The Hydroxycut Max! Transformation Contest Presented By BodySpace.

[tmb4389]

Originally Posted by BiologyBabe

I had to come back in to tell you how unbelievable you are doing on your transformation! Your body is just morphing and changing in every shot ~ kudos for taking several different angles of picture; when I was initially losing over 40 lbs, about 9 years ago, I took photos of the backs of my arms, from under my bum, I wanted to see where everything was, and then compare.
This is very impressive, I really see you continuing to just turn into this totally different woman! Watching!

~Jaime

Originally Posted by a.l.i.c.e

Ditto with Biology Babe.... High Five!

thank you so much! Honestly reading that made me almost cry. to have so much support in a competition like this is incredible. Really thank you so much.

You ladies are doing amazing keep up the good work. We all are winners in here.

[oceanblue149]

Originally Posted by Holly854

Ok I snacked yesterday, damn those protein bars, they are just too good. I ate 3 and I should have only had one.

I was having stress about posting my pictures in the other contest thread. I am in this contest as well as the MuscleTec/BB.com 50k transformation contest. But I posted them last night.

I just don't know if I can loose enough weight to be able to see my muscles, I have lost a total of 25 lbs and I am down to 182. To be honest I havent seen the 160's since 1995 (wow I am old huh yes 43).

I will have to haunt BB.com to keep on target and on task of loosing the fat. Great Job everyone on the Great progress.

I do have one question for all of you, how are you dealing with the before clothing not fitting. The top that I have on is HUGE, i pinned it over 2 inches in the back, but its getting really big in front too. What are you all doing ??

Holly you look awesome! Your physique has totally changed. Your thinning out and so much leaner. Plus your losing all over . . . so you dont have to deal with any problem areas. Just keep doing whatever your doing cuz its working girl!

Ok this is my specialty . . . CLOTHES!!! LOL! When I originally lost all that weight I went through 10 sizes in a year and half. At first I started buying new clothes and then realized that was not going to fit my budget. So what I did was go to consignments shops. I picked ones located in ritzy towns so the quality of clothes was better. What I did was turn in clothes that didnt fit me anymore and was given cash or store credit. Another benefit of shopping at consignment stores besides the cost is you get to experiment with different trends and styles. When I was heavy I only had access to one store; Lane Bryant. I didnt even know what I actually liked and disliked as I was forced to wear the styles they made in my size . . . Shopping at the consignments stores was a way to really figure out who the new me was. If I bought something and then realized that it wasnt for me then I turned it in for credit again. I also became familiar with a lot of different brands that I would not normally have purchased new and by the near end when I was ready to do some brand new clothes shopping for my final size I knew exactly what I wanted and what I didnt want. I still like to shop at consignment stores even now because you can get some really good stuff and cheap. If your not comfortable with wearing clothes that other people wore I still encourage you to go and check some out because you will be quite surprised at what you find. They only accept clothes that are in excellent condition. I got many compliments and even turned consignment shopping on to some of my friends.

Its not just for women either. TRANSMIGRATION you can shop there too!

Hope this helps!

[rossap64_old]

Hello Everyone!

This is my first post. Not sure I am even in the right spot? Anyways, I am doing the Hydroxycut Max Contest and wanted to stop by and show some support. Please stop by my site and leave some comments! :-)

Good Luck everyone!

-April

[oceanblue149]

Hello everyone!

i woke up this morning to do my usual routine for picture day and nearly fainted when I got on the scale . . . not only did I reach my goal but I exceeded it a week early too! So today was it; final picture day. I got the paper and my bf took my pics. Im still floored that my transformation took place in only 11 weeks and not 12 . . . Im working on my essay now and hope to have everything posted by the end of the weekend. Thanks so much for everyones support; I really, really appreciate it and dont know if I would have been as successful. Will be in touch. Enjoy the rest of the week!

[Holly854]

wow, Sara good for you ,congrats, I know its a change of lifestyle for eating but, what are you going to eat for your celebration food???

I have been thinking of chinese buffet. or baked potato with butter and sour cream..yummm,, Ok i need to quit thinking of that.

Congrats you have put the bar pretty high for the rest of us.

[TRANSMIGRATION]

Originally Posted by oceanblue149

Hello everyone!

i woke up this morning to do my usual routine for picture day and nearly fainted when I got on the scale . . . not only did I reach my goal but I exceeded it a week early too! So today was it; final picture day. I got the paper and my bf took my pics. Im still floored that my transformation took place in only 11 weeks and not 12 . . . Im working on my essay now and hope to have everything posted by the end of the weekend. Thanks so much for everyones support; I really, really appreciate it and dont know if I would have been as successful. Will be in touch. Enjoy the rest of the week!

