Lost 157 lbs (71 Kg) in 12 months. Picture inside

hanymamdouh

Here is my Before and After pictures, I did it in exactly 12 months, nothing is impossible.

AllTheNoms

Congratulations, you look fantastic! Proud'a you

klkateri

Holy Cow!! Congrats!! You look like a whole new person!! Fantastic work!!

hungrymarathongirl

Holy crap!!!! You are amazing!!! Friggin awesome!!!

Fitnin6280

That's awesome!!! Great job!

hanymamdouh

Thanks so much, it is a great motivation to maintain my current weight. I will be happy to give help.

Mexicanbigfoot

you look amazing!!

Hophead43

hanymamdouh wrote: »

Here is my Before and After pictures, I did it in exactly 12 months, nothing is impossible.

Wow!! great work!!

Bloomboom

That's a great accomplishment! Congratulations.

gopgirl425

Holy H311...great job!

chelseafxx

Absolutely fantastic transformation!!! Very inspiring and you look happy

TossaBeanBag

Nice job! So, was that just eating less and exercising more?

TheSatinPumpkin

Amazing!. Huge Congratulations on your accomplishment.

hanymamdouh

jbach2 wrote: »

Nice job! So, was that just eating less and exercising more?

Hi jbach2,

It was some sort of transformation in life style based on counting calories. First I set target of 700 cal/day for intake, along with doing whatever I can to burn calories, like stairs instead of elevators. I used to park my car very far from office just to burn 5 cals. I did leave my desk for 5 minutes every 1 hour to climb the stairs for 4 floors to burn 10 cals, and so on. Counting burnt calories by end of day can be upto 300 cals from such small activities. Additionally, I set goal of 3 cups of ginger/green tea mix daily, and 8 cups of pure water to reduce toxics in my body and enhance metabolism. I started to do walking and jogging after 6 months from beginning of the journey, hence burning another 300 cals per day. Don't forget intimate relation that really helps to burn approximate of 200 cals per session.

That's it, I figured out every cal entered my body, and looked how to burn cals easily by changing my life style and encouraging myself.

emcemayo

(*) you did well for yourself really
Congratulations

TheLoliitta

Great way of modifying your life to help improve it ! Congrats!

Kate7294

Wow your a Rock Star!

momwantsbodyback

That is incredible! And who's that one the right? Your big brother? You look like a totally different person, well done!!!

hanymamdouh

Many thanks for all of you, you keep encourage me to maintain it and proceed to the next step of building muscles.

BlackStarlight

Congratulations!! Wow what an achievement!! xx

slowly_changing12

congrats!!!! you look great!!!

coasterphile

Congratulations! Your hard work is an inspiration to us all!!!

JudyK1978

So, what were you able to eat in a day of only 700 calories? What did a typical day look like? I'm sure you had to find the most filling food! Just curious for inspiration. Congrats to you! Great job and way to stay focused!

JudyK1978

Also, did you take any supplements, vitamins, HCG....?

hanymamdouh

JudyK1978 wrote: »

So, what were you able to eat in a day of only 700 calories? What did a typical day look like? I'm sure you had to find the most filling food! Just curious for inspiration. Congrats to you! Great job and way to stay focused!

Sorry for being too late as my son was admitted in the hospital for past 4 days and I didn't check the notifications. First, I haven't taken either supplements or vitamins or anything else, just the healthy food, and monitoring the daily intake of calories, carbs, protein and fat, and trying to keep them in the healthy range.

A typical day is 3 meals and goes like this

07:00 AM: Bran toasted bread slice (76 kcal) + Red Edam cheese (101 kcal) + unsweetened turkish coffe (0 kcal)

01:00 PM: 30 gm of dates (50 kcal)

06:00 PM: grilled (not roasted) chicken thigh w/o skin (186 kcal) or equivalent protein source + Mixed fresh vegetables salad (Tomato + cucumber + lettuce + sweet pepper + onion + lemon fruit) (approx. 120 kcal) + 1/2 cup steamed rice (no oil or other additions) (110 kcal)

09:00 PM: Orange fruit (68 kcal)

Total = 76+101+50+186+120+110+68=711 kcal

this ensures the most important elements your body needs daily. You can change whatever you want but be sure to replace it with item contains same elements, like replacing red edam cheese with cheddar cheese or turkey slice, and chicken thigh can be replaced with slice of beef or veal meat without any fats, and so on.

Also don't forget to drink enough water daily, and don't drink any water after your meal at least 1 hour to eliminate digestion problems.

Another hint is to stuck with low glycemic index carbs in your breakfast to ensure balanced support of energy and lower insulin rate in your blood. This also will help you feel full for long period.

Did I forget anything? just ask for any missing point or for further help. I want to share my journey with all of you and help friends as much as I can.

hummynbyrd2252

If you're ready to build muscle and maintain weight you should check out web site defineyoury.com, transformation program, it is amazing. I've seen the results of many people, it's great. Wonderful transformation program for anyone just starting also, and easy to do as long as you can exercise for 1/2 hr 5 days a week, at least!! You look awesome, keep it up and stay healthy!!!

hanymamdouh

hummynbyrd2252 wrote: »

If you're ready to build muscle and maintain weight you should check out web site defineyoury.com, transformation program, it is amazing. I've seen the results of many people, it's great. Wonderful transformation program for anyone just starting also, and easy to do as long as you can exercise for 1/2 hr 5 days a week, at least!! You look awesome, keep it up and stay healthy!!!

Thanks for the great advise hummynbyrd. Actually I'm following program of Mark Lauren described in "You are your own gym". It is a great book as well and explains nutrition and building muscles techniques in a very simple scientific way. I started one month ago and results are great. BTW I exercise 6 days a week for 90 minutes excluding cardio time.

Winterlover123

Oh my goodness, you look fantastic! Congats!

jofjltncb6

wrote: »

I really hope people realize they're congratulating you for eating at a beyond dangerous level. Pretty much you became and anorexic is what you're admitting to. That's nothing to congratulate you over

Will be interesting to see if this <700 calorie diet thread stays up.

My prediction: this post will be flagged into oblivion while the thread survives. It's the "new and improved" MFP flag system.

ETA: looks like my prediction was right on. Assuming a mod nuked PP's post, will be interesting to learn justification for letting this <700 thread survive.

ETAM: actually, since PP's post completely disappeared, it appears a mod nuked it...but left the entire <700 calorie thread. Have the rules about VLCD threads changed recently?

ETAEM: an abuse flag? Really?

QueenBishOTUniverse

Posting since it appears some may need clarification. This is from the MODS

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RHPSgirl1984

You look great, OP!