Anyone who started around 300 lbs have success pics they can share?

agrube1968

Love all these inspiring pics! You guys are awesome! I'm still struggling to get on track and stay there. So seeing all these weight loss transformations is very encouraging to me! Keep them coming!!

eblyth00

agrube1968 wrote: »

eblyth00 wrote: »

Still a work in progress. Started at 330 down to 215

Awesome job! You look great! How did you do it?

Started just with intermittent fasting, now I still use IF but have also added keto. And just started working out this month.

tross0924

First, I have to start off with the caveat that I fell off the wagon a while ago and no longer look like this. I'm back on MFP so I can look like this again :-P

Before (around 357 lbs)


After (around 195 lbs)

joone_9

averysjourney wrote: »

Yes! My Highest weight was 299 and starting weight was 285. Now 192.

Impressive! May I ask how long it took you and what cal range you stuck to...how much exercise etc?

dsboohead

eblyth00 wrote: »

Still a work in progress. Started at 330 down to 215

This can't be the same person!

VUA21

blukttn66 wrote: »

VUA21 wrote: »

This wasn't even my heaviest (don't have a picture of that). I was 38
in the first pic, I'm 42. +350lbs to 165lbs.

This is amazing!! Would you share your success with keeping off the excess skin from such a large weight loss? I am so scared of this and you look GREAT!!

Um.... I had a tummy-tuck to remove my belly flap, and yes, it was a flap or how I call it a "sad sack of soggy kittens". But, I don't have much other excess skin. What worked for me - time, and losing weight slowly. Most of my excess skin shrank back after about a year of doing a massive recomp after my initial weight loss. Because of the severe weight I gained during pregnancy and the stretched out skin on my stomach, that never shrank back. Time and luck play the biggest role in avoiding excess skin. Also, exercise and staying hydrated probably helped.

For my arms, there's a little excess skin, I'm fixing that by working on my biceps. If I can't keep it from sagging down, I'm gonna build the muscle to lift it back up!

Cherijf

I havent figured out how to join the group so I'm adding av reply at the end. Starting 335lbs on 1/1/17, this mornings weight [9/22/18] is 226lbs. Slow but sure

starkspot

376lbs


272lbs (1.2 yrs later)

jmassey59

I was 270. Now at 155.

akopesky

I am 5'8" & started around 280/290. I am down to 250. These were taken about 1 yr apart. Still working it, slow & steady.

bustercrabby

Ingrid77KS wrote: »

I am 5'8". I started at 300lbs exactly, after an annual doctor appointment. I am now at 150lbs after about 8 months of dieting on MFP. It was a long, tough journey. I just now started the maintaining process. Keep up the good work. It will all be worth it.
Sorry no photos.

150 pounds lost in only eight months? Must be one heckuva diet.

BeamingBadass

I was under 300 when starting but not by a lot

agrube1968

Keep the success stories and pics coming!! I am desperately needing motivation!!

rheddmobile

Not sure what I weighed in the first pic, about 270 I think. 2nd pic at 149. I've been normal weight since November of last year, maintaining at around 150 since June. @agrube1968 We are the same height and I think the same age, if your handle indicates your birthdate.

I was diagnosed with diabetes after a hospitalization with an ovarian tumor (which turned out to be benign.) I had been so sick that I was almost bedridden for six months, and I really needed to get out from under the weight and get healthy. My first goal was just not to be obese, and I counted calories, cut carbs and tested frequently to learn how many carbs I could eat without spiking my blood glucose, and worked out as much as I could manage, increasing a little at a time. I started lifting water bottles and walking, moved to Zumba and stationary bike, heavier weights, and eventually joined a gym and started running. The recent picture is me after finishing my most recent 5k, which is the one year anniversary of the first 5k I ever did.

Since you asked about loose skin, I do have some, but most can be concealed in a mid rise bikini. My arms are okay. My inner thighs do have some troublesome skin, but as long as I don't wear booty shorts it's not an issue. My husband is fine with it, and I think I look much better now even with loose skin then I did when obese.

agrube1968

rheddmobile wrote: »

Not sure what I weighed in the first pic, about 270 I think. 2nd pic at 149. I've been normal weight since November of last year, maintaining at around 150 since June. @agrube1968 We are the same height and I think the same age, if your handle indicates your birthdate.

I was diagnosed with diabetes after a hospitalization with an ovarian tumor (which turned out to be benign.) I had been so sick that I was almost bedridden for six months, and I really needed to get out from under the weight and get healthy. My first goal was just not to be obese, and I counted calories, cut carbs and tested frequently to learn how many carbs I could eat without spiking my blood glucose, and worked out as much as I could manage, increasing a little at a time. I started lifting water bottles and walking, moved to Zumba and stationary bike, heavier weights, and eventually joined a gym and started running. The recent picture is me after finishing my most recent 5k, which is the one year anniversary of the first 5k I ever did.

Since you asked about loose skin, I do have some, but most can be concealed in a mid rise bikini. My arms are okay. My inner thighs do have some troublesome skin, but as long as I don't wear booty shorts it's not an issue. My husband is fine with it, and I think I look much better now even with loose skin then I did when obese.

You look amazing! Thanks for sharing!!

agrube1968

Wanted to bump this post up in hopes of getting more people to post their success stories! It motivates me!! I have been doing good exercise wish getting at least 30 minutes in per day but I’m struggling to get my food under control. So it helps to hear others talk about their struggles and successes! Everyone feel free to add me as a friend too!!!

bpetersen1234

Beginning weight 330lbs
Thinnest 220lbs

agrube1968

bpetersen1234 wrote: »

Beginning weight 330lbs
Thinnest 220lbs

Thanks for sharing!! You look great!

Loretmuller

wow , you are all so incredibly strong.. you can be truly proud of yourselves. I pray that i too can show before and after some months from now

tiffany0127

Starting weight was 297, current weight is about 190. Goal weight is 160-170. I am 5’7”