57 lb loss in a year! My secret...

marianne_s

Fantastic loss...!

... and yes, you can definitely see it in your face

10kaday

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a difference a year can make! YOU LOOK AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

tsjourney

You look awesome! Congratulations!

summer827

You DO look very pretty!! Your results have been awesome and I agree that it looks like you've lost much more!!

louisau

WTG

Shawneea

I smiled when I read the part about "I looked pretty to me even after my workout," it made my day. I wish you much success and thank you for making me smile today.

Amy911Gray

And don't you just love the new you! I so love the new me...and I'm going to have to go shopping in about a month when the size 14's are too baggy...and they are getting a bit baggy right now.....:flowerforyou:

RyanDanielle5101

Great job!!! You look fantastic:)

sandimack

Gorgeous! U look so much younger.

beckyinma

Way to go!

chaslee

Awwww yeah, keep up the good work...you look great and i kow you feel great :flowerforyou:

fzia

Amazing job! keep up the great work.

CROCKETT1

You have done a fabulous job! Congratulations on all your success.

nenamartinez

You look amazing!! And I think you're onto something with the challenges.. I've signed up for one starting int he new year and I think my competitive spirit is going to come out, haha!! Though, maybe I'll sign up for even more.. hm!!!

Also, you look great post-workout. Nothing like the glow of a good burn!!

Congratulations, again!

MonaATowns

I love your story! You look wonderful and you sound happy. I am new to MFP - where do I find those challenges?

bbwbeauty

Congrats u look beautiful!!

MsKekeSoFocused

Thats amazing!!!! Keep up the good work

deporee

WOW! You have inspired me. I would like to lose about that same amount that you've lost so far. You've shown me that it's possible. You look awesome!!

MoLivesLuvsLifts

Thanks everyone for all of the kind words! You guys brought up some great points and I want to address them.

I really appreciate that you think I look good at 240 lbs. I'm 5'10" and will say that I wear my weight well. For some reason (actually I'm proud of it) my arms have always been small. If I had huge arms, I would definitely look my weight. In the first picture, I'm wearing a size 24 and now I wear a size 18 tall. So believe me, I'm every bit of that 240 lbs.

As far as working outside of the home....YES, I do. I'm a manager at a college and I work 50 hours a week. I have a husband and two boys aged 6 and 11 years. But the real question is "how do I manage my time". Here's what I do:

I started off with a spiral notebook with about 70 pages (now I use Excel and every tab is a challenge). Every 5-10 pages, I have the name of my challenge at top. Then I keep my stats in the book. I actually work out on average only 30-40 min a day for 5 days. BUT, I work out in the morning and evening. When I wake up, I work out about 15 minutes. In that time I can do 100 punch combos, 100 jumping jacks and 100 lunges. I do them in sets of 50. So I do 50 punch combos, then 50 jj's, etc and keep going until I hit my goal. Then, when I come home and I'm cooking, I may do 50 squats, 50 jumping jacks and maybe 50 situps. Once I'm done, I've hit my daily goals. Now I do have a health club membership but I only go on the weekends or if I work 1/2 a day. When I go there, I do my bike riding for 30-45 mins. Lastly, my "secret weapon of attack" is my Leslie Sansone Walk away the pounds dvd. Each mile is only 12 minutes and I do find the time to do that video 5x a week so that I can get in 5 miles of walking during the week. I don't do 5 miles a day :-))

I hope these details help! Remember, you can do it! Also, I lost 57 lbs in a year which is a little over a lb a week. That is a very healthy and achievable way to lose weight. Anyone can do what I've done.

For 2012, I plan on losing another 57 - 60lbs. It's not a race for me. I just want to be healthy! If it takes me 2-3 years to get the weight off, I'm fine because I know that I can keep it off.

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lauren0985

Wow you look awesome! Great Job!!!!