51 gone, a few more to go!

fitnesstanyam

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What a journey! I have struggled with weight as long as I can remember. As a child, I was skinny until I hit around 8 or 9 yrs old, then I discovered food. The weight packed on and by the time I was 12 or so, I was 165 lbs. As a young teen, I was invited to play on sports teams that were an age group ahead of me (senior teams when I was junior age) and that was the best thing that happened! I loved playing basketball and volleyball and between the two lost weight and was around 143 lbs when I graduated high school. I am 5'6" tall, so not super thin but a healthy size 11. Then I moved away from home to go to school and in the first year, I believe I gained 20 lbs. I went up and down for a few years and by the time my husband and I got married 10 yrs ago (I was 26) I was a whopping 240 lbs. Stupidly, we never joined a gym before kids and only a few months into our marriage I became pregnant. I think my highest weight while pregnant was between 255-265 lbs (kinda tried to block out the actual number I guess!) I became pregnant a second time when my baby was just over a year old and sadly, at 37 weeks, our son was stillborn for no known reason. Another year passed and we decided to try again, I started to lose weight thinking that I would be healthier this time around and fell pregnant very quickly once I lost 15-20 lbs. I was still overweight but worked out while pregnant until about 6 months pg and then I stopped the gym and stuck to just walking. I managed to only gain about 15 lbs or so and came home smaller than pre-pregnancy. I thought this time would be different having two kids at home and running around all the time with them. Slowly, a few lbs came back on and I was right back to square one.

aritch11

Congrats on your success! Keep it up!

ItsMeRebekah

pics on your profile say it all!! congrats to you

fitnesstanyam

When the youngest was around a year old, I started going to the Y again and managed to lose about 20 lbs quite quickly, summer came and I gained 15 lbs back. That's when I said enough was enough. I worked out consistently for the next year but didn't lose much because I couldn't keep my food in check. My weight on Nov. 22, 2010 was 225.8 and I'd had enough. I started watching what I was eating and by Mar.18, 2011 when I joined MFP I was 217lbs. Finally, I was going in the right direction. I'm currently 175 lbs and seem to keep struggling every 10 lbs but in the end, I WIN! LOL! I'm happy to say I've taken it off and am keeping it off. I still have another 20 that I would like to lose but if this is where I stay, I'm happy too! Here's some pics! From a size 22 to a 14!
225 lbs (2002)
All three pregnancies! 205 lbs last May (2011) Spring 2012 175 lbs!

fitnesstanyam

Wow! Those did not come through like I resized, cropped and edited on Photobucket! LOL!

fitnesstanyam

The first pic of me should say 245lbs not 225.

And now they are all looking like they should! LOL!