August 12, 2012

Zelinna

The day after that little blue dress kicked my butt and I joined MFP.

I was 210 lbs and realized that I needed to change. I had actually never tried to lose weight before, because I never felt I was so big that I needed to. I have the blessing/ curse of gaining weight all over, instead of just in one place. It’s a blessing because you don’t look as big as you are, but it’s a curse for the same reason. It’s easy to convince yourself that you don’t need to lose weight because you look fine.

Prior to August 2012, a “normal weight” for me would be somewhere in the 180’s. This is the weight that I have been most of my life, and the weight that I was comfortable at. When I first joined MFP that was my goal, I really just wanted to get back to that comfortable weight.

I had selected a goal weight of 160 kind of arbitrarily, but in my head I was just aiming for the 180s. After that I told myself that I would be fine. Little did I know that the changes I made would become so addicting that I wouldn’t be able to stop in the 180’s. That I would keep going.

And here we are a year later, approaching the 160 mark. I since revised that goal to 150, but getting to 160 is still a big milestone for me.

I would have liked to hit that mark sooner, but things don’t always go as planned and life gets in the way. But I never stopped; I kept coming back day after day. I just hit 300 consecutive days logged on. This means the last day I missed logging on was my wedding day on October 14, 2012.

cheyenneb

Amazing and so inspirational! Keep it up, you look amazing!

eidc

You look wonderful!!

travlinjess

Awesome dedication! No need to tell ya to keep at it, as I'm sure you will!!

As a pal with similar stats and body type, I look forward to following your progress and seeing what you'll achieve!

Congrats on your progress thus far, you look amazing!

1longroad

You are beautiful!!!

bunbunzee44

you look amazing

AnitraSoto

Congrats on an awesome job well done!!

ailbheoconnell

well done!! you look fantastic!! great achievement

mommy3457

great job!

seliinac

You are an inspiration! Congratulations on your loss! And on your wedding as well!

helenmelon29

You look fantastic. Well done

britcanuck14

Oh wow! Way to go!!! Keep up the great work

meech2sandy

You look Great!

FindingMyself24

Wow!! You look Great!! Awesome job!

Zelinna

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

bsutherland3681

You look fabulous! And you are so pretty (before and after)!!!!

How tall are you?

thelmanlouise

Amazing photos! Thanks for your inspiration! :flowerforyou:

mom2cba

You look great - thanks for sharing your journey with us! Keep up the great work

NavyWifeTwinMom

Amazing transformation! My highest was 215 lbs. (I think... I stopped getting on the scale for a while there) in my early twenties. Then I bounced around between 170-185 lbs. for years and thought it was my "normal" weight, so I totally can relate to you there. I'm 5'8" (scraping 5'9") and now fluctuate between high 130's to low 140's. Keep on with your amazing journey!!

Cheers & Congratulations!

jenrobiwan

Fantastic job!! I have about the same amount to lose, and I love seeing women in my current weight range get down (or close) to goal weight. It makes me feel so proud of those (you!) who accomplish it and it fills me with such hope that I can get there to. So, congratulations and thank you!

Zelinna

You look fabulous! And you are so pretty (before and after)!!!!

How tall are you?

Thanks :blushing: , I am 5"7

Also thanks everyone. I am just glad I can finally share. The success stories were my motivation during the early months. I would spend my evenings looking at everyone's transformations just waiting for when I could post my own.