I have spent most of my adult life in the morbidly obese category. I was an active and healthy teen and young adult, and always managed to keep my weight in check, but once I got pregnant with my first child, I let all that go. My oldest child turned 20 this past year, and throughout the last 20 years I have occasionally struggled down into the obese range a few times only to gain it all back. About a year and a half ago, I started a high protein diet, and joined a boot camp class. Those things really pushed me to a new level. I lost about 80 pounds, but had started to struggle to continue to lose weight. I tried changing things up, but the weight loss still seemed slow. I needed to add something to my program.
A while back my husband found the 24/7 fat loss program and I decided to give it a try. I was especially interested in the Interval Training for Fat Loss manual. I printed the manual out and added some crazy interval workouts to my program. I quickly realized that this was what was missing. I stuck to Craig’s advice and kept to 3 times per week for shorter sessions of 20-30 minutes maximum. I found some free timing music online to keep to a 24/36 timing ratio when indoors, and used my watch when outdoors. We tried the shuttle runs at the track too. There is a reason football and basketball players are paid so well. They are awful! Clearly, however, this was what I needed. I began to see my waist measurement drop dramatically.
I continued to do Metabolic Resistance training as well. I used many of the workouts in the 24/7 Fat loss manual. I also did some combination workouts of intervals and bodyweight exercises like the Big 6 bodyweight circuit. Sometimes I would do it at interval intensity and timing, and other times I would use a more traditional 30-30 or 40-20 timing.
The almost 20 pounds that I lost during this challenge, brought me past the 100 total lbs. lost mark. I hit some cool physical milestones as well. I set some goals at the beginning of the challenge. I wanted to be able to do one complete pull up from full extension, and to be able to do 25 good push-ups straight. I got the push-ups, and am so close on the pull-up, but not quite there without a little hop. Gotta have something to keep working for... I can see the muscles in my arms, shoulders, and even some in my abs. I ran 4 miles in just over 40 minutes, and got my 5k under 30 minutes.
While I take credit for all the hard work that went into this transformation, it was the addition of the 24/7 fat loss programs that really allowed me to take the fat loss to the next level.
Starting Stats:
- weight: 178.2 lb
- waist: 40 inches
- chest: 42 inches
- hips: 40 inches
- thighs: 25 inches
- arms: 13 inches
- neck: 14.5 inches
- bodyfat %: 34%
Ending Stats:
- weight: 158.8 lb
- waist: 33 inches
- chest: 39.5 inches
- hips: 36.5 inches
- thighs: 23.25 inches
- arms: 11.5 inches
- neck: 13 inches
- bodyfat %: 29.8%
Change:
- weight: -19.4 lb
- waist: -7 lb
- chest: -2.5 inches
- hips: -3.5 inches
- thighs: -1.75 inches
- arms: -1.5 inches
- neck: -1.5 inches
- bodyfat %: -4.2%
