Before and after pics page 9

[RavunJM]

Completely agree with you Iniquity! i feel the changes, can see the natural indentations in my upper stomach again, pants i wore 3 months ago i am swimming in. I just want to wake up and BE there allready!

[lady_daraine]

Wow. I need to get off my lazy butt and actually do this seriously for more than a few days. These results are like what you see on TV, and I always think it's too good to be true.... just WOW.

[coach81]

Ravun.. I can relate to your "lack of" patience...!!!!

[Bird Goddess]

Regarding a lack of patience, I try to stay focused on the journey and all the good things it brings to me, not just the weight loss. We will get there - and stay there! We are so much better off for being here at MDA. The use of mantras and theme songs helps me, too. I'll post some later....

[Bird Goddess]

Oh, and, Grokette, you are my hero! Your "before" is very similar to where I began my Primal Living. You inspire me!

Here are some healthy living mantras I like to play with:
1. Progress not perfection.
2. Endurance
3. Put your big girl pants on and get over it.
4. Banking the pain
5. This hill is mine.
6. No excuses.
7. I won't regret what I don't eat.
8. I don't want to be part of the obesity of America.
9. Eating clean; training mean.
10. Slow & steady wins the race.
11. Desire, dedication, discipline
12. I'm getting healthier every minute.
13. Fitness is a friend.
14. I just have to move.
15. I can stop in 30 minutes.
16. Nothing tastes as good as feeling healthy feels.
17. I am an athlete.
18. I am hard-core. (Within the perimeters of MDA! We know we don't need to bust it all the time!)
19. I kick ass.
20. Relentless!
21. Put one foot in front of the other.
22. Define yourself.
23. Stay focased.
24. You can handle it.
25. I am strong.
26. Pain is where progress is being made.
27. I will keep on.
28. Breathe easy.
29. Just keep going.
30. Good for me!
BONUS:
31. Pain is weakness leaving the body.
32. Go for the burn.
33. I am not going to quit.
34. Patience & perseverance.
35. It's GO time!
36. If I don't push myself, how do I know where I can go?
37. Go, Go, Go
38. It's on bitches!
39. Motion is lotion!

[Beef Cake]

The use of mantras and theme songs helps me, too.

I wonder what the theme song for MDA would be...

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum...highlight=song

[RavunJM]

16. Nothing tastes as good as feeling healthy feels.

With someone who was living with near constant acid reflux/bowel discomfort/constipation i value this one most!

[RavunJM]

I will throw these up here, because i enjoy seeing ppl mid progress as well. Dont have any full body ones yet, but will soon. The first is from December, the second was a week ago.

[Bird Goddess]

Beefcake, thanks for the link! Like minds

[hutax]

Here's one 9 months into the PB. Down 20lbs of BF. I've got some middle aged guy skin stuff going on,(can't reverse the aging thing you know) and a little around the middle to lose yet. 53yrs old. I've put back on a little muscle mass since the last photo in this thread.