From 270 to 148. Finally not Overweight by BMI.

thistimewillbedifferent · July 2013

You SHOULD be excited, you have accomplished so much! You look fantastic! Congrats!

NavyKnightAh13 · July 2013

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

schertz72 · July 2013

awesome....keep posting....this is encouraging cause right now it feels like a huge mountain I need to climb from years of slowly packing on weight and not going up or down more than 5-10 lbs. I am at my heaviest and it sucks. I want to be a better example to my daughter 15 and son 11. Thanks for sharing ...

jo69 · July 2013

You did an amazing job! My hats off to you for your wonderful progress!

Balance_Breathe · July 2013

Holy crap. That is an amazing transformation, and in a pretty short time, too. That's about the same amount I need to lose, so THANK YOU for sharing.

gertudejekyl · July 2013

You now look like a movie star ! I wish you would tell what kind of calorie range you stayed in to lose at that rate. I love the bumble bee too !

aprmay · July 2013

You look amazing! Congrats! :flowerforyou:

iluvwdw · July 2013

that is great! you look awesome

that sucks about your guy friends though! I guess you really do learn who your real friends are when you are going through bad times AND good it would seem!

Congrats on a job well done!

juliegrey1 · July 2013

well done!This is amazing progress!:flowerforyou:

tngirl37 · July 2013

You are gorgeous!

Landi_001 · July 2013

New people join all the time and have never read your stories. Please don't stop sharing

Faery_Dust · July 2013

You look fantastic! What a wonderful achievement!

MyJourney1960 · July 2013

wow - you look so good, and like a whole different person!

and please don't apologize for posting too many times - no.such.thing! it's these very posts that help people like me to continue on and stay committed when the going gets rough.

xxcooneyxx · July 2013

For those of you on here and in my inbox asking for more details on my plan:

All I did was count calories for the first 2/3 of my weight loss. I ate 1,000 calories under what I burned a day, in order to lose two pounds a week. When I had gotten small enough that eating 1000 calories under what I burned a day, was below 1200 calories, I stopped lowering my calorie intake as I lost weight. Instead, I started exercising so I could continue to eat 1,200 calories a day while still getting to lose around two pounds a week. The weight loss slows down gradually the more you lose, so now I don't always lose two pounds in one week. In the beginning I was losing over 2 pounds a week consistently.

The last 1/4 of my diet this far, I started eating vegan. I didn't do it for the weight loss I did it for my health. I have no gallbladder and eating a lot of grease and fat was making me very ill with abdominal cramps and frequent trips to the bathroom (If you catch my drift.) I think it's actually a bit harder to eat vegan and stay under my calorie goal that it was back when I ate meat and animal products. I feel much healthier now and I have my blood-work regularly monitored by a doctor to make sure I'm ok.

As for exercise, I now do three days on, one day off of 30-40 min of cardio. I use an elliptical. Hope this helps!

xoTalim · July 2013

Oh my gosh. You are freaking gorgeous! I am so jealous.

hannahjames295 · July 2013

Wow! That is fantastic, another amazing inspiration! Plus I love the little bee costume, so cute!
Keep it up!

heather4949 · July 2013

Whoa......sooooo impressed.......you are amazing.....well done..

fufi04 · July 2013

Woohoo!:drinker: Congrats!

mhiggi02 · July 2013

Way to go girl, you look great! Don't apologize for posting - you are making tremendous strides - strides I wish i made 15 years ago. Good for you for not waiting!