Congrats Sarah, and thanks for helping me out - telling me not to give up. I hope to see you in the big 250k finish line.

Originally Posted by Holly854

wow, Sara good for you ,congrats, I know its a change of lifestyle for eating but, what are you going to eat for your celebration food???

I have been thinking of chinese buffet. or baked potato with butter and sour cream..yummm,, Ok i need to quit thinking of that.

Congrats you have put the bar pretty high for the rest of us.

I know what you mean, I can't wait to go out to eat but at the same time I really don't want to lose anything I have worked for, lol. I might have me a Pizza Hut buffet one day though.

I think you and your man have made some great progress - remember you have a while left to complete your transformation just stay on track. Good luck.

[rubes00]

Originally Posted by oceanblue149

Hello everyone!

i woke up this morning to do my usual routine for picture day and nearly fainted when I got on the scale . . . not only did I reach my goal but I exceeded it a week early too! So today was it; final picture day. I got the paper and my bf took my pics. Im still floored that my transformation took place in only 11 weeks and not 12 . . . Im working on my essay now and hope to have everything posted by the end of the weekend. Thanks so much for everyones support; I really, really appreciate it and dont know if I would have been as successful. Will be in touch. Enjoy the rest of the week!

Congrats girl! Are you going to continue to cut for the remaining time? Or just maintain? You look great!!!

[metalhealth23]

Congrats Sarah on your transformation!!! I believe we all put our essays on this forum for all to see.. lol.

You look amazing! You still look pretty tan. lol. Can anyone tell me if a tanning lotion could be used for final pics? I look pretty pale. accept for my arms..

~ Dee Dee

[LaceyDF]

I love looking through this forum!!! Ladies, you all are making incredible progress. Keep up the great work!!!

:-)
--Lacey

[hairhouse]

Hi girls!
I rarely post here sorta a lurker..too busy eating clean,working,and hitting the gym! I will be at my goal this week! And I am going to eat some cake! lol!
Stay focused! Keep up the great work. No Excuses! Tip: I am a "night" snacker..So to keep on track and curb cravings I drink caffeine free tea and flavored coffee at night the "warm" liquid makes me feel full.. Just a tip!
Great job Oceanblue knew you were gonna kick a**!

[trinut001]

I posted some new progress pics in my profile. Check it out if you get a chance!

[blurosemarie1]

Wow oceanblue149,
You are looking really good and a great transformation. You mentioned that you'll be posting your essay on the 12 week for you, but I couldn't find where on the contest it said by the end of the 12th week to post your results. The only thing I saw was to have done the Hydroxycut for at least 8 weeks as a minimum requirement. Don't we have until 11:59:59 p.m. ET on April 30?

I would rather wait until the last possible moment to post my progress pics for the best results. If you don't know does anybody know what it should be? Other wise I guess alot of us will be posting our essay and pics really soon if we started close to the 1st of January. Yikes!!

Originally Posted by oceanblue149

Hello everyone!

i woke up this morning to do my usual routine for picture day and nearly fainted when I got on the scale . . . not only did I reach my goal but I exceeded it a week early too! So today was it; final picture day. I got the paper and my bf took my pics. Im still floored that my transformation took place in only 11 weeks and not 12 . . . Im working on my essay now and hope to have everything posted by the end of the weekend. Thanks so much for everyones support; I really, really appreciate it and dont know if I would have been as successful. Will be in touch. Enjoy the rest of the week!

[rubes00]

You have until the end of April to finish your transformation. You had to go at least 8 weeks though. So I think she is just going by 12 weeks because that was her own personal goal! Hope this helps

[trinut001]

Originally Posted by TRANSMIGRATION

Looking good. What do you Macros look like?

Not sure about macros I try to just watch my calorie intake. I eat every 2-3 hours and have a protien and carb and then add either veggies or fruit. I drink a protein drink before bed. I am doing cardio 6 days a week and was doing weights 6 days then dropped it to 5 and now I am trying 4 days.

[trinut001]

Originally Posted by TRANSMIGRATION

Not that you asked for advice or anything but I would do 180grams protein, not more then 200grams in Carbs a day. Start counting carbs and I bet you blow through 200 easy. Carbs will kill your diet. You are doing great so I thought I would give you some tips. Not that you need any, just trying to help.

This is what is recommended for your age, height, weight (female). This already includes the exercise you listed above. So intake below is with exercise.

Maintenance:
2028 Calories/day
Fat Loss:
1622 Calories/day
Extreme Fat Loss:
1217 Calories/day

Well I know I was trying to get between 1300-1400 calories a day. I admit I have slacked on writing everything down though! Do you count all carbs like veggies and fruit along with sweet potatoes, rice, etc?

