Where were you a year ago today?
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Such great stories from everyone! Way to go!
A year ago, I was gaining weight to get to my heaviest ever (which came in March this year). Not much weight compared to the amazing stories here, but I was starting to notice most of my pants/jeans weren't fitting,and had to buy a couple pair in a larger size. Was experiencing regular rosacea flare-ups, IBS issues, and was self-medicating depression with cheez-its and booze.0 -
Probably a bit over a year between these two photos I think. This time last year I was stressing about how I was going to manage to lose enough weight to feel comfortable on the beach on my holidays. I worked out solidly for 5 weeks and lost NO WEIGHT, I was 25 pounds heavier than I am now. It may not have been a pretty sight but I still wore my bikini on the beach one time. Last night I was trying out all of last years clothes to see which I can carry over to my holiday this year. The answer is none! I need to buy all new so I have ordered a selection of bikinis, I intend to wear a different one to the beach every day :-)
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Pic 2 is with my beautiful new niece this past weekend:
Ok, you're young in both pics, but this one you look SO young, I was thinking you were a teenager or the baby sitter! What a transformation Luiz! Way to go !
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / The Recipe Water Fasting / E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program
Current weight: 198.5, 115.5 pounds down, 19.5 to go. 13 months on diet
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1 year ago: same shape, same weight roughly. Keto for Konsistency...I can't complain. I take it as a win as looking the same but having more knowledge & experience0
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Probably a bit over a year between these two photos I think. This time last year I was stressing about how I was going to manage to lose enough weight to feel comfortable on the beach on my holidays. I worked out solidly for 5 weeks and lost NO WEIGHT, I was 25 pounds heavier than I am now. It may not have been a pretty sight but I still wore my bikini on the beach one time. Last night I was trying out all of last years clothes to see which I can carry over to my holiday this year. The answer is none! I need to buy all new so I have ordered a selection of bikinis, I intend to wear a different one to the beach every day :-)
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Pic 2 is with my beautiful new niece this past weekend:
Ok, you're young in both pics, but this one you look SO young, I was thinking you were a teenager or the baby sitter! What a transformation Luiz! Way to go !
Dan the Man from Michigan
Keto / The Recipe Water Fasting / E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program
Current weight: 198.5, 115.5 pounds down, 19.5 to go. 13 months on diet
Lol! This makes me happier than you could ever know
(it's lucky the camera isn't good enough to pick up the wrinkles around my eyes) 0 -
A year ago, I hit a high from my low two years prior after losing over 100#. I took a new position at work three years ago & stress ate my way back up 40#+.
Now, I'm down 25 of that 40# gain & still coming down...hope to be close to my goal by the end of the year, if not hitting it. I'm avoiding the scale & enjoying fitting into my smaller clothes instead.0 -
I was 30 pounds lighter a year ago and 45 pounds lighter 6 months before that. I have learned this year that no matter how wonderful the way of eating, the eating disorder can still win and destroy all of your hard work. If I ever get back to my low weight, you will not hear me say "Never Again". I have fought a monster all my life. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose... But I never stop trying.0
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I was about 40-50 pounds heavier
I lose slowly
I gained it slowly so I'm fine with it.
What a nice line of personal success stories !!
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One year ago, Oct 2014..... I was struggling with all kinds of hormonal issues, I was quite miserable. Tired all the time, not sleeping well, hot flashes, brain fog, racing heart, feeling like I was one raw nerve away from a nervous breakdown, etc etc. My weight was 162. Not horrible, just over the line into "overweight" on the BMI charts. Our scale broke in December and I didn't buy a new one. In May 2015 when my SO was starting Atkins on doctor's recommendation and I started eating lower carb too, I was completely surprised when ALL of those hormonal issues either decreased or disappeared altogether. I bought a new scale about 2 weeks into this woe and my weight was 164 (it may have been higher before that, I don't know). Now I'm at 150, and 3 notches on my belt smaller, and in the normal weight range on the BMI chart. I consider the weight loss as a bonus, I'm mainly doing it because I don't feel like crap anymore. I wouldn't mind losing a few more pounds, but I'm not worried about it (The SO lost 50 pounds so far). I have to believe that I'm much healthier, I certainly feel far better.
