45 lbs lost (pics)

MEGAmm

I started working on losing weight at the beginning of last summer. After a few ups and downs I finally made it to a 40 lb loss! Sorry my pictures aren't particularly showcasing the results very well, but I think you get the idea.

Here I weighed somewhere between 200 - 205 lbs.



And now here I am at my during-weight-loss stage at around 160 lbs.



My next goal? Lose 20 lbs to get to my (tentative) goal weight of 140 lbs and gain some muscle mass. ;-)

Thanks MFP. This has been kind of really awesome. :-)

Staffyman

Wow.

Those are great results. Thanks for sharing your pics. Very inspirational!

dodson169

looking great!

CRSE1214

Great job! Are you doing it through a combination of diet and exercise or diet only?

TaraFTMVA

looking awesome! Way to lose!!

MercenaryNoetic26

Very cute pics! Keep up the good work!

kgb6days

Great job! You look great

camrecordplay

Congratulations! You look great.

andreacord

You look great! Congratulations. I have to say you look fantastic at 160, much better than I do, but i guess its all about how you carry your weight and you do it well!

shirlandmews

You look great !!!! What a work ! Congrats !!!

daydream58

Megan, you are a cutie patootie! I know you will reach your goals, you are on board the MFP Train now!!

getfitnfab

Awesome work!

mmuzzatti

Great job! Love seeing these, I have mine but not ready to post yet...but I will!

JeSuisPrest

:flowerforyou:

twynzmom

Inspirations!

pthomp2268

Thanks for the motivation!

Kris10can

You were beautiful before and now you are just a Knock-out!!!! I need some of that motivation that has gotten you to where you are!! Woot Woot!!

snockers3112

You have done fantastically well! and you look great - you are such an inspiration

DDsMrs

You look fantastic! And you look very happy! Congratulations!

AandJsMommy

Congrats, you look great!

Lula16

way to go! you look great!

CorinthiaB

Congrats!

HouseTargaryen

Oh, wow! Great job!! You look fantastic!

Ashley5704

Way to go!! You look amazing!

bsavage13

Awesome! You look great!

kissoffools

Wow, you look awesome - congrats!! I have a similar journey to yours (started at 200lbs, am now at 170 and looking to get down to 140ish.) Best of luck to you!

SinIsIn

Great job!!!

katyejean

That's great! Congratulations!!!

MEGAmm

Great job! Are you doing it through a combination of diet and exercise or diet only?

Mostly I've made a lot of dietary changes. Working out has always been a bit of a roadblock for me. In the past I overdid it and then burnt out or injured myself. My approach this time has been to focus on losing weight by eating less and moving more, without putting too much emphasis on working out all the time. Once I reach my goal weight I want to slowly begin to build muscle mass. I'm not in a hurry this time, so I'm not overdoing the exercise. I want to be an active person! I just need to do so very slowly to take care of myself.

For now I'm working on eating healthier foods that make me feel good (lots of veggies and a lot of lean protein) as well as cooking at home as often as possible. I want to learn to cook more recipes too, so finding healthy and delicious ones has been fun! I've been really into kale lately. I make homemade kale chips, kale and white bean soup, and salt and vinegar sauteed kale. Yum. :-)