Goal Reached! 135 lbs down--please be encouraged if you have 100+ to lose!

TorrizzleWillSizzle

AMAZING!!!

forlease

So inspirational! You're my height and age and it really helps to see such wonderful change as a result of your hard work and dedication.

legsnbacon

Good for you!

Can I make a suggestion? In your post you say you have a large frame, looking at your after pictures, you most definitely do not have a large frame, I'd take that out of there.

lauratreadwell1

Congratulations! You are proof that it can be done without surgery. I need to lose over 100lbs and my doctor wants me to have gastric sleeve surgery. I keep insisting that I can do it on my own with just eating changes and exercising, but he doesn't believe me. I guess I'll just have to prove him wrong. Thanks for the inspiration.

JulieSHelms

legsnbacon wrote: »

Good for you!

Can I make a suggestion? In your post you say you have a large frame, looking at your after pictures, you most definitely do not have a large frame, I'd take that out of there.

I determined that based on wrist measurements. One wrist is in the large category and the other is right on the border of large/medium. The other notable thing, although it doesn't show so much in this photo is I have a large rib cage. I have to be careful what shirts I wear, because it can protrude weirdly. Also, I don't know if you noticed but my weight is still technically overweight according to the BMI chart. The doctor does not want me losing any more. Medium frame would have me losing about 20 more pounds for acceptable weight. Maybe if you saw me standing next to another person it would give more perspective? I'm not sure what you are keying in on that makes you think that.

penny_heathwood

You look absolutely amazing. Thank you for posting. It gives me something to look forward to.

bluets2011

You win the internet today!!! Your work has paid off. Congratulations!!!

CatMama526

You are an inspiration! I've got PCOS and am trying to lose, and reading this gave me hope. I can't believe that the doctor told you that you could basically just hope to maintain! You really showed them!

NextPage

This is an incredible storey. You are an inspiration to women over 50!

Tulip9

Thanks for sharing. I love seeing all the in between photos, and your happy face!

provence9

Any particular way of eating? Low-carb, clean-eating, vegetarian etc. or just counting calories? A lot of PCOS patients have success with low carb. I was wondering what worked for you. You look great!!

JulieSHelms

provence9 wrote: »

Any particular way of eating? Low-carb, clean-eating, vegetarian etc. or just counting calories? A lot of PCOS patients have success with low carb. I was wondering what worked for you. You look great!!

I did low carb (25g/day) for the first 30 lbs--no counting calories, no exercise--lost about 2 lbs/week. That worked really well till it didn't anymore. Then I started working on low carb and portion control and lost about another 25 lbs. Then came my 7 months of nothing happening. I found MFP, learned the importance of counting calories, and got going again. I also learned from people here, how important strength training was for helping insulin resistance--I took it to heart and have been lifting ever since! I pretty much maintained 2 lbs/week, up until the last 5 which were slower...

JulieSHelms

Thanks so much everybody for the kind words. Probably my biggest (unspoken) goal, if I'm honest, for weight loss was to just feel normal again. To feel like a regular person. I know being overweight doesn't make me less of a person, but being 'different' in that way is always hanging there, every time I walk into a room and am the biggest person there. I NEVER anticipated what a psychological thing losing weight would be. But this MFP community, where like-minded strangers encourage you on, is just amazing.

lauravv2

What an inspiration! Thank you for sharing and giving us all hope and a vision!

Dinger2017

You look SO healthy and SO happy...and if I may say, much younger!!! Way to go and good job sticking to your goals! I can't wait to post my "after" pictures

ggeise14

Definitely - cheers to you! Talk about commitment. And congrats on your 5K

londell16

Congrats on your major life transformation. Thank you for sharing that it is possilbe to get it done and you are living proof.

bizgirl26

Holy ! Well done

KittyInBoots17

I gotta say you are just INCREDIBLE! Thank you for sharing your realistic, awesome story and pics! You will truly inspire others! Wonderful!!!!!! And thanks for giving me hope!

ruthhowellwriter

Wow! Congratulations. You look amazing and I'll bet you feel great.

orangegato

Congrats on this wonderful transformation. I love seeing stories and pics like this.

jammied21

That is wonderful. Very happy for your success!

I've lost almost 100 myself and have 60 more to go.

Watch_Me_Rise

So inspiring! Amazing work!!

2wise4u

How amazing! You are truly an inspiration. Congratulations!

skinneeme007

Wow congratulations, and thank you for sharing! You look incredible!

Cindyt1987

WOW! you look great!! What an inspiration!!

LadyLilion

Amazing and so inspiring! I'm 53 myself - 54 in 3 months - and started losing in March at 305. Sadly, this is my second go-around. I lost 100 lbs back in about 2008 but gained most of it back. Unlike you, I've never been a normal weight - so I just have to imagine what that would be like. Like you I'm larger framed too.

You mention your blood sugar a time or two. Was it high before you lost weight?

All in all, amazing. You deserve to be SO proud!

lizzybee22

Well done. I know first hand the hard work and dedication it takes to lose even a few pounds let alone over 100 lbs. I'm sure you are proud and you should be! Congratulations on meeting your goal.!

JulieSHelms

LadyLilion wrote: »

You mention your blood sugar a time or two. Was it high before you lost weight?

I wasn't diabetic, but insulin resistant and considered pre-diabetic. I was told years ago that I had a 50% chance of becoming diabetic. (I'm now considered at no risk for it.) My sugar never got really high--maybe 165 (normal is 80-120) was the most I had ever measured it. But I bombed the 5-hour glucose tolerance test. It spiked to about 160ish, then plummeted to under 40. The nurses had to feed me at that point so I wouldn't go into a coma, thus invalidating the rest of the test. So not so much high sugar as very insulin resistant--when it finally kicks in, it REALLY kicks in, sending it way low. My A1C has always been high normal (5.9). Last time I was tested, it was at a good 5.4. I take Metformin to help regulate sugar/insulin and will be discussing with my doctor this week if I can lower it.

bigaussieguy71

Wow, Wow and WOW!