150 lbs GONE!

rawrcandra · January 2015

WOW! This is incredible! Congratulations!

nellysen · January 2015

Absolutely amazing. Gives people like me so much hope! Thank you for sharing your success and VERY well done. You look stunning!!

RRBww · January 2015

Unbelievable! What an inspiration!

Healthy67Chick · February 2015

Wow! You give me hope! Thanks for posting your story!

mmshhmsh · February 2015

Only one word , WOW !!

FloraJL · February 2015

I'm glad this thread got bumped because losing 150.8 pounds is my overall goal! I've already lost 15 since the beginning of the year. It's super inspiring to see what you've done in only 16 months! Thank you!

ich_ashalyn · February 2015

Amazing job!!

cdcjensen · February 2015

Thank you, everyone, for kind words and encouragement! I got through the holidays, foot surgery, and now really cold days where I'm not outside exercising or moving around as much but am still holding steady 4.5 months after reaching my goal. No doubt, using the 16 months to create a lifestyle I can sustain (and not just staying focused on a weight loss goal) was the key. Getting excited about buying spring clothes!

walker306 · February 2015

Way to go! Very inspiring. What are the health benefits that you attained? Like your bloodwork? Is there a significant difference with your cholesterol? sugar? triglycerides?

cdcjensen · February 2015

Cholesterol went from over 250 to about 185, so I got off of those meds. Also got off of high blood pressure meds. Not to mention the back not hurting, the knees not hurting, I sleep well again, I have energy again, I don't feel mood swings or depression symptoms, and I am completely engaged in life again. All upside! (Oh, and those numbers were from before I met my goal - I go back next week for my 6-month labs and expect to see even better numbers!)

cdcjensen · August 2015

Not a clothing item, but look what I did today! It's lyrics from a song called "Boston", and I was on the streets of Boston, a few weeks after the marathon bombing, surrounded by the flowers/memorials, when I had my epiphany that I wasn't going to weigh 300+ pounds anymore. These lyrics have so much meaning in my journey, it's not even funny.

crgoakleaf · August 2015

Very proud of you

Jimmie342 · August 2015

Awesome! Truly inspirational.

Miss_TeaPot · August 2015

Wow wonderful! Glad I saw this today. So inspirational. You did amazing work!

cupcakesplz · August 2015

Wow you have did well!!
You should be so proud!!

provence9 · August 2015

Fabulous!

meemaw423 · August 2015

Thank you for sharing your story. You certainly have giving me motivation and inspiration to continue on my journey!!! Congrats to you!

HeatherHS · August 2015

I'm just starting out on my journey and you are a total INSPIRATION, congratulations to you

rbee2015 · August 2015

Holy cow!!!! Best transformation I have ever seen !!! Truly amazing

SLLRunner · August 2015

Wow! You look amazing!

becky53012 · August 2015

I am amazed! You look healthy, happy and beautiful! Enjoy the next part of your journey- getting to know yourself

LinDiSm26262 · August 2015

Congratulations on your outstanding successful weight loss. You are beautiful and give so many of us inspiration to keep going. Thank you!

LinDiSm26262 · August 2015

cdcjensen wrote: »

AShannon54 wrote: »

You totally rock! You are a great inspiration and I bet you feel fantastic.

Have you transitioned into maintaining instead of loss? I have about 15-20 more lbs to lose before I hit my long term goal (I have lost almost 120 lbs to date) and I am already worried/thinking/stressing about having to change my diet from 'loss' to 'maintenance'.

I have been working so hard and I have a daily routine for calories and it's a bit scary for me to start eating more. Overeating was the reason I gained all my weight in the first place. Any tips or suggestions on how to slowly move into 'maintenance mode'?

I've been doing it for a few weeks now, and I've got to say that it is FAR less stressful to me than weight loss mode was. I think that's because once I reached my goal (which was a somewhat arbitrary number), I stopped stressing over the scale and moved emphasis to how I look and feel. I still step on the scale each week, but it's more for a gut check than anything else, and I'm finding it stays pretty steady, maybe swinging a couple of pounds in either direction, but hovering at my goal. I've crept my calories up VERY slowly, so even after a month, most days, I only eat about 1400, although I go out to dinner with my husband once a week and now get what I actually want. I will keep inching up calories slowly as long as everything stays in check. And, of course, I still track everything faithfully in my food diary. That's how I'm managing the fear -- as long as I know what I'm consuming (and can point to the issue if the scale goes up), then I'm finding my fear subsiding as I show myself each day that I can actually eat and maintain control.