Hi, I haven't posted in a while but I've been working hard and lurking. Yesterday I weighed 154, normal BMI! I'm starting to worry less and less what the scale says and just focus on my goal physique but I can't deny the joy I feel having a normal BMI for the 1st time ever as an adult

I've been getting serious about bodybuilding and I started working out with a girlfriend at the gym 4 days a week lifting heavy. We took some before pics and the plan is to take some after pics after our 12 week plan. One of the female trainers at my gym said I should enter a contest. I have a ton of respect for her and the comlement means the world to me. I'm actually giving it some thought now.

Here are the pics...what do you think? Should I do a show? I'll post follow up pics after our 12 week program (10 weeks to go).

Front Relaxed and Flexing

The weird patch of skin on my right inner thigh is a skin graph from a 3rd burn and the scaring on the outer thigh is where they took the skin. I also have burns on my left hand, wrist, arm with a skin graph on my wrist.

Back Relaxed and Flexing


Side shots



The old me just as a reminder

You look amazing!!! Congrats

Thank you Onederchic! Love the new username, it's a perfect fit :-)

You look great!! What an inspiration!!
Congrats!!

LOOK AT THOSE MUSCLES! I would definetly get into the contest!
Congradulations on the normal BMI~I am still waiting to get to overweight LOL!

I can not wait to get to the 150's.....You look FABULOUS.

GREAT JOB!

I saw your now pics, and thought "She looks really good, nice job!" Then I saw your before pics and I was like "WOW! Holy S-t! What an amazing transformation!"

It gives me hope and motiavation to do the same! Congrats!

OMG.. you are a totally different person!!! You have no idea how much looking at this post has helped me today. Don't take this wrong but... I want your body. LOL!

You look fantastic - and if you are being encouraged to do a show.. I say go for it!! If you do, please post again and let us know how you did in the show.

You should go for it! I think your body type is a natural for it - you're muscular and you have nice proportions and shape.

Wow, wow, wow! You look phenomenal! Look at those arms, wowzers.

If those are before pics I can only imagine how buff you are going to look after. I think you'd definitely be prepared for a show.

So I was going to take a day off from lifting today, but you've totally changed my mind...

Daniela, you look fantastic! I'm mesmerized by those guns

As for the contest, go for it!

Thank you!


Thanks Lori, I've loved watching your progress too! Stick with it you'll get to the 150's!


Thanks Paris! You can do the same and don't you forget that!

Thank you HotWings :-) It feels good to hear someone say they want my bod LOL Glad I could help you out today with my post I'm thinking about the show. I've already commited to a 1/2 marathon in October so I'm going to do that and I think afterwards I'm going to cut out a lot of my cardio and focus on the bodybuilding. So maybe a show sometime next year and I'll be sure to share it on 3FC.

Hi Julie, Thanks so much! I've always been pretty muscular now I just have to drop more bodyfat and hope some of my skin will tighten up. You can't tell that good in the pics but the skin in my belly area especially above my belly button is very loose. I saw my Dr. a couple of weeks ago and she said it was loose/extra skin and that I should give it a year and see how much it will tighten up. If I sit down or bend over I have a nice little flap right there. I guess time will tell.

Thanks Beck! I'll post after pics for sure. I hope I can see more definition in my legs in another 10 weeks. That would make me super happy

Hi Drina!!! Good go hit the gym and lift heavy! I'm not sure if I told you this before but I LOVE your posts and I've been extremely inspired by progress. You've done such a fantastic job and you showed me that I could do it too. So thank you

As for the show, I think my first step will be going to one and talking to some girls about their experience with it. I got to be honest I do like the idea of it

Wow!! What a transformation!! You look wonderful!!!

How amazing, as someone else said, i am just gagging to get to overweight BMI, just 1 pt to go!!

Hope you don't take this the wrong way, but...
You look fab now, and you have lost so much weight, are you not afraid of the extra bulk that will come with progressing further down the body building path?

Wow, you look great!