Down 70 pounds/best day of my life
jenEphur
Posts: 33 Member
Hi everyone!
I'm so happy to be able to post a big success story like this one. I have lost 70 (technically 70.4 but who's counting??) pounds to date. I started this journey at 367 pounds. I was a junior in college, extremely unhappy and unable to do much. I was about to turn 21, could barely get around, and was about to apply for jobs that I didn't think I'd get in my health.
I lost 30 pounds before my senior year, and maintained (read as: gained and lost the same pounds again and again) for the past year until I started getting serious again.
I'm not making excuses for why I gained so much weight in college, but it sure was hard. I wish I could go back and tell myself it was okay and food wasn't the answer to my problems. I lost close four family members and my dog, I was engaged and broke that off (although I started losing weight after I broke it off lol), was dealing with the stress of being a first generation college student at an Ivy League school and trying to make it by, etc. I wish I could have done things differently, but I'm not looking into the past, but focusing on the future.
Anyway, here are (hopefully) some pictures! I would like to think the first one is an over representation of what I looked like, but sadly I think that's actually how overweight I was. I'm 23 (well, 20 in that picture) and 5'11.75" tall, so I kept saying to myself that I was carrying it well because I was tall and broad.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/jenephur/white_sweater_compare_zps435a6dac.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/jenephur/front_face_compare_zpse32abfbb.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/jenephur/purple_dress_compare_zpsf5431532.jpg
I am SO HAPPY! I have achieved the best NSVs ever possible, and I live for the days that they happen, such as jogging for 16 minutes in my interval training for my upcoming 5k. Or buying a blazer in a 22 instead of the 28s I started in. Or the dress that I'm wearing in the after picture actually being too loose (it may not appear like it in the picture, but it's definitely falling down today and I'm trying to keep the girls covered at work today) after being so tight in June 2012.
I'm not done by no means. I still have 110ish pounds to go until I'm at a "healthy weight" of 187. But I'm not looking at it like that. I'm looking at it in small increments, such as "oh, I'm only 21.6 pounds away from my heaviest in high school at 275" or "OH! I was 250 and in a 16 in most of high school, and that's only 46.6 pounds away!" or even "whoa...I've almost lost 100 pounds!"
I wanted to share my happiness with everyone, because it's honestly been one of the best days of my life.
Thanks for reading! Feel free to add. I love having new friends.
Jen
EDIT: the pics were too big to show the "after" side, so I just left the URLs for now.
I'm so happy to be able to post a big success story like this one. I have lost 70 (technically 70.4 but who's counting??) pounds to date. I started this journey at 367 pounds. I was a junior in college, extremely unhappy and unable to do much. I was about to turn 21, could barely get around, and was about to apply for jobs that I didn't think I'd get in my health.
I lost 30 pounds before my senior year, and maintained (read as: gained and lost the same pounds again and again) for the past year until I started getting serious again.
I'm not making excuses for why I gained so much weight in college, but it sure was hard. I wish I could go back and tell myself it was okay and food wasn't the answer to my problems. I lost close four family members and my dog, I was engaged and broke that off (although I started losing weight after I broke it off lol), was dealing with the stress of being a first generation college student at an Ivy League school and trying to make it by, etc. I wish I could have done things differently, but I'm not looking into the past, but focusing on the future.
Anyway, here are (hopefully) some pictures! I would like to think the first one is an over representation of what I looked like, but sadly I think that's actually how overweight I was. I'm 23 (well, 20 in that picture) and 5'11.75" tall, so I kept saying to myself that I was carrying it well because I was tall and broad.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/jenephur/white_sweater_compare_zps435a6dac.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/jenephur/front_face_compare_zpse32abfbb.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/jenephur/purple_dress_compare_zpsf5431532.jpg
I am SO HAPPY! I have achieved the best NSVs ever possible, and I live for the days that they happen, such as jogging for 16 minutes in my interval training for my upcoming 5k. Or buying a blazer in a 22 instead of the 28s I started in. Or the dress that I'm wearing in the after picture actually being too loose (it may not appear like it in the picture, but it's definitely falling down today and I'm trying to keep the girls covered at work today) after being so tight in June 2012.
I'm not done by no means. I still have 110ish pounds to go until I'm at a "healthy weight" of 187. But I'm not looking at it like that. I'm looking at it in small increments, such as "oh, I'm only 21.6 pounds away from my heaviest in high school at 275" or "OH! I was 250 and in a 16 in most of high school, and that's only 46.6 pounds away!" or even "whoa...I've almost lost 100 pounds!"
I wanted to share my happiness with everyone, because it's honestly been one of the best days of my life.
Thanks for reading! Feel free to add. I love having new friends.
Jen
EDIT: the pics were too big to show the "after" side, so I just left the URLs for now.
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What a fantastic post - thanks for sharing your success story. :drinker:0
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WOW! Just WOW!
What a tremedous difference! You are a tall lady like me and your pictures and story are amazing.
A job well done to you. :flowerforyou:0 -
You look happy and lovely! Great work!0
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Great inspiration for a new member like me. You look amazing.0
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Congratulations you look amazing!!!0
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You are looking really amazing and that dress looks good on you. It is amazing what a difference 70lbs can make! You have inspired me to keep pushing on :-) Thank you and well done!!!0
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Well done!0
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fantastic work0
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Wow! Congratulations! You are very pretty, by the way.0
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Awesome job!!!! You look younger and brighter
Enjoy your current success and the success yet to come girl! 0 -
Well done! Congratulations0
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Awesome progress!!0
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Fantastic job so pleased for you as the saying goes "nothing tastes as good as thin feels."0
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Awesome comparison photos. You look amazing. Congrats. Thanks for the inspiration and good luck!0
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Thank you everyone for your kind words and friend requests! It really helps me keep going 0
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That's GREAT!!! Yes, sometimes life will throw punches...but you are riding the high horse now!0
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You look great
Great job!0 -
Fantastic! Your positivity and optimism are contagious! Great work!0
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Congratulations! Loved your post!! I have 70 to lose so this gives me incentive!! I love how happy you sound. :flowerforyou:0
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Congratulations!! You look amazing and so happy!0
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What an amazing difference! Congratulations!0
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Everyone keeps telling me how happy I look, and it makes me laugh because I think "wow...I must have looked really sad before!" But I have so much to be happy about, so why wouldn't I be?!
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You look amazing - congratulations you! 0
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That's amazing! You are my inspirational story for the day. 0
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Awesome job!
I was giggling that your profile pic makes it look like you went from a overweight white woman to a black man. Now that's a change!
Keep at it, you're killing it!0 -
Congratulations! Fantastic!0
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Congratulations! You have a great attitude toward your journey...keep up the amazing work!0
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Awesome job!
I was giggling that your profile pic makes it look like you went from a overweight white woman to a black man. Now that's a change!
Keep at it, you're killing it!
HAHAHA! That would be a change. But nope, that didn't happen. ;p0 -
you are gorgeous0
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