My 35 Pound Loss from awhile ago. :)

cakebatter07

I have lost 35 pounds but I never posted a success story because I was never at my goal weight. Well, I'm still not at my goal weight, but I going to post anyway because I'm proud of myself. This is to reflect on the progress I've made and to keep in mind the further progress I want to make.

I went to New York in the Spring of 2011 and had an amazing time. Until I saw the pictures from the trip. I couldn't believe how much I had let myself go. I was a greasy, fat, slob. At 5'8" and 190 pounds I was almost obese. I was depressed from it, but it wasn't enough to make me lose weight.

Then in May I performed in this stupid, stupid play which I hated. I thought I was finally done with it but then my mom bought pictures of me from it. You can see how much I hated it in the picture.

I finally looked in the mirror and realized I needed to change my habits. Before I never even imagined myself getting overweight, but I was almost obese. I didn't want to live my life like this anymore. I needed to change.

So I started going to the gym 3-4 times a week. I didn't do strength training, I mainly just ran on the treadmill, did the elliptical, and did zumba, but I enjoyed it and after every gym session I felt better about myself. In the fall I joined the tennis team.

I used to eat huge portions of food and a lot of junk food, so I limited my portions and started eating better foods, but I didn't restrict anything. It was hard at first since I struggle with portion control, but eventually I got used to it and felt better since I wasn't stuffing my face all the time. I didn't count calories or track my macros because I didn't know about MFP then.

By the end of 2011 I got down to 155 pounds. I was a lot happier with myself, but I still had a high body fat percentage. Then I gained some more and lost some more and gained some more.

Here are some before and during pics. I wish I had taken "good" full body pics, but I think these still show a big difference. I deleted most of the pictures taken of me at my highest weight because they just made me depressed and thought if I couldn't see them then I wasn't really actually that big. Super silly, I know. I was in denial for a while.

Before:







^you can see I'm sucking in my stomach and trying to twist around to hide everything, but it didn't work very well.



^Here is the picture form the play. I know, I know, I look freaky. :laugh:


^I wore this loose black dress to slim my body (especially my stomach) and well it did help, you can still see my stomach and the fat on my face.

During:







^my face has gotten a lot smaller!

In clothes:



Here is a swimsuit pic. Eek! I still have a lot of work to do. This was taken in early November when I weighed 157. I have gained some back since then.




I am now 5'8" (no I didn't grow another inch sadly) and about 162 pounds. I still have around 20 pounds to go and lots of other goals too like starting a strength training program and becoming stronger since I'm pretty weak. This is the year I will reach my goal weight and finally be happy and confident with my body! :flowerforyou:

I wish everyone the best of luck with their goals for 2014! Let's make this a great year! We can do it!

carebears1973

Well done, you look fantastic x

jennygeo1

Oh wow! You look amazing! Congrats on your success

Thank you for posting - very inspirational.

donyellemoniquex3

GIRL ! You're beautiful both big AND small !

cakebatter07

GIRL ! You're beautiful both big AND small !

Aww thank you!!! I didn't feel beautiful at my highest weight though.

sfadler

You have done a fantastic job and you look great keep up the good work.
You sound a lot like me, except I'm starting my journey again. I find its hard to stay motivated so I surf the community blogs for motivation.

GreekAmericanChrissy

Wow…fabulous!

chelseac1014

You look great! We are actually kind of similar . I'm 5'7 and started off at 192, I've lost 30ish pounds and I'm now around 162

feliperss

Amazing job! You look great.

chellycakes

Wow, we are like twins, my highest weight (reached it twice) was 199, and right now I'm about 160 :-).5'8" too!
Way to go on the progress!

Dino_bacon2112

You look great, sweetie! I'm super happy for you.

CaseyIsTooFat

you are looking fabulous the difference is deff noticable! Kepp up the great work I'm sure itll be your year!

itzehoe

WOW - GREAT!!!

djxil

Terrific transformation and all the while, a happy camper, now just a healthier happy camper!

cakebatter07

Thank you everyone!!! I appreciate all the comments!

_errata_

You look great. Wow. :flowerforyou:

cakebatter07

You look great. Wow. :flowerforyou:

Thanks!

MelAb8709

You're the cutest! You're doing great, thanks for posting and inspiring.

cakebatter07

You have done a fantastic job and you look great keep up the good work.
You sound a lot like me, except I'm starting my journey again. I find its hard to stay motivated so I surf the community blogs for motivation.

Thank you!! I've started my journey many times. For the past two years, I've been in this cycle of -/+ 10 pounds and I'm sick of it. I agree it is hard to stay motivated. I find that my motivation comes and goes. However, being consistent with your diet/workouts is more important than staying motivated. So while you might not always be motivated, just keep sticking to your diet/exercise plan. When you start seeing results, you most likely will be motivated from that! Good luck!

seren1ty74

love it! thank you for sharing. congrats!!

JamericanBoy

Excellent progress OP!