- 40lbs. New progress pictures =)
BeautyFromPain
Posts: 4,952 Member
Hello all,
My name is Ellie and to this date I have now lost 40lbs.
I was 213lbs and I am now 173. Aiming to lose another 20-30. I have been losing since April 2011, lost 33lbs from April 2011 up until December and then plateaued until 8th September, when I was taken off the medicine for my acne. I have lost 7 lbs since then, without changing anything so that was obviously the culprit! I counted my calories up until July of this year, then realised how OCD I am about it and decided to just eat clean and exercise. I exercise most days of the week. I lift heavy 3 days a week, and do cardio 5-6 days a week, whether it be a walk, a run, the crosstrainer or my dance class.
I used to eat McDonalds 5x a day, binge drink most nights of the week and smoke every day. I was very depressed and suicidal.
My dr recommended coming off the antidepressants, trying exercise and seeing how I feel. Exercised every day for a week, came back and was taken off the antidepressants for good! I am so much happier now! Still working on my selfesteem, though it is a lot better than it used to be...
I fell in love with exercise so much, that I decided that I want to become a Personal Trainer and help others achieve what I have. I am currently completing my Cert 4 in Fitness, doing my Diploma next year and I want to do a Nutrition and Dietitics course at uni as well. My dream is to open my own Health Centre one day - a Gym with Dieticians working there. Dietician by day, Personal Trainer by night.
So now onto everyone's favourite part:
April 2011:
213lbs
April 2012:
180lbs
September 2012:
173lbs
I don't think that it would have been possible for me to achieve so much without MFP or my amazing friends.
Thankyou all. Mwah, xoxo.
My name is Ellie and to this date I have now lost 40lbs.
I was 213lbs and I am now 173. Aiming to lose another 20-30. I have been losing since April 2011, lost 33lbs from April 2011 up until December and then plateaued until 8th September, when I was taken off the medicine for my acne. I have lost 7 lbs since then, without changing anything so that was obviously the culprit! I counted my calories up until July of this year, then realised how OCD I am about it and decided to just eat clean and exercise. I exercise most days of the week. I lift heavy 3 days a week, and do cardio 5-6 days a week, whether it be a walk, a run, the crosstrainer or my dance class.
I used to eat McDonalds 5x a day, binge drink most nights of the week and smoke every day. I was very depressed and suicidal.
My dr recommended coming off the antidepressants, trying exercise and seeing how I feel. Exercised every day for a week, came back and was taken off the antidepressants for good! I am so much happier now! Still working on my selfesteem, though it is a lot better than it used to be...
I fell in love with exercise so much, that I decided that I want to become a Personal Trainer and help others achieve what I have. I am currently completing my Cert 4 in Fitness, doing my Diploma next year and I want to do a Nutrition and Dietitics course at uni as well. My dream is to open my own Health Centre one day - a Gym with Dieticians working there. Dietician by day, Personal Trainer by night.
So now onto everyone's favourite part:
April 2011:
213lbs
April 2012:
180lbs
September 2012:
173lbs
I don't think that it would have been possible for me to achieve so much without MFP or my amazing friends.
Thankyou all. Mwah, xoxo.
0
Replies
-
Nice!0
-
i dont have any pics but just thoughtid stop and say WOWWWWW you look AMAZING!!!! congratulations!!!!!0
-
Congratulations
0 -
Great job, and good luck with what follows! You seem to be doing it perfectly right!0
-
Looking good, you even look more confident0
-
Looking good, you even look more confident
Yup, I sure am!
I can gladly say I don't hate myself anymore and I'm not anxious to be in public and around people anymore.0 -
hey that is awesome, you rock!! Congrats 0
-
Amazing job - well done!0
-
More than losing just the weight - its great how you have adopted a holistic view and managed to turn your life around. Know a lady who was an alcoholic and she adopted running when turning her life around ... why not make excercise a vice :-) a healthy vice .... Congratulations and keep going! Amazing job.0
-
More than losing just the weight - its great how you have adopted a holistic view and managed to turn your life around. Know a lady who was an alcoholic and she adopted running when turning her life around ... why not make excercise a vice :-) a healthy vice .... Congratulations and keep going! Amazing job.
Yup! I haven't drunk a drop of alcohol in 6 months today actually, (only had half a glass then) and before that nothing for another 6 months Loving life, I'm so blessed! 0 -
Thankyou for all of your encouraging words 0
-
Any of you feel free to add me if you would like 0
-
you go girl! i'm adding you!0
-
Great job!0
-
you go girl! i'm adding you!
Ta (:0 -
Great job!
thankyou =]0 -
well done xxx you have worked so hard you should be very proud of yourself xx 0
-
WTG!!0
-
How do you add pics to these? You are looking great!!! Keep up the hard work.0
-
well done xxx you have worked so hard you should be very proud of yourself xx
Thanks so much
0 -
WTG!!
thankyou 0 -
Great Job.0
-
How do you add pics to these? You are looking great!!! Keep up the hard work.
Thanks
I go onto tinypic and upload them, then put the pictures on with the img code but you need to change the code to lower case [img][/img]0 -
Congrats you look wonderful....so much younger now!!0
-
Congrats you look wonderful....so much younger now!!
Haha, really? Thanks
How old do you think I look before/after?0 -
So happy to see your joy. It helps to motivate me too.
You look amazing keep up the great work!0 -
So happy to see your joy. It helps to motivate me too.
You look amazing keep up the great work!
Thankyou 0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 427 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions
Do you Love MyFitnessPal? Have you crushed a goal or improved your life through better nutrition using MyFitnessPal?
Share your success and inspire others. Leave us a review on Apple Or Google Play stores!
Share your success and inspire others. Leave us a review on Apple Or Google Play stores!