Down 47.2 lbs in 107 days

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charlottemcmath wrote: »

Omg you're amazing! Such an inspirational story and so nice to be forthcoming with your method. I'm down 17 lb in 45 days and I'm really striving for a big, quick loss like yours.

Thank you! Don't get discouraged... My wife has been doing basically the same thing as me, except her workouts were not quite as intense as mine, more frequent, but just as long, or longer. Our bodies are all different, so we need to find what works best for us. My wife is about 5'4" and is currently about 135. She's lost roughly 30 lbs in the same time-frame as I.

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Here's an updated picture from August 10th, compared to what I looked like on February 8th, 2016. I will actually hit my 6 month mark on 8/27. This past week I've been weighing in between 172.6 to 173.6, I'm still logging everything daily.

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Congratulations!

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I just wanted to throw out a quick update. I have faithfully been using MFP for 16 months, every day. I exceeded my original goals fairly quickly (starting at 230 lbs. at the end of Feb. 2016), I had to constantly set new goals. Ultimately, I settled on a weight range of 170 lbs., +/-5 lbs.

Today, I am 176.3, working my way back to 170 (my height is about 5'11"). However, I had gotten as low as 164 around Oct/Nov 2016, while continuing to eat healthy with regular strength and cardio workouts (3-4 times a week), but often felt light-headed when standing quickly & wasn't eating enough protein to build much muscle mass.

I ended up with a shoulder injury in Dec 2016, which knocked me off of my strength training habit ever since. This was a slight setback, but I stayed committed to cardio and ran my 1st 10k at an average pace of 9:08 on 4/29/17 at 174.4 lbs. (I've never had the desire to run that far & still don't - but it felt good to do it).

I am just now getting back into strength training, s-l-o-w-l-y...

I really love MFP, because it helps me achieve my goals. I know exactly what I can eat & how it will affect my weight, day to day, by watching calories & nutrients. If I want to eat more, I just workout more to burn those extra calories. It works every time!