I HIT GOAL!!! I've lost 140 lbs! *PICS*
MeganSWoods
Posts: 196 Member
In February of 2010, I weighed over 300 lbs (at 5'10") and realized I was shaving years off of my life when I was only 25. I decided to change that and set a very lofty goal of losing 130 lbs to get to the border of the Healthy and Overweight categories of BMI (later changed it to losing 140 lbs so I would firmly be in the Healthy category). The first thing I did was give up all fast food except Subway and all pop for Lent that year. When I started seeing some changes, I realized I could do so much more and added in some exercise with Jillian Michaels dvds here and there. By the time school started again in the fall, I had lost 43 lbs, but fell off the wagon as they say. I regained about 10 lbs, but January 1st, 2011 was the new start for me, and I started going to a personal trainer twice a week (pretty much the only exercise during that time since I was still so busy with school). I was using the Lose It app on iPhone at that point because I hadn't discovered MFP yet. A friend of mine told me about MFP so I joined June 1st, 2011, and the rest is history! I started C25K around the same time, and have now run a 5K, a 5 miler, and a Half Marathon! I've completed the 30 Day Shred, Ripped in 30, and Killer Buns and Thighs all by Jillian Michaels. I have hit that ridiculously elusive-feeling "goal weight" of losing 140 lbs!
I know I'll get the "what are your biggest pieces of advice" questions so here we go:
Get measuring cups and a digital food scale and measure everything to make sure your serving sizes are correct.
There are always bumps in the road, but you can get right back to it-- that's the key! YOU have the power to make the right choices!!!
Before After
Weight 305 164.4 (-140.6) I've lost 46% of my original body weight!
BMI 43.8 23.6 (-20.2) I've gone from Morbidly Obese to Healthy!
I know I'll get the "what are your biggest pieces of advice" questions so here we go:
Get measuring cups and a digital food scale and measure everything to make sure your serving sizes are correct.
There are always bumps in the road, but you can get right back to it-- that's the key! YOU have the power to make the right choices!!!
Before After
Weight 305 164.4 (-140.6) I've lost 46% of my original body weight!
BMI 43.8 23.6 (-20.2) I've gone from Morbidly Obese to Healthy!
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AWESOME !!0
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Great job!0
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That's awesome! Congrats.0
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Amazing. Great Job.0
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Freaking amazing! You look fantastic! Very inspiring...0
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Amazing! And you look so happy!0
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You look fantastic!!! I'm so proud of you!!! You are inspirational!!!0
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Amazing!0
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You look fabulous, congrats. All you hard work paid off!0
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FANTASTIC!!!0
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Amazing job, you are an inspiration and such a great support and kind person. Huge congratulations!0
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What an inspiration you are!! Great job! You look amazing!:happy:0
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Congratulations ! Such a freeing feeling i bet? how did you do it ./ i am just getting started and have about 100 but started working out a couple of weeks ago and see some results but got to keep going ! The best to you !0
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Oh, my!!! Incredible transformation!0
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Congrats. You look amazing.0
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Congratulations! You look great!0
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So happy for you! It's always inspiring to see people set goals and reach them! Gives me hope that I can reach mine0
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Good for you!!! You look awesome!!! I also have 140 lbs to lose and started around the same time you did. I've got caught up in some things but I'm back at it and ready to lose the rest now, 50 lbs to go. Thanks for sharing your success!! Very inspiring!!!0
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Wow! That is amazing! Great job and keep up the amazing work!0
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great work!!! Congratulations, I am so happy for you!!0
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Wow! That's awesome!! Great job!!!!0
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wowowowowow!0
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You are such an inspiration to me! I have 150 lbs to lose, and seeing your amazing example makes me realize that it CAN be done!0
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Wow! You look amazing!0
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You look amazing! Congratulations0
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Wow! You lost an entire person! Thank you for sharing your story and pics, very very inspiring!0
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WOW! You should be very proud of yourself!!0
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You are truely an inspiration. Thanks for sharing!0
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You look fantastic!0
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Congratulations! what an achievement. You look fantastic, younger and healthier:)0
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