"Apple" Shaped Women - Before & Afters?

swilson75

Great before and after photos! My body shape is also apple and so I have to ask, what helped you all lose the weight? I do know strength training helps me, but I still have trouble with my diet and what types of foods I should be eating, since some spike insulin, etc.

Thanks!

Peppermint_Patty614

Great thread.

dewrema5832

You ladies ROCK! I can't wait to have before & afters to share! Its day one of full commitment- wish me luck!

Diondrea04

:laugh: hahahaha....smh (too funny)

Diondrea04

I have hypothyroidism and uterine fibroids. There is hope of going from apple to hourglass... i think i can call myself hourglass now!

168 lbs Summer 2011, and 133 lbs Summer 2013

GOR-JUS:flowerforyou:

RiversideBabe

Bump! Hoping I can add to the wonderful after pictures soon!

Leimaro

The Fountain of Youth = Lose weight!! I am amazed at how everyone looks years younger after losing weight.

I'm an apple and only have pics as an apple. My NSV goal = take a pic this Christmas for "success stories".

greenmonstergirl

before


right now - but a ways to go but at least I can say hourglass now as my waist is 10 inches less than bust and 11 less than hips

Jennlc033

Wow the transformations are amazing, congrats to all of you!!

lknjohnson

bump

Masonless

Wow, Wow, Wow. Each of your stories inspire me. Hard work and dedication has paid off for each of you!

haerieats

This was me almost two years ago at my highest postpartum weight. I am 5'3 and a half and weighed around 140 lbs. My belly fat remained even after I shed thirty pounds.


These were taken about a week ago. I am currently a little less than 101 pounds. Thanks to religious calorie-tracking and working out six days a week, I am back down to a size 0. But I still have belly fat. I hear it's the last to go...

jen_zz

Very inspirational.. keep em coming!

jigglyone

I have hypothyroidism and uterine fibroids. There is hope of going from apple to hourglass... i think i can call myself hourglass now!

168 lbs Summer 2011, and 133 lbs Summer 2013

i too have hypothyroidism what exercises have you done to achieve your final look?

xoeva

I am still very much a work in progress and have lost about 6 pounds these were taken, but this is what a 15-pound loss looked like on my apple shape. I don't look too much like an apple any longer, I would like to think I look more like an hourglass now. I ate slightly above my BMR and took up weight training. That's how I did it

I'm 5'5''

Wow you look so different! Good job

CassieReannan

Pretty sure I am an apple...

clarajeanbean

I'm not done yet, but:

des24rob

These are great before and afters! What was the biggest help? Eating healthier or a specific exercise? I know both are important but I'm curious to know what changes you made.

clarajeanbean

For my first 25 lbs I just stuck to the mfp calorie limit, and I made sure to get enough proteins and watch fats and sodium, but at a certain point that stopped working as well. Since then I've also been working out at least 3 times a week. (For now, two or three days are 30-45 mins on the elliptical and 30 minutes of strength exercises like the leg press, the low row, and crunches, and the third or fourth day is 90 minutes of yoga).

taranelson80

I am an apple, inverted triangle (same thing?) body type. I gain weight in my stomach, back and arms. I also have treated hypothyroid.

My first picture is me in my early 20's not the best picture of me overweight but seeing as how I don't keep bad pictures of myself this is the best I can do. I few years later I was probably another 10-20 pounds heavier. I am 5'9" and at my heaviest I was 195lbs possibly more, at the time I didn't want to find out.

My after picture is me 33 at 157lbs, where I currently am at. That picture was taken around March 2013.