Been stuck around 196-200 pounds which is frustrating. I woke up today and felt pretty good about how my stomach is looking though. Wish I could lose some fat from my arms.

I made dinner for my mom tonight. Swordfish steaks with an arugula and quinoa salad.

Overnight oats for my breakfast at work tomorrow. Made them for the first time the other day with blueberries, almond butter, and banana. It was so good! Made tonight’s with strawberries, cinnamon, and will add a banana tomorrow.

i-w0rk-out:

wanna know whats a good feeling…………………………..

buying these shorts two months ago and not wearing them cause i had a muffin top and now i don’t

:DDDDDDDDDDD

Hey raccoon eyes. Just had an awesome workout, ran 3 ten minute miles feeling good :D

losingweightbeforesummer:

navel-gazer:

“Muscle makes all the difference.”

Just to answer a few of the questions I received in one swoop: yes, this is me; the first photo was taken about a month after I started working out with a personal trainer; the second photo is four months after I started with the trainer. I posted this on Reddit’s ProgressPics forum and got a big response from women who were discouraged about their exercise when it seemed like they weren’t losing any pounds. Thought sharing this on my blog might help some others.

Building muscle is so important and makes a big difference in how I look and feel. I won’t even weigh myself anymore, but prefer to use visual references like this — there’s still plenty of room for improvement, but you can see that numbers aren’t all that matter.

WOW!

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