I know that when I started out on my diet, I had breached 151 lbs. I didn't want to look at the scale so I can't say for certain, but judging by my clothes and appearance, I believe I topped out at about 152.5 lbs when I really first started.
After 2 weeks, I started measuring my body stats. At the beginning of Week 3, I was down to 148.6lbs, 21.9 BMI, 19.3% body fat, and a blood pressure of 95/66. If, at week 3, I was 19.3% body fat, I'm going to say that I started at Week 0 with 20% body fat. Progress photos and original weigh-in snap shots can be found HERE.
After 3 months of rough training and committed dieting, I am officially down 12.7 lbs, dropped 1.3 of my BMI, lost 2.6% body fat, and....well, my blood pressure has never been an issue, so no need to quantify that.
TWELVE AND A HALF POUNDS!! I still don't see it, but I feel like. My clothes are all looser, and I just bought my first SIZE SMALL bikini bottom! I feel beautiful, powerful, and successful. I feel like I can respect myself now as much as people around me seem to respect me. I feel also feel effortlessly confident, and I feel worthy. Now, I don't like it when people rely on their image for self-worth, but when I say I feel "worthy", I think it's more a matter of me respecting MYSELF, being worthy of MYSELF, and being deserving of all the good things I've received in life. There is something to be said about practicing self-control, doing the right thing, sticking to a commitment and not being weak or easily influenced by our damaging society. It shows an inner strength and determination that demands respect for the inherent qualities of taking a stand and then standing by it.
I don't recall if I mentioned this before, but I have decided to renew my commitment and push it to December 31, 2012 as opposed to just doing this for 6 months. I am going to stay off of alcohol until at least July - no ifs, ands or buts. After 6 months (end of July), I will likely have lost all the weight I will have needed to lose, and will need to transition to a maintanence program aimed at gaining muscle weight. That will pose a whole new challenge for me! Can you imagine, 3,500 extra calories each week just to prevent further weight loss? That's like two ENTIRE days worth of extra food, spread out across 7 days. It makes me wonder if I am actually eating too many calories right now, cuz I can't imagine needing to eat more each day. I'll probably just add a protein shake somewhere in the afternoon each day to get the extra nutrition.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. I feel fabulous, but I have a LOT of work to go. As such, tonight, after volleyball, I will take my first mirror pictures of the flab I still have in my midsection so that I can start tracking my leanning out progress. I am afraid to see what it looks like because I still don't feel like my body reflects all the hard work I've put into it, but it will be rewarding to look back on my progress once I've made further improvements.
Until then, gotta run! Literally! :D
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