before and during (pics) my little journey

helenkaraven

sw- 178
cw-144
gw 136

ready.... here goes. I was on here a few years ago got down to a happy weight and maintained for quite some time. then disaster struck in the worst way. within a month in 2012 my marriage broke down and my best friend, my mama, had a brain annuerism and passed away. in the months after that i could barely function, let alone eat. which saw me get dangerously small and have a really bad relationship with food (and a worse one with alchohol). my beautiful wonderful friends realised this so they fed me. and fed me. and fed me. asi began to come out of the clouds i contiued to eat until i got up to the biggest ive been. now, im ok, in a better place and on this journey for life. i dont diet. i eat what i want, aslong as the numbers work. it can be done looking forward to goal weight and the future now.

ffbrown25

You are gorgeous! Well done!

helenkaraven

thankyou xxx heres to keeping it off!

smg92907

Wow! Great job you're looking good @144 how tall are you?

helenkaraven

im a shortass lol. im actually only 5.4 ! ive been down to 133 ish and look so ill. so between 136 and 144 puts me in a uk size 10 x

smg92907

Ha ha, same here, except I'm shorter Lol... 5'2.5" congrats on your journey and sorry about the loss of your mom, my mom is my best friend too

helenkaraven

short girls rock we are like little sticks of dynamite lol xx

secondeve

wow, you look awesome! very inspirational for me!!!! how long have you kept it off and how do you do it? that is my goal: keeping it off once i get it off again!!!!

smg92907

helenkaraven wrote: »

short girls rock we are like little sticks of dynamite lol xx

Ha ha! Yes, love it

brandi712

Thank you for sharing. You look beautiful. Another short girl here
And that dress you are wearing in the last picture is smokin'. Love it

helenkaraven

i maintained before for about 3 years. i just carried on logging the food and the weight after i hit goal. then that tailed off and i found i was more concious of what was in the stuff i was eating (one cupcake.... like 495 cals?!?!?!?!) i loooove chocolate and cakes and had them all but in moderation. good luck. you can absolutely do this

helenkaraven

i love being short lol, my fella is 6ft 4 he laughs at me when i take my heels off!!!

Alli4Chocolate

You look great!!