Goal Reached! Down 103 pounds-Size 20 to size 6!

Penthesilea514

Congratulations- that's amazing! Great job

InfoomaousTete

You look wonderful! Congrats!!

goodreadsgal

Fantastic great job. Thanks for posting

Iamsimpleguy

Congratulations!! Thats great dedication and fantastic job!! True Inspiration! Looking amazing

travelgirl77

You look wonderful and have every reason in the world to be proud of yourself!

STEVE142142

Congrats. You're absolutely gorgeous

Jamochadiva

You

bladwell

You look fabulous! Please share some of your hardest tribulations you went through and how you dealt with them.

trudiebamford

Fantastic!!!!

caramel827

bladwell wrote: »

You look fabulous! Please share some of your hardest tribulations you went through and how you dealt with them.

Thank you for the nice compliment! I really appreciate you and everyone who took time out to say such nice things!

Regarding tribulations I think the first thing that came to mind was when going through the process of shifting towards a true change in lifestyle was the fact that the process seemed slow at the time. By that I mean the weeks when I got on the scale and didn't see a change. I am such a goal oriented person so in my mind I "failed" that week... But I slowly learned that maintaining is so not a failure and begin to read up on the fact that there really are not plateaus. Our bodies have a natural way of regulating weight and there are times like that. It didn't mean I failed because- I was not on a diet. I always tell people that. I got rid of the weight ( I prefer that term to saying I lost it actually lol- losing means you want to find it again and I sure don't want to do that!) by monitoring my intake. Because I only ate foods I enjoyed I learned to shrug when the number wasn't what I expected hop off and keep on monitoring because I ate only what I liked. This for me was a breakthrough.

One day and One pound at a time. That that quote I saw from someone on these very boards is how I dealt with the times I saw no change. Because I knew I had changed.

And you know something when o look back to July 2015 I realize it really was that long ago at all. Slow and steady really does win the race! That reminds me weighing weekly versus daily was huge for me. Despite my new mindset I can't lie that I do still get that little drop in my tummy if the scale is wonky so for me weekly works because daily is just too iffy!

I hope that helps! Another thing I did to help with that is celebrate along the way- I did a post after about a 70 pound loss on these boards with some tips if you want them- just search my name or inbox me and I'll send the link!

Good luck to you! Remember that you got this! ☺️

thenananator

Such good words , thank you! Congratulations on the hard work and the Rewards!!!! Very inspirational.

softkitty5

Wow!! You are so beautiful! Love your haircut. Love how happy and healthy you look!!

canadianlbs

you look wonderful. and so happy

DebSozo

You both look 10 years younger and so fit! Look at those arms, and what a tiny waist you have! What kind of fitness program and diet did you follow? Do you have a link to part 1 of your initial journey?

alexandrastoica2016

Looking amazing. What a change! Congrats!

Bayluvr

Awesome JOB!!!! You look wonderful!

caramel827

DebSozo wrote: »

You both look 10 years younger and so fit! Look at those arms, and what a tiny waist you have! What kind of fitness program and diet did you follow? Do you have a link to part 1 of your initial journey?

Thank you so much for your nice words! Here is the first post I made in Success Stories about 70 pounds loss:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10406957/size-20-to-size-10-pic-included/p1

Here is Part II with a few things that worked for me:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10411906/part-ii-size-20-to-size-10-71-6-pounds-gone-tips-for-those-who-want-them#latest

Good luck! Take it one day at a time!

JR188

Very impressive & inspirational. Nice job, you look great!

MS__Belle

You look amazing! Congratulations on your success!

smkondy

Totally incredible!! You look fabulous!! Congrats on your success Please share some of your tips..... how many calories did you eat per day? Did you exercise every day?

goodreadsgal

Thanks so much

prettygirlstorm1

Wow you look amazing!! Great job!!! so inspiring!!!

cbstewart88

YEOWZA!!!! Good for you!! You are stunning....

mrsjoyw

You look AMAZING!! I just started a 30 day arm challenge for December with hopes that it IS possible to get toned arms. YOU are my inspiration!! I love your dress!! You wear that belt! I see you have it at the second to last hole!! YOU GO GIRL!! YAAAAAS!!

cessi0909

Amazing! Great job!!

WW1984

You look GORGEOUS!

NoNameJustMe

Wow, you look fantastic! Congrats!

KhadijahOwos

You look amazing! Congratulations!

caramel827

smkondy wrote: »

Totally incredible!! You look fabulous!! Congrats on your success Please share some of your tips..... how many calories did you eat per day? Did you exercise every day?

Thank you (and everyone) for saying such nice things.

All of my tips can be found here in a post I did after about 70 pounds loss and I still use them to this day:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10411906/part-ii-size-20-to-size-10-71-6-pounds-gone-tips-for-those-who-want-them#latest

In response to your questions initially MFP had me at 1210 each day for two pounds loss a week.

Around June I changed my setting to 1.5 pounds loss a week because I read in one of these boards that you should gradually increase your intake so your body isn't shocked after such a huge loss and then you start trying to maintain. I kept that up until Sept.26 which is the day I met my goal of 100 pounds loss.

For maintenance (of 149/150 pounds for my height) mfp gives me 1660 calories which blew my mind to be honest and oddly I'm struggling with making sure I eat enough- who Would have thought right? I don't want to see a gain so I'm super careful! So far so good i actually have a cushion so to speak right now at 143...

And btw I never ever ate all my exercise calories. Mostly because for me my exercise is walking and competing on fitbit so I would just eat half which is a habit I continue. I think there are just to many calories factored in as exercise calories but that's just how it worked for me.

I hope that helps! Feel free to friend me and or message me!

Monica

lisabetts142

Thank you for your inspiration! You are beautiful.