Sometimes, in looking forward to the goal I am trying to reach, I forget where I came from. It is why I put the comparison pictures in the last post. Especially with competition prep, it is easy to get bogged down in thinking about having to be in competition shape, rather than enjoying meeting the goals along the way. This week has been a week where I have had a little of both.
When finishing up my workouts, I have been going to the yoga room at the gym and practicing my posing in the big mirrors there. It makes a huge difference from the little full length mirror I have here. In doing so, I see where I have made progress, but also where I have a long way to go (believe it or not, 11 weeks is a long time in competition prep, seeing as most people prep for 12 weeks prior to a show). JP once told me he thinks I have less to lose in the lower half than I think I do and more to lose up top than I think I do. When I am posing, I can see that this is true. I have a tendency to think I have this ginormous rear end and thighs, and although I carry weight disproportionately in these areas, I wore shorts for leg day for the first time in years this week. And with posing, I can see that my quads and hamstrings are going to be fuller than I thought they would. On the other hand, although my arms, shoulders and back are starting to show more definition, they still don't pop when I am posing like I wish they would. I can see that I have size there, I am just wanting to see the definition more. Always more. Lol. But that will come in the next three months.
On the other side of the coin, most of what I previously considered my "skinny" clothes are now too big. Even the jeans I thought of as my "skinny" jeans when JP and I started dating. It was telling for me this week when I put those on they fit perfectly. Perfectly until I actually wore them for a bit, then they stretched out and started sliding down. So JP and I went to see if we could find him some shorts yesterday, as most of his are worn to the point of falling apart, and in trying on clothes, I realized I am down a pant size. Scale weight has hardly moved, but I keep leaning out. That's good. JP keeps saying that his body comps of me have a lot of user error, but the evidence supports that I am losing fat body mass and gaining lean body mass. I like that!
I am sorry if me talking about me, my goals, my progress and telling on my thinking gets old. Save for one friend, I am not even sure anyone reads this. But it is good for me - to get it out, to process it, to record it for reflection.
Speaking of reflection - or rather, should I say perspective:
From 4/9/11 to 6/10/12, I have lost:
A total of 41 pounds.
0.75 inches of of my right calf
1 inch off of my left calf
4.25 inches off each of my thighs
8.5 inches off of my hips
6.25 inches off of the smallest part of my waist
7 inches off of the largest part of my waist
5.25 inches off of my chest
1.25 inches off of my right arm
1.5 inches off of my left arm
1 inch off of my right forearm
0.75 inches off of my left forearm
For a grand total of 41.75 inches lost!
It will probably be a little more once I do my body comps today, but I have to write when I have a few extra minutes, and I tallied those numbers this morning before JP got up (actually, he is still asleep as I write this).
Happy Father's Day to all the Daddy's out there!
Julie
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