#NOEXCUSES LIFESTYLE CHALLENGE RESULTS!

I waited too long to do this post so now I feel like there's so much to say! You know how much I love my comparison photos, so be prepared because this post is going to have a lot of them!

Let's talk first about RESULTS.

From 16 wks with no alcohol to one in each hand

This year my starting stats on January 12th were:
Weight = 203.8
Body Fat % = 38.6%
Chest = 34.5"
Bust = 39"
Waist = 34"
Belly = 38"
Hips = 43.5"
Rt. Leg = 24"
Rt. Arm = 13"

And my stats on May 6th were:
Weight = 176
Body Fat % = 33.7%
Chest = 31 1/2" (-3")
Bust = 36 2/3" (-2 1/3")
Waist = 30" (-4")
Belly = 34" (-4")
Hips = 39 1/2" (-4")
Rt. Leg = 22 2/3 (-1 1/3")
Rt. Arm = 12 1/2" (-1/2")

In 16 weeks I lost 27.8 pounds, 4.9% body fat, and just over 19 inches. Wow.

My goal was to hit 175 pounds on my home scale and 176.5 or less on the Living Lean scale. On Sunday morning my scale was 174.8 (it went up to 175.2 on Monday, but whatever) and seeing as the LL scale was 176 I can officially say I MET MY GOAL! On a side note - I am  officially "only" overweight according to that lovely BMI scale. I may hate that damn measure of "health", but it is kind of exciting to no longer be considered obese when I have spent so many years in that category.

This next picture is not an easy one for me to post since I know that the majority of the people who read this blog know me in real life; but I'm going to post it anyway. Another goal that I had was these jeans. If you recall, I mentioned in this post that if I could zip these jeans up by the end of the 16 week challenge I wouldn't care what the scale said. Not only did the jeans zip up, but they are the jeans that I wore to the awards ceremony. These jeans did not even go all the way up in January. I honestly did not think those jeans would fit my by the end of 16 weeks.

Let's look at some other fun pictures now........

I love this comparison. I took that first picture when I first got that tank top back in February. The next picture was taken on Monday morning after I got back from my workout.

That 2016 pic was taken in March when I had joined an online 30 day challenge. I was exactly 10 pounds down from my absolute highest. The difference between these 2 pictures is 65 pounds. If you look closely at the pictures you can see that those shorts that were so tight in 2016 now have a gap on my thigh. The shirt looks like it's so much longer because it's not nearly as stretched out.

That first picture was the one that was taken at the 8 week awards ceremony last year (so March 2018) when I won the Most Improved award. I remember that when I looked at that picture that year the first thing I thought to myself was, "why am I still so fat". I'm happy to say that I did not think that when I looked at the pictures from this year's awards ceremony.

I gave myself a little time off this past week (a lot actually), but today it is time to get back to work! I can't even believe how close I am to my goal. As I inch closer to my goal it's interesting because I still am not sure what that goal actually is. Stay tuned because that's going to be a whole blog post of its' own.