One year ago today - lots of pics

KevinLamb77

A year ago today I was at the heaviest weight I'd been for the third time in my life. At 320 I was unhappy and unhealthy. My wife and I had tried to lose weight in the past, some attempts some what successful and some not so successful. The South Beach Diet was successful twice, but our cravings for those foods that we had cut out proved to be too great. We would start cheating on the diet, eventually falling completely back into our old eating habbits. We decided this year was going to be different. We were going to find a way to cut back calories. I mentioned this to a friend of mine at work, and he suggested me to look into this site. Well 367 days later, 2012 was a leap year, here I am. Of course this isn't all just because of MFP, but I know that without the diary and being consistant with my tracking we would not have been successful. I've lost 113 lbs, I'm down from 320 - 207, I've been as low as 204. I've gone from a pant size of 44 to 34, and they are falling off of me now too. I went from tight xxxl to a lose xl, Large in some polos.
I champion this site to everyone I know. Several friends have signed up, but without consistancy I've seen them fail. This takes commitment, and you have to be absolutely ready to change to make it work. I wish you all the best of luck, and look forward to seeing all of your success as well.

Weight 320 - 207 lowest 204
Neck 20 in - 16.25 in
Waist 54.5 in - 38.75 in
Hips 45 in - 37.5

This was me in August of 2011




May of 12


July 12



October 12



Today

nayeliscastellanos

Great transformation!

CharT5188

WOW...what an inspiration!!! Good for you!!!

Fightin2GetFit

Great story! Thanks for sharing!

Bobhunter624

Excellent progress, it puts me in the shade I was starting out at 204 lbs last february and I'm still struggling, thanks for the inspiration, keep up the good work.

beabria

Congratulations! And, I'm sure that your new healthy habits are also rubbing off on your family. You wife and children must be so proud of you!

shirleycooke35

Well done - you look great!

Moviegal77

You look like a different person. Very inspiring, well done.

fusion777

Wow, congrats on all of your hard work paying off!! You and your family must be so happy!!

And don't take this the wrong way, but you look SO SKINNY now!!!

amandat_79

AWESOME job!!! You look great

stumblinthrulife

Admit it, at least 13 of those 113 pounds were lost by cutting the beard! :laugh:

Seriously though, awesome transformation, nice work.

red_road

you look so much younger! great work

trcole

Absolutely awesome!!

KevinLamb77

Admit it, at least 13 of those 113 pounds were lost by cutting the beard! :laugh:

LOL not quite, was more like 1 lb :laugh:

Daysednconfused

Congratulations! You look fabulous!

LadieTink

congrats:drinker: :drinker:

hthrhrpr

How did you do it? It's AMAZING!

mumreeder

That is fantastic - well done! Really inspired me today thanks for sharing.

sheshebell

wow, this is great. I love all these stories. Really helps keeps me motivated. Thanks a lot.

Lilihel

Good job!

alabom04

Wow congrats....You did a great job:):)

Crazibaker

Holy Cow you look awesome!!! Great great great job!!

KenosFeoh

Look at you! Terrific!

cleotherio

Great job.

princessd84

Excellent work! Well done

amandavictoria80

Holy weight loss Batman!!!!

Tamz2013

wow, great job!

kaligrl1

Well done, i need to jump on your ban wagon. Been here a year and 12 lbs lost.

sanura

awesome! congratulations and thanks for sharing

Goldie_13

Great job!

melinda200208

Wow! You look great! I had to laugh at the "car wash" picture. What an accomplishment!! Keep it up!!