Before and After Pics - I know how you love um!

Dusty73085 · July 2010

I was very hesitant to post my before pictures, but I worked so hard the last few months to see the change that I have made...so I feel proud to post these. I was so unhappy the way I was before, I have never lived such an unhealthy life before I decided to make a change.

My motivation is a 5 day work trip to Vegas in early September...I was not about to prance around in a bikini in front of my co workers feeling so disappointed in myself and my appearance.

The first set of pictures were taken on April 1st...my first official day of P90X.
The second set of pictures were taken on July 4th...about 2 weeks shy of my 90 day mark.
The days equal more than 90 days because I restarted a few weeks after the first set of pictures were taken.

I did not follow the nutrition plan for P90X mainly for the fact that I live with my parents and they would not go for the food, and it was expensive. Plus, I wanted to make a realistic change that I could stick to much longer than the 90 days.

My motivation will continue after my 90 days are up also, I am looking forward to being able to pick out a cute Halloween outfit, and I am the Maid of Honor in a good friends wedding next summer in Hawaii...awesome motivation! Not to mention, I feel great and I have more confidence in myself!!

Day 1 - 177 lbs

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[img]http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/Dusty73085/Weight Loss Pics/April_1_Right.jpg[/img][img]http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/Dusty73085/Weight Loss Pics/April_1_Left.jpg[/img]

After - 166 lbs (ish)

[img]http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/Dusty73085/Weight Loss Pics/July4_2.jpg[/img][img]http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/Dusty73085/Weight Loss Pics/July4.jpg[/img]

Here they are next to each other (hopefully)

[img]http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/Dusty73085/Weight Loss Pics/April_1_Front.jpg[/img][img]http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/Dusty73085/Weight Loss Pics/July4.jpg[/img]

My goal weight is 140...which is what it says on my license. About 2 years ago (my 21st birthday) I was a little less than that. I would very much like to get to that point, and I am thrilled with my results thus far. I would never have taken a trip to the river last weekend, had I looked the way I did when I started. I am excited to see what I look like for my Vegas trip! I will be tanner, thats for darn sure...spray tan is a pale girls best friend!! LOL!

Dusty73085 · July 2010

Arg!! Why does it have to be so difficult to add pictures!!

I changed the tags to [ img ] and [ /img ] ... and I didnt move them...so what gives?!

studentRN · July 2010

OP fixed links.

Dusty73085 · July 2010

You are awesome! Thank you!! What did you do to get them to work?

studentRN · July 2010

I fixed them for you... for some reason it didn't like that the name of your album on photobucket has spaces.

Great Work! :flowerforyou:

Dusty73085 · July 2010

I fixed them for you... for some reason it didn't like that the name of your album on photobucket has spaces.

Great Work! :flowerforyou:

Awesome! Thank you on both counts!!

Did you just remove the %20 between each word in the links?

mamaDaisyJ · July 2010

Sporting the bikini and everything. Does that feel awesome or what? And that was only 11 pounds, well not only, but you know what I mean... you look great ! ~ Grats on your successes! Keep it up~

perrim · July 2010

What an amazing difference! You look great!

studentRN · July 2010

I fixed them for you... for some reason it didn't like that the name of your album on photobucket has spaces.

Great Work! :flowerforyou:

Awesome! Thank you on both counts!!

Did you just remove the %20 between each word in the links?

Yes. Remove the %20 and insert a space instead. Common hyperlink translation of spaces. Computer geek stuff.

And I just realized that you made this transformation in only 90 days... WOW! :noway: That's certainly an accomplishment to be proud of!! Enjoy your trip in Vegas! :drinker:

jcubesmommy · July 2010

You look amazing! Great job!!:happy:

whittrusty · July 2010

Awesome! That looks like a lot more than 11 lbs!!

Dusty73085 · July 2010

mamaDaisyJ - Yep! I fell in love with that bikini right about when I started, and I promised myself I would own it before I was to leave on my trip. At about day 60, I bought it online and prayed that I had ordered the right size...thankfully, it fit!!
Thank you very much!! I felt more embarrassed about being so white at a river full of tanned people than I did about how thin I looked...I had a blast!

perrim - Thank you very much, I appreciate it!! :hug:

studentRN - Thank you so much! I fixed my original post...I didnt know links could have spaces!! And thank you for the complement...the time went by super fast, I didnt realize I had made a change until I saw the pictures.

jcubesmommy - Thank you so much!!

whittrusty - Thank you!!

I started P90X on the classic program and then changed to the Lean program at about day 30...so that maybe why it looks like more than 11 pounds.

Im happy with that tho!!! LOL!

jazzyfit150 · July 2010

Congrats! I'm starting my 2nd week of P90x this week and this was very motivating to read!

Dusty73085 · July 2010

Thank you very much!!

You can do it! I see you have already lost 2 lbs!! That's fantastic!! I didn't start seeing results on the scale until about a month in, so you are already doing better than I was!

Just keep doing the workouts, even if you really don't feel like it that day. If I would miss a day, I would double up the next day. The only days I missed were actually the entire week before the last set of pictures were taken...I got a really bad sunburn the Friday previous and couldn't work out (I was so itchy!) But I was able to get back into it when we came back.