Hey there! I was out of town for the weekend, but I managed to do GS Legs yesterday before I left home and today when I got here I did KPC: Intermediate drills + combos 1 and 2 premix followed by GS: C&T and abs. Besides all the BBQs and sweets around me I managed to stay on my diet. I had some chocolate though, but in moderation. I'm taking my journal and calculator with me now and I secretly write down everything lol! I mean, it's working so I need to keep it up.
It's unbelievable that we're still here. I'm pretty sure that without this check-in I would've never maintained my weight loss. I still have a couple to lose, but I haven't gained a significant amount of weight (just the normal 1-2lbs during TTOM and I always lose them). And I need new clothes and new jewelry! It was January 06 when a humiliating weigh in was my motivation to lose weight for good. It was humiliating because I've always been active and 178 is not a number you want to hear, you think you need to lose about 15-20 and all of a sudden is waaaay more than that. I said *the* number for the first time since it happened. Not even my mom knows it. I just wasn't keeping track of the amount of calories I was eating and I was also very depressed. Before that I hated scales and because of that I never kept track of my ups and downs with weight. I bought a scale and learned to embrace the number that it gave me twice a week. I also changed my diet for good, and added short cardios to most of my weight training sessions.
I managed to lose tons of weight with minimal sagging. I have a little bit on my inner thighs and around the upper thigh area, but it's not something that can't be fixed in the future. I'm pretty sure that it would've been worse had I lost the weight with dieting and cardio only. I definitely believe that losing a little bit of weight at the time and strength training helped me avoid sagging skin all over my body. I also learned not to be really bothered by the physical remnants of weight loss. Those can be fixed by a good doctor. The biggest lesson is that we need to lose weight and maintain it by following a healthy diet and exercise plan and keep doing it for life for our health, not because swimsuit season is coming. When I got back the results of my blood tests I got teary eyed. Every single thing was normal and I also had the blood pressure and oxygenation of an athlete! I had a sonogram done and the lady that did it was so impressed because she could see valves and arteries and all sorts of stuff she never sees on a normal sonogram and she said: "You must exercise a lot! I only see these on books!" and I didn't know what to say. I also went from never doing a push-up on my toes to doing GS: C&T's drop sets all on my toes (of course hitting the pause button after every set and resting for 10 seconds or so after every set, but still I can complete the drop sets :7). I really don't think about my sagging that much, the fact that I'm healthy and that I can do push ups on my toes is something that makes me happy. I can't wear a swimsuit now, but I can go to the beach and challenge a beach babe and she probably won't do as many push ups as I can.
So that's my little story and I wanted to thank you for being my check-in buddies. I've maintained my weight loss for 8 months now and I have less than 10 pounds left. Last weigh in was around 131-132 and it's supposed to be 125. I know I'll get there eventually, but there's no rush.
Have a nice week ladies and thanks for reading.
