Slow but successful recomp progress! F/40/5'0" [51.5>51kg] 7 months

[pamray62]

@sebsomar Haha, thank you! I'll take a few extra centimeters where ever I can get them!

 

[reyandrei]

@pamray62 You look fantastic! Thank you for posting, as I am 39yo with 2 small kids and also working on recomp. It's nice to see success stories for us "older" ladies.

 

[pamray62]

@reyandrei Thank you! Good luck, you can definitely do this.

 

[dawn16]

@pamray62 great job!

 

[relate4ever]

@pamray62 You look amazing! I am of the same height and your pic is telling me that 112lbs looks different depending on the work I put in it. I hope I get there soon! Great job again and very inspiring!

 

[pamray62]

@relate4ever Thank you for the kind words! It was a really nice revelation that my body could change for the better without weight loss or a huge calorie deficit.

 

[relate4ever]

@pamray62 I am currently on a cut. Original goal was 115 and I am close to it now but realized that it is not enough for the aesthetics I am after.

I searched pics of 5’0 fit women and they were all closer to 105lbs. That’s not happening on my mom bod so my new goal is your flat tummy!

 

[pamray62]

@relate4ever You think I have a flat tummy?! Woo-hoo, thank you!!

My original goal was 105-108 because that's how much I weighed for years pre-kids. I got down to 108 after weaning my 1st, but that was mainly through diet, so I was hungry all the time and my face looked a little drawn. In my wiser years, I realize I prefer to have a bit of padding and muscle and more leeway in my diet than a lower number on the scale. Much happier this way. But I could stand to lower my bodyfat %, which is currently around 27%!

 

[relate4ever]

@pamray62 Oh yes you do! You have that strong core look! You look much lower than 27% too!

I did get down to 105lbs because breast feeding is awesome! Then slowly gained the weight AFTER weaning lol

And yes I also looked gaunt and starved then. I am aiming for the muscular look now.

 

[stell]

@pamray62 Wow. I would not guess your body fat was that high based on your pics. You look seriously amazing. And yes, your tummy is FLAT!!! Wowza. Mom goals! I think I still need to drop more weight before I'll see results as good as yours, but that's okay. It's good to have goals.

 

[pajamasam777]

@pamray62 I feel the same way w my recomp! I hope I can see a big difference like this in my pictures next month. May I ask what your lifts are?

 

[pamray62]

@pajamasam777 My lift progress isn't really impressive, lol. I know I'm not pushing myself as hard as I could, so that's next up for me.

Squat: 15kg -> 37kg
Deadlift: 25kg -> 50kg
Bench: 15kg -> 30kg
OHP: 15kg -> 26kg

 

[truefreedom56]

@pamray62 You’ve nearly doubled every lift since you started, that’s definitely impressive.

 

[pajamasam777]

@pamray62 Nice work

 

[jenniet]

@pamray62 Congrats! Your posture also looks better!

 

[pamray62]

@jenniet Thank you-- I didn't realize I had such pronounced anterior pelvic tilt.

 

[anniebug]

@pamray62 My wife uses body weight fitness as she has many similar time constraints with kids and work. Whenever she can bang out a few lunges, dips, planks, squats and the like while hanging with the kids has really added up overtime.

Great work.

 

[pamray62]

@anniebug Thanks! I also did bodyweight fitness for a year when my son was a baby and I didn't have access to a gym. The recommended routine at r/bodyweightfitness gave me really great results even at 2x a week.

 

[dawn16]

@pamray62 That routine is amazing! I use a lot of those moves as accessories to my weight lifting program, and I still religiously do that wrist warm-up.

 

[inneed87]

@pamray62 Thank you for sharing. This is really inspiring, our stats are similar and I started to recomp June 2019. Mine will go a lot slower since my workout program is not that heavy due to rehabbing injuries, and taking the rest of this year easy to heal. So while I still exercise 5-6 days a week, the intensity is lower.

I have to admit I am surprised your cals are that range at maintenance. Mine according to my sheet are in the 2000 range. But I am 1.75 inches taller and in the 52kg range so that makes a difference.

I am still tracking calories, unfortunately for me, although I have been counting calories for decades, I had a count book before the Internet, I still can't seem to get my shit together on maintenance. I really like your approach to tracking weight and adjusting from there, though if you are not tracking calories anymore maybe you are having more than 1500-1600?

What would you say was the most difficult adjustment?