ONE YEAR on MFP - My year in NUMBERS and pics :-)
joyzy
Posts: 97 Member
Today is day 365 of my logging into MFP. It's been a WILD year! Thanks to all my MFP friends for the encouragement and ideas over the past year. I never could have pictured myself at this place a year ago.
Here's my past year in numbers:
Time spent exercising during the past 365 days:
453 hours, 46 minutes, 53 seconds.
Distance traveled walking, running, and biking:
1937.49 miles
What I've LOST:
Bust:
From 54" to 37.5", loss of 16.5"
Bra band:
From 46" to 32", loss of 14"
Hip:
From 55" to 41.25", loss of 13.75"
Waist:
From 49.5" to 32", loss of 17.5"
WEIGHT:
From 270lbs to 170lbs, loss of 100lbs.
Clothing:
From size 24 to size 8/10
BEFORE:
During:
Added in weight lifting 6 months ago.
OLD PANTS! (size 24)
Before and after: (beach picture is from this past weekend.)
This part below I've posted before but I'm just including it again because this should help answer the questions I'm frequently asked.......
(this is my background, from my profile:)
I'm a 5'8", 32 year old, stay at home mom of three girls, ages 2, 4, &6.
I had a spinal cord injury in June 2011 at 270lbs. Emergency spinal surgery, and temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. Regained sensation and mobility over the next few months. At my discharge appointment in August 2011, the neurosurgeon said the best way to prevent reinjury is to lose weight. The next day I started really slowly daily exercise and tracking my food on MFP.
I began my exercise SLOWLY. Like really really slowly. The first day, I walked around my block. 0.25 miles in 25 minutes, with a CANE. The next day I went a little father, the next day a little faster, just doing what I could, getting out there and moving and sweating every single day. After many months, I added in 30 second jogging spurts. Then I just tried to run more and walk less, gradually introducing faster speeds as my body could tolerate it. After a few months, I was able to jog for my whole workout.
Currently during a typical week, I run 6-7 days/week and lift 2-3x/week. I've done five 5k races this spring and summer, and hope to train for longer distance events.
The key to my success: Consistency. Just get out there and DO it. Watch your portions. Sweat every day. No excuses.
:-)
Joy
Here's my past year in numbers:
Time spent exercising during the past 365 days:
453 hours, 46 minutes, 53 seconds.
Distance traveled walking, running, and biking:
1937.49 miles
What I've LOST:
Bust:
From 54" to 37.5", loss of 16.5"
Bra band:
From 46" to 32", loss of 14"
Hip:
From 55" to 41.25", loss of 13.75"
Waist:
From 49.5" to 32", loss of 17.5"
WEIGHT:
From 270lbs to 170lbs, loss of 100lbs.
Clothing:
From size 24 to size 8/10
BEFORE:
During:
Added in weight lifting 6 months ago.
OLD PANTS! (size 24)
Before and after: (beach picture is from this past weekend.)
This part below I've posted before but I'm just including it again because this should help answer the questions I'm frequently asked.......
(this is my background, from my profile:)
I'm a 5'8", 32 year old, stay at home mom of three girls, ages 2, 4, &6.
I had a spinal cord injury in June 2011 at 270lbs. Emergency spinal surgery, and temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. Regained sensation and mobility over the next few months. At my discharge appointment in August 2011, the neurosurgeon said the best way to prevent reinjury is to lose weight. The next day I started really slowly daily exercise and tracking my food on MFP.
I began my exercise SLOWLY. Like really really slowly. The first day, I walked around my block. 0.25 miles in 25 minutes, with a CANE. The next day I went a little father, the next day a little faster, just doing what I could, getting out there and moving and sweating every single day. After many months, I added in 30 second jogging spurts. Then I just tried to run more and walk less, gradually introducing faster speeds as my body could tolerate it. After a few months, I was able to jog for my whole workout.
Currently during a typical week, I run 6-7 days/week and lift 2-3x/week. I've done five 5k races this spring and summer, and hope to train for longer distance events.
The key to my success: Consistency. Just get out there and DO it. Watch your portions. Sweat every day. No excuses.
:-)
Joy
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You are incredible. Like you should be on Oprah or something!!0
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You look fantastic...great work! Very inspirational.0
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Woohoo! Looking great!0
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Congratulations!! A solid year of absolutely fantastic work. And your transformation is just breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing, this gives me hope that I will, too, reach my goals!!0
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great job! congrats on all of your success!0
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Wow wow wow you look soooooo amazing!!! You've done a fantastic job you should be super proud of yourself :flowerforyou:0
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whoa----hottttie! we are weight loss twins! 306-178 this year;) i wish i could rock that bikini, not in this lifetime for me, i have enough extra skin to keep a small town warm all winter;)
but, seriously- congrats, momma! job well done! you are an inspiration and i hope you are filled with pride:) you deserve to be:)0 -
This is really encouraging, thank you for posting pics and the story! I just turned 33 and am currently 245. I was worried that being 33, there would be no way for me to tighten everything up and do what needed to be done! Once again, thank yoU!0
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Incredible, keep it up!0
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What an amazing job! Thank you for your encouraging story! You've done great!0
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Awesome! You look wonderful!0
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you look wonderful!!! congrats!0
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NO JOKE i started tearing up wheni was looking at your pics!! you are inspiring and beautiful and SO brave to post pics like that!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0
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An inspiration!0
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Wowwwwwwwww! Amazing!! :flowerforyou:0
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Amazing! You look incredible! Congratulations on the new you!0
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Great job!!!!!0
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great job you look wonderful0
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AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! Congrats on your life-changing journey!!0
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Wow, congratulations. You've come so far in a year. What a great story. (I want arms like yours!)0
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Wow. Amazing transformation and dedication.
Congratulations!0 -
Awesome!0
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You are a true inspiration and you look amazing. You obviously have great determination and drive! Congrats!:happy:0
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you look awesome. congrats0
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Your story is amazing and you look beautiful! Congrats on your success! You definitely are an inspiration
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Great job! You look amazing. 0
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Great job!! Very motivating!!0
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I'm speechless....you look absolutely amazing!!!!! Congrats on a job WELL done!!0
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What a change! You look great and should be very proud of yourself. You have done something some folks only dream about.
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Bravo!!!! This story should give anyone hope. What a fantastic ending to a bad situation! I also appreciate the fact that you did it like anyone can; no fad diets, pills, deluxe machinery or extreme exclusionary eating habits. Just good ole hard work and portion control!!
Congratulations, you look fantastic!!!0
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