Re: Challenge 2, Week 10 update

[Guest guest]

HOLY COW!!! I can see the difference. You are SKINNY! And yes, you

can see abs!! Great job! You've motivated me to get busy again!

> I finally got around to taking some more progress photos this

weekend.

> I'm two weeks overdue for my week 8 photos, but I did get it done

> this Saturday before diving into free day. There's nothing too

> earth-shattering since I'm pretty close to goal weight, but there is

> more definition in my legs, abs, and even arms now, and I am a

little

> leaner all around, averaging a 1/4 " -1 " loss on most of my

> measurements.

>

> http://maggiewang.com/index.php?p=122

> Maggie

[Guest guest]

Maggie,

You look incredible! You have just confirmed all of my

suspicions....more cardio does the job. I've been following

strictly BFL for 8 months now. I've recently turned up the cardio

to get ready for a 10K on Thanksgiving morning. Man, can I see the

difference in my bf. Very similar to your differences. I think

once you get to a certain point you need to shock your body with

some changes in order to reach your ultimate goal. Like you, I love

that 20 min. HIIT and always begin my treadmill cardio days with

it....I believe IT is the key.....but then I continue on for an

additional 5 miles. What a high it is.

Great job. Your photos are awesome. They say a thousand words!

Laurie

> I finally got around to taking some more progress photos this

weekend.

> I'm two weeks overdue for my week 8 photos, but I did get it done

> this Saturday before diving into free day. There's nothing too

> earth-shattering since I'm pretty close to goal weight, but there

is

> more definition in my legs, abs, and even arms now, and I am a

little

> leaner all around, averaging a 1/4 " -1 " loss on most of my

> measurements.

>

> http://maggiewang.com/index.php?p=122

> (Click on either of the photos to go to the rest of the album.)

>

> I'm down about 5 pounds to 129 lbs and ~17%-18% body fat since the

> start of Challenge 2 at the end of August, most of it lost from

week 6

> and on because I was deliberately keeping my calories close to

> maintenance for the first half of the challenge to *try* to gain a

> little bit of muscle. Since week 6, I've been doing the dreaded

extra

> cardio--initially about 20-30 minutes a day, and now into full

cutting

> mode at 60 minutes a day, 5 days a week with 100 regular push-ups a

> day just for kicks. I am also zigzagging calories between 1250-

1400

> on low days (M/T/Th/F/Su) and 1800-2200 on high days (W/Sa), with a

> bit of carb tapering in meals 5 and 6. I'm continuing to increase

my

> weights in resistance training on a weekly basis and have not felt

any

> negative effects so far after a month of this modified BFL

routine.

> I'm using creatine, but only about 2.5 g after strength training

> workouts 3 times a week.

>

> Don't worry--I plan to go back to regular old BFL cardio when I'm

at

> goal body fat.

>

> I don't want to spend the rest of my life running/biking an hour a

day

> on top of my core workouts, but my body apparently has a setpoint

at

> around 134 lbs on regular BFL HIIT cardio, and the extra calorie

burn

> was needed to get me to the level of leanness that I'm trying to

> achieve.

>

> Maggie

[Guest guest]

You look amazing, Maggie! Nice abs! Nice thigh definition! I just saw

your pre-bfl photo from last May and the changes are really

impressive, a normal girl turns action hero kind of a thing.

Is it just me, or does everybody suddenly feel the need to go run some

stairs and do some push-ups?

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 02:13:27 -0500, Maggie Wang <maggiewang@...> wrote:

>

> I finally got around to taking some more progress photos this weekend.

> I'm two weeks overdue for my week 8 photos, but I did get it done

> this Saturday before diving into free day. There's nothing too

> earth-shattering since I'm pretty close to goal weight, but there is

> more definition in my legs, abs, and even arms now, and I am a little

> leaner all around, averaging a 1/4 " -1 " loss on most of my

> measurements.

>

> http://maggiewang.com/index.php?p=122

> (Click on either of the photos to go to the rest of the album.)

>

> I'm down about 5 pounds to 129 lbs and ~17%-18% body fat since the

> start of Challenge 2 at the end of August, most of it lost from week 6

> and on because I was deliberately keeping my calories close to

> maintenance for the first half of the challenge to *try* to gain a

> little bit of muscle. Since week 6, I've been doing the dreaded extra

> cardio--initially about 20-30 minutes a day, and now into full cutting

> mode at 60 minutes a day, 5 days a week with 100 regular push-ups a

> day just for kicks. I am also zigzagging calories between 1250-1400

> on low days (M/T/Th/F/Su) and 1800-2200 on high days (W/Sa), with a

> bit of carb tapering in meals 5 and 6. I'm continuing to increase my

> weights in resistance training on a weekly basis and have not felt any

> negative effects so far after a month of this modified BFL routine.

> I'm using creatine, but only about 2.5 g after strength training

> workouts 3 times a week.

>

> Don't worry--I plan to go back to regular old BFL cardio when I'm at

> goal body fat.

>

> I don't want to spend the rest of my life running/biking an hour a day

> on top of my core workouts, but my body apparently has a setpoint at

> around 134 lbs on regular BFL HIIT cardio, and the extra calorie burn

> was needed to get me to the level of leanness that I'm trying to

> achieve.

>

> Maggie

[Guest guest]

It's the arms. Look at the photo that is a side view with arms out

front. Holy moly, your tricep is huge.

Stasia

[Guest guest]

Maggie,

It's awesome! Your thighs are SO much leaner! And your abs are

amazing! You're an inspiration. Keep it up! Oh, and please

remember to enjoy it and realize it -- when I was at ~18%BF I thought

I was still way too " fat. " And now I'd give anything to have my

former body back.

Jen

> http://maggiewang.com/index.php?p=122

> (Click on either of the photos to go to the rest of the album.)

>

>

> Maggie