Hit one of my Goals!! :)

Freyja2023

4 years ago I was 240 pounds and had a BMI of amost 40. I started to workout and eat healthy and 2 years later I hit the BMI and was finally in the overweight section. For me that was a great feeling as I was no longer obsese. This morning 2 years later again Finally reached a Healthy BMI 24.9. With only 5 pounds left for me to hit my orginal goal of 140 I feel pretty darn proud of myself. I had to take a minute to really let it sink in then did a little happy dance around the room . Thanks for letting me have a place where I can come and feel welcome and share my success.

metalvegan

Yay!! Congratulations!!

literatelier

That's awesome, congratulations!!!

caitdev

Congratulations; what advice do you have for those of us just starting the journey?

hougt

Well done keep it up!!

binglebandit

Congrats! That's amazing. I can't wait to get there myself.

lt3ag4s

congratulations!

vtmoon

Congrats!

DoomCakes

Congrats! Great success!!! Keep strong.

Kezzaangry

Fantastic! I too meet one of my major goals this week. Lost 20 kilos!!! Got another 10 to go. Keep going!!!

MB_Positif

Congratulations! That is really exciting!

Cathy_ann913

Wow, that's awesome! One of my goals is to get out of the obese range too. At least I can say I'm not morbidly obese now. I'll get there! I'm in it for the long run! Again, congratulations and wishing you continued success.

Cathy

smtillman2

WooHoo!!!!

bkesecker

Congratulations!! I wish you well with your last 5 pounds.

juliedozier

Happy Dance!!! Way to go ... super inspiring.

beansprouts

Congratulations...You did an excellent job. Getting down to a normal BMI is my goal too!

BodyCombatGirl73

That is fantastic! Enjoy your success and do a happy dance all day! What committment to reach your goal!

geezer99

Wow -- four years of focused work ! Inspiring!

oldhorizontal

Congratulations!! Healthy BMI is a major achievement ....my wife did the same "happy dance" a few months ago.

alison0511

Congrats!! We have the same goal of 140, but you're ahead of me! I am currently within 5 pounds of moving out of "obese" and into "overweight", and am already really excited about that coming up, so I totally understand..... Thanks for the inspiration!

Freyja2023

Congratulations; what advice do you have for those of us just starting the journey?

Thanks everyone My advice to someone just starting the journey would be:

1- water is your friend drink it everyday!

2-food journal is very important, track everything

3-personal journal so you have someplace to write down all that you are feeling and doing, that way you have an outlet that reduces stress

4-ignore anyone that trys to make you feel bad in any way!

5-exercise may be hard in the beginning but gets easier and before long you want to do it. I love to exercise now and actually feel guilty if I don't

and finally: Just keep with it, tell yourself every day that you deserve this, that you are a good person, tap yourself on the back for every single goal no matter how big or small it may be , it doesn't make you selfish to take time for yourself. surround yourself with positive energy

verptwerp

You must be jumping for joy ...... congrats & thanks for sharing !

daydream58

I like that it took you some time, I think that is more stable and do-able anyway. Plus it's taking me a lot longer than I anticipated at first... here I am a year in and only halfway to goal when I see some others got there in a few months... but who can say if that is sustainable. And MOST people can say if you go really slow it probably *IS* sustainable and stable, so I guess I'm doing great... but when my first anniversary rolled around recently I didn't know if I should be happy or sad, if you know what I mean!

After reading your post and thinking it over, I decided that HAPPY was closer to the truth of the matter. Slow and steady really does win this race apparently! Great job!

AmIhealthyyet

This is so encridible and you have every reason to be proud of yourself!!! You earned all your success ! Thanks for being my friend and offering encouragement and support in my journey!

mdelcott

Great job!!

jakidb

You have EVERY REASON to be proud; Kudos!!!

veerichie

aw that is so exciting! I got a little bit choked up reading that because I know the feeling - I too started at an obese BMI and it felt so good to cross over into "over weight". I'm not at a "healthy" BMI just yet... but, I am close.

Thanks for sharing your success

Wabbit05

Amazing! Great Job! I'll do a little happy dance for you!

faefaith

Hooray!!!! Good for you love!! :drinker:

nixerific

Amazing!

jendc21

that is so amazing!! you are definatly an inspiration, to stick with it that long and get to where you "need" to be, i say it like that bc the whole bmi thing kinda makes me mad bc im 5'1 and suppose to be 115 but i know id look sick bc i know i have hips and whatnot... ANYWAY ... good work on that! congrats!