sw 300+lb cw 186.1 lb gw 165 lb

rychiemaro

I currently haunt the MFP forums, and enjoyed many of the posts and in turn heres my first lengthy post
long time lurker, first time success story poster

I finally see the goal line after so many years of struggling with my weight.

little background info:

I weighed 200+ lbs for as long as I can remember,

I remember in grade 7 my teacher almost screaming in fright commenting on my weight as an adolescent when I weighed in for a ski trip (I was 200+ lbs)

I always shrugged off the weight comments and become comfortable as the fat kid, hell I just took it as a challenged and bragged about how much I could eat - such as a XL pizza in 1 sitting.

I would indulge in endless amounts of food - consuming McDonald after school for years on end all the way up to my mid 20's.

clearly it was catching up to me, as I weighed myself on the scale and it would not read anything passed 300

I had a minor heart attack around age 23, my toes curled up as I grasped my chest in pain..

again I ignored it as it did not reoccur again.

Its funny how I just kept eating into my probably casket and it never occurred to me I should change/stop my life style.

As I kept eating, I encountered many problems going to social events such as friends parties - don't get me wrong I had fun, but when I saw pictures at myself - I gasped.. I looked disgusting and in shame untagged myself from every face book picture I was in.

I needed to change, I was disgusted with myself...

at 25 I found the site caloriecount.about.com and had great success - went from 300+lb down to around 264 lbs

I was signed up to a gym and went down to 235 lb - I was happy, but was uneducated in regards on how to workout/ manage diet, etc etc.

so then I hate myself back in oblivion once again - spiraling out of control and hitting 288 lbs

and again - it took 1 picture of me at my friends wedding to get motivated to lose weight again (also a couple embarrassing moments at a amusement park where I could barely fit on the rides)

took me approximately 1 year and 2 months to get up to this point - used a wifi scale + trendweight to track my progress in addition to MFP.

and here I am now currently @ 186.1 lbs (pics only up to 199 lb)

enjoy the pictures + progress tracking - edit* not sure what pics arent showing - copy and paste until someone can help

http://trendweight.com/u/70e48f85531346/

http://oi43.tinypic.com/nyaakj.jpg

alliemarie77

Congrats to you for making it this far! I hope that you reach your goal soon!! Your doing wonderful!!

somerisagirlsname

somerisagirlsname

Great job! You've done awesome!

lisabinco

Congrats on your progress! You have done an awesome job there. One day at a time, you are doing it. Thanks for posting. I came to the Success Stories to get some inspiration and you have given me the jolt I needed.

Brige2269

Wonderful job!! You definetly should be proud! You look great!

MGinAK

Congrats on your success!!!

xiamjackie

Awesome job long-time-lurker!

change_21

Oh my goodness! Great job getting your health back on track! You look fantastic! You are definitely an inspiration to those who feel like giving up and letting the food win.