I lost 20% of my body weight in 300 days.

WendyJoy76

your beautiful my friend!!!!

RunsWithBees

Seeing “300 days of weight loss” typed out makes me think of this...

solieco1

monkeefan1974 wrote: »

motivatedmartha wrote: »

cherys wrote: »

You look fabulous - truly stunning. I'm amazed you run barefoot! Is that usual in trail running? In muddy UK that wouldn't be possible, but it looks lovely. And brave!

Barefoot running is a thing here in the UK, not widespread but is a thing
https://www.barefootrunninguk.com/

And I save a small fortune on not buying running shoes! but I really do it because it’s just so fun!!!

Did you find you had to toughen up your feet or did they do fine right off? Do you always run soft surfaces?

RunsWithBees

solieco1 wrote: »

monkeefan1974 wrote: »

motivatedmartha wrote: »

cherys wrote: »

You look fabulous - truly stunning. I'm amazed you run barefoot! Is that usual in trail running? In muddy UK that wouldn't be possible, but it looks lovely. And brave!

Barefoot running is a thing here in the UK, not widespread but is a thing
https://www.barefootrunninguk.com/

And I save a small fortune on not buying running shoes! but I really do it because it’s just so fun!!!

Did you find you had to toughen up your feet or did they do fine right off? Do you always run soft surfaces?

Didn’t have to toughen up my feet so much as getting my form correct. Took me about a year for my feet to fully adapt and be able to use all the muscles, tendons and ligaments that weren’t used to being used. A nice unexpected thing that happened was I developed nice strong arches after a lifetime of pancake flat feet! Also my posture improved greatly and I wasn’t clumsy anymore, it’s like my feet “woke-up” and finally worked exactly as they were meant to. I actually prefer to run on firm surfaces. My favorite is a nice smooth sidewalk or packed dirt trail. My least favorite is grass because you can’t see what’s lurking underneath and that’s not good for foot placement. I don’t know if I’m getting any benefits from running barefoot but I continue to do so just for the fun factor! And I guess in a way it makes me feel closer to my ancestors who got around just fine even before Nike

solieco1

These were exactly the questions I was asking! Thanks!! Think I'm going to give it a run or two and see what happens

RunsWithBees

solieco1 wrote: »

These were exactly the questions I was asking! Thanks!! Think I'm going to give it a run or two and see what happens

Please start out very slowly!!! Just like you wouldn’t start out immediately lifting 500 pound weights, you have to start small and build up gradually. It’s easy to do “too much too soon”. Do a bit of research into The Pose Method and Chi Running to get your form down and do some easy walking and hiking to get your feet used to new surfaces and textures. Again... please go slow and very short distances to start out with! And have fun! It shouldn’t be painful or uncomfortable if it isn’t fun then change something you are doing until it feels light, easy and fun

3DCAKE

Thank you for your story. We are the same height and I am 47. I would love to get to 170. I been stuck at 190 a long time. I know its my eating I just need to get my head in the game.I workout weight 5x a week and cardio. I see what I can look like and I am liking it. You might have gave me that boost I need to get this done!

onthefitdisc

Get it girl! You are incredible!

fatty_cakezxoxo

Hot mama !!!!

mkculs

You look great and must feel wonderful. Looking at your "before" pics, I'm betting people told you that you didn't need to lose weight--but the "after" shows the difference and, more importantly, your health is so much better. Thank you for sharing--truly inspiring.

txcock

monkeefan1974 wrote: »

I’d never worn a bikini when I was younger, too insecure. Now that I have worked hard to achieve my goal body I wear them every chance I get!

And we guys are glad beautiful ladies like you wear those bikinis!

mojonah

monkeefan1974 wrote: »

What an awesome achievement. Congrats.

elisa123gal

Wow...Well written informative and inspiratonal post.. Thank you! You've inspired me to jump on Amazon and buy my first bikini. i like how you use the word 'patience' i always use the word 'time' ... they leave that fact of successful weight loss out of the equation. But, It takes time for the body to reduce....and when it takes longer..it gives your skin time to snap back!

prgirl39mfp

Great post and thanks for sharing. You explain it so simple and yet I know the process is hot an easy one. You inspired me today and I am sharing this with all my friends here on MFP.

RunsWithBees

3DCAKE wrote: »

Thank you for your story. We are the same height and I am 47. I would love to get to 170. I been stuck at 190 a long time. I know its my eating I just need to get my head in the game.I workout weight 5x a week and cardio. I see what I can look like and I am liking it. You might have gave me that boost I need to get this done!

I don’t know what your workout routines are but I can tell you what always broke my plateaus... an 8 mile hike! Seems like every time the scale wouldn’t budge for a few weeks I would go on a long hike that just happened to end up being about 8 miles and a few days later the scale would start moving again. My guess is that such a long distance up and down hills/mountains would completely deplete my glycogen stores and push my body to use its fat stores but I don’t really know for sure. I allow myself to gain 5 lbs over the winter and lose it by summer. I was still needing to lose those last stubborn 2 lbs this year to achieve my goal and I went on an 8 mile hike with my son a couple of weeks ago and guess what? I’m at my summer goal weight now!

RunsWithBees

elisa123gal wrote: »

Wow...Well written informative and inspiratonal post.. Thank you! You've inspired me to jump on Amazon and buy my first bikini. i like how you use the word 'patience' i always use the word 'time' ... they leave that fact of successful weight loss out of the equation. But, It takes time for the body to reduce....and when it takes longer..it gives your skin time to snap back!

It effectively took 2 years for my skin to tighten up and look better. A few years ago I had a small benign tumor removed from the side of my ribcage and the dermatologist explained to me that the scar won’t take it’s final shape for about 2 years. The first year is the healing phase and the second year is the “remodeling phase” when the skin replaces some of the thickened scar tissue with more supple skin. I imagine that something similar is happening with the saggy skin from weight loss. Of course this process has its limitations and genetics play a huge part. I’ve had a child so my tummy will never be flat and I’m ok with that. Also, I’m getting older so I know skin wrinkling is coming my way no matter what I do, so I’m enjoying my skimpy summer outfits while I can

RunsWithBees

prgirl39mfp wrote: »

Great post and thanks for sharing. You explain it so simple and yet I know the process is hot an easy one. You inspired me today and I am sharing this with all my friends here on MFP.

Thank you so much!

RunsWithBees

mkculs wrote: »

You look great and must feel wonderful. Looking at your "before" pics, I'm betting people told you that you didn't need to lose weight--but the "after" shows the difference and, more importantly, your health is so much better. Thank you for sharing--truly inspiring.

I did have a few people that told me I looked better overweight Lol It might be because I’m tall and when I was fat I seemed less-tall or they think looking perpetually pregnant is endearing (?!) But I had to lose weight regardless because my health was going down the drain My boyfriend of 8-going-on-9 years was super supportive though! He has been equally loving no matter what size I’ve been and never said a single negative thing during the time I spent obese. He’s literally been with me through thick and thin!

rsharad86

U look great....big hug

RunsWithBees

I’ve reached my summer weight goal! I allow myself to gain 5 lbs over the winter and lose them by summer. It really makes a difference in my “spare tire” (I don’t mind having a bit of tummy I just want my sides to be smooth).

I spent my youth hating and hiding my body shape but after losing weight and exercising now in middle age I appreciate and love my body just as it is. I’m going to be 44 in a few months... better late than never!