Life was one party after another. I didn't eat much back then, but I sure did drink a lot.

Guess it's fair to say that I looked better with my clothes ON in these days.

Not eating much. Not yet working out (regularly).

Still hadn't yet discovered weight training. Pretty much living on Diet Coke, pretzels and gummie bears when this picture was taken. Oh, and I drank a lot of wine.

I had joined a gym by now, but not sure about how to weight train; was more interested in doing cardio at this time. And still not eating to fuel myself properly. Kind of burning the stick at both ends, so to speak.

This is what skinny-fat looks like.

At the time these were taken, it was my mission to 'get lean'. Guess I was confused. Glad I eventually figured out that I needed muscle first!

Guys, can you believe I was 28 years old in this pic? I look like I'm ten. This picture really bugs me more now than it did when I took it. It's just horrendous.

Whoa, boney legs!

I had just joined bodyspace and took these as my first for progress shots. I remember feeling FAT when these were taken! Ha ha...

Couple months into regular lifting. Starting to see changes.

First personal picture of motivation. I thought this shot was cool at the time!

Totally unfair comparison... but still there's a difference.

Leg Progress

Yuck! This is what happens when I eat & drink whatever I want.

I take my pics super early in the morning. Had bedsheet marks on me... which is why I tried to 'soften' the pic up a bit. I'm no good a photo editing.

WORK to be done. I want these abs to pop.

I don't like the way this looks at all. I'm lean, but also very flat. Guess perhaps I was low on carbs. Also simply haven't worked to 'build' my abs very well.

I don't know what gawd awful jeans I'm wearing... but this, my friends, is my lat spread!

Wow, what a difference the camera angle can make! My bicep looks much bigger in the May 7th shot!

Main goal right now is to build. Seems I'm doing so at the expense of leanness.

Felt so "thick" this night.. :(

I'm not pregnant. This was taken using the reflection off the side of my car, which is why my stomach looks like it's bulging out.

I win, Nasri!

I can finally see some abs without leaning back.

lol, my skirt hiked itself up a bit. Yeah that's hot. (not really)

Rare chest flex / squeeze... whatever it is

Thank you, Adam! :) (Chigainer merged these pictures for me.)

I know this looks gross, but it's just for fun... My friend, Nick Scott (TheBeastWCBB), taught me how to show veins this weekend :)

Poor lighting, wrong camera settings, but my bicep is still there ;)

Halloween. Feeling lean. I drank that night, which is unusual for me.

I carved 4 pumpkins this year and roasted the seeds w/ curry spice and stevia. Yummy!

motion blur

I think I may have lost some muscle size in my quads, but I don't mind. I'm going to get back to squatting soon, and surely everything will come together. (Yes, I'm wearing digital undies.)

My old favorite pose!

So cool to actually see the separation between my 2 bicep heads!

Early morning cooking. Preparing my absolute favorite meal, stevia-sweetened egg whites with 1/2 a yolk then cooked with cinnamon. Mmm, mmm, MMM! :)

Gotta taste the batter! ;)