Final pictures after 10 month on MFP

aksingingbreeze

I posted before and after pictures a few months ago, but I have now completed my journey. I switched to maintenance calories today! I started at the end of November 2010 at over 185 pounds, size 12-14 clothes, resting heart rate of over 72bpm, well over 30% body fat and an obese BMI. 10 months later, I have lost 56 pounds (129), am in size 2-4 clothes, have a body fat % of 18, my VO2Max is under 50 (definitely in the athlete category), and I have more muscle definition than I have had in my life. It feels great!
Oh, and for those of you who want to know, I am about 5'5.5"

Before:



Now!


My "guns"


Love my calves in this one:


Dress I wore 7 years ago for my engagement pictures. :-)


Yay for skinniness and cute clothes!


Thanks to everyone who encouraged me along the way!!
My goals now are to maintain my weight and add some more muscle. :-)
Good luck to all of you still on your journey! You CAN do it! Stay strong, don't stress and work out hard!

kellyscomeback

Great pictures, a few repeat so I can't see your guns or calves but you still look great.

aksingingbreeze

Thanks! I fixed them. :-)

suja1983

Fantastic!! Well done x

mikeyrp

Awesome!

ASPhantom

That's awesome. You look great.
Very similar goals here.

What amount of exercise were you doing? Calories, etc?

nixickle

Wow! You look incredible! Well done you! I'd be interested to know how the maintainence works out for you, as I'm soon going to switch too. I really hope this app can help me maintain my goal weight as maintaining has always been my problem. Best of luck and well done again xx

aksingingbreeze

ASPhantom,
When I was really losing weight, my calories were set at 1200. I was good about sticking to that. I did eat back my exercise calories and I exercised hard (45-60 minutes) 5-6 days a week. I used a lot of workout videos that I borrowed from the library and lots of On Demand videos from exercise TV. I didn't deprive myself of any foods I loved, just ate them less and ate in moderation. I also allowed myself a "free" day once every week or two where I could eat anything basically and not worry about being over. I did try to keep under my weekly allowance though. So, if I went over, I would be under the rest of the week.

If you have any questions, feel free to message me!

Good luck everyone!

LamsieDee

you look awesome! thanks for posting your pics, it's so motivating to see others nearly the same size and how they look when they're done

Nanadena

You are totally gorgeous! The look in your eyes says it all! And yes, the new skinny pretty clothes is what it is all about! Congratulations to you!!!!!

33KIKI

Congrats that is great work ...you look fabulous!!! It's cool to see that your starting weight is where I am now so if I keep going maybe I get even to lower numbers. THanks for sharing and keep up the great work!

leanne2376

amazing work - you must be so happy - well done

naturallynikki

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

busymnmom

Awesome!!!! Thank you so much for posting your pics!!! You look so happy and fit!!!!!! :happy:

olacoco7

Congrats to you and great pics!!

QueenCat25

You look amazing!

CVALGAL

What an inspiration! I think I have that same purple shirt you're wearing in the before picture. Lol. I hope I can do as well as you have done in the next 10 months. Thanks for sharing!

JessyLovesJCS

Awesome! You look amazing!!

DWilbanks

Wonderful, you did awesome!

iishnova

You look amazing!

Absolutely! I'm so inspired.

sandhillcrane

Congrats!! You look fabulous!!!! You should be very proud of yourself!:flowerforyou:

mmstgr

Way to go!

staps065

Wow! You look wonderful! Great work! Wow!

evansproudmama

AMAZING!!!! You inspired me to keep on pushing on today when I was just about to go home and eat some ice cream lol thanks for the inspiration!! and CONGRATS!! you look amazing

tymee

You look amazing. Congrats

laurielie

WOW...........You did it!! And it sure did pay off, you look GREAT!! Keep it up.............ps....love the new haircut ;-)

allycat5723

this is awesome and so encouraging! Congrats on the fantastic job!

aksingingbreeze

Thank you all!

jewel6018

You look fantastic~!!!!!!!! Congratulations on a job well done. You worked hard and you made it. Gives me hope and inspiration that I will make it too. Thanks so much for sharing.

InsertCleverName

Congrats - Your hard work paid off...You look great.

alyssamiller77

Outstanding work, now the fun part begins, maintaining that weight. No doubt you've learned enough through your experience that you'll do great. Congratulations, you look awesome.