BG Fitness Competition Round 2 Completion Thread: How much less do you suck?

[Milkster]

Post your start and ending photos, stats, experiences and what you learned and will take away from this experience here. What advice you'd like to leave others, instagrams, fbs, etc. Don't want that other thread to get to cluttered.

[Milkster]

Better than I was expecting tbh, but still not what I could have done.

I'm happy with my workouts. I got out of a rut that was going on for months since my multiple injuries. My lifts are almost back where they were and I feel like I can progress from here. I was at a huge standstill at fossil and in the past week I have increased it dramatically (was stuck on 1 lap for months; well 3 (1 lap warmup, 1 lap full stations, 1 lap cooldown + bonus stations) but added a 2nd full lap station within the last week; and now it's going to be the new standard.

That said, my eating was consistently horrible, super disappointed in that. I feel if I was better on my eating and picked up on fossil earlier than the last week, I would have had much better results. Pretty ashamed of my lack of self control throughout this, but will be able to take these last few weeks and go further with it, so at least I'm getting something out of it. That, and only missing 4 days of fossil since May first, is the most number of runs I've done in this kind of time period ever (before I was doing 2-3x a week tops to this point aside from a 21 day marathon last competition); and the 4 days I missed were all because I was out of town (and I did doubles on other days to make up for them)


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And the last 2 pics show a huge problem of what it looks like when your arms aren't the same length (Notice right lat); when you have one arm 1.5-2 inches longer than the other, that extra range of motion adds up over a period of thousands of reps. Same thing w/ my chest (Right pec is larger since when I lock out on bench, right arm gets that extra range of motion)

One thing I am proud of this time around is if you look at the 2 back flex pictures, you can tell my shoulder work has paid off. Been putting a lot of emphasis on shoulder workouts during this competition since I never really had strong delts

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[Melena]

Spoilered for hugeness as I forgot to resize when I put on bg bucket. 280 when I started working out, 276 when the competition started, Sunday the 31st I weighed 244.6

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Ending, taken in middle and end of august. Though the competition is over, i'm still working, I got at least another 20 pounds to go. 245 as of yesterday.

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[Astylla]

I don't even know where to start as this whole process has been so eye opening and wonderful for me as a kick start to a new me and lifestyle.
First I want to say thank you to everyone who made a positive comment , I realize I am in the obese category and not what people typically want to see in a female body , however I never felt shamed here and I appreciate that.

When I first started this I thought maybe I would lose 20-25 lbs and that would have been great. I far surpassed not only weight loss goals but personal goals which are so important as well.
I learned that it's okay to have fun , have that drink with dinner , have that piece of cake and that food does not define me nor will it undo all my progress in one bite.
I learned that I can do things people told me I never could.
I learned I love to run and even though my speed isn't good , I still do it and feel awesome for it.
I learned how to love myself now and everyday and learned that I can be happy.
I learned that my husband is the strongest man I know and our marriage has only intensified because we are working on our health together.

I actually lost so much weight I had to have my engagement ring resized an entire half size down too.

Now for the fun stuff..

SW : 311 lbs
CW : 266.4 lbs

Total weight loss : 44.6 lbs

Starting waist inches : 51.5 inches
Current waist inches : 43 inches
Total inches lost off waist : 8.5 inches

Starting jean size : 26
Current Jean size : 20/22 ( depending on brand)

Starting shirt size :

Mens : 2XL
Womens Plus : 3x
Juniors : Did not fit

Current Shirt size :

Mens : L/XL
Womens : XL ( NOT Plus size !)
Juniors : XXL

I am very proud of my progress and my husband too. We both just feel so different now. I can walk up flights of stairs without dying , I can walk all day and enjoy it , I can run..and like it !
I want to thank everyone for your motivation and support and this is just the beginning for us

Here are some photos which speak for themselves..


April-Sept. 2014 - Front
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Sept. - April side view
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Same dress - 311 lbs - 266.4 lbs
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Comparison - 311 lbs - 269 lbs
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