70 lbs down! With Pics!
MeganSWoods
Posts: 196 Member
My story:
I'm 5'10" and I tipped the scales at 305 lbs in Feb 2010 when I decided to give up fast food and pop for Lent. I quickly decided to take it further and wanted to get healthy because around that time my grandfather passed away (not from being unhealthy, but it was a wake up call for me that I was shaving years off of my life because I WAS unhealthy). Anyway, in about 5 months, I lost 43 lbs and was feeling great! I got a lot of compliments and thought I had a handle on the eating and had even exercised a little over the summer. But when school started up in the fall, I was completely caught off guard at how much harder grad school was than undergrad and I slipped into my old habits of stress eating fast food and desserts pretty much every day. I had also not gotten into a rhythm with the exercise and I thought it took too much time away from my homework, so that was one of the first things to go. Needless to say, I regained 10lbs I had lost and lost a lot of the confidence I had gained! So after the semester from hell, I rededicated myself to watching what I was eating and decided to get a trainer at the start of the new year (2011). Through the semester, I lost about 20 lbs with the trainer and watching what I was eating, but still hadn't really committed to any of it-- if I got stressed out, I was still slipping into bad habits. Until I found MFP and c25k. I started c25k in May and MFP June 1st and I honestly feel like a whole new person. I've realized that instead of going to food to treat stress, I can exercise and feel SO MUCH BETTER! I am now exercising 5ish days a week and graduated from c25k 2 weeks ago-- all while still taking summer classes!
Today, 8/1/11, I hit my halfway mark of losing 70lbs! It has been a long, arduous journey, and I still have a long way to go. I needed to take a moment to really be proud of how far I have come!
I'm 5'10" and I tipped the scales at 305 lbs in Feb 2010 when I decided to give up fast food and pop for Lent. I quickly decided to take it further and wanted to get healthy because around that time my grandfather passed away (not from being unhealthy, but it was a wake up call for me that I was shaving years off of my life because I WAS unhealthy). Anyway, in about 5 months, I lost 43 lbs and was feeling great! I got a lot of compliments and thought I had a handle on the eating and had even exercised a little over the summer. But when school started up in the fall, I was completely caught off guard at how much harder grad school was than undergrad and I slipped into my old habits of stress eating fast food and desserts pretty much every day. I had also not gotten into a rhythm with the exercise and I thought it took too much time away from my homework, so that was one of the first things to go. Needless to say, I regained 10lbs I had lost and lost a lot of the confidence I had gained! So after the semester from hell, I rededicated myself to watching what I was eating and decided to get a trainer at the start of the new year (2011). Through the semester, I lost about 20 lbs with the trainer and watching what I was eating, but still hadn't really committed to any of it-- if I got stressed out, I was still slipping into bad habits. Until I found MFP and c25k. I started c25k in May and MFP June 1st and I honestly feel like a whole new person. I've realized that instead of going to food to treat stress, I can exercise and feel SO MUCH BETTER! I am now exercising 5ish days a week and graduated from c25k 2 weeks ago-- all while still taking summer classes!
Today, 8/1/11, I hit my halfway mark of losing 70lbs! It has been a long, arduous journey, and I still have a long way to go. I needed to take a moment to really be proud of how far I have come!
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You look fantastic! Great work!
And GOO STEELERS!!!
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Great job 0
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WOOOOOOOOOOOW! GREAT JOB! You look amazing!!!!:flowerforyou:0
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Awesome!!0
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You look like your daughter.
Down 70 lbs, and 20 years! Woot!!0 -
Awesome, awesome, awesome! Great story and an inspiration to everyone. Thank you for sharing, and good luck and God Bless on your journey.0
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You look great lady! Keep up the good work and great job on doing this for yourself!0
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Congratulations!!!! You look wonderful - keep up the good work!!!! 0
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Way to go!! You look amazing!! Steelers suck BTW :P:P:P0
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so glad that you are taking some time to acknowledge your accomplishments! that is just fabulous! what an inspiration you are to others. keep it up girl!!0
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YOU ARE A ROCK STAR GIRL0
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U look fantastic.... Great job:glasses:0
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Way to go! That is quite impressive. I'm still trying to train my body to enjoy working out. Starting to turn to it instead of food...0
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You look great. Cute smile. Keep it up.0
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Fantastic!0
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Great story! It really shows that just because you have a set back, it doesn't mean that you can't get back at it and achieve your goals.0
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*stands in Awe and applauds* CONGRATS!!! :flowerforyou:0
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wow!! you look amazing!!!!!
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Amazing! Huge CONGRATULATIONS!!! 0
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Awesome!!! You look really great!! Keep up the great work!!!!!!0
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Great job! You look amazing! Woohoo! Keep it up girl!0
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Excellent job!! You look fantastic!0
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Just wow.0
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You look great keep up the good work!!!0
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Congratulations! That is awesome...keep up the great work! You're an inspiration to us all!: :happy:0
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wow! AMAZING job .. you look GREAT! (:
totally off topic but omg CUTE blue-green dress!0 -
You look amazing! Keep up the great work!0
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You look amazing! Congrats! 0
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You look amazing Megan!! I'm so proud of you and you are such an inspiration. Keep up the hard work!! :flowerforyou:0
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Awesome job. Such a inspiration
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