I need your stories

braa20102

I just started and i am supper excited, i just want to hear success stories with pictures to motivate me

estherdragonbat

I'm still a work in progress, but on August 31, 2016, this was me:



A couple of weeks after that photo was taken (next to Eldon "Foggy Nelson" Henson, btw), I was in the ER with cellulitus, which led to lymphedema, which led to a vascular surgeon telling me that my bulk had caused the veins in my legs to collapse, that the condition could be managed, not controlled, and that I needed to lose weight to minimize future flare-ups. At that point, I had a weeping wound on my leg that ended up needed multiple courses of antibiotics to treat, not to mention daily dressing changes from home-care nurses. I didn't want that to be my life.

October 30, 2016 I found and joined MFP. In August 2017, I looked like this:



Last summer, I started training for my first 5K. I ran it on August 30th 2018. That's me in the skirt and headscarf (bib #241):



And the following day, I had another convention pic taken. Two years to the day after that first pic was taken, here I am with Rose "Tinker Bell" McIvor:



I've still got a couple of pounds to go to reach the healthy BMI range (okay, 6.4lbs to go) and they are taking FOREVER... but knowing how far I've come and how little I have left to lose helps keep me from getting discouraged.

You've got this. It's not a race. It's not a sprint. It is doable.

making_tracks

You're look fabulous, that smile is huge. Well done on your achievements. Don't be discouraged ... is it time to run another 5k. I bet you'll go faster than last time. A healthy BMI is a good goal but it maybe time to focus on some non-scale goals too?

This is what a 3lb weight loss looks like on me Jan 25th 2019 to 6th March 2019- can you spot a difference?



This is what 56lb weight loss looks like on me 27th May 2018 to 6th March 2019.

lleeann2001

Oh yeah definitely see the difference.

zeejane03

Before pictures were taken in 2012, had just been diagnosed as a pre-diabetic. I've been maintaining a 50ish pound loss/normalized glucose numbers for 6 years now.

lleeann2001

@zeejane03 you look good...KEEP UP the good work!!!

zeejane03

lleeann2001 wrote: »

@zeejane03 you look good...KEEP UP the good work!!!

Thanks