Thoughts on Hammer & Chisel (video) and my progress

I'm coming clean you guys!!  

So, as those of you who follow me on FB know, the end of 2015 saw me falling back into my old habits and comfort eating like no other.  In fact, for the first time in my life I was comfort DRINKING as well!  I lost a member of my chosen family suddenly, had friends diagnosed with cancer, and got my heart broken in a way it hadn't been for years.  I hit a low...and instead of reaching out for help like I've learned to do, I withdrew and fell back into my old habits.  

Not proud of it...but I'm OWNING it!

So, after gaining back almost 15lbs, SAY WHAAAT?!, I decided that something had to change and I decided that I needed to do the Hammer & Chisel and fully commit myself to it instead of doing a few workouts and then doing Focus T25 or Turbo Jam.

Well...as things go, my timing to start wasn't the greatest.  LOL!  A week after starting was Spring Break for Penn State and my mom had no free weights at her house....nor a pull up bar....nor a bench....nor a stability ball.  LMAO!  All of the things you need to complete 90% of the workouts in H&C.   

So what's a girl to do to get her fitness on??  Focus T25!  HAHA!

So, I did a week of Focus T25 and used the container system from H&C

In those two weeks, I lost 4lbs, which I'm pretty excited about!  As of this morning, I'm 144.5lbs. I'm down an inch overall, as well, and flexing my tummy actually does something again.  XD  LOL!

I'm thinking that I need to just start from the beginning again for my Before and After's with this program....but at the same time...it's only a week and I really REALLY want to do Cize already.  LOL!  So, I think I'll just say "H&C Before/After + 1 week of T25".  What do you guys think?

My Thoughts on H&C

My Experience With Focus T25

Let's get the first, and most popular, question out of the way.  Did it work?!

YES!!

Hahaha!  Yes, it worked.  It worked better than I ever thought that it would work.  I'm back in clothes I haven't worn in a DECADE!  A decade you guys!  Clothes that I've held on to because I kept telling myself "One day I'll wear these again!".

So, where did I start and where did I finish?  Let's talk stats.

On the left are pictures taken before I started Focus T25 and before I pushed myself too hard and had to stop the workouts.  In these pictures I weigh 158lbs, I was a size 12/13 pants, a size large in everything, a shoe size 9/9.5 (this is important), 35% body fat, and I was aching all the time.   My feet were constantly swollen, my bones hurt, and I was sick ALL. THE. TIME.  If it wasn't a cold it was a migraine, if it wasn't a migraine it was my Lyme disease, if it wasn't my Lyme disease it was my depression, if it wasn't my depression it was just generalized pain and aches.  

Ok, enough about the past!  Let's talk the present!!

So, in the after photo I am 140lbs, 27% body fat, a size 8 pants, a small or medium in everything, and a shoe size...8/8.5!  That's right, I even went down a shoe size!  I still need to buy replacement heels!  :D  It's crazy!

Inches lost:

Waist = -3"

Hips = -1"

Arms = -.5" each

Thighs = -2.5" and 2"

Chest = -1"

Total inches: 10"

TEN INCHES you guys!  That's almost a FOOT of ME that's gone forever!  Thank you!  Good bye!  I won't be seeing you again!

Did you JUST do Focus T25?

Technically, no.  I also drank Shakeology everyday.  I really feel that is a part of why it helped me soo much!  I'm not going to run through the whole reasoning why here, that'll be in a different post, but I'll provide a video I made about it.  :D

So...That's It?

Pretty much!  I just followed the instructions really.  I ate the 25 foods, drank my shakeology, and pressed play.  Now, I did have some cheat days here and there, I'm not perfect.  But I didn't get crazy and I found ways to keep my calories within the range when I did have a cheat meal by tracking everything that I ate.  And I mean EVEYTHING and I tracked it BEFORE I ate it.  That is KEY!  

So, Now What?

Now I'm going through P90X3!  I'm two weeks in and I'm down 1% in body fat percentage and 2.5" overall and I'm fitting into size 6/7 pants!  XD  No weight change, I'm still 140lbs, that means MUSCLE GAINS!  

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Much Love,

Coach Marquita