85+ lbs GONE and counting (hopefully a LOT of pics)
sunnydays33
Posts: 170 Member
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
These pictures here are over the last 20 lbs. So, a 60-70 lb loss:
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!
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
These pictures here are over the last 20 lbs. So, a 60-70 lb loss:
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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well shoot! Some of these are just waaaay to big. How do I just re-size and post a few?0
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You Look INCREDIBLE!!! Congratulations on all of your success!!0
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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:0
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You look great!! Congrats0
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WOW what an inspiration!!! You look incredible!!!0
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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.0
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Yeah!!!! You look great!!!!!0
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That is truly awesome! You look great! Keep up the good work!0
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Figures all the fat pics worked just great! haha!
Let me see if I fixed some of these: 0 -
You look like a different person! Wow awesome job!0
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Wow! Great job - congrats!0
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Wow!!! That is awesome! You look absolutely great!!0
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Simply beautifully! Love the new hair color choice too! Keep up your hard work!0
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Really impressive. You'll reach your goal in no time, keep it up0
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3rd time is a charm? 0
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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.0
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Simply stunning. Thanks for sharing.0
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damn, honey, you look fabulous!! great job!!0
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Incredible transformation!! Congrats!!!
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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!)0 -
Girl, you are smokin'... Seriously. You're my new inspiration.
So glad you shared!! You should be so proud!!0 -
Holy crap you look amazing! Like a completely different person!! So inspirational!0
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what an inspiration!!!! you look incredible!
Congrats!0 -
Well done! I swear when I first started MFP I would come to success stories to see everyone's progress to encourage me to keep going ... you are an inspiration!0
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Wow, you look amazing. You do look like a different person.0
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Thats fabalous!!! We started 2 days apart (I started 3/13/11 weighing 246.2) Im 5'9. I lost a total of 96 and now weigh about 150ish..(varies by water weight a few pounds).
Keep up the great work..you look wonderful!0 -
Thanks everyone!! I LOVE the blond too, I always try and talk myself into a brunette in the winter, but this year...blond all year long!
Sorry I can't get those last few pics the right size, I tried.0 -
Wow! Such a transformation! You look wonderful!0
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Huge motivation for me. Thank you for posting, you look great!0
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Very inspiring! You look great! Thanks for sharing.0
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