MFP THANK YOU - 100lbs gone forever (pic and feels heavy)

KetoneKaren

Super-inspiring! Your choices transformed your life from one defined by illness and medical conditions to one of optimal health. So moving. Congratulations and thank you for sharing this.

lauhil

Very inspiring, great job!

griffithm1

So proud of you!!! Great job in all areas.

Rhiannonpwj

You look amazing, but more importantly you look so happy and so strong! You're a massive inspiration.

pbandalyssa

naomillion wrote: »

This is truly the most inspiring and touching story I have come across so far! Not focusing your post about your weightloss, but much more telling about the life you gained, is touching my heart. Although you might never see this comment, I still want to say thank you for sharing this and inspiring me and many others with your achievements. Thank you thank you thank you and all the best for your life!

This was my favorite comment, thank you so much.

Nightmare_Queen88

Wow congratulations. You look absolutely amazing.

arkowalyshyn

How did you make the dive in to the lifting and fitness lifestyle? Was it a gym membership, or particular program that got you started?
(At 5"3, I went from 210 to currently 130. I've been following a progressive lifting program at home, with some running here and there. I really want to go to the next left of athletic fitness, after a lifetime of obesity)

AngInCanada

Omg you look amazing! You are my hero!

pbandalyssa

arkowalyshyn wrote: »

How did you make the dive in to the lifting and fitness lifestyle? Was it a gym membership, or particular program that got you started?
(At 5"3, I went from 210 to currently 130. I've been following a progressive lifting program at home, with some running here and there. I really want to go to the next left of athletic fitness, after a lifetime of obesity)

Jillian Michaels Body Revolution, then Insanity, then joining a gym and taking HIIT classes with weights, then crossfit...now I do it all! Good luck! It was a progressive thing, and I'm still learning. I mostly joined crossfit for help with compound lifts, now I do those on my own.

JChadwick22

Incredible. You are my future me!

cjuneau69

Totally amazing!!!

HazyEyes93

Dang. You are definitely goals.

bobsburgersfan

WOW. You are A. MAY. ZING!!!! Congratulations on your journey and tremendous success. My favorite photo is the one where you are doing a handstand on the beach, because it looks like a stock photo of a model.

Kel_bel1978

oh my gosh, you're my hero!

humblemonkey

Funny- I follow you on instagram (fellow PCOS-er) bc you liked a post I posted a while back!

120poundstogo

pbandalyssa wrote: »

I am so ridiculously grateful for this website. I had a previous post that was very popular here (•1000 days logged in a row, over 90 pounds lost! [pics]) that I recently had deleted. I wanted to share my story on a post that I felt comfortable keeping. I have lost over 100 pounds, but gained a whole new life. My life changed for the better the day I found out I had PCOS and was insulin resistant, as well as clinically obese. If I didn't lose weight, eventually I would die.



Coupled with that, I had the worst asthma which landed me in the hospital more times than I could count, and I was developing heart issues at the young age of 21. I didn't want to go on medication. I wanted to change. So I did.






As for some back story, growing up I was ALWAYS overweight! Always! I was picked on my entire life for my size. For my frizzy, untamed hair. For my acne.







So after that awful doctors appointment, I found myfitnesspal. I learned how to count calories. I started walking very, very slowly. Little by little, pounds started falling off. I fell absolutely in love with fitness. It became my entire life. I started doing things I never thought I was capable of.














I started lifting weights. I became strong. I ran a Spartan race. I learned how to do a handstand. I hit a sumo deadlift PR of 215#. I learned how to climb a rope. I learned how to throw heavy weights around. My asthma become non-existent. I am no longer insulin resistant. My PCOS symptoms have virtually disappeared. I went from 215 pounds at my heaviest to under 115. I was able to travel without carrying an inhaler. I was able to skydive without being scared I might not be able to breathe.







I had the confidence to randomly dress as Sandra Dee for Halloween (disclaimer: no, I do not smoke LOL).



I have become a happy, healthy, radiant human being.
.Very nice you look happier healthier and more calm now beautiful you!




In the past few years, I gathered the courage to learn how to drive. I bought a brand new car. I paid off that car in two years. I got a well paying job in my field. I bought a house. I adopted a 3-legged pooch. I have become someone I only could have dreamed of when I was a kid. I can honestly thank MFP for helping me succeed.

I have recently decided to depart from here now that I have a handle on things and have taken my life primarily over to my instagram: @pbandalyssa

I have put some thought into returning for intermittent fasting support, as I've been recently practicing 19/5!

Please feel free to follow me there.

You look more healthier calmer rested and very hot now beautiful you!

gponter79

Well done you, inspiration to the 1000's of people on here.

lorrpb

Awesomeness!! Congrats!!