Some Fennec pics

[Fennec]

Thank you so much for all the encouragement, everyone!! You're very, very kind! I'll post again after I go through my mass phase, and we'll see if I can bring those arms up to speed.

My legs still aren't all that incredibly cut yet, but for the hamstring/butt area, my trainer has me do heavy stiff legged deadlifts (95 lbs for high reps), and tons of lunges with just bodyweight or sometimes holding 10-15 pound dumbells. I hate lunges. He also sometimes likes to have me superset a set of 25 lunges on each leg with a set of squats. Any time I have to do supersets, I'm guaranteed an intense workout, and usually get good and sore afterwards. I think it's the heavy stiff legs that are working the best for me. I'm just not sure how much of the work is working on my lower back, and how much to the hamstrings/butt area.

My personal opinion is - the heavier I lift, the better results I seem to get, whether it's cuts, shape, or what have you. And the better I feel. If I have a really light workout, I usually feel kinda ripped off. Light weight, higher reps is good if I'm stiff and need to get the blood flowing, or on very low carb days.

Thanks again!
Fennec

 

[HeavyDutyGuy]

I like the front view.

 

[djfitt]

That' s awesome Fennec!

 

[cyberflash]

great job !!!

 

[FitFossil]

Fennec,

Amen to what you said "My personal opinion is - the heavier I lift, the better results I seem to get, whether it's cuts, shape, or what have you. And the better I feel." You should be the poster girl for the women who refuse to believe lifting heavy will do great things for their body.

And what you have done - 44% to 16% - AMAZING! Your skin is so firm and tight, one would never know you'd ever been higher than 16! Just another testament how hard work and patience can win out over a quick fix.

 

[skydancer]

Terrific work Fennec! Its amazing what we can do when we get it all together...keep it up woman!

 

[SuperStud79]

All natural??? Looks like fake boobies to me LOL

 

[Fennec]

You betcha those are fake. And well worth the money, too! I meant that I have done no A/S cycles. If you have been reading the board for a while, then you know I wasn't happy with the way my boobs deflated when I lost weight, so I had them refilled to the original size. I had always been fairly voluptuous and curvy and did not like the way they deflated and got floppy and saggy.

Lobo - I did my best. I put up a six-month side-by-side comparison picture. It is from about 21% b/f last October right before the Olympia to about 16% in April (just a couple weeks ago), from the rear, wearing the same swimsuit. It's my "reality shot" where I didn't pose - just let it all hang out. Obviously you look better when you pose.

I only discovered photos in an electronic format during this past year. I did look through my photo albums but I was always wearing something bulky, or standing behind someone, or sitting down, etc. I did at least find a couple upper body shots that I can get scanned that will give a better idea of what I used to look like. I'll try to get some done next weekend for ya.

When I started this, I never really thought I would keep going. It never occurred to me to take a "before" picture. On top of that, I was one of those people who hide their fat pretty well, I carried a lot on my back and hips, but my arms were never that large, and I only got a little bit of a tummy. I was wearing a roomy size 12 jeans, though. It was mostly in my back, hips, and thighs (and boobs - LOL).

I think everyone probably imagines 44% to be as big as a house, but I was just a typical midwestern girl, proportions-wise I was closer to Fergie than Rosie O'Donnell, if that gives a better idea.

The first time I ever thought to take pictures to try to track progress was last October, after I had already been working out for almost 3 years and had already lost a bunch of fat. That's when I realized that I was going to stick with it and keep going, also when I realized I still have a long way to go to get where I want to be. It's been really gradual and slow, no overnight changes here. You can see even in the six months, from 21% to 16% is 5% change, but it doesn't look that drastic. However, that was the difference between a size 8 jeans and size 5 jeans.

When I first had my body composition taken, I couldn't believe my bodyfat percentage! My husband weighed over 300 pounds, but my bodyfat was almost as high as his!!! My trainer calculated my lean muscle mass at only 95 pounds, and my average weight was 137, but I even have days recorded in my training journal where I hit 147. In case anyone was wondering, I am 5' 5 1/2".

I must say, I do like my skin tone a lot better now, and to everyone who commented on it, thank you!!

Fennec

 

[rudedawg]

1) I had to quit dipping tobacco. (yeah, you heard right)

I can't believe no one else mentioned this. I dipped for 18 yrs and then quit. I only know of two other chicks that dipped and one was a cousin that I got going on Silver Creek a loooooooongggg time ago. She quit after about a month but damn it was kinda funny to see her out there spitting away.

Great job with your transformation.

Do you live in AZ? Wondered because of the rock yard.

 

[Fennec]

RudeDawg:

17 years for me. It was very hard to quit!

Arizona Rocks, Arizona Parties!!

Fennec

....a fennec is a desert fox....