Updated: OMG!! I DID IT!! 32 months/ 301 lbs. Lost!! Part 2

eashelton53

Great job man.... It's good to see the before and after pictures. You look great man.... Keep it up.

sarahsmom1

You my man are magnificent

kjmommie

wowwwwwwwwww 301 pounds GONE !!!! Congrats on all of your HARD WORK

yogavegan

AMAZING! great job, and i love the big clothes pictures! !!thank you for sharing!!!

hkmamma

You are amazing! I am so stealing your outlook of one day at a time and make it the very best! Thanks so much for sharing your story.

GurleyGirl524

congratulations!!! Not only are you a true inspiration, but you are proof of what hard work and determination can do.

AntShanny

Really amazing journey you've been through, and are still going through...not gonna lie, it brought tears to my eyes reading your story. Such an accomplishment so far and what an inspiration!

UFCGirl1988

wow one word AMAZING!

future_marathoner

You are amazing and a TRUE inspiration. You should be so proud of yourself! Congratulations on a life changing journey.

UpToTheChallenge

you are truly inspirational!

scrappy40

SUPER inspiring! Thanks so much and CONGRATULATIONS!!

Tasolie

You are a ROCKSTAR!!!!! KICK *kitten*!!!!!!

IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym

A-freaking-mazing! Congrats!!

healthybones

That's absolutely amazing!! Congrats on the hard work & results

stephmcneilly

Thanks for sharing your story and inspiring all of us.

my_username_was_taken

I can't say enough how impressed I am. I am sharing your story with my husband in hopes that he gets as inspired as I am. Congrats on such a great achievement.!!!!

blueeylb

32 months ago I started a journey that led me down a path I never thought possible. Wednesday I hit my biggest milestone to date. I broke the 300 lbs. lost mark!!! I have been so blessed to have come so far. I have more to do with Skin surgeries and Knee replacements but every ounce of Pain, Sweat, and Tears was worth it to be where I am today... Now my future is truly unwritten and I plan on making the most of the second half of my life.....

Updated: I just wanted to do a part 2 and answer a few questions that were asked in the previous thread. But first thank you for all the kind responses it means a lot to me knowing that I can touch so many people with my story. I joined MFP late in my journey, I had done a lot of the things that I do here but joined here to work on my self-confidence and my fear of social phobia. When you get to wear I was trapped in a 560 lb. body, barely able to walk from room to room and had not really left the house in about 2 years. I had built up major anxiety towards being around people and/or being out in public. I have worked hard at overcoming these fears. Being part of these forums, answering questions and supporting my friends on here was/is a big step forward for me. In the beginning I couldn’t support my weight for very long so I had to do aquatic therapy for the first 1 ½ years and I lost around 175 lbs. before I was fitted with braces, put on pain meds, and knee injections to be able to do exercise outside of the water. I now split time between both, the elliptical is my best friend lol… I lost all this weight on my own, weight loss surgery was Not an option for me (no offense to those that have) I just knew if I could not fix what was broken in my head then getting the weight off let alone then keeping it off would be impossible. So a lifestyle change was in order and a lot of hard work and dedication has been my battle cry. I had one really bad knee (injured in 2002) but the weight is what destroyed them both. I have worked with my Ortho Dr. from day one. Bilateral MRI’s showed Grade 3 Osteoarthritis both knee’s, Torn Meniscus both knee’s, and a torn ACL in my Left knee. We knew going into this it was all about getting the weight off and hopefully making it to the end and then doing the Knee replacements. I am actually meeting him Tuesday, we schedule this appt. 3 months ago hoping I would hit my goal of 300 lbs. lost by this appt. which I did a week ahead of the appt. So we are right on course with our agenda. I met with a skin surgeon 2 months ago and he wanted me to get down to 260 pounds. He said I can expect to lose close to 30lbs. in the removal surgery. I don’t have an end goal weight. When your 560 lbs. it now becomes a look in the mirror feel to it at this stage. If I do lose close to 30 lbs. in the removal then my current weight drops to around 230 lbs. I would be quite happy at that weight but we will just see. I set my new goal for 250 lbs. so we’ll see how I look there. I am planning on skin surgery in May and my knee’s done after I heal from the skin surgeries which I think will push the knee’s to the fall….. Finally I was asked how I keep my head in the game. And the easiest way to answer this is take it one day at a time. In the beginning it was very hard to fathom having to losing 300 lbs. so my therapist told me I need to break it down into what I can control. So I felt if I can just concentrate on the now then it didn’t look so unattainable. So each day I wake up and I put all the focus on what I can do today to make it as successful as I possibly can and when I lay my head on the pillow at night I know there was nothing more I could have done. When you hit rock bottom (where I was in May of 2009) I literally had a life or death struggle and when I finally choose to live, I had nowhere to go but up, I stopped saying no to everything and started saying yes. From there doors started opening up for me and I made the most of each and every day I had. Baby steps but steps all the same, you just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other…. I wish you all the best on your journey’s and remember to always put yourself first, if you don’t take care of yourself you can’t be there for the ones you love……..


May 2009 @ 560 lbs. and Feb 2012 @ 259 lbs.

blueeylb

i was feling pretty bummed out and giving myself a pitty party untill i read about your great success! congrats on #301 off after reading your story, i'm thinking if you found the way to do it i can too Thank you! way to go.

StrongGwen

I'm diggin' your arms--gotta love those good-looking guns!

snowwhitee

WOW! Amazing results, you look like a new man. Congrats

Thelmasol91

Outstanding and very motivating! Keep up the good health habits:)

2012x

Wow!
Well done!

LilMizCharlie

My god you have given me reason to believe I can do this!!! You ROCK!

TanyaCurtis

Unbelieveable!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm speechless

Lexymom

The single most amazing thing I have ever seen here!!! Such a huge accomplishment!!! Thank you for sharing and best of luck to you as you continue on your journey!!

Mills187

Hell yeah dude nice job!!!

kellyisloved

I know everyone has said it, but I just couldn't go past without saying it again.

You are AMAZING, and you should be so, so proud of what you've accomplished. Without seeing it myself, I would almost be tempted to think it would be impossible to accomplish what you have, but the fact that you've done so much can give so much hope to everyone else who is struggling toward the same goal.

Good luck with everything that's to come - clearly you're strong enough to handle all of it, and you have a whole crew of people here cheering you on.

*throws confetti and cheers!*

jennai

Bravo! You are amazing!

alisma73

You are amazing, phenomonal, inspirational and truly truly remarkable. Hope all your surgeries go well and here's to the future!!!:flowerforyou:

MuffRuff

Wow! You look great! This is so inspirational.