[trinut001]

Originally Posted by TRANSMIGRATION

Yeah, but I'm a freak because I'm in the MuscleTech Contest and want the win super bad. I'm at 1600 for now and I count everything. lol. I only get one real meal a day the rest is shakes and powerbars. My advice would be extreme and not for the lite of heart.

My protein is 250grams a day
My Carbs 140 grams

I upped your carbs because most can't handle less and lots of people might jump on me for saying less as a recommendation.

Only reason I suggested what I did is because it works for me, doesn't mean it will work for you


Good luck.

Holy Moly you are hardcore! I like food to much to only eat one actual meal a day! The shakes don't fill me up enough. I am hungry an hour later..lol. Tomorrow I will start weighing my stuff as I have no clue how much protein and carbs I am eating a day. I know I try to get around 3-4 oz of each at each meal.

[TRANSMIGRATION]

Originally Posted by trinut001

Holy Moly you are hardcore! I like food to much to only eat one actual meal a day! The shakes don't fill me up enough. I am hungry an hour later..lol. Tomorrow I will start weighing my stuff as I have no clue how much protein and carbs I am eating a day. I know I try to get around 3-4 oz of each at each meal.

I just don't have time to cook. I work then college then kids. lol.

[oceanblue149]

Originally Posted by blurosemarie1

Wow oceanblue149,
You are looking really good and a great transformation. You mentioned that you'll be posting your essay on the 12 week for you, but I couldn't find where on the contest it said by the end of the 12th week to post your results. The only thing I saw was to have done the Hydroxycut for at least 8 weeks as a minimum requirement. Don't we have until 11:59:59 p.m. ET on April 30?

I would rather wait until the last possible moment to post my progress pics for the best results. If you don't know does anybody know what it should be? Other wise I guess alot of us will be posting our essay and pics really soon if we started close to the 1st of January. Yikes!!

sorry for not responding sooner. my bf's parents were in town all weekend so i was playing hostess. you have until the end of April so dont worry.

[oceanblue149]

Thanks for all your support and sorry for not getting back to some of you with the IMs. Im still in the process of posting pictures. I have most of them up on my bodyspace page and also posted my essay there too. I will post my essay and pics in the forum hopefully this week. Its time consuming because I have to transfer all the photos to photoshop.com in order to link them to the forum . . . phew . . . lot of work . . .

Everyone is looking good so keep at it. Spring is now here and that means that the two piece bikini summer ready season is next so stay on track and don?t lose focus ladies (and you too Transmigration)!

[a.l.i.c.e]

Originally Posted by TRANSMIGRATION

Yeah, but I'm a freak because I'm in the MuscleTech Contest and want the win super bad. I'm at 1600 for now and I count everything. lol. I only get one real meal a day the rest is shakes and powerbars.

I'm not a professional by any means, but eating only one meal a day isn't quite the healthiest thing you could do. Supplementing with shakes and protein bars will eventually leave your body malnourished and starving. You might get better gains (or cuts?) by eating real food. I know it's hard at work, but I truly believe it's important to supplement your body with healthy food, no processed stuff... Plus you can't keep that up forever, might as well learn to eat right and make it a lifestyle diet and be lean forever! Your body will thank you
Just my opinion!
I don't want people on here thinking they have to have a liquid and protein bar diet to rule a contest. But you keep doing you thing, I'm sure you're doing good!

[kenwoodjens1]

Originally Posted by a.l.i.c.e

I'm not a professional by any means, but eating only one meal a day isn't quite the healthiest thing you could do. Supplementing with shakes and protein bars will eventually leave your body malnourished and starving. You might get better gains (or cuts?) by eating real food. I know it's hard at work, but I truly believe it's important to supplement your body with healthy food, no processed stuff... Plus you can't keep that up forever, might as well learn to eat right and make it a lifestyle diet and be lean forever! Your body will thank you
Just my opinion!
I don't want people on here thinking they have to have a liquid and protein bar diet to rule a contest. But you keep doing you thing, I'm sure you're doing good!

Real food is very important in my eyes as well, I agree with you a.l.i.c.e. It will catch up at some point and I believe your body will not know how
to transfer the food later. Just my thoughts

[TRANSMIGRATION]

You two are being silly. I never said real foods are not important. This thing has gotten blown out of proportion. All I said in a longer version:

The biggest advantage of protein supplements is not that they can build more muscle than chicken or egg whites or any other whole food protein, the biggest advantage is convenience. It is easier to drink a protein shake than it to buy, prepare, cook and eat poultry, fish or egg whites. Consuming small, frequent meals is the optimal way to eat, regardless of whether your goal is fat loss or muscle gain. To keep your body constantly in positive nitrogen balance, you must consume a complete protein every three hours. For many people, eating this often is nearly impossible. That's when a high quality protein supplement is the most helpful.

