1 YEAR PROGRESS! FROM THE 300'S TO THE 100'S! PIC HEAVY

stephross88

My name is Stephanie. I'm 24. At my highest weight I was a whopping 302 pounds. I am 5 ft 3 in tall. That is a ton of weight to carry on my small frame. I started my weight loss journey in March 2012. At a routine doctor's appointment my doctor told me that I would die very young if I didn't change my ways which meant, I needed to lose weight, and a lot of it if I wanted to live. I have a 4 year old son, I had to do something. My blood pressure was way out of control and more than half of my body was composed of fat, I had a BMI of 52. I weighed in today at 199 pounds. I fluctuate between 199 and 201 at this point. I still want to lose another 50 pounds or so. Here are some before and now pictures 1 year in!
I will admit, I am very embarrassed about the before's, but happier about where I am now!

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During:









Now:

donnam40

Well done! You look fantastic.

Thanks for sharing your story.

jennaryan1205

AMAZING!!!!! You are gorgeous! Good job girl!

toritumtum

you are a hero. thank you for saving lives. be proud of it. good job

alastria

You are 199 now? You look like you're 160...are you sure that scale is correct? You look fantastic and you have an extremely beautiful face. May I ask you some personal questions? If you find them offensive, I really apologize, I don't mean to be rude. 1st, I wanted to know how your chest reacted to the weight loss. Did they shrink, do they sag? Also, 2nd - this may be a little sensitive and rude to ask, but it looks like you are married and happy with a child, but was wondering if you found your husband during your overweight period in time? In my location, people are extremely health conscious (my province AND city has the lowest obesity rate in the entire country) so people can be very, very, very shallow when it comes to appearance. Fat is the kiss of death. May I ask you how your weight affected you socially and how it affected your love life prior to your marriage? (or during your marriage as well?)

BigAndTallSection

That is a great story. Be proud, very proud. You look great btw!!!

pandafoo

What a fantastic story, Stephanie! You have so much to be proud of, and you look amazing!!

Sharonsja

Absolutely Awesum! Well done - this is truly the motivation I need -

MtnGirl525

You GO GIRL!!!!!

InNeedOfAFitnessPal

Congrats on your weight loss. You look like you are in the 160's. I can't wait to see a 1 before my weight.

Moe0112

You look fantastic!!! Keep up the great work!!

erinxo13

I've seen your previous posts on here! You're still doing amazing, keep at it!

SimonHookham

Great story and well done. You'll do it. You obviously have the motivation!

mockchoc

You look stunning! *Claps hands!!!*

Melishark

Congrats ..that's AMAZING! .. I might I add you have a very handsome little red hair there.

Please share your best tips ... what did you / do you eat to keep the weight coming off? It seems like if I eat even one piece of bread I stall out. .. Did you exercise alot? and if so .. did you eat back some of your calories? That's a HUGE hang up for me .. it's hard to eat them back .. I feel like I'm cheating.

Again .. CONGRATS! .. you look great!

spicypepper

Wow, that's impressive!!!!!! Well done!!!!

mdawson47

Well done, you really are a star, and a great motivator.
Thank you for sharing yout pics with us x

mdawson47

Congrats ..that's AMAZING! .. I might I add you have a very handsome little red hair there.

Please share your best tips ... what did you / do you eat to keep the weight coming off? It seems like if I eat even one piece of bread I stall out. .. Did you exercise alot? and if so .. did you eat back some of your calories? That's a HUGE hang up for me .. it's hard to eat them back .. I feel like I'm cheating.

Again .. CONGRATS! .. you look great!

Hi,
I am pretty new to this so can you tell me what you mean about eating calories back?
Am i sopossed to get the amount I exercise off?
Any help would be great.
Thank you

boboff

I agree with the 160 comments, like where are you going to loose 50lbs more from!!!

You look great, your little chap looks like fun, have you been back to the Doctors?

phylsyl

Thanks for posting this. What a beauty you are! You've come a long way in a year. Very inspiring.

fat2skinnyanne

Hi Fives to you!!!! You have a gorgeous face and found the courage to over came your fears to fine the real person hiding with you! May you find even further courage to finsh the job and embrace yourself and the world! Well done!!!!
Anne :flowerforyou:

MacDHH

Wow!!! Big, hearty congratulations and thank you for posting your story! I love reading success stories from mums with young kids

Roxiesmother

Wow! You look amazing! Well done, you should be so proud of yourself - and proud of what you have done for your family. And what a pretty face- before and after!

squindles

That's brilliant hun well done :flowerforyou: Such a fantastic example to obese people that we CAN do this.

GiddyNZ

Well Done!! You are such a motivation!!

CJD85

Well done Stephanie..... Your little boy will benefit the most.

Loveable64

congradulation girl u look great.

daydream_believer

wow stephanie! you look absolutly stunning!! congrats on such amazing results. your son is just the cutest btw x

rbeckner711

You look amazing!

Ben_1960

Good for you! Keep it up!

tricksee

one of the best threads ive seen! well done!