40 lbs down. Progress pictures.

AmberCHM

Congrats!! Any advice for someone new to the site?
Keep up the success!

Thank you! My advice would be drink your water, join a group (motivation and support board) and make some MFP friends to keep you accountable (friend me if you'd like), eat enough, exercise, but don't go crazy with it (your diet will be the majority of your weight loss), don't give up, weigh yourself but don't get discouraged with fluctuations, take "before" pictures (I didn't and wish I had), set goals (don't set time limits unless you are in a challenge here on MFP) and rewards for when you meet those goals, if you slip up, get right back on, don't quit, log everything you eat and put it in BEFORE you eat it. Sometimes seeing how a bad food will have an effect on your calories will change your mind, instead of eating first and logging and feeling awful about it. I know I already said this, but drink your water! Aim for half of your body weight in oz (200 lbs=100 oz of water). Get your 8 glasses at a minimum. Hope I helped in the least bit

Stephaniebingletastic

wow what a difference! you are looking gorgeous keep up the good work.

TheFitHooker

Wow you look like a total different person.

Lesley2800

Great job!!!! You look fantastic!!!!!!!

RunConquerCelebrate

Great job you look god, keep up the good work

gingerb85

You have done a great job! You look wonderful!

sasbw27

You're doing great!!!

Lalaskiss

Inspirational! Im trying to keep at it. Thanks for posting this, it reminds me to "just keep swimming" (in Dora's voice)

NthnButMoonshine

You look fantastic! Congrats on all your hard work!

Please dont take this the wrong way (Im not hitting on you I swear!), but you are absolutely gorgeous! Especially that smile, beautiful at any weight.

lglg11

you look gorgeous! Awesome job! I ran my first 5k recently too and it was great , hope you enjoyed yours too

jezmarie89

YOU LOOK AWESOME! KEEP IT UP YOU WILL GET THERE!!

melruiz5

Great Job! Keep it up :happy:

princessdimplz

Wow, you look great! Keep up the good work.

AmberCHM

You look fantastic! Congrats on all your hard work!

Please dont take this the wrong way (Im not hitting on you I swear!), but you are absolutely gorgeous! Especially that smile, beautiful at any weight.

Ha ha!! This cracked me up! Thank you so, so much!!

mamalula

Wow you really look beautiful! What an inspiration!

AmberCHM

Inspirational! Im trying to keep at it. Thanks for posting this, it reminds me to "just keep swimming" (in Dora's voice)

That runs through my mind all the time! Too funny!