Lina's in progress success story!
lina1131
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The day I met my husband was probably the best I have ever looked. I was 138 pounds, working out with a personal trainer, felt so beautiful and confident. You see, I have always struggled with my weight. I have never been obese or anything, but I was surely never skinny. In fact, I always had weight to lose. So for me to be 138 pounds with a rockin' body was amazing. It was March 15, 2002 when I met Sal on a camping trip and I was 138 pounds. Life was good. We got to know each other, we got comfortable with each other, we got engaged. The more my love grew for him, the bigger my butt was getting. All my hard work was slowly but surely deminishing. I barely felt it actually because I was so busy being in love and the man that I loved accepted me no matter what I looked like.
Within the next few years I gained back everything I had lost and was back up to 183 pounds. In October of 2004 I decided that things weren't working out for my fiance and I and that I needed to end our relationship. Things were just not right, I had lost myself and needed to gain myself back. He needed a slap back in to reality. I will never forget the day I broke it off. He cried and cried. I cried and cried. It was miserable because I loved him so much. It was a hard decision, but the best decision I have ever made. I was 183 pounds and decided to start focusing on myself. I decided to do a low-calorie/exercise routine. I ate very little and exercised a lot. In 2 months I was down to 160 pounds. I felt great! Three months after I broke things off with my fiance, we talked again, worked things out and got back together. We decided to start planning our wedding.
On January 20, 2006, we married. I was 180 pounds! That's right, I gained EVERYTHING that I had lost. I'm not suprised, I lost it fast and I had pretty much starved myself through sadness of being apart from the love of my life. Regardless of my weight, I felt so beautiful on my wedding night.
February 28, 2006 I took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. The doctor confirmed the positive test a couple of weeks later. At the doctor's office I tipped the scales at 183 pounds.
October 31, 2006 my beautiful baby girl was born via c-section. That day I weighed in at 223 pounds. I had gained 40 pounds throughout my pregnancy. Within 2 months I was back down to 183 simply by breastfeeding and being a busy mamma. I didn't diet or exercise or anything, I just lost all my pregnancy weight.
I got really comfortable and just kept eating what I wanted without feeling bad. My husband thought I was beautiful, never commented about my weight gain or anything.
January 15, 2008 I went in for my annual exam. The nurse weighed me and I was a whopping 207 pounds! I was shocked (how could I be? I was huge!). I had never been that much weight without being pregnant I felt awful.
January 22, 2008 my weightloss journey began. This is the last time I'm going to lose weight. This time it will stay off because i'm doing things differently. I decided that this isn't going to be a diet. This is going to be a lifestyle change and one that I can live with. I didn't want to be hungry, I didn't want to miserable, I didn't want to feel deprived.
I decided that I would eat healthy whole foods and exercise and give myself one cheat day a week so that I can eat what I feel like without feeling guilty, and that took care of feeling deprived too.
Each day I am allowed 1450 calories. If I exercise and burn 300 calories, I am allowed to eat the 300 calories I burned. My goal is to lose 1 pound per week. Some weeks I lose more, some days I don't lose at all, but it all evens out. I make sure to exercise 4 to 5 days a week doing 30 to 45 minutes cardio. Recently I have added light weights. I try to burn 300 calories per workout session, but i'm going to try to increase that to 400. I just have to figure out what I can do to reach 400 calories. I only have 1 hour to get to the gym, workout, and be back to work. I work out during my lunch hour. I also drink a lot of water throughout the day!
So here are my weighins:
01/22/2008 - 207
02/11/2008 - 199
02/14/2008 - 196
02/17/2008 - 194
02/26/2008 - 193
First month I lost 14 pounds
03/04/2008 - 192
03/08/2008 - 191
03/10/2008 - 192
03/12/2008 - 191
03/14/2008 - 191
03/15/2008 - 189
03/19/2008 - 189
03/24/2008 - 188
03/27/2008 - 187
Second month I lost 6 pounds
04/05/2008 - 186
04/07/2008 - 185
04/11/2008 - 184
04/20/2008 - 183
04/29/2008 - 182
Third month I lost 5 Pounds
05/09/2008 - 181
05/15/2008 - 180
05/17/2008 - 179
Fourth month so far I have lost 3 pounds.
