Outdoor Girl’s BodyBlog

I have come a long way in three years.  I did take some photos around the time I first started but was so humiliated that I ended up deleting all evidence of them.  My starting progress photos here were taken in November 2007, fairly close to goal, and even then I am shocked at the difference month to month.

My pants seem to lose their fit every couple of months and I have given up trying to keep up with buying comfortable clothes.  So my jeans need a belt and fit a little weird, and maybe aren’t terribly flattering.  When I reach goal I will indulge in a new wardrobe, until then I will have to make due because it’s getting too expensive. 

Since I do almost 100-200 reps of some form of squat exercise each week my glutes are growing, I really notice it in clothes I have worn for a while that no longer fit right.  I measured my glutes and truly regret not taking lots of different measurements over time, from calves to glutes, to whatever can be measured.  While I have been dilligent about waist, hips, thighs, bust, and arms, these don’t tell the whole story when transforming the body with weight training.  I really wish I had some way of knowing how much my glutes have grown.

Which brings me to the point of my rambling here.    If I could go back and measure everything I would, and keep much better track.  I am also really glad I have been taking photos over the past four months because they have helped me see my progress, even when I didn’t think I was making any, it was evident in the pictures.  It’s hard to be objective when I see myself in the mirror every day, but side by side photos can be very powerful. 

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