Let's play "Who is THAT?" after 107 pounds gone!

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  • Stripple
    Stripple Posts: 62 Member
    WOW... Well done! You look fantastic
  • Chipik
    Chipik Posts: 15
    Just WOW!!!
  • tageekly
    tageekly Posts: 3,755 Member
    This is so great everyone - thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who is shocked by the transformation and can't see myself in those before pics. :happy:
  • Gerald_King
    Gerald_King Posts: 2,031 Member
    Wow awesome loss very inspiring
  • jimsdietomaha
    jimsdietomaha Posts: 6 Member
    You really look great! Keep up the great job! I can see the confidence is growing!
  • amycarol59
    amycarol59 Posts: 111 Member
    You are AMAZING!!!! Great job!
  • Chood5
    Chood5 Posts: 259 Member
    Wow! Great job!
  • celestialmoon
    celestialmoon Posts: 18
    Sincerely and truly happy for your success!
  • nweldon
    nweldon Posts: 2
    wow, that's fantastic...congratulations. This is what is giving me inspiration to stick with this...I know it can be done, just a matter of staying the course..thank you
  • chelseyjade666
    chelseyjade666 Posts: 4
    Do you feel as good as you look? It sure looks like it!
  • njmp
    njmp Posts: 277 Member
    Holy snikeys! You look fantastic. I'm sure you are super proud, and you look so happy in your goofy pic. Made me smile!
  • katiedidd66
    katiedidd66 Posts: 77
    Wow!! You look fantastic!!! Thank you so much for sharing and giving us all inspiration!
  • Kell_Smurthwaite
    Kell_Smurthwaite Posts: 384 Member
    Wow! Lady, you look absolutely amazing! What an achievement and an inspiration to others! :)
  • jan5555
    jan5555 Posts: 35 Member
    WOW! You are such an inspiration....!
  • tageekly
    tageekly Posts: 3,755 Member
    I wasn't going to post before and after pics, partially because I'm not at after yet (still in the during phase) but also because I didn't think I had any pictures of before. I purposely, like many of you, avoided cameras like the plague. But after going through some old things I found some pics I had forgotten about and decided to share them.

    This is not easy for me because I never saw myself as the before person. I mean really, who is THAT person in those pictures? I absolutely see myself in the after/during pics and I'm proud of what I've accomplished, though I have some more to lose. Okay, enough jabber, here's what you voyeurs clicked on this topic for:

    July 2006 - about 280
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    September 2008 - about 280 - Didn't know this was being taken, but of course I'm eating...
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    July 2011 - about 220, shortly before I joined MFP
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    May 2012 - my current profile pic, but it shows my face change from July 2006
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    Today! Shows not only the change from before, but really, how doesn't love a goofy pic of themselves?!
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    Thanks to my MFPals - some of you have kept me motivated when I wanted to quit and many of you have provided untold amounts of support. :heart:

    Some people have contacted me asking for advice about I did it so here's what's working for me (disclaimer: may not work for you, but you asked...).

    1. Tracking net calories weekly rather than daily. The phone app does this for you. Then I can have a day where I go over and not worry about it. Enchiladas and margaritas FTW!

    2. Eat back exercise calories - at least half, sometimes more. But make sure your outgo is accurate (e.g. HRM - MFP overestimates most activities) and your intake is accurate (don't "eyeball" your portions, measure or weigh your food where you can).

    3. Customize your goals - especially increasing protein intake. You can change the split of your macros under Goals > Change > Custom.

    4. Cardio! I lost most of the weight here doing cardio - machines (Elliptical and Arc Trainer mostly), videos (Jillian Michaels, Bob Harper, Chalene Johnson, Shaun T and Tony Horton are on top of my DVD player) and classes (lots of yoga for the "rest" days).

    5. Weights! In the last few months I've added more intense weight training and am doing ChaLean Extreme now - lifting heavier for few reps and I'm seeing definition and feeling muscles. Yay!

    Feel free to ask questions if there's something specific, just thought I'd share a few things that I've been focusing on. Good luck MFP community in your goals!
  • sarahharmintx
    sarahharmintx Posts: 868 Member
    Holy cow. You do look amazing!
  • mfernando6
    mfernando6 Posts: 60
    u look amazing... congrats
  • myjourney2
    myjourney2 Posts: 424 Member
    Wow! An awesome transformation!!!
  • DrKittyCat
    DrKittyCat Posts: 108
    OMFG, you look beautiful, young, and oh so happy! I don't understand how people can have the patience and perseverance to lose all that weight in barely a year. I'm feeling so inspired right now, thank you for sharing your journey with us :-)
  • hoppinfroggin22
    hoppinfroggin22 Posts: 165 Member
    WOW YOU LOOK AWESOME!!!
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Now that is what I call a transformation!!! Congrats to you and all your hard work!!! Good luck to you on the rest of your journey!!
  • staceyGO
    staceyGO Posts: 376
    well done lady, thanks for all the mfp love and thinspiration!!! :)
  • tommys
    tommys Posts: 61
    I clicked on this from the Hottest Geek/Nerd Thread and wow! You have undergone a total transformation! Congratulations and thank you for the inspiration you provide to so many!
  • mathgirl
    mathgirl Posts: 61 Member
    Talk about transformation! You look very happy and healthy now :) great job
  • deedeefelldown
    deedeefelldown Posts: 57 Member
    You look fantastic! Keep it up!
  • Sunpoet
    Sunpoet Posts: 65 Member
    I actually gasped out lout when I saw your face close up, there is such a remarkable change. Way to go and what an inspiration you are to us.
  • cleorh
    cleorh Posts: 44 Member
    Wow you look amazing, you have done soooo well. FAB xx
  • swthrtsmrf
    swthrtsmrf Posts: 384
    You look amazing! Keep up the great work!
  • Curvimami
    Curvimami Posts: 1,851 Member
    Amazing results!!
  • vallemic
    vallemic Posts: 278 Member
    Holy crap! I bet people don't even recognize you!

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