100 lbs down from my highest weight *pictures*

AmberCHM
AmberCHM Posts: 425 Member
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I'll try not to bore you too much with my "story". My name is Amber. I'll be 26 this Tuesday. SAHM of 1 year old twins. I recently hit a major milestone of 100 lbs less than my highest known weight so I thought this would be a good time to share my progress so far. I started MFP on June 1st of last year; about 4 months after having my twins. I lost the majority of my weight following MFP suggestions of 1200-1500 calories and hit a major wall after about 9 months straight of that. A very sweet MFP friend ran some numbers for me and I am now losing weight again by eating around 1700 calories a day and really focusing on my carbs, fat, and protein. I really feel this is a much more sustainable way to lose weight than the 1200 calories I started with. Go here if you're interested http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/538381-in-place-of-a-road-map . I'm so overwhelmed by all of the info so I'm just thankful for my dear MFP friend who was willing to do the math for me. Ok, enough of me talking about things I don't even fully understand.....here are my stats and pictures :)
Oh, as far as exercise goes... I started out slow with Wii Fit, I still love burning calories with Dance Central and Dance Central 2 on XBox with Kinect (SO fun!!), I've done 30 Day Shred twice in the last 3 months, I go to the gym 2 days a week for a spin class and elliptical and/or treadmill.

5' 7" with a medium-large frame
HW- 286
MFP SW- 257.4
CW- 186
Next goal- 157.4 (100 lbs down from MFP SW)
UGW- 143 (HALF of my highest weight)

April 2009 at my highest weight.
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From around the same time
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May 2011 257 lbs
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October 2011 214 lbs
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December 2011 203 lbs
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A few weeks ago 190ish
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Yesterday 186
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So that's my journey so far. Thanks for reading.
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  • SageCount
    SageCount Posts: 5
    Nice Job! Congratz
  • May63
    May63 Posts: 162
    awesome
  • janet0513
    janet0513 Posts: 564 Member
    Wow you look great. Congrats!
  • arnulforomero4705
    arnulforomero4705 Posts: 2 Member
    This inspired me! Congrats!
  • hapoo100
    hapoo100 Posts: 926 Member
    awesome!! you worked hard and earned it. Well done and thank you for sharing. :flowerforyou:
  • julesg100
    julesg100 Posts: 109 Member
    Wow, you look great! Great job!:happy:
  • ladyfingers39
    ladyfingers39 Posts: 335
    Wow, you are so cute, good job!
  • realhousewife_windsor
    realhousewife_windsor Posts: 63 Member
    You look great
  • rachmass1
    rachmass1 Posts: 470 Member
    Awesome! So actually increasing calories after 9-months? 1700 per day certainly seems like a good place to be at maintenance to slow loss so this is nice to hear

    FTR, you look great. Thanks for sharing
  • mamapaints
    mamapaints Posts: 206 Member
    Wow, you are doing so fabulous! Good job!
  • BuckeyeBoi
    BuckeyeBoi Posts: 233 Member
    Looking good kiddo!
  • k8lyn_235
    k8lyn_235 Posts: 507 Member
    that's amazing! you look great :) keep up the awesome work!!
  • TXchris
    TXchris Posts: 54 Member
    So proud of you! You are doing AMAZINGLY well! Keep up the strong work!
  • JRRCLR
    JRRCLR Posts: 338 Member
    Beautiful Amber! And might I say I love the lighter hair color! :)
  • Muslimah1218
    Muslimah1218 Posts: 65 Member
    AWESOME
  • ELee0517
    ELee0517 Posts: 83 Member
    You look fantastic!
  • tabithajoyy
    tabithajoyy Posts: 680 Member
    What a transformation! Awesome job!
  • cp37
    cp37 Posts: 36
    Amazing! You look gorgeous!
  • jclark21
    jclark21 Posts: 23 Member
    You were so pretty at your starting weight and you just got more and more beautiful as you got healthier. Very inspiring for those who are in it fr the health, but still want to look good :)
  • iuew
    iuew Posts: 624 Member
    congratulations!
  • HappieHippie360
    HappieHippie360 Posts: 17 Member
    great job! you are beautiful in your before during and after pictures!
  • nationalparklover
    nationalparklover Posts: 120 Member
    Youshould be so proud of yourself! What an amazing thing you have accomplished....keep up the great work and I know you will be at your ultimate goal weight before you know it. Great job!!
  • reneepugh
    reneepugh Posts: 522 Member
    What a pretty girl, before and after! Keep up the good work.
  • MelissaAnn1983
    MelissaAnn1983 Posts: 149 Member
    You look so great! I do have one question. Did you eat back your calories after you exercised?
  • tsmoser
    tsmoser Posts: 15 Member
    Thats wonderful, its stories like yours that really inspires me and make me realize i can do it too. Thanks for showing us your success story keep up the great work :)
  • Samcgly
    Samcgly Posts: 11 Member
    What a beautiful transformation!!! Good job and thanks so much for sharing your story!! :) Way to go!! :)
  • krodriguez630
    krodriguez630 Posts: 1
    Your post really inspired me. I didn't have the greatest day with my eating plans. I will start the day off right tomorrow. :smile:
  • gimmewellness
    gimmewellness Posts: 81 Member
    super job!! what a Great achievement!!!
  • Celeigh12
    Celeigh12 Posts: 763 Member
    You look wonderful!
  • kaioshannon
    kaioshannon Posts: 10 Member
    You got younger in your pictures! Had to show my spouse your post lol. Just amazing!

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