Saturday, November 6, 2010

Every ending is a new beginning.

Today was the end of a 12 week program with Shelby Starnes. I spent 12 weeks weighing everything I ingested, working out 4 times a week and doing cardio of varying intensity almost every day. How'd that work out for me? A few numbers:

STARTING WEIGHT (8/15/2010): 215
CURRENT WEIGHT (11/6/2010): 180.5
MATH: 34.5 lbs lost (And down 44.5 since May 17th, when I was apparently too depressed about weighing 225 to bother taking any measurements.)

Starting Bust (Underbust/Overbust): 40.25/47.25
Ending Bust: 37.5/43.5
Net Loss: 2.75"/3.75"

Starting Waist (Narrowest part/At navel): 35.25/37
Ending Waist: 31.5/32
Net Loss: 3.75"/5" (Woooo!)

Starting Hips (Across the worst of the gut/across the bum): 45.5/45.5
Ending Hips: 40.75/41
Net Loss: 4.75"/4.5"

The whole sordid story unfolds in weekly photos uploaded here. They can be very humbling and horrific, but it is nice to see the progress I've made.

Now, we are taking a week off to breathe, eat and generally try to regain our traction to keep on going. For this? This is only the beginning. Depending on how Shelby feels about Daven's progress, we will either be starting a lean mass building cycle soon, or we'll both lean down a bit longer, then start building muscle.

I'm a tall woman. I want an impressive physique to go with my stature. And Shelby seems to be the guy to go to get that done.

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