FINALLY! A Bit of Visual Progress

It's been 10 weeks since my sister Sam and I started going to the gym regularly and seriously. My weight dropped a bit at first. 7 lbs to be exact. But I have since put 3-5 lbs back on, depending on the day. I don't worry about the number on the scale much. I know that I want to lose fat, and build muscle.

I take pictures and measurements at the end of the week, almost every week. But I honestly couldn't see any changes looking at those pictures. My body feels different. It just didn't look different. But tonight I got undressed to get in the shower and thought I'd have a look see. Holy hell my butt looks different. I want to be all cool about it like "My glutes are really starting to progress, and I can see a separation from my hamstrings that wasn't there before". But I'm pretty excited about finally having a bit of visual progress! My butt is looking pretty nice. Not finished. But pretty nice. It's firmer, and rounder. But my favorite part? It no longer looks like it's sliding down the back of my legs and into the backs of my thighs (hamstrings). There is a defined separation between butt and thigh. And that is awesome.

So I'm going to keep on pushing myself. We're going to go to mixed martial arts fitness twice a week in addition to the 4 times a week we go to the gym. I do wish our weekly rest days were not three days in a row. But Sam works a strange schedule, so it's 4 days gym, 3 days off for now. When the weather does something other than cold and windy I'll start running on at least one of those days too.

I do have to be more vigilant about my diet. I need to go grocery shopping. And when we're low on fresh yummy food I resort to quick and easy crap. It's time I put my hands up and backed slowly away from the pizza. So I have made a shopping list and tomorrow is grocery day.
*Oh, and I already failed at my 30 days with no wine challenge. It's less. But it is still wine. I'm going to keep working on this. Don't lose faith in me yet :)

What I ate today:
10oz fresh juice (apple, carrot and lemon)
Veggie burger with cheese, Whole Wheat bun, BBQ sauce, tomatoes
2 cups of coffee (cream and sugar)
Tortilla chips and salsa
3 small fresh veggie and fruit wraps (6" Tortillas)
50 oz water with lemon

What I did:
C25K W5D1 warm up, 5 minute run and 3 minute walk X3
60 walking lunges w/ 15 lb weights
10X3 Abductor Machine 190 lbs
10X3 Adductor machine 190 lbs
10X3 Seated Leg Press 190 lbs

Plan for tomorrow:
Morning MMA class
Gym for Arms and Ab workout
30 minutes of interval running on treadmill
Grocery shopping
60 oz water