18 months and 99 pounds later (with pics) :-)

dhencel · June 2012

Congratulations to you for having the will power to continue and succeed.... You look fantastic! And this just proves that you can do it if you set your mind to it!!!!

Curvimami · June 2012

Great job!!! you look lovely!!

CristaA42962 · June 2012

You look amazing! Great job!!

annokoye · June 2012

You look great. Keep up the good work.

chapparra27 · June 2012

I've been overweight pretty much my entire life. I finally tipped the scales at 240 pounds and at 5'-4" my BMI was 40 making me morbidly obese! In January 2011 I decided to stop making excuses for myself and joined WW to help me get back on track. WW was very helpful because it was a real rude awakening considering portion sizes and carbs. I slowly introduced exercise by first walking then using the elliptical and then biking (which I love love love). It wasn't until August 2011 that I joined a gym, got a personal trainer and was introduced to strength training. Fast forward to February 2012 I started heavy lifting (which I love love love). The more research I did about healthy living and eating clean, I knew I needed to "graduate" from WW to take more control into what I was eating. My sister introduced me to MFP at Easter time and it is everything WW is not (mobile app kicks butt, awesome community, etc.) I switched over and started learning about BMR and TDEE. I found that I just wasn't eating enough for my activity level. I used several online calculators to figure out that calories I should be eating and increased my calories accordingly. I feel great and I have tons of energy for my workouts and daily activities!

My transformation is not complete yet. I reached my original goal of being a healthy BMI. But now I want to work on body fat % and fine-tuning my body. Here are some before and current pictures:

(this is my first time posting pictures in a thread, so if I screwed this up, feel free to fix it - thanks!)

WOW! You have done an amazing job! Way to take care of you! You look Phenomenal!

MileyClimb · June 2012

amazing. how do you post pictures? I have a picture when I was 220 pounds and my most recent one at 199. I weighed 250+ pounds in 1996. down as of my last weigh in 191 pounds. I don't weigh again till the end of this month

deborahmills22 · June 2012

What an inspiring story! Congratulations on your amazing success! You were cute before and you're cute now. :-)

Tators · June 2012

Absolutely awesome!!! You look so happy and great!

beanerific518 · June 2012

amazing. how do you post pictures? I have a picture when I was 220 pounds and my most recent one at 199. I weighed 250+ pounds in 1996. down as of my last weigh in 191 pounds. I don't weigh again till the end of this month

Check out the thread near the top of Success Stories message board for step by step instructions. It took me a couple times but I finally got it in the end.