40lbs GONE FOREVER!
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ltfitz89
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Hi everyone! I have been feeling really unmotivated and terrible about my weight loss journey and although my journey is not yet complete, I have really come a long way. June 2012 I was at my highest weight EVER of between 196-198lbs. I ate anything and everything I wanted I NEVER exercised and just walking up a flight of stairs had me exhausted and panting. I had planned a trip to Williamsburg, VA with my current boyfriend. I had always wanted to visit historical Williamsburg ( and being a history buff I couldn't wait to see all the historical sites and photo-document our trip). Our last stop on our first day was the Governor's Palace, where my fiancé proposed to me! I almost fainted from the shock and the heat! I was so excited and a nice passerby offered to take our picture!
Hopefully the picture works and you can see how heavy I was. Looking at the picture now I am disgusted with myself for letting myself get to that point. I knew I was heavy but I never realized how terrible I looked and it saddens me to think that there were so many important milestones of my life that I find difficult to look at and remember because of how heavy I was.
A few days after we returned from our vacation we attended my little brother's graduation from high school.
After seeing these pictures I knew something had to change. I did not want to look at my wedding photos and be disappointed because I was so unhappy with my body. My best friend had gotten engaged at christmas time and was already working on losing weight for her wedding. She turned me onto this site and we went to the gym and supported each other.
I stopped eating potato chips and dip, I was counting calories, I was exercising, and I was enjoying it! I liked to go to the gym, I liked working out, and most of all I liked seeing the change in my body. I started to feel beautiful and feel good about myself and my body. I've had a few set backs and in 525 days I have managed to get to my lowest weight of 143lbs (back in mid-Oct). But with my birthday, my mini-vacation birthday celebration weekend with my best friend, and our fiancés, not logging, not watching what I am eating, two packages of oreos, and getting lazy, I have managed to gain almost 10lbs back and I am at the same weight I was this time last year. I can acknowledge that yes, I did "maintain" my weight over the course of a year, but I am NOT where I wanted to be. I am kicking myself back into gear and hopefully by posting this mid-journey success I can get my stubborn head to realize that I have come ALONG way! I wanted to share my pictures with people who are just starting out, to show them that IT IS POSSIBLE! But I also wanted to share to hear from others, how they did it, what advice you all may have and to hear words of encouragement or criticism.
I didn't deprive myself of anything I wanted, but I ate in moderation, I don't work out every day, but when I do, I do things that I enjoy. I know that I will have more struggles and as I lose weight it gets harder and harder but if I dedicate myself I can hit my goal!
Now, assuming these pictures work… here are lots of pictures from the past 500+ days!
June 2010 - Myrtle Beach - 1st Vacation with my fiancé about 160-170lbs
May 2011 - My Bestie & I graduate COLLEGE! 175lbs
June 2011 - Parrots in the Park, Beacon, NY
Aug 2011 - Niagara Falls Vacation - Theodore Roosevelt House
Dec 24, 2011 - Christmas Eve dinner with my family
April 2012 - visiting relatives in NYC around
June 2012 - Little Bro's Prom
June 2012 - Moments after getting ENGAGED!
June 2012 - Brother's Graduation (196-198lbs)
7/12/12 - I weighed in on my first day of MFP weighing 190lbs
Aug. 2012 - Cousin's bridal shower 174lbs
Sep 2012 - Just after I purchased the dress for my cousins wedding 170lbs
Sept 2012 - Ultimate Bridal Expo - Poughkeepsie NY 169lbs
Oct. 7, 2012 - Cousins wedding 165lbs
Nov. 20, 2012 - Engagement photoshoot - 153.8lbs
Jan. 2013 149lbs
Feb 2013 - Valentine's Ball, Villa Borghese, Wappingers Falls, NY 145lbs
March 2013 - St. Pat's Parade 146lbs
June 2013 - Annual Vacation - 147.6lbs
Sep 2013 - My SKINNY photoshoot! Between 143~149lbs
Oct. 2013 - Bestie's Surprise bridal shower 143lbs
Nov. 2013 - Birthday Mini-vaca 148lbs
Hope you like all these pics and can take something away from my journey. Putting this together has been good for me and I am so thankful that I have someplace to share my story. Thank you to all of my MFP friends who have supported me! I will reach my goal!
Hopefully the picture works and you can see how heavy I was. Looking at the picture now I am disgusted with myself for letting myself get to that point. I knew I was heavy but I never realized how terrible I looked and it saddens me to think that there were so many important milestones of my life that I find difficult to look at and remember because of how heavy I was.
A few days after we returned from our vacation we attended my little brother's graduation from high school.
After seeing these pictures I knew something had to change. I did not want to look at my wedding photos and be disappointed because I was so unhappy with my body. My best friend had gotten engaged at christmas time and was already working on losing weight for her wedding. She turned me onto this site and we went to the gym and supported each other.
