Ciera Lynn

I truly nevvvvvveeeerr in a million years thought I would say this after 10+ years of taking “before” pictures…. But I think I’m done trying to lose weight!😨

173 ➡️ 128

This is the lowest I have been since senior year of high school. I’m conflicted on the results, because I haven’t touched a weight in over a year (per doc orders after a clostochondrites issue).

I’ve lost 12-15 lbs of muscle that I’ve painstakingly gathered in those 10+ years. I lost the lil baby b***y I made myself. Worst of all, a gym habit of at least 3 days a week is now so far gone I wouldn’t even recognize it anymore lol.

Myself and my husband were supposed to get active again after the holidays, and then we were down with sickness for literally 3 weeks (!!) that just resolved itself.

SO - I hope my next update is discussing how we’ve been able to consistently walk the dogs 4-5 times a week, maybe a couple peloton rides in there too, and knowing at least where my baseline on main lifts has dropped to.❤️

IM SO HAPPY I DIDNT EVEN HAVE THE URGE TO FACETUNE THIS PHOTO *despite* the imperfections I still do see. My belly crease, my love handles, a lil extra jelly all around. I’m feeling so good in my skin right now and I am celebrating!

PS still love my color filters though 😂

Jan➡️Aug averaging half a lb loss per week!

FINALLY time to celebrate my win! Like many others, gained ~20 lbs beginning with covid. (Let’s not dwell on the fact that I’ve taken countless of what is here my “after” picture, as before pictures🫠).

My first goal here was to lose the weight gained during COVID. I’ll keep on with it until my trend weight gets to 150/Sept 1st when I have my first wedding dress fitting (Woo Nov 5th👰🏼‍♀️), then move to maintenance through the holidays as I’ve been at this since January!

As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve used MFP since like high school in 2014 when I downed hydroxycut and starved myself to lose weight before college 🫥 as everyone has said, MFP was never perfect but was basically the best option. Enter MacroFactor and WOW so amazing, literally life changing and happy and intuitive and informative without being rude. I LOVE the data, graphs, expenditure, food log and literally everything about it, and it’s made it possible for me to actually buckle down and GET THIS ISH DONE.

I’m sad to say that on doctors orders I was told to stop lifting around thanksgiving of last year due to a chest injury, and I’ve never been a cardio girl, so i know a not small percentage of the weight loss has been muscle mass. Once I was cleared again in April, it has been an uphill battle to get into a workout routine again after nothing for months. On the positive side, that shows just how good MacroFactor works!!! Diet alone got me here. I’m very excited for the progress I’ll be able to make adding back in exercise/lifting, and *gasp* maybe even getting to the FIRST point in my life where I am eating a surplus on purpose!!!!

It’s a lifelong process, and I’m here for it.

Very happy to technically be back at my “starting” point, and post more on this account as I go even further 😈

Feels so nice to dress up every once in a while! ✨ attended a benefit last night to support my boss’s charity and definitely felt out of place since we can’t drop an unplanned $15k on a trip or painting 😂 but we did get a smaller pretty piece! Nice to know that it’s all going to a good cause too.

Finishing my first 5k since high school after celebrating the braves win until 1:30AM: a trilogy 🥸

Finishing my first 5k since high school: a trilogy 🥸

I’m really loving these new leggings even though I chose to post a picture where you can’t see them 🤪 the brown for fall is perfect.
After traveling what feels like several weeks now, happy to not have anything huge planned until Thanksgiving! Even though you are supposed to enjoy life around your routine, sometimes all you wanna do is look down and grind without distractions.

Can’t wait to replace our driveway🙃

Loving how my all over color is fading off my blonde highlights! Don’t be afraid to switch it up y’all 🤪
New week tomorrow, let’s crush it ❤️