One Year Anniversary

hkmurphy83

A year and a few days ago, I received my brand new Wyoming Driver’s License in the mail and sat down and cried. I could not believe that my DL (which is supposed to represent who I am) made me look like a fat, Asian person. My chubby, chubby cheeks made my eyes look very narrow when I smiled (yes, I’m one of those smiling, DL people). A few days after that, August 1, 2012 to be exact, I decided to do something about it. I stepped on my scaled and weighed in at 266.4. That was only 8lbs less than my ultimate high weight of 274. I needed to do something about my weight!
I had done Weight Watchers with success in the past, but I didn’t want to pay for a service. My best friend was a successful MFP user so I figured I would give it a try. I joined MFP that day and started to learn about calories. I have had bad food days, bad food weeks even, but I have continued to try to lose for the past 365 days. I got very serious after Christmas, and I currently am very proud of my 216 consecutive log in streak here on MFP.

On December 29, I weighed in at 241. YAY!! I had lost 25 lbs in 5 months. Then I decided that I seriously needed to incorporate exercise into my routine. As someone who hated exercise, I knew I’d better start with something that I would enjoy. I did the 4-week Hip Hop Ab challenge with great success. I then completed the Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred program and her Ripped in 30 program. From there, I did a combination of various JM videos while walking at least 10 miles a week and doing Fluidity at least twice a week. In May, I started the C25K program and am now a proud graduate. I am scheduled to run my first official 5K in a Color Vibe run on August 24. I am also in the middle of Phase 2 of JM’s Body Revolution program.

I have not quite met my ultimate weight loss goal of 86.4 lbs (I’m 6.4 away), but I am very proud of my accomplishments so far. If anyone would have asked me a year ago if I thought I could lose this much weight (80 lbs!!!!), I would have laughed at them. I made a little goal in my head of losing a total of 52 lbs in a year (1 lbs a week average), but I honestly never thought I’d get there. I am trying to include comparison face shots. Please forgive the ones where I’m dirty straight out of the hayfield. I’ve also included ones where I’m clean with make-up on!

Ivey05131980

Bravo! You look great!! What an awesome year!!:flowerforyou:

misti3176

You look amazing!

jennykcmo

Wow you look great - so healthy and happy!! Thanks for sharing what worked for you - it is very inspiring.

challenger9509

Amazing job Thanks for being an inspiration!

jodis319

You look fantastic! What an inspiration.

sunflwrgrl412

Way to go girl! You are an inspiration!

qtgonewild

wonderful job girl

michael1976_ca

congratulations on kicken butt your so awesome

toniju

You look amazing!! You have done a great job and you have no idea how inspired I am because of you! Keep it up, you will have those last 6 pounds off in no time!

hkmurphy83

Thank you very much everyone!