Hmm...food for thought - new pre-menopausal/menopausal treatments: High fat diet? I know it can restore and regulate cycles in the childbearing aged crowd. I hadn't thought about the other implications... Interesting. Anyone else have input on this?0 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »One year ago, Oct 2014..... I was struggling with all kinds of hormonal issues, I was quite miserable. Tired all the time, not sleeping well, hot flashes, brain fog, racing heart, feeling like I was one raw nerve away from a nervous breakdown, etc etc. My weight was 162. Not horrible, just over the line into "overweight" on the BMI charts. Our scale broke in December and I didn't buy a new one. In May 2015 when my SO was starting Atkins on doctor's recommendation and I started eating lower carb too, I was completely surprised when ALL of those hormonal issues either decreased or disappeared altogether. I bought a new scale about 2 weeks into this woe and my weight was 164 (it may have been higher before that, I don't know). Now I'm at 150, and 3 notches on my belt smaller, and in the normal weight range on the BMI chart. I consider the weight loss as a bonus, I'm mainly doing it because I don't feel like crap anymore. I wouldn't mind losing a few more pounds, but I'm not worried about it (The SO lost 50 pounds so far). I have to believe that I'm much healthier, I certainly feel far better.
Hmm...food for thought - new pre-menopausal/menopausal treatments: High fat diet? I know it can restore and regulate cycles in the childbearing aged crowd. I hadn't thought about the other implications... Interesting. Anyone else have input on this?
For me, it seems to have sped things up. My cycles now look perimenopausal, and closer together. It could be a coincidence though. I am approaching THAT age.
... it's not fair that women hit puberty twice. 0 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »One year ago, Oct 2014..... I was struggling with all kinds of hormonal issues, I was quite miserable. Tired all the time, not sleeping well, hot flashes, brain fog, racing heart, feeling like I was one raw nerve away from a nervous breakdown, etc etc. My weight was 162. Not horrible, just over the line into "overweight" on the BMI charts. Our scale broke in December and I didn't buy a new one. In May 2015 when my SO was starting Atkins on doctor's recommendation and I started eating lower carb too, I was completely surprised when ALL of those hormonal issues either decreased or disappeared altogether. I bought a new scale about 2 weeks into this woe and my weight was 164 (it may have been higher before that, I don't know). Now I'm at 150, and 3 notches on my belt smaller, and in the normal weight range on the BMI chart. I consider the weight loss as a bonus, I'm mainly doing it because I don't feel like crap anymore. I wouldn't mind losing a few more pounds, but I'm not worried about it (The SO lost 50 pounds so far). I have to believe that I'm much healthier, I certainly feel far better.
Hmm...food for thought - new pre-menopausal/menopausal treatments: High fat diet? I know it can restore and regulate cycles in the childbearing aged crowd. I hadn't thought about the other implications... Interesting. Anyone else have input on this?
From what I have read, it has to do with the hormonal imbalances causing insulin resistance which sends the hormonal balances even farther out of whack, one of which is cortisol. By eating LCHF, you reduce the insulin resistance so it fixes some of the worst of the fluctuations.0 -
Great stories! Way to go!!
One year ago today I was about 18 months into this way of eating, and down to my lowest weight since I was a sophomore in high school (about 145 lbs). 11 months ago I found out I was pregnant with daughter number four. I gained 50 lbs this pregnancy (I always gain 50 lbs, doesn't seem to matter what I do!), and I've lost 33 of that as of today (my daughter is 2 months old now). LCHF may not have prevented me from gaining a lot of weight during the pregnancy, but it sure seems to be making the weight fly off now that it's over
. Only 17 lbs to goal. With my other kids (when I was eating typical low fat, high fiber fare) it took anywhere from 18 months to 2 years to lose the weight (and I was hungry and depressed much of the time, with chronic eczema). Much happier this time around! 0 -
LOL, one year ago I weighed 12 pounds less than I do currently
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Keliandra, ditto... I had to be around 15lbs heavier than I am now. I had fallen off the clean eating wagon hard about 2 months earlier with just one meal and was months away from learning about ketosis.0
