50 pounds down!! (with pics)

Chelle_Belle_08 · January 2014

Great job!! Very inspiring and helped me out a lot to see this!

khhowe1 · January 2014

What a motivating story! Congrats, so happy to hear about your success!

Nightdust · January 2014

Great job! You have a very pretty face too btw:) lovely!

retirehappy · January 2014

Congrats.
Toot that horn some more!

Loved how you acknowledged the pain going away and the other healthy benefits, too many stories focus on the weight loss alone.

MJ_Watson · January 2014

U look amazing. . Secret behind your weight loss pleaseeee

Thank you! No secret, really. I just used the app. No special diet or anything. I eat pretty much the same stuff, just in smaller portions. I do exercise, but it's more to retain as much LBM as I can (strength training) and for general health. And so I can eat more, haha. Well, that's why I started anyway, but now I just enjoy it. ^^

As for calories, I started at the 2 pounds a week setting, which was NET 1500 cal for me, and that was good for a while but about 30 lbs in I started to feel some loss of motivation and energy from having it so low (2 lbs a week was almost down to 1200 cal by then) so I upped it gradually and ended up at NET 1,800 which is somewhere between 1.5 and 1 lb loss a week. When the weight loss slows down below a pound a week, I'll probably tweak it down again. But for me, it's all about finding an intake number where I'm losing but I still feel good. I'd rather lose it slow than be miserable.

angmarie28 · January 2014

wow, looking great

DawnMarie1970 · January 2014

Great Job!!!!!

aprilsjourney · January 2014

You look great! Thanks for sharing your success story.

sara_diaries · January 2014

Well done

smh1067 · January 2014

Great transformation! Way to go!!!

2dayirunforme · January 2014

WOW!!! You look amazing!

ljaporado · January 2014

This is fantastic, you look great!

samuelsson · January 2014

TOOT AWAY! You're doing phenomenally -- and I especially love the fact that it's not just about losing weight for you, it's about getting healthy, and discovering the athletic side of you. And as a BONUS, you do look amazing! Congratulations on your approaching Onederland and being that much closer to your goal.

=D

Laughter_Girl · January 2014

Great job! I would be tooting my horn too. You deserve it.

susanrechter · January 2014

Wowsers! You look great!

nazykatz · January 2014

The "Success Stories" boards are always my favorite, and the most helpful for me. I've just returned to MFP, and I absolutely cannot wait until it's time to post my own. Keep up the great work!

newladykb2016 · January 2014

Thanks for sharing ! Great pictures and you look wonderful !

ReinasWrath · January 2014

you look absolutely amazing!!

doliveira714 · January 2014

Wow ! you look awesome! Congratulations, great job!

Kiayaxo · January 2014

Well done! Keep up the amazing work

ButterfliesOnMyEyes · January 2014

Thanks so much for sharing your success. I can't wait to be where you are. I am just starting out but with people like you on here to inspire me I would give up. It is awesome to see what others can do.... You look awesome!!!

Jenny3mac · January 2014

Great Job!!

jb_2011 · January 2014

Fantastic!! Fifty is a major milestone! I remember the day I had finally lost 50 --- I was flabberghasted!! hahaha let's have no more "flab" around here! :laugh:

Congratulations m'dear!!