If you really want to talk about strict check out slim-fast diets. Way harder then what I'm doing.

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hey guys i know i have been kind of absent but i just posted a new blog and I have been super busy but I just bumped it up to 2-a-day cardio sessions for the remaining stretch of the competition.

[kenwoodjens1]

Originally Posted by TRANSMIGRATION

You two are being silly. I never said real foods are not important. This thing has gotten blown out of proportion. All I said in a longer version:

The biggest advantage of protein supplements is not that they can build more muscle than chicken or egg whites or any other whole food protein, the biggest advantage is convenience. It is easier to drink a protein shake than it to buy, prepare, cook and eat poultry, fish or egg whites. Consuming small, frequent meals is the optimal way to eat, regardless of whether your goal is fat loss or muscle gain. To keep your body constantly in positive nitrogen balance, you must consume a complete protein every three hours. For many people, eating this often is nearly impossible. That's when a high quality protein supplement is the most helpful.

If you really want to talk about strict check out slim-fast diets. Way harder then what I'm doing.

Sorry miss understood I guess :-)
Also Ur progress is doing great

[TRANSMIGRATION]

Originally Posted by kenwoodjens1

Sorry miss understood I guess :-)
Also Ur progress is doing great

I noticed you put your new progress pictures up today I think. Your looking good - that tan you have makes a big difference too. Nice job.

[kenwoodjens1]

Originally Posted by TRANSMIGRATION

I noticed you put your new progress pictures up today I think. Your looking good - that tan you have makes a big difference too. Nice job.

Thank you very much, yeah I know I said I would not post any any more
but heck whats the different right, who cares if one sees the progress
then just the end results.

hang in there you doing great!!!!!!!

[kenwoodjens1]

I'm doing this contest for my Family - We need the money. Love and responsibility have pushed me far. If I don't place in the top "5" I will be ashamed of myself.


MAY I SAY SOMETHING PLEASE?
This quote "I HIGHLY RESPECT" That's awsome very awsome

[blurosemarie1]

Thanks Rubes00 that did help me. Just need that extra weeks in I think....Slow results for me :-( Looks like your doing pretty good.

Originally Posted by rubes00

You have until the end of April to finish your transformation. You had to go at least 8 weeks though. So I think she is just going by 12 weeks because that was her own personal goal! Hope this helps

[blurosemarie1]

Thanks for the reply oceanblue149, hope you had fun playing hostess..that can be hard thing to do when it comes to parents and making sure they have a good time visiting. You are looking really good, my results are not as good as yours, but happy that I did try at least. Good to know though, that I do have until the end of April. I did pick-up my cardio from 3x a week to 5-6 days per week, nothing yet....but keeping my fingers crossed.

Originally Posted by oceanblue149

sorry for not responding sooner. my bf's parents were in town all weekend so i was playing hostess. you have until the end of April so dont worry.

[oceanblue149]

HYDROXYCUT MAX! TRANSFORMATION CONTEST ESSAY

First off, I want to say thank you to both Hydroxycut Max! And Bodybuilding.com! You weren't kidding when you said we are now one step closer to getting the sexy body of our dreams. In the past 11 weeks I have lost 27 lbs, 8.5% body fat and 3 dress sizes. My abs are flatter, my thighs are tighter and I have defined arms and shoulders. By December of 2008 I had yo-yoed up 25 pounds and was camouflaging my "muffin top" with maternity styled shirts. It was becoming clear that if I did not do something quick I would have to put away my tight low rise jeans forever, or permanently sew Spanx in all my clothes. So, on January, 1st 2009, I decided it was time for a change and to give Americas #1 selling Weight-Loss Supplement a shot. By incorporating Hydroxycut Max! with exercise and eating healthy the pounds started melting away immediately. Each week my clothes were feeling noticeably looser, while a more shapely and toned physique was becoming visible. Now I can continue to wear my skinny jeans with a fitted top and not have to worry about any flab spilling over. You don't know how much it means to me to be able to take pride in my appearance again. I feel so confident and, most importantly smokin' hot again! Thanks again to Hydroxycut Max! and Bodybuilding.com for giving me the opportunity to regain control of my life.

Sincerely,

Sarah

LENGTH OF TRANSFORMATION: 11 WEEKS

LOST:

27 pounds
8.5% Body Fat
3 Dress Sizes; from a size 10 to a size 4
9 inches off my Waist
3 inches off my Hips
2 inches off my Chest
1 inch off my Arms
1 and a half inches off my Thighs
1 half inch off my Calves

BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES FOR HYDROXYCUT MAX! TRANSFORMATION CONTEST