Before and …Now
I think I’m finally brave enough to post a before and after pic of my worky outy progress (on a sunday night at 2am when no one will see this) I came across some pics of myself from an xmas party last year and figured it’s a good point of reference.
I’ve been going to my workout classes since April of this year. My routine is 30min of an abs/ass/arms sculpting class 2xs a week, and a 45min weights class 2xs a week which is followed by an excruciatingly fun hour of zumba.
First up, the photo that made me think, “Holy shit, that’s not me, is it???? Oh fuck, it IS me. I need an Eating Disorder. Now” This is the picture I feared the description of me would be: “but she’s got a pretty face…”
This was late March/early April of this year. Within two weeks, I had found a workout studio to start going to. (This pic is kind of squooshed. Orignal pic here)
Now this is the “Here is where I was last year at this time.” photo:
Now you know why I was such a fan of wrap dresses, it made me look decent. I should have been a bigger fan of some spanx, though.
So here I am now, in December, a year after that red dress pic and after about 8 months of working out. I didn’t make any dietary changes, except for divorcing my favorite truffled mac n cheese from my favorite restaurant. I can say that the biggest accomplishment is getting into a pencil skirt, which I’ve never been able to wear. I need to track someone down who I haven’t seen since I started working out to ask them if I actually look different.
Ready? Here it go:
I don’t have a goal weight or anything, I just want to not have the soft under the arm “chicken wing” that women get, and I just want to go down a few jeans sizes. I will say that I weigh more now than I did in the previous pics. I actually weigh more than I ever have in my life. But clothes are starting to fit much better and easier, and shopping is getting fun again. I will say, my backside and thighs are much bigger then they were before (didn’t know that was possible) but at least there is muscle in there. (if this looks squished, original pic is here)
So that’s it, maybe next pic will be my birthday comparison. Hopefully, I will be even smaller than this.
