LiveFit Thoughts

So. I finally finished the LiveFit program. YAY!

I dropped the ball with this to be honest. I got some results but it’s hard to show them because I didn’t take enough photos during the process and I don’t have any appropriate photos from the beginning to compare with now (now that I know my blog is read by coworkers and clients I’m not sure I want to share everything). So while I do have numbers they aren’t as impressive as if I had great before and after photos. Oh well, such is life and being forgetful like me – I haven’t seen my camera battery charger for months (time to invest in a new one perhaps?).

3 months long normallyTook me longer as I repeated a couple weeks and took a couple breaks for sickness/time conflicts.Workout plan changed every two weeks.In the beginning focus is muscle building, fat loss at the end.There is a diet plan but I didn’t follow it closely.Started the program at 215 lbs, ended at 201.2. Loss of 13.8 lbs.I lost 5 inches from my waist.Lost 6.5 inches from thighs.Lost 21 inches overall.Changed body composition – can feel muscle on arms and shoulders.Lift more weight (and more reps) in every exercise.Can now where clothes from my smallest ever period in life. So exciting to wear those again!Generally feel better, more confident, more fit, ready to take on a new challenge.I lost weight! No matter how much it was I’m excited about that because I got stuck at the previous weight for so long. Any move from that is good to see, right?My results aren’t as impressive as they could be if I had gone every day with no breaks or anything. Also it would have been better if I had better eating habits/stuck with her plan but I’m trying my best to just not fall back into binge eating with the stuff going on in my head so I’ll take it.Body composition was such a huge change with this but I did not/have not measured it. I know it’s changed with an increase in muscle and drop in fat but I have no way to measure or prove this because I didn’t think about it in the beginning when I was focused on other stuff.That said, I know I changed my body composition A TON with this program. Despite not losing much weight I definitely changed how I look and feel. I can see muscle in places where it didn’t exist before. And I like it. It makes me want to keep shedding fat to see the rest.It’s interesting to see how certain body parts really responded while others lagged. My shoulders and arms have visible muscle I can feel which is cool but my legs are still just meh. Though they are smaller there is a long way to go there.I didn’t break 200 lbs like I thought I would. I think this is due to lack of effort my last week. I just didn’t have time or care much and the results weren’t there because of it. I was burned out by the end to be honest. Bummer but I am very close so I’ll take it.I’m much stronger after this program. I believe doing LiveFit lit a fire in me for getting stronger and lifting heavier weights which I love. I’m excited that I now can lift more than I did when I started.I learned a lot about what I like and don’t like. I do NOT like going to the gym 6 days a week even if I like being active that many days. I do like lifting weights but not changing every two weeks. I do like sprints for cardio and not long hour long sessions. Going through this opened my world to different types of weight lifting and was very educational to me.In the end I do recommend this program for a few reasons: 1) It’s free. 2) It works. It works more the better you follow it but it works regardless of how close you follow it too.

So yeah. Doing this was an interesting experience. I think it clarified a lot of things for me – like I love lifting and can actually still lose weight.  I don’t have to be stuck at 212 or whatever forever like I felt like was happening. That was a good reminder and worth all the effort if nothing else.

Now I’m not entirely sure what I will be doing fitness wise next. I know for sure I want to keep lifting heavy and often and I’m going to try to work from there. I’ll be in the gym soon after taking a break for Easter weekend. Enjoy your weekend friends!

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