I've noticed lately that my body is changing. And for the better.
I've been exercising fairly consistenly now for almost 2.5 years, and it has occured to me lately that there are lots of signs that I have slowly changed shape, regardles of what the scales say.
For example
When comparing statistics from one year to another, if I compare at the same scale weights, my waist and thighs are smaller.
When reviewing photographs 1 year apart, same weight - and I tried on the same clothes, even my 12 y.o. daughter said - Mum you look different. Its subtle - but my shoulders are rounder and more defined - there is more muscle definition in my chest, my waist is smaller etc. A colleague looked at a photo of me 12 months ago and thought I had lost some weight since then - "You look thinner in the face". My weight is probably a few kilos lighter - but I think I've also changed muscle/fat ratio
I can feel the difference. I feel the difference in the way underwear sits on my body (more of that Lift and Separate feeling), I can feel the way my stomach feels flatter and my thighs feel stronger.
From a weight management perspective, I have now found that I can eat more without gaining weight. This was one of my goals to increase my metabolism through gaining more muscle. I think this combined with plenty of metabolism boosting exercise is really working.
You don't gain a muscly body overnight, and mine still has a very long way to go - but - I think the long term benefits of the exercise are really starting to show.
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Fantastic post Lisa, I am in a similar place although maybe year behind you, but I too notice little differences for the better, but I hopped on the scales this morning first time in months and it said I was 76kg's something. I just laughed at it got and decided I will continue to monitor my weight by using my clothes.
Long term exercise and healthy eating really pays off!
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