198 days; minus 72lbs (photos included)

JoJosAnatomymfp

Hey all

I am not done yet but I wanted to share my progress to date. I found the success stories section helped keep me inspired throughout.

I started January 27th 2017. I began calorie counting and walking a small bit each day. I gradually increased my walking and when I had lost about two and a half or three stone, I decided to give weight training a go.

So here is a look at my progress to date. I have approx another 28lbs I want to lose and I am in no hurry to lose it. When I started I was on approx 1200 calories a day and now I'm eating between 1500-2000 plus. I'm exercising and eating. Recently I went through my first stall in weight loss when I was eating approx 1500 calories. I was hungry and felt I needed to eat more. So I listened to my body and began eating more and it kick-started my loss again and I dropped 2lbs this week. So in total I am down 72lbs or in stones 5st and 2lbs.

My advice to anyone starting out or in process; take it one day at a time. It is not a race. Listen to your body. It is a journey, enjoy it. It is an opportunity to learn what works and doesn't work and that will help when you eventually hit maintenance.

pohlae01

Super awesome!

madseasons

Amazimg job!!!!

zumayka

That's awesome!!!

Dynamis600

Well done!

Wila6468

Great job!

QueenBee2018

You got at least 10 years younger and your eyes grew larger! Thanks for the encouragement!

guyburton

Great work!

julie20170512

Amazing!!!

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

You look lovely, well done

socaldogmom

WOW! Your progress is amazing!

newlife7654

You are a beautiful inspiration, great job! Thank you for sharing!

vandrah

Absolutely Brilliant well done x

Weyhill13

Thanks for sharing - you look fantastic!!

aqsajav

That's kewl !! Jojo what was your diet and exercise routine . As you have stated that you started off with approximately 1200 calories , so I wanted to inquire if you were too conscious about macros or micros or were you lil flexible regarding carbs or sugar?secondly , one tend to burn calories during excersice so was it 1200 + excersise routine or was it 1200+compansation calories + excersise?

Polo265

You look absolutely wonderful! What an inspiration!

Trina2040

Stunning! Congrats!

JoJosAnatomymfp

In the beginning, I would eat 1200 and exercise approx 500 calories. I wasn't eating the exercise calories back initially but now I do eat most of them back. When I was just walking I didn't but then when I joined the gym and increased my training, my trainer advised I needed to fuel my body and iv continued to up my calories.

I train between 3-5 days in the gym and one of those days is with my PT. I do short walks on some days I go to the gym (if it's leg day then I dont).

Thanks everyone for your kind words. Wish you all the best on your own journeys.

rach021979

JoJosAnatomymfp wrote: »

Hey all

I am not done yet but I wanted to share my progress to date. I found the success stories section helped keep me inspired throughout.

I started January 27th 2017. I began calorie counting and walking a small bit each day. I gradually increased my walking and when I had lost about two and a half or three stone, I decided to give weight training a go.

So here is a look at my progress to date. I have approx another 28lbs I want to lose and I am in no hurry to lose it. When I started I was on approx 1200 calories a day and now I'm eating between 1500-2000 plus. I'm exercising and eating. Recently I went through my first stall in weight loss when I was eating approx 1500 calories. I was hungry and felt I needed to eat more. So I listened to my body and began eating more and it kick-started my loss again and I dropped 2lbs this week. So in total I am down 72lbs or in stones 5st and 2lbs.

My advice to anyone starting out or in process; take it one day at a time. It is not a race. Listen to your body. It is a journey, enjoy it. It is an opportunity to learn what works and doesn't work and that will help when you eventually hit maintenance.

Great job!! Love your outlook on it all!

cbeutler

Well done

AidaF430

You look great. Congrats on your success and thank you for sharing your journey. Who knew you could eat 2000 calories and still lose weight!

esperanzab93

AWESOME!!!

HopeForTheFuture17

Awesome progress!☺
I have lost 9lb in the past week and I am looking to lose 58lb more.For the first time ever I think a am really going to lose this weight and be able to do so much more and enjoy life more and
all the positive comments and people in this community really help.

CapnVillainBLK

Great seeing success stories, even though you say you have more weight to lose.

alltheweigh170

What an inspiration you are! Congratulations on your success!!!

trixieberry17

Wow! You look great! Looks like another person. Keep up the great work.

californiajuls

Bravo! Well done, you look amazing!!

lildebbie121

Thanks for posting! Fantastic job!

slimjimdavina

You are looking AMAZING and you are doing FANTASTICALLY well.
Thank you so much for sharing your story. It's very inspiring x

JoJosAnatomymfp

Thank you all for the lovely comments. It is much appreciated.

Amybcb

Not only do you look amazing, your recommendation to listen to your body is awesome. Congrats!