Disney success!

victoria_1024

I last went to Disney World 3 years ago, and when I came home from the trip and saw the pictures of myself, I immediately joined MFP and got serious about weight loss. I lost 90 lbs and I've been in maintenance since April of 2016 (I also got pregnant and had a baby during the 3 year span so it took me a while to lose it all!). We just returned to Disney again last month and this time seeing the pictures of myself from the trip was a totally different experience.

Here is a picture of me from 3 years ago, compared to a picture of myself from a couple weeks ago. Same spot, meeting the same character (different boys though, lol).


A few other successes from the trip: I wore shorts pretty much every day, and didn't have any thigh chafing! One time I wore shorts to Disney when I was heavier and my thighs chafed so bad that I had to buy long pants at Disney because I was in pain. Not an issue now!

Also, I'm extremely active now so a full day of walking at Disney was nothing. My kids and husband were all complaining about how tired they were, and I felt physical completely normal. I know in the past that a full day of walking like that would have worn me out!

And finally, despite not logging my food for almost 3 weeks, many buffets and huge Christmas meals, and limited exercise, I still tried to make good choices as often as I could with food and managed to maintain my weight during vacation. I was nervous to step on the scale, thinking I'd be up maybe even a few pounds just in water weight, but not even a pound!

Just had to share my success! Thanks for reading!

empressjasmin

You look awesome! WTG

hnyzthms

Fantastic we go to disney in 29 wks my aim is to lose 28lb by then....I just to keep motivated x

fitoverfortymom

Going to Disney as not fat is very high on my list!

majess1022

You look fabulous!

shetland

So great!! Must have felt amazing to be the only one not tired, sweaty and exhausted!!

sarajenivieve

i cant express how happy i am that disney was involved in your story!! im such a disnerd!!

SalvationMountain41

Incredible! Just incredible.

victoria_1024

sarajenivieve wrote: »

i cant express how happy i am that disney was involved in your story!! im such a disnerd!!

Yay!! Me too!

InspiredNewJourney

I love this soooo much! Thank you for the post. We're a few years away from taking our family to Disney but it's a dream of mine and being able to do it and feel great and chase the kids and not blow my diet.

You look amazing! Congrats on the loss

girlgroves

Brill - that's like a Disney story in itself! Congratulations on all your successes!

Iamsimpleguy

You Nailed it amazing transformation and thank you for Inspiration

LillysMomma09

Fabulous!!!

JustMary82

Phenomenal! So inspiring!!

lenerb

This is very inspiring. You look fabulous. I have been on a simular journey. My husband and I are taking our children to Disney in October. My goals are to be able to keep up with my family, wear shorts without chafing and be down in weight. I have lost approx 30lbs last year. I would like to be down another 45 lbs by the end of October. One day at a time...

riffraff2112

This is quite awesome. Nice pics.

treehugnmama

I'm a disnerd too I completed my one and only half marathon at disney in 2010

great loss.

tgardi

Great job! We are DVC members and annual passholders! We also own a Disney travel agency. We go all the time! Greatest place on earth!

victoria_1024

treehugnmama wrote: »

I'm a disnerd too I completed my one and only half marathon at disney in 2010

great loss.

That's awesome! I'm sort of interested in a marathon at Disney, but I really don't enjoy running. At all. But I like the idea of it!

tgardi wrote: »

Great job! We are DVC members and annual passholders! We also own a Disney travel agency. We go all the time! Greatest place on earth!

Cool! I wish I could go more often, but living waaaay up north and having 4 kids makes for a long drive or an expensive flight. Maybe one day I'll live in Florida in the winters.

RA60172

Great job! Seeing pics of me from our Disney World trip is what got me here, too!

tgardi

Great thing about going to Disney is all the walking you do! Who needs the gym then?

victoria_1024 wrote: »

Cool! I wish I could go more often, but living waaaay up north and having 4 kids makes for a long drive or an expensive flight. Maybe one day I'll live in Florida in the winters.

We live in Alabama so it's about an 8 hour drive for us. We have talked about moving there when we retire and working at Disney but lately we've talked about working on a cruise ship. A friend of ours is now the Chief Security Officer on a Norwegian ship and he loves it!