I stopped eating potato chips and dip, I was counting calories, I was exercising, and I was enjoying it! I liked to go to the gym, I liked working out, and most of all I liked seeing the change in my body. I started to feel beautiful and feel good about myself and my body. I've had a few set backs and in 525 days I have managed to get to my lowest weight of 143lbs (back in mid-Oct). But with my birthday, my mini-vacation birthday celebration weekend with my best friend, and our fiancés, not logging, not watching what I am eating, two packages of oreos, and getting lazy, I have managed to gain almost 10lbs back and I am at the same weight I was this time last year. I can acknowledge that yes, I did "maintain" my weight over the course of a year, but I am NOT where I wanted to be. I am kicking myself back into gear and hopefully by posting this mid-journey success I can get my stubborn head to realize that I have come ALONG way! I wanted to share my pictures with people who are just starting out, to show them that IT IS POSSIBLE! But I also wanted to share to hear from others, how they did it, what advice you all may have and to hear words of encouragement or criticism.
I didn't deprive myself of anything I wanted, but I ate in moderation, I don't work out every day, but when I do, I do things that I enjoy. I know that I will have more struggles and as I lose weight it gets harder and harder but if I dedicate myself I can hit my goal!
Now, assuming these pictures work… here are lots of pictures from the past 500+ days!
June 2010 - Myrtle Beach - 1st Vacation with my fiancé about 160-170lbs
May 2011 - My Bestie & I graduate COLLEGE! 175lbs
June 2011 - Parrots in the Park, Beacon, NY
Aug 2011 - Niagara Falls Vacation - Theodore Roosevelt House
Dec 24, 2011 - Christmas Eve dinner with my family
April 2012 - visiting relatives in NYC around
June 2012 - Little Bro's Prom
June 2012 - Moments after getting ENGAGED!
June 2012 - Brother's Graduation (196-198lbs)
7/12/12 - I weighed in on my first day of MFP weighing 190lbs
Aug. 2012 - Cousin's bridal shower 174lbs
Sep 2012 - Just after I purchased the dress for my cousins wedding 170lbs
Sept 2012 - Ultimate Bridal Expo - Poughkeepsie NY 169lbs
Oct. 7, 2012 - Cousins wedding 165lbs
Nov. 20, 2012 - Engagement photoshoot - 153.8lbs
Jan. 2013 149lbs
Feb 2013 - Valentine's Ball, Villa Borghese, Wappingers Falls, NY 145lbs
March 2013 - St. Pat's Parade 146lbs
June 2013 - Annual Vacation - 147.6lbs
Sep 2013 - My SKINNY photoshoot! Between 143~149lbs
Oct. 2013 - Bestie's Surprise bridal shower 143lbs
Nov. 2013 - Birthday Mini-vaca 148lbs
Hope you like all these pics and can take something away from my journey. Putting this together has been good for me and I am so thankful that I have someplace to share my story. Thank you to all of my MFP friends who have supported me! I will reach my goal!
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Congrats! You will be a beautiful bride!0
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wow!!!!!!!0
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VA VA VOOM! You look great,good work on your journey so far. Progress>Perfection0
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Wow, congrats!!! I don't like making a fuss over myself but I do love the idea of a skinny shoot! Thank you for sharing your pictures.
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Nice!!!!!0
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Awesome job. You look great. I really hope you take the time to see how much your hard work paid off. I found that guilt or negative feelings tend to trigger my eating. So my suggestion would be to focus on the positive and look at the time off/ recent weight gain as a learning experience. Lot of people have mid-weight "breaks" jump back in and you will be back to feeling amazing again. I love your skinny photos. You look so confident. Thanks for the inspiration and honesty.0
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Congratualations! Weddings are a great motivator! that was how I lost weight too!0
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Congrats!!! You look amazing...almost like a different person. Great job! :drinker:0
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You look absolutely amazing! It's so inspirational since I'm starting about the same place you were. I hope to be that skinny one day! Great job chick and congrats on the wedding!
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So fantastic! Great work! Your weight loss has been similar to mine. Got to my lowest, then too much celebrating got the scale inching back up again. Now I find myself having gained back 14 lbs, and this time it's a BEAR to get off! You got this!0
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Hi! This is super inspiring to me. You started off about where I was this time last year. I'm getting married in 2014 and am struggling to lose the last 30 pounds. I've only dropped 20 pounds in the last year and though I log everything my exercise has been slack. Thanks for sharing your success! You're going to make a beautiful bride! :flowerforyou:0
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Wow! Great job, I am at my mid-way point and really don't want to slack off, this has been really inspirational. Thanks,0
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You look amazing! Congrats! :flowerforyou:0
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A beautiful story with beautiful pictures -- congrats!0
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Congratulations you look wonderful!0
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WOW - AMAZING!0
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