My Story: Lost 200lbs Naturally

ConfidenceCurrency

13 years ago I began my journey at 352lbs. Over the course of 2.5 years I lost 212lbs. through tracking my nutrition and moving my body. I’ve maintained a healthy weight ever since. Consistency in the small stuff is what lead to such a dramatic transformation- crazy how that works, right?

SO much of weight loss is MENTAL- I had to get my thinking transformed in order to transform my body. I’m blessed to be able to help lead the way for others in that now.

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volleygirl1980

Wow! You look amazing - healthy and happy - way to go:)

jonni82014

One should strive to mindful and present everyday, in “all” that we do. I agree that we should try to change our recordings (verbiage) to match our physical actions.

YogaMusician

Inspirational ! Following on IG !

Great_Mazinga

My goal is to lose 200. I’m down 160 so far. I agree with you said about the mental part of the game. You can’t do this until that is in order. Could you please tell us more specifics about what you did? Even getting close to goal, I still always want to learn from peoples’ victories.

Dianedoessmiles1

Totally agree!! I had lost my happiness as I got bigger and bigger. I needed to regain my confidence and happiness. It was so much work. No one really tells us this when we decide to lose weight. I am so happy you are doing well. AMAZING PICTURES!!!

chris_in_cal

ConfidenceCurrency wrote: »

SO much of weight loss is MENTAL- I had to get my thinking transformed in order to transform my body.

Thank you for giving back with your success story. I think you are right about the 'thinking transformed' part. Tell us more?

Sammi_x_

I highly believe alot of it is mental! Well done on everything you have done

snaxandpop

Well done, you stuck it out! Weight does not go on in a day and sometimes its a long haul to take it back off. You look amazing and this is very inspirational.

mjglantz

For me it was finally accepting that what I did to lose the weight was what I'd be doing for life. Making small sustainable changes and not having a goal to lose x lbs by y date made a difference. I ended up losing 80 lbs and have kept it off for 10 years.

MissVivien77

This story is inspirational and you look fantastic!!! I'm on a mission to lose around 75lbs but I'm worried about loose skin - is this likely with the amount I'm looking to lose and if so, what is the best way to combat it? I'm wondering if building muscle and losing the weight at a sensible pace will help!!

Capyonadiet

Doesn't work the same for everyone!!!

theshiznit3

MissVivien77 wrote: »

This story is inspirational and you look fantastic!!! I'm on a mission to lose around 75lbs but I'm worried about loose skin - is this likely with the amount I'm looking to lose and if so, what is the best way to combat it? I'm wondering if building muscle and losing the weight at a sensible pace will help!!

If you lose more than 50% of your body weight, some noticeable loose skin (around the abdomen of everyone and often the arms and hips of women) in inevitable. Less than that the most important thing is very slow weight loss. Everyone wants to lose it all at once, but in actuality you only want to lose about 1% of your body weight a week. Anything more will lead to issue with your hunger hormones like ghrelin and leptin and will cause excessive lean body mass loss.

Weight training and focusing on maintaining your protein intake (.5-.7g per lb of body weight per day) will help maintain your muscle mass. Fuller muscles can definitely help fill the literal void in your skin left by fat loss.

A good quality lotion also helps with tightening of the skin. But the loose skin can serve reminder of what you've achieved and where you don't want to end up again. If in the end you have loose skin and you simply cannot stand it, there are cosmetic surgeries to correct it.

Ceriusly1

Thank you for sharing. Your story is inspirational and your hard work has paid off.

Annie42019

I lost 75 pounds at age 58 (from 210lb to 135lb). I did it in about 10 months ( other than the last 5). No loose skin. I think a lot of it is genetic luck.

wil5456

Today, I started my liquid diet which I will do for 2 months. Hopefully I can loose a significant amount of weight.