85+ lbs GONE and counting (hopefully a LOT of pics)

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sunnydays33
sunnydays33 Posts: 181 Member
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This is my first official picture post and I needed an esteem boost today, so I was flipping thru old pictures looking for inspiration and thought I'd share. (as horrifying as posting pictures on the intra-webs is, I'm willing to take the risk now)

Just an FYI: I'm 5'6", 33 yr old, always have been athletic, and overweight. I have bounced around between 185-220 lbs for most of my twenties and then I quit smoking when I turned 30 (yay, 3 years ago and ciggy free) well, the weight crept up to my all time high of 255.2 lbs-YIKES!!!! I was pretty miserable to say the least. Then one day it literally clicked (I mean I have dieted for the better part of 20 years, so I knew the basics of WW, Atkins, South Beach, and many more) I started my journey on Mar 11th, 2011 when I walked a 5k for St Patricks Day and saw the picture below. I was mortified!

I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking: (hard not to cringe at these befores)

Start: 255.2 lbs on March 11, 2011

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These pictures here are over the last 20 lbs. So, a 60-70 lb loss:

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Current: 169.6 lbs...YAY, still headed towards my goal of 135. I started at size 20 and now am a size 10, with one pair of 8's!! I've lost over 140"...and swear by taking measurements...do it!! Woohoo!

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  • sunnydays33
    sunnydays33 Posts: 181 Member
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    well shoot! Some of these are just waaaay to big. How do I just re-size and post a few?
  • alofay
    alofay Posts: 127 Member
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    You Look INCREDIBLE!!! Congratulations on all of your success!!
  • ALW65
    ALW65 Posts: 643 Member
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    Wow, you look fantastic! I especially love the picture of your face in the blue shirt. The blonde hair is very becoming, too! Best of luck with your last few steps :flowerforyou:
  • jenniet04
    jenniet04 Posts: 1,054 Member
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    You look great!! Congrats
  • livinginwoods
    livinginwoods Posts: 562 Member
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    WOW what an inspiration!!! You look incredible!!!
  • Shannafo
    Shannafo Posts: 121 Member
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    You look wonderful!!! and very happy and I must say younger. Thank you for sharing it so inspirational for those of us that are not as far along.
  • sjadams01
    sjadams01 Posts: 58
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    Yeah!!!! You look great!!!!!
  • toddtawnya
    toddtawnya Posts: 2 Member
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    That is truly awesome! You look great! Keep up the good work!
  • sunnydays33
    sunnydays33 Posts: 181 Member
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    Figures all the fat pics worked just great! haha!

    Let me see if I fixed some of these:

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  • Sweettart
    Sweettart Posts: 1,331 Member
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    You look like a different person! Wow awesome job!
  • LeanerBeef
    LeanerBeef Posts: 1,432 Member
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    Wow! Great job - congrats!
  • summer827
    summer827 Posts: 516 Member
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    Wow!!! That is awesome! You look absolutely great!!
  • Nic620
    Nic620 Posts: 553 Member
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    Simply beautifully! Love the new hair color choice too! Keep up your hard work!
  • Justjoshin
    Justjoshin Posts: 999 Member
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    Really impressive. You'll reach your goal in no time, keep it up
  • sunnydays33
    sunnydays33 Posts: 181 Member
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    3rd time is a charm?

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  • aklitten
    aklitten Posts: 237 Member
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    Nice work--you are beautiful and have so much to be proud of! Good luck in the rest of your journey.
  • lorac321
    lorac321 Posts: 627 Member
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    Simply stunning. Thanks for sharing.
  • tdmcmains
    tdmcmains Posts: 227 Member
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    damn, honey, you look fabulous!! great job!!
  • LilSomethin
    LilSomethin Posts: 545 Member
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    Incredible transformation!! Congrats!!! :)
  • cherbapp
    cherbapp Posts: 322
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    You are beautiful!!! Thank you so much for sharing your photos and story...I have 51 pounds to go out of my original 86 and I so appreciate seeing success stories like yours. It gives me the motivation I need to get through another week.

    I hope I look half as good as you when I get close to my goal!

    (I love the blonde on you, too!)

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