Wheelchair user 130lbs healthier!
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Omgggggg!!! You are AMAZING!!!!0
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Bookmarking this!! You are inspiring0
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Wow, wow, wow! What an amazing story! You look gorgeous (you were beautiful before too but I'm glad that you're happier and healthier now). This is very inspiring to me as I'm currently similar to the size you were when you started. Thank you for sharing this!0
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Hi there... we have another Internet community on a site "Reddit" that is noticing your progress as well -- congratulations on your progress! Thanks for the inspiring story! https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/3i89h8/need_some_motivation_dont_think_calorie_counting/0
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fantastic transformation! you rock!0
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Wow... Great job. Winning !!!0
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This totally supports the fact that one doesn't need "hard or intense" exercise to lose weight. It's inspirational to those who may believe that being disabled won't give them a chance either. I tip my hat to you for posting such a great success story.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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I am truly impressed and if u would like to be friends I can sure use the guidance cause I am one of those people stuck on my physical disability and want to change it and my life
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imogen__may wrote: »Thank you everyone, such lovey comments, I'm hugging you all!!! x x
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I really found strengh and inspiration from your testimony cause your evidence that hard work and dedication pays off. Would really like to be your friend0
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Damn son!
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Waw, absolutely amazing results, big congratulations to you. I think reading your thread has finally given me the kick up the *kitten* that I needed
To move myself, after loosing most of my vision back in December I've become a sloth so time to do something about it (diloch)0 -
Amazing! You look like a completely different person. And I love your haircut!0
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OH MY!!! you look AWESOME!!!!!0
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I just came across your post and I have to tell you that I'm full of admiration for the work you've put in. Like you say, this journey doesn't have a final destination, it's all about improving. Thank you for posting .0
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Thanks for sharing this. AMAZING results!0
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Wow you look amazing!!! Where are you in the UK?? My family from Cromwell. Gayle Minneapolis0
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Amazing work Imogen! May I add you on here for some inspiration/motivation?
Edit - found you on Insta! Your link above was trying to find you as that handle here0 -
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imogen__may wrote: »
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WOW!!! You are truely an inspiration ....Well done ....Congrats ..Feel free to add me0
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Wow! What an amazing and inspiring story! I can only repeat the previous comments and say how beautiful and HAPPY you look!!! I am so happy for you.....finding your true love and your true self (not to mention the best darn haircut I have ever seen!). I will look at your story and pictures each time I need a reminder that we have the power to succeed inside of us; all we need to do is reach in there and and pull it to the surface!!! Thank you for sharing this!! And congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!0
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imogen__may wrote: »Hey!
I don't know what made me think today was the right day to post some photos of my progress, but here we are anyway.
I'm a disabled woman, my impairment was really severe a few years ago and I was constantly in hospital, in ICU unable to breathe. I was in crisis, physically and mentally. And so I decided I needed to do something to take back control, or I'd die.
So I downloaded MFP, added some awesome friends are started calorie counting. It was the first time I'd actually truly understood calories and nutrition properly and things started to click into place. I learnt how to listen to what my body needed and how foods made me feel. For the first year it was just about being under my calories, even if I ate 3 slices of cake. That's what I loved about MFP, there was nothing I couldn't eat as long as I didn't go over my calories. The slowly, as I lost weight, I started to look more carefully at exactly what I was eating, trying to make my macros and thinking specifically about what would help me manage my impairment.
Today, I've not been in ICU for 4 years. I'm 130lbs lighter. My body and I work together to keep me as well as possible whilst still living with a fairly severe impairment. I'm also getting married! All things that seemed forever away 4 years ago.
I have just started to focus more specifically on working out, when I am able to, doing heavily adapted work outs, rather than attempting to lose lots more weight. My goal was 9st, and I'm currently 9st 4lbs.
I weight less that I've lost. I've shed 50% of my body weight. And happiness is off the scale!
To be clear, I willnever be 'finished'. These aren't my 'after' photos by any stretch of the imagination! I was to change my body for the better, always.
Photos!
I was wearing a UK size 26
Wearing a size 20/22 here, this is when I really decided I could do this and went at it properly!
This is the day I knew the woman I'd met would be my wife. That I had so much I wanted to live for and that if I worked hard I could *actually* live!
Excuse the selfies, I don't have tons of full length photos! This photos was my 32nd birthday, and I'm wearing a UK size 8 shirt!
I can't wait to be able to post again, with more changes to my health, wellbeing and body. You can follow me on Instagram too (@Brizzle__Kicks)
Thanks for looking!
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Thanks for sharing your amazing success story.0
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I have no excuses after seeing this... so inspirational0
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AMAZING!0
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Well done amazing! I'm going to show your story to my mum she has Cerebal palsy and has difficulty walking and feels she can't loose weight because she in her own words "can't exercise".
Recently she has been eating packs if processed meat for lunch and dinner to try and loose weight which is bonkers.
I try and tell her she doesn't need to do that and how unhealthy it is. I am hoping showing someone with a disability can be healthy and loose weight in a healthy way.
What kinds of exercises do you do? Thanks and well done again you look amazing x1 -
Congrats!!!0
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This post needs bumping. Awesome story OP!!0
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O m g!!!! You look fabulous!!! Amazing results!! Well done !!! X0
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