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Getting Healthy: The tale of the tape #NewMapsgirl

February 10, 2014 by Wendy S

Saturday morning, I woke up excited. I was meeting with Mike, my trainer, again to change up my workout. I had been focusing on the workout that he set out for me back in September and I was ready for a change. Since I see Mike at the gym all the time, he had casually mentioned to me that we should check my measurements the next time we got together.

After a good breakfast and a bit of coffee, I was a the gym by 9:30am.

Getting helthy - Tale of the Tape #NewMapsgirlJust as Mike said, we were checking my progress.  If you remember from the last time he did this, I ended up crying in the middle of the gym.    Today I was more confident because I knew that there were changes: the number on the scale was going down and I had to buy new pants at Christmas time. I was excited to see how my measurements had changed.

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September 19th

Weight – 171lbs
Body fat% – 33.2
Chest – 40″
Waist – 37″
Hip – 46″
Thigh – 24″
Bicep – 13″

February 8th

Weight – 150lbs
Body fat % – 28.4
Chest – 37″
Waist – 33.5″
Hip – 42.5″
Thigh – 22″
Bicep – 12″

 

I didn’t have time to stop and do the math so I just had to go with Mike’s reaction that my numbers looked really good.  I knew that numbers going down was meant that what I was doing was working!

New workout = new challenges

The rest of our session was a lesson on free weights.  I had been using the machines up until then but he said that it was time to take to the next level. 

I felt like I was starting all over again.  I had to learn new body positions and posture and how to properly control with weights through the movements. I felt so uncoordinated.

How big was the loss?

But after our session, before my 20 minutes on the elliptical, I had to find out what all those numbers added up to.

I started with
Total inches = 160

And now I’m at
Total inches = 147

That’s 21 lbs and 13″ lost!

I was so excited!  I totally rocked my 20 minutes on the elliptical!  I am so proud of me!! 

What a difference 13″ makes

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When I looked at the photos, my jaw dropped. 

“Wow.  I really looked like that?!?”

Gotta keep going!

I’m so excited to keep going on this path!  My hard work is paying off. I feel better, I have more energy and I’m getting healthy! 

Current goals:

  • decrease my body fat
  • build more muscle
  • run another 5K
  • decide what my target weight should be (gotta talk with Mike about this one)

Are you focused on health too??

NewBDKIf you want to link up on myfitnesspal or join in on this amazing journey, let me know!  Craig and I are surrounding ourselves with an amazing support network who motivates and supports each other — body, mind and spirit. 

Filed Under: body mind spirit, Life Tagged With: #NewMapsgirl

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About Wendy S

+Wendy S (also known as @mapsgirl) is a mom to two daughters. They are the inspiration of this blog.Passionate about child passenger safety, Wendy has been a certified Car Seat Technician in Ontario, Canada since 2008.

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