Fitness Hustler's Journal, 28 Dec 22

Wow!! Well done 👏 ⭐️ You are similar to my starting weight and goals… I need to apply myself like this 🤩 

Much respect 👏 well done on an amazing transformation  

@melinda You got this girl!💪🏽 You’re already making such good progress. Stay consistent and you will be reaching your goal soon enough🥳🌸 All the best! Thank you @dustin 🙏🏽 

Amazing Job, keep up🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 

Well done! it takes a lot of hard work and courage to see it through.  

Well done my sister. Keep it up😊👌 

Thank you everyone😊🫶🏽  

Pure inspiration 

well done 

Looking good! Well done 

I appreciate all your comments🤍🌸 

Amazing!! 

well done please keep posting  

what supplements do you use for workouts  

well done man ! 

wow 

How? 

You guys are very kind, thank you. 😊 

@Coco I take one serving of Whey Protein powder (Nutritech brand) and 5g of Creatine Monohydrate (USN) at least 20 minutes after each workout for recovery and muscle maintenance. Since starting on Creatine I’ve seen an improvement with my progressive overload as well, so I highly recommend those two supps. @Marizelle Honestly, in the beginning I did not know what I was doing so I adopted a lot of weight loss strategies to try and lose as much weight as possible. I started out quite strict, absolutely no sugar, no snacking and a high calorie deficit probably at <800 cals per day. I exercised 6 times a week, alternating between running and going to the gym (main focus in the beginning was cardio, now more into strength training). For two months I’d run in the a.m and go to the gym in the afternoon. In terms of a diet, in Feb I started on the banting diet combined with one meal a day fasting. About two months in I dropped banting because it became unrealistic to me. I’m such a carb lover so I decided to introduce a ‘somewhat’ balanced diet where I allowed myself to consume carbs on some days (like 3x a week) and still continued with one meal a day fasting. I did OMAD for about 6 months in total (Feb - July) until I reached a plateau because you can’t be in that much of a deficit for that long. It becomes unhealthy. Started eating twice a day on some days and embraced an actual balanced diet where I’d consume carbs with each meal. Only reached my goal weight in Sept (65kg). In October I started eating at maintenance to allow my body to get used to the new weight (assuming there is such a thing).And it has been fluctuating between 65 and 68 since, which I’m okay with.  

@Marizelle I also consumed a lot of water, minimum of 3L a day. Whenever I feel hungry I would just drink water. This is however unhealthy therefore would not recommend. Calorie tracking and portion control are also some of the things I learned to do when I started eating 2-3 meals a day.