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

Nicole_kayy

You're gorgeous!

stm712015

You both radiate happiness. I love seeing success stories (and pics!) like this because it's so motivating! I started in July of last year too, at 238 and have a goal of 155, so not too far from your stats. I took a 6 month maintenance period, but am back at it. Just 20 lbs to go to goal. Your post was just what I needed to see today. Thanks for sharing and congratulations!

aahart78

You look awesome

amfmmama

you are amazing and this post is just what I needed. Thank you.

crystalmorrison378

Dang girl! You look fantastic! Congrats on ur success!

Rebekah_89

You look absolutely stunning!!! Great job!

DanerTee

OMG what a transformation! You were beautiful before, but stunning now!

anabet88

Gorgeous!

tuckedawayplace

Wow, that's amazing. Congratulations!

_dixiana_

Well done!!! You look great!

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! ☺️