70 lbs down! 223 to 153! :)

trudiebamford

Bravo!!!

Kay50476

Your story is so amazing. What an inspiration.
By the way you were beautiful even before the weight loss. IJS

tawalker791

Kay50476 wrote: »

Your story is so amazing. What an inspiration.
By the way you were beautiful even before the weight loss. IJS

Thank you! You are too sweet!

myaminals

you look great! did you have any trouble with lose skin? it doesnt look like it just curious because that is around where i started and around where i wanna be

tawalker791

myaminals wrote: »

you look great! did you have any trouble with lose skin? it doesnt look like it just curious because that is around where i started and around where i wanna be

Yes I do struggle with that a bit. I have my "Mom pouch" still big time (love high waisted jeans lol!) so if I had not had children I'm not sure how it would be. I do have those turkey wing flaps a bit on my arms and a bit on my thighs and back that's loose, but I'm hoping to tighten it up a bit with this strength training! Had I been doing the strength training all along, I don't think everything would be nearly so flabby- I just didn't have an opportunity to do it until now! I will be posting update pics in 6 weeks when I'm done with week 12 of my program so we will see how it does on my flab! Lol best of luck to you!

DeviatedNorm

Heck yea, you have done amazing! You should be so proud of yourself!!!

myaminals

tawalker791 wrote: »

myaminals wrote: »

you look great! did you have any trouble with lose skin? it doesnt look like it just curious because that is around where i started and around where i wanna be

Yes I do struggle with that a bit. I have my "Mom pouch" still big time (love high waisted jeans lol!) so if I had not had children I'm not sure how it would be. I do have those turkey wing flaps a bit on my arms and a bit on my thighs and back that's loose, but I'm hoping to tighten it up a bit with this strength training! Had I been doing the strength training all along, I don't think everything would be nearly so flabby- I just didn't have an opportunity to do it until now! I will be posting update pics in 6 weeks when I'm done with week 12 of my program so we will see how it does on my flab! Lol best of luck to you!

thank you! good luck with the rest of your program! i will definitely be excited to see your six week update.

WhimsyWayward

great smile and awesome job!

smkondy

Wow-way to go!! You look great!!

GenElizabeth

How exciting!!! Awesome job, be super proud of yourself. I LOVE strength training and I know you will too! That's all I did to lose 75lbs too. I feel your struggles and am incredibly happy for you.

tawalker791

GenElizabeth wrote: »

How exciting!!! Awesome job, be super proud of yourself. I LOVE strength training and I know you will too! That's all I did to lose 75lbs too. I feel your struggles and am incredibly happy for you.

That's awesome! Glad to hear when other people have success from something I'm trying to work on! Definitely inspiring!

tawalker791

Everyone stay strong! The Halloween candy temptations are in full force!! Haha

KatVonTrees

Daaaaaaaaamn! This is so inspiring. You look amazing!

tawalker791

KatVonTrees wrote: »

Daaaaaaaaamn! This is so inspiring. You look amazing!

Thank you!!

tawalker791

Sorry my picture thing is messed up!

JennieMaeK

Amazing job. You look fantastic.

tawalker791

Got some cute fall clothes this week! Feeling even better in my clothes after 6 weeks of strength training!

Pierre_is_a_cat

Well done! From beautiful to healthy and beautiful.

Inspiration for me -- I'd like to lose 70lb from my start weight too (I'm half way there).

tawalker791

Pierre_is_a_cat wrote: »

Well done! From beautiful to healthy and beautiful.

Inspiration for me -- I'd like to lose 70lb from my start weight too (I'm half way there).

That's awesome!! It's definitely not easy at all...hell its not even easy to maintain but you will definitely look back once you hit your goal and be happy you pushed through all the obstacles and stuck with it!

ekim2016

Super star!!!

tawalker791

Been pretty bad this week with my eating when I had a 4 day weekend...back on the meal plans and gym plan tomorrow! Most important thing isn't whether you fall off or take a break for a bit...it's making sure you get back on it and don't make it a habit!

DetroitDarin

Holy sht. I mean. really. HOLY sht. Stunning. So proud of you.

joburnolt

Congratulations. You look great!

workinonit1956

Well done! You look great!!

tawalker791

Thank you!

tawalker791

Been feeling unmotivated with the holidays coming up, but I'm trying to power through these last 3 weeks of my training plan before I relax a bit for the holidays! Agh!

fancinancy64

Good for you . You look great !!!

onedivinediva76

Simply amazing!

kls0331

Such an inspiration! I am at the same point as you were when you started. You mention setting your calories and macros. Did you just use what was suggested?

tawalker791

kls0331 wrote: »

Such an inspiration! I am at the same point as you were when you started. You mention setting your calories and macros. Did you just use what was suggested?

I usedwhat was suggested at first, but honestly 1200 calories is really not enough for most people, that's just kind of a generic number which is the lowest amount anyone should be eating, but I did some research on that and it's usually too low! I was losing a bit, but once I raised my calories to 1500 I stared losing much faster! It was pretty amazing how much of a difference it makes when your body doesn't think it's starving! As far as macros, I did 30% protein and 35% carb and 35% fat for quite a while, and that worked really well for me. Now that I'm doing strength training I am doing 40% protein and 30% each of fat and carbs...I actually think I would have had even better results with that while I was losing weight- I think eating higher protein really does some great things for people!