Got a little fat again.

Put on some fat over the past few months. Time to shred it. Going to try the TQI diet. 

Starting stats yesterday morning:

12/31

13.0 neck

41.0 shoulder

37.0 chest

30.2 natural waist 

34.5 gut

39.5 butt

149.4 lbs

Breakfast

About 8:00

140 lbs

143.0 lbs

Starting the six week shred challenge

Barbell at 141 lbs

Outdoor workout

142.2 pounds in AM.

My best Rosie the riveter

Final photos

12 weeks!

Yesterday marked the end of week 12. The bodybuilding.com competition is over for me. But this is really just the beginning.

Side by side

January and today

I am nearing the end of the bodybuilding.com 2013 transformation challenge. It's been almost 12 weeks. I have lost nearly 15 pounds. I'm finally starting to feel comfortable again. Being overweight was just so uncomfortable. I absolutely love lifting weights. I am 10 weeks into the Jamie Eason live fit trainer. I really cannot recommend this program enough. I love her recipes and I love the workouts; I've never worked out so hard in my whole life. I'm still not to my ideal weight, but I'm getting very close and it gives me something to work towards.

Perspective

146.6 lb

Saturday 148.6 lbs

149 lbs

Down almost 10 pounds. Half way point if platypus challenge.

148 lbs

151 lbs

Down about an inch all around. Still have a long ways to go, but good progress for 2 weeks.

Back fat

154 lbs

Okay what's sad here is this is actually improvement. About a month and a half ago I was 160 pounds. I stopped eating three hours before bed, I cut back on sweets, and I have drastically increased my duration and intensity of exercise. But I still have a long ways to go and so I'm hoping this will be a good "before" picture.

Again

I really have been exercising. I promise. I also have been eating way too much, and too unhealthy.

And what's the result? When I weighed myself earlier this week, I was 156lbs.

It's got to stop. I'm officially overweight. Many of my clothes no longer fit. This has to stop. I'm going to go public with my efforts to see if I can shame myself into getting my health back on track.

So here's what I've eaten today:
Bowl of honey nut cheerios with 1% milk
crumb cake from snack shack
banana
tortilla chips
vanilla yogurt- wal*mart
york peppermint patty (mini)
bowl of honey nut cheerios with 1% milk
crockpot chicken, mushrooms, yams with brown rice

No exercise today.