I am down a total of 28 pounds and my goal is to weigh 140, so I have 39 more pounds to go!
I will do it. I will not stop. I will live this life forever. This is the last time I will lose weight.
Within the next few years I gained back everything I had lost and was back up to 183 pounds. In October of 2004 I decided that things weren't working out for my fiance and I and that I needed to end our relationship. Things were just not right, I had lost myself and needed to gain myself back. He needed a slap back in to reality. I will never forget the day I broke it off. He cried and cried. I cried and cried. It was miserable because I loved him so much. It was a hard decision, but the best decision I have ever made. I was 183 pounds and decided to start focusing on myself. I decided to do a low-calorie/exercise routine. I ate very little and exercised a lot. In 2 months I was down to 160 pounds. I felt great! Three months after I broke things off with my fiance, we talked again, worked things out and got back together. We decided to start planning our wedding.
On January 20, 2006, we married. I was 180 pounds! That's right, I gained EVERYTHING that I had lost. I'm not suprised, I lost it fast and I had pretty much starved myself through sadness of being apart from the love of my life. Regardless of my weight, I felt so beautiful on my wedding night.
February 28, 2006 I took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. The doctor confirmed the positive test a couple of weeks later. At the doctor's office I tipped the scales at 183 pounds.
October 31, 2006 my beautiful baby girl was born via c-section. That day I weighed in at 223 pounds. I had gained 40 pounds throughout my pregnancy. Within 2 months I was back down to 183 simply by breastfeeding and being a busy mamma. I didn't diet or exercise or anything, I just lost all my pregnancy weight.
I got really comfortable and just kept eating what I wanted without feeling bad. My husband thought I was beautiful, never commented about my weight gain or anything.
January 15, 2008 I went in for my annual exam. The nurse weighed me and I was a whopping 207 pounds! I was shocked (how could I be? I was huge!). I had never been that much weight without being pregnant I felt awful.
January 22, 2008 my weightloss journey began. This is the last time I'm going to lose weight. This time it will stay off because i'm doing things differently. I decided that this isn't going to be a diet. This is going to be a lifestyle change and one that I can live with. I didn't want to be hungry, I didn't want to miserable, I didn't want to feel deprived.
I decided that I would eat healthy whole foods and exercise and give myself one cheat day a week so that I can eat what I feel like without feeling guilty, and that took care of feeling deprived too.
Each day I am allowed 1450 calories. If I exercise and burn 300 calories, I am allowed to eat the 300 calories I burned. My goal is to lose 1 pound per week. Some weeks I lose more, some days I don't lose at all, but it all evens out. I make sure to exercise 4 to 5 days a week doing 30 to 45 minutes cardio. Recently I have added light weights. I try to burn 300 calories per workout session, but i'm going to try to increase that to 400. I just have to figure out what I can do to reach 400 calories. I only have 1 hour to get to the gym, workout, and be back to work. I work out during my lunch hour. I also drink a lot of water throughout the day!
So here are my weighins:
01/22/2008 - 207
02/11/2008 - 199
02/14/2008 - 196
02/17/2008 - 194
02/26/2008 - 193
First month I lost 14 pounds
03/04/2008 - 192
03/08/2008 - 191
03/10/2008 - 192
03/12/2008 - 191
03/14/2008 - 191
03/15/2008 - 189
03/19/2008 - 189
03/24/2008 - 188
03/27/2008 - 187
Second month I lost 6 pounds
04/05/2008 - 186
04/07/2008 - 185
04/11/2008 - 184
04/20/2008 - 183
04/29/2008 - 182
Third month I lost 5 Pounds
05/09/2008 - 181
05/15/2008 - 180
05/17/2008 - 179
Fourth month so far I have lost 3 pounds.
