a lot of people have copies of this dvd so maybe if you ask around someone will know someone who will want to sell their copy.

Also youtube has some nice workout video's as well so don't think you gotta go with p90x. :) I got it for free so that was awesome. Most of my workout videos are second hand from my family who likes buying them lol
 
Thanks! & Yup, my boyfriend has the DVDs, I'm just hoping to stay motivated with them, I tend to slack off when I'm in a room by myself, I don't push through the tough times like when I'm at the gym with people around. However, I'm going to do both, gym in the morning and p90x at night, double whammy! (I know, sounds crazy but Im going at this full force, 110% commitment!)
 
CUTigers said:
Thanks! & Yup, my boyfriend has the DVDs, I'm just hoping to stay motivated with them, I tend to slack off when I'm in a room by myself, I don't push through the tough times like when I'm at the gym with people around. However, I'm going to do both, gym in the morning and p90x at night, double whammy! (I know, sounds crazy but Im going at this full force, 110% commitment!)
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That is crazy lol but I wish you much success!! You can do it :) I totally feel you about the gym though lol I get so inspired by all the amazingly fit girls there! I know that other people don't but I feel like I need to push harder to look nicer when I see skinny girls walk around. Plus I know that's how they stay fit too. They don't just sit around and be skinny they do work and that means if I do work I can get there too!

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Good work! Big difference!!

Keep it up girl :)
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Thanks! I'm totally pumped up about what I have accomplished and I am starting to really like mirrors again :smilielol5:
 
Hello! I am staying with the primal blueprint. I have been able to cut things out like cereal and rice a lot easier than I thought I could. I will probably eat more rice at some point but I am still in losing weight mode so it’s important for me to keep my carbs below 100.

If you want to understand about the diet I would google marks daily apple. It has a link for primal diet 101. Explaining all the things about why and what to eat. I really love their recipes and it’s much easier for me to follow then trying to keep under a certain calorie limit.

The lowdown is just to eat more veggies, protein, good fats and go minimal on fruits, dairy and bread. It is not for everyone. If you are used to a high carb lifestyle you end up spending 2 weeks going through a carb flu. It’s hard for people to get past that point. I was actually not eating that much carbs that for me to switch to going under 100 ended up not being a big deal.

I’m not 100% primal though. I have a sandwich every day. It’s not an exact science though so some people find losing weight with a higher carb amount easy but generally with working out you should be seeing about a 1-2 pound difference each week. I haven’t stalled on my weight loss at all. I continually refine it each month.

My month 1 I just ate less crap, month 2 I went more primal with a couple of cheat days and this month I plan to cheat only once. I am starting to push myself more with harder exercises too. I have been just trying to improve in all aspects of losing weight and its working pretty well :)

I wish you luck!
 
Here is a bit of an update. My pic is up for the ending of round 1 of p90x and the beginning of round 2.

No workouts missed although I did add things that were harder then the program.

Food I did really well til last weekend and then I splurged without shame lol but I am still happy with the changes :)

p90x Round 1 Results
Day 0 160
Day 90 139.8

I am so much closer to my 125 goal then I was in January!!! Plus I am feeling lots better about myself these days so there have been great mental changes too!

Good luck with everyone's goal!
 
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