One year later and 53 lbs down...with pics

ontherunat41 · June 2016

Hello! I wish I had a heart-gripping inspirational story to share or some revealing secret I could pass on to you. I don't. I'm just a woman who wanted to lose weight, get back to running and feel better about herself. I lost those 53 lbs slowly and through perseverance. I didn't let setbacks or stalls stop me (and believe me, there were plenty of those). I just kept going and chipped away at at the old, tired me to reveal a new, active me. Am I done? I have no idea. I'll be done when my body settles at a weight based on how I'm LIVING (not dieting)! Anyway, I started to enjoy more success when I stopped focusing on the number on my scale and started focusing on kicking *kitten*. Thanks for celebrating with me! FYI: the pictures go in chronological order from March, 2015 to present.

MarleneTwo · June 2016

Well done! You look healthy and happy!

nubianqueen1982 · June 2016

Congrats. You look happy, as well as, beautiful.

always_serenity2016 · June 2016

Wow, great job! Cheers to living

joan4440 · June 2016

Beautiful! Congrats.

Finally1502016 · June 2016

You're stunning!!! Congratulations!

scottburger104 · June 2016

what a great job!

bluecollarfrench · June 2016

wow, you look amazing! Great job, I think you might have found the fountain of youth on the way!

normalicia11 · June 2016

Great job

kimm40p · June 2016

You look great. What are your stats. You look to be a shorty

Shells918 · June 2016

Wow!!! You look great!!! Congratulations!!!

coloradokat78 · June 2016

You look awesome!! Great job!!

ontherunat41 · June 2016

kimm40p wrote: »

You look great. What are your stats. You look to be a shorty

I'm 5'5"...does that qualify, lol?

BiggDaddy58 · June 2016

Awesome and Congrats!!!

ddoerr57 · June 2016

Fantastic effort!

Maria_Fatima · June 2016

Oh my God. Wow! Well done

solieco1 · June 2016

Now that's a success story! Well done! Thanks for sharing.

Maria_Fatima · June 2016

How long did it take you to lose these 53lbs? A year and 3 months, or did you start before that?

JeromeBarry1 · June 2016

Your weight loss goal? Were you trying to stay under your MFP daily calorie goal? Did you eat back a portion of your exercise calories? Striving winners at losing want to know.

nowine4me · June 2016

Persistence and focus. Well done!

ontherunat41 · June 2016

Maria_Fatima wrote: »

How long did it take you to lose these 53lbs? A year and 3 months, or did you start before that?

It did take me about a year. I lost slowly because I didn't obsessively diet as much as I tried to make healthy choices and exercise regularly.

Debmal77 · June 2016

WTG! You look great!!

Maria_Fatima · June 2016

ontherunat41 wrote: »

Maria_Fatima wrote: »

How long did it take you to lose these 53lbs? A year and 3 months, or did you start before that?

It did take me about a year. I lost slowly because I didn't obsessively diet as much as I tried to make healthy choices and exercise regularly.

That's exactly what I intend to do. I'm so glad to have found someone to look up to. I don't want to diet as a 2 week motivated challenge and then leave it. I want healthy choices to be part of my life.

ontherunat41 · June 2016

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

Your weight loss goal? Were you trying to stay under your MFP daily calorie goal? Did you eat back a portion of your exercise calories? Striving winners at losing want to know.

I have no idea what my goal is or should be! Just to be able to comfortably run? I'm not planning on changing how I eat so I guess my weight settles where it settles and I'm okay with that now. I absolutely did NOT stay under my calorie goal and, while I do log exercise, I didn't make a concerted effort to eat back those calories. Sometimes I did eat them back, sometimes I didn't. Honestly, I just wanted to be able to live with my eating habits so I really try to be smart about what I put in my mouth. On days I log a lot of miles, I'm hungrier so I'll eat more but try to make it fruit and veg. I definitely learned the hard way that I cannot nor should not skip meals just for the sake of saving calories. Then my workouts suffer and I feel terrible. Do I still eat chocolate and occasionally indulge in something fantastic? God, yes.