I am down a total of 28 pounds and my goal is to weigh 140, so I have 39 more pounds to go!
I will do it. I will not stop. I will live this life forever. This is the last time I will lose weight.
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The day I met my husband was probably the best I have ever looked. I was 138 pounds, working out with a personal trainer, felt so beautiful and confident. You see, I have always struggled with my weight. I have never been obese or anything, but I was surely never skinny. In fact, I always had weight to lose. So for me to be 138 pounds with a rockin' body was amazing. It was March 15, 2002 when I met Sal on a camping trip and I was 138 pounds. Life was good. We got to know each other, we got comfortable with each other, we got engaged. The more my love grew for him, the bigger my butt was getting. All my hard work was slowly but surely deminishing. I barely felt it actually because I was so busy being in love and the man that I loved accepted me no matter what I looked like.
Within the next few years I gained back everything I had lost and was back up to 183 pounds. In October of 2004 I decided that things weren't working out for my fiance and I and that I needed to end our relationship. Things were just not right, I had lost myself and needed to gain myself back. He needed a slap back in to reality. I will never forget the day I broke it off. He cried and cried. I cried and cried. It was miserable because I loved him so much. It was a hard decision, but the best decision I have ever made. I was 183 pounds and decided to start focusing on myself. I decided to do a low-calorie/exercise routine. I ate very little and exercised a lot. In 2 months I was down to 160 pounds. I felt great! Three months after I broke things off with my fiance, we talked again, worked things out and got back together. We decided to start planning our wedding.
On January 20, 2006, we married. I was 180 pounds! That's right, I gained EVERYTHING that I had lost. I'm not suprised, I lost it fast and I had pretty much starved myself through sadness of being apart from the love of my life. Regardless of my weight, I felt so beautiful on my wedding night.
February 28, 2006 I took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. The doctor confirmed the positive test a couple of weeks later. At the doctor's office I tipped the scales at 183 pounds.
October 31, 2006 my beautiful baby girl was born via c-section. That day I weighed in at 223 pounds. I had gained 40 pounds throughout my pregnancy. Within 2 months I was back down to 183 simply by breastfeeding and being a busy mamma. I didn't diet or exercise or anything, I just lost all my pregnancy weight.
I got really comfortable and just kept eating what I wanted without feeling bad. My husband thought I was beautiful, never commented about my weight gain or anything.
January 15, 2008 I went in for my annual exam. The nurse weighed me and I was a whopping 207 pounds! I was shocked (how could I be? I was huge!). I had never been that much weight without being pregnant I felt awful.
January 22, 2008 my weightloss journey began. This is the last time I'm going to lose weight. This time it will stay off because i'm doing things differently. I decided that this isn't going to be a diet. This is going to be a lifestyle change and one that I can live with. I didn't want to be hungry, I didn't want to miserable, I didn't want to feel deprived.
I decided that I would eat healthy whole foods and exercise and give myself one cheat day a week so that I can eat what I feel like without feeling guilty, and that took care of feeling deprived too.
Each day I am allowed 1450 calories. If I exercise and burn 300 calories, I am allowed to eat the 300 calories I burned. My goal is to lose 1 pound per week. Some weeks I lose more, some days I don't lose at all, but it all evens out. I make sure to exercise 4 to 5 days a week doing 30 to 45 minutes cardio. Recently I have added light weights. I try to burn 300 calories per workout session, but i'm going to try to increase that to 400. I just have to figure out what I can do to reach 400 calories. I only have 1 hour to get to the gym, workout, and be back to work. I work out during my lunch hour. I also drink a lot of water throughout the day!
