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Originally Posted by lostboyrufio
Wow, Robyn, your progress is inspirational. Awesome job. In your goal pic, you look awesome, but I think you're hotter where you're at now. Just personal opinion. Typically how many calories do you take in a day, how often do you cheat from your diet, and how often do you work out? If you can do that in a year then that motivates me even more. Nice job.
Time for a cold shower haha  |
I'm really surprised that a lot of you think I look better now. But, I'll take the compliment, lol.
Honestly, I have no idea how many calories I take in a day. I've never really tracked them. I can say that it's probably more than I should if I want to be losing weight. Or should I say fat. I would be fine with what I weigh (135) if I could cut back the fat a bit. Right now (on measurements only) I'm at 19% BF. I know that's not accurate being based only on measurements, but I know that in my goal picture I was around 15%. I eat like a man and I'm sure that has a little bit to do with my slow progress. I'm not joking when I say that. People at work like to take me to the local buffet at lunch to show other people how much I eat. I do try to keep my diet as clean as possible, I just eat a LOT of food. As for how often I cheat, it would be safe to say I cheat once a week. Usually happens on a Sunday and involves me eating whatever strikes my mood right then (usually a cheeseburger and fries to start and then ends with something from Dairy Queen.....oops). Through the week through it's pure oatmeal, natty PB or almonds, lean meats, brown rice or yams and tons of veggies, a little fruit. NO SUGAR - although there are times I'll reward myself with a granola bar. I eat the oatmeal/toast/yams for breakfast and lunch (along with some protein) and then dinner is pure protein and veggies. I've found throughout the years that any kind of complex carb at night works against me.
Genetically I have good abs - which you can see in the goal picture. My abs tend to come through even when the rest of my body is lagging. Don't know how I got so lucky there. In the pics I took yesterday you can't see very clearly, but my upper abs are already starting to show and I still have cellulite on the back of my thighs. Don't know how that happens...... In order to get this fat off my legs, I'll end up looking like my goal pic. My leg fat is the last thing to go, my most stubborn area. I have to get SUPER lean to make it disappear!
I work out 5-6 days a week at 5AM. I focus on one body part a day. MOnday biceps, Tuesday chest and abs, Wednesday back and shoulders, Thursday triceps, Friday legs, Saturday or Sunday abs and 30-40 minutes of speedwalking. I also speedwalk 20 minutes on an incline 3 mornings a week. Next week I'm going to start an ECA and HIIT instead of the speedwalking for 1 month and see where that takes me.