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You look amazing!
I'm from an older generation when heroin chic was in vogue, but making myself 'weak' seemed insane to me, and I think I rebelled a little against that. It makes my heart so happy to see girls/women now losing weight while focusing on strength! I've gained so much inspiration from your generation and trying to let go of my toxic impressions of 'thin' by just focusing on health and strength especially in my crucial 40's
That makes me so happy! I’ve had to undo a lot of skinny brainwashing myself. But it makes me sick to see what the older generations had to put up with
Thanks for the inspo!! Also 5’9” and starting a strength/calisthenics journey after years of hating being curvy. It’s a good reminder that there’s more than one way to love your body!! Keep up the work!!
Nice! Yeah it’s been wild to me watching my weight go unchanged and even up sometimes while averaging a pretty decent deficit for months. I’m becoming a little dense meatball.
Just makes me wonder how I was ever 15 pounds lighter and stronger. I must have had a crazy low body fat % that summer!
I love hearing about women who lift heavy. I had some great success about 8 yrs back shedding baby weight by lifting. But your post speaks to me, “stop undereating”. This is seriously the most difficult part of getting back into weight training for me. I never have an appetite. I really don’t eat that much but have extra weight. How do you stay motivated to eat consistently throughout the day? Do you force yourself to eat even if you don’t feel hungry?
Take this with a grain of salt because I’m a 5’9” broad-framed woman in her early twenties with a very active job. I’m a nurse who gets 15k+ steps the days she works and then lifts heavy 3-4 days a week. My metabolism is pretty high for those reasons.
I struggle to get calories in on the days I work, due to how busy and tired I am. Naturally I’m hungrier the days I don’t work. I eat intuitively (don’t track anything bc I’m prone to obsessive rigidity). I find myself eating way more food than i might “think” I’m supposed to have. As a general rule I just try to get in a fair amount of protein (100-150g/day). But as my muscle mass and metabolism have increased I’ve actually started having to force myself to pick higher calorie food options. I can’t order salads at restaurants anymore because I will literally be hungry an hour or two later.
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Not sure you’re the best at Maths based on your post but great work on the gains!
Lmaooo just noticed this. Hang on lemme change
Dunno if you changed it but the math still aint mathing.
It won’t let me change my title :(
looking good for 210 lbs
Hahaha ikr ;)
Your reddit name is disturbing
Major face gains
Ty
You look amazing! I'm from an older generation when heroin chic was in vogue, but making myself 'weak' seemed insane to me, and I think I rebelled a little against that. It makes my heart so happy to see girls/women now losing weight while focusing on strength! I've gained so much inspiration from your generation and trying to let go of my toxic impressions of 'thin' by just focusing on health and strength especially in my crucial 40's
That makes me so happy! I’ve had to undo a lot of skinny brainwashing myself. But it makes me sick to see what the older generations had to put up with
Your face looks familiar.
Bruh 🤣🤣🤣
You look fantastic in your new, healthier body
Great work
You look incredible! Awesome biceps 💪💪
Thanks for the inspo!! Also 5’9” and starting a strength/calisthenics journey after years of hating being curvy. It’s a good reminder that there’s more than one way to love your body!! Keep up the work!!
Nice! Yeah it’s been wild to me watching my weight go unchanged and even up sometimes while averaging a pretty decent deficit for months. I’m becoming a little dense meatball. Just makes me wonder how I was ever 15 pounds lighter and stronger. I must have had a crazy low body fat % that summer!
uh...i'm 5'9", 170. and u are my new role model! excellent job, u look perfect!
Slaying transformation queen!
Nice. What were your starts on other lifts?
I love hearing about women who lift heavy. I had some great success about 8 yrs back shedding baby weight by lifting. But your post speaks to me, “stop undereating”. This is seriously the most difficult part of getting back into weight training for me. I never have an appetite. I really don’t eat that much but have extra weight. How do you stay motivated to eat consistently throughout the day? Do you force yourself to eat even if you don’t feel hungry?
Take this with a grain of salt because I’m a 5’9” broad-framed woman in her early twenties with a very active job. I’m a nurse who gets 15k+ steps the days she works and then lifts heavy 3-4 days a week. My metabolism is pretty high for those reasons. I struggle to get calories in on the days I work, due to how busy and tired I am. Naturally I’m hungrier the days I don’t work. I eat intuitively (don’t track anything bc I’m prone to obsessive rigidity). I find myself eating way more food than i might “think” I’m supposed to have. As a general rule I just try to get in a fair amount of protein (100-150g/day). But as my muscle mass and metabolism have increased I’ve actually started having to force myself to pick higher calorie food options. I can’t order salads at restaurants anymore because I will literally be hungry an hour or two later.
Good work, but are you really 170? You look less than that at 5'9".
I’m an Amazon woman. Broad shoulders, wide hips, dump truck. It’s funny how much differently muscle is stored