So here are my weighins:
01/22/2008 - 207
02/11/2008 - 199
02/14/2008 - 196
02/17/2008 - 194
02/26/2008 - 193
First month I lost 14 pounds
03/04/2008 - 192
03/08/2008 - 191
03/10/2008 - 192
03/12/2008 - 191
03/14/2008 - 191
03/15/2008 - 189
03/19/2008 - 189
03/24/2008 - 188
03/27/2008 - 187
Second month I lost 6 pounds
04/05/2008 - 186
04/07/2008 - 185
04/11/2008 - 184
04/20/2008 - 183
04/29/2008 - 182
Third month I lost 5 Pounds
05/09/2008 - 181
05/15/2008 - 180
05/17/2008 - 179
Fourth month so far I have lost 3 pounds.
I am down a total of 28 pounds and my goal is to weigh 140, so I have 39 more pounds to go!
I will do it. I will not stop. I will live this life forever. This is the last time I will lose weight.0 -
Hi Lina, Thanks for sharing your story, it inspires and encourages me. You're almost half way to your goal! Keep up the good work!0
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Great story, Lina!
It's true, once you have it in your mind you're never going to be heavy/overweight again good things start to happen.
Thanks for sharing! :flowerforyou:0 -
That's really wonderful Lina!!! Sounds like your taking back control of your life and making healthy decisions, that's great! I feel like I've gone through many of the same stages....this too is the last time to lose the weight as this time I will lose it the right way, make a lifestyle change and never gain it back!!!0
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awesome lina!!! inspiring and motivating !!
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You've done a really great job! I love that we have the success stories now! You and every other person who has told their story are really helping me with this new positive outlook, any kind of encouragement keeps me from giving up!! Thanks for sharing!!0
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Great job!
Your weights sound like mine. I was up and down and never realized I was that big until I lost some or look back on photos.
Keep going!0 -
Today I burned 400 calories during my workout. It was a goal of mine and I finally reached it. Putting this in here so I can look back and see how long it takes me to reach my exercise goals. It might not be a big deal to some, but it is huge for me. I only get 45 minutes to workout and it has been killing me to reach 300 and today I hit my 400 calorie goal!
Next goal 500 calories!0 -
go on w/ your bad self!!!! :glasses:
such a great "in progress" story!!! I'm so proud of you and think what you have done so far is amazing!!!
keep it up sista!
hugs!
Ali :flowerforyou:0 -
That is awesome Lina! Keep up the good work. What an inspiration you are! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0
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You are amazing Lina!! Thanks for sharing your story. I know you are an inspiration to not only myself but everyone else here!! And you are beautiful inside AND out!!!
MFP is helping to create a bunch of sexxxayyy people!!!!!!! 0 -
Great job!! You are inspiring......0
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You go girl
Keep up the great work...
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Thats so awesome...you've just inspired me to work out on my lunch break! I was using the excuse that I dont have any time before work (8am trying to get myself and a 4 month old ready and out the door before 730am), and when i get off at 630pm im usually too exhausted and worried about picking up baby, making dinner, cleaning house, doing laundry, getting ready for tomorrow to even think about the gym! I read this and thought Vwhala! DUH! lunch break....perfect- So Thanks! :happy:0
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You are very welcome. I love working out during lunchtime because I can't make excuses to not go!0
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What an inspiring story. You have gone thru all the yo-yoing just to come out a winner. I am looking forward to being a winner just like you. You are doing a great job. Keep up the good work.0
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Nice work, sister! I also get a 1hr break to exersize. (Which is actually on 45 mins so I have time for a cool down before I change). I can break 400 cals burned in 40 mins by cranking up the dificulty on the eliptical machine I use. Actually, I max out the difficulty. Its hard, but it works.
I'm excited to keep watching your success!
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What a wonderful story! Keep it up.
Thank You
:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
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Finally, after almost a month - i'm down another pound! 29 pounds gone beoooootches! :drinker: 0
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177 this morning! 0
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177 this morning!
WTG, hottie!!
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