working back to old weight(with pic)

faith326

Trying to stay positive and was browsing through old pictures. This photo of me and a friend is when I felt the best. I had just lost 20lbs(but wasn't eating right) and was just fitting into size 7 jeans(about148lbs). That was the first time since high school that I could and was so excited! Now i'm quite a few sizes bigger and my goal weight is 135lbs, which might look too skinny on me but I plan to build muscle and do this the healthy way. does anyone else look at their old photo and use it as encouragement? I wish I took more picture of myself when I was smaller lol. So instead of using a celebrity as an inspiration, I will just use me, from a couple years ago!



I'm the girl on the right

sugaree1202

I have a photo on my nightstand of my fiance and I with our kids. It was taken 2 years ago, right before I re-injured my ankle and stopped working out. I had been doin cardio and strength training for 5 months and was in great shape -I use that pic for inspiration all the time!

Keep it up and you'll reach your goals!

faith326

thanks! that's awesome that your so motivated after your injury! Hope its healing well for you.

sugaree1202

Thanks! Unfortunately when I broke my ankle in 2010, the main nerve was cut during surgery. In 2010, about 6 months after getting off crutches and 5 months into getting back to my pre-injury body,, I rolled it and was back on crutches for another 3 months and stopped working out until 5 weeks ago. I gained back all the weight I had lost plus some :mad:. Because of the nerve damage, I have limited use of my right foot and can't do a lot of the activities I did before but am able to modify my current workout program. I'm not letting anything stop me this time, the last thing I want to do is have to start over......again