My success: A story in pink

omma_to_3

OK, I was trying on a new coat (trying to decide between two I bought) and had my daughter snap a photo. When I looked back through all my photos I've taken, I found series of pink pictures that I thought were really telling! And as things go slow as molasses these days, and it becomes harder, I need things like this to remind me how far I've come.

This series of pictures are before, after just short of one year, and after just short of two years.

SwampWitch75

Congrats! Pink is a good color on you.

ChristyRunStarr

You look amazing in both new coats! :drinker: as always, awesome job-remember things like this when it gets tough-as you know, it really helps

khemory

Congrats, it is great to see yourself in pictures before and after. I recently stumbled across some and I was so happy!

moxiecowgirl

Nice! I have that same coat as the one in the middle, but it didn't look as good on me as it does on you. And that last one is adorable!

iecreamheadaches

Holy crap, thats amazing! Looking good mama! The people in this success stories, like yourself, are the kind of people that make me realize I can do this, it just takes dedication, hard work, support and motivation. thank you.

dupaboo

Pretty in pink! You look fabulous! What kind of changes did you make?

omma_to_3

Pretty in pink! You look fabulous! What kind of changes did you make?

Eat Less and Move more. When I started, I only dieted, using MFP numbers (I think I started with around 1460 calories).

After about 5 months, I had lost 30 lbs. and started exercising (walking). I did that for another 5 months. Then I started running with Couch to 5K. I've been running for the last year and have lost 80 lbs total. I follow MFP guidelines for my calories, aiming to lose 1 lb. per week. I always eat back all my exercise calories (which are measured with an HRM so as accurate as they can be). I aim to net 1200 per day (which has me eating between 1550 and 2500 on workout days). I usually don't hit that though, and net closer to 1300 or 1350 each day. The last couple of months have been painfully slow, but my eating has been poor, so it's not unexpected.

In the last 22 months, I have gone from a size 18W/20W to a size 8/10 (my top is always bigger). I hope to get to a 6/8 and lose another 20ish pounds. I run, walk, bike, do yoga, a body sculpting class, and just started with a personal trainer once a week. In the winter, I work out 4 to 5 times a week but once the weather is nicer, that will be 5 to 6 times a week.

Letters24You

This is awesome! Love the pink trend! Get it girl!

Tsmartin07

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS 'GURL YOU LOOK GOOD!' and yes, I have to yell it in all caps because Im not there to give you a high five and a hug

bubbleskiwi

fantastic work!

charovnitza

You look FABULOUS! Fantastic change.

1two3four

That is fantastic, way to go!

EmilyEmpowered

You look amazing, and that coat is gorgeous, I love it!! :happy: Congrats!!

gaylynn35

Awesome success!!

LaurenAOK

Amazing job, and love the Sherlock Holmes reference! (that was a Sherlock reference... right?)

manderson27

You look amazing, pictures are such a great motivator not ony for you but for the rest of us that are still struggling thanks for posting them, :happy: :happy:

Dulcemami4ever

Great work, you look beautiful

daydream_believer

cuteee! i love the pink theme :flowerforyou:
you look absolutly incredible. what an amazing transformation. you go girl!!

deadbeatsummer

awesome. you are awesome.

ShallaLovee1

AMAZING job! Absolutely amazing! You look very pretty in pink So happy for you and your transformation.

Karenvonw

I love pink and I love your pink story!!! You have done such a fantastic job!!! Thank you for sharing and being such a great inspiration! :happy:

vguynes

You've done an EXCELLENT job! Congrats on your success!

zuleika1497

How Inspiring!!!!!!!!!! You look fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant wait to be down 80lbs and aim for more..... I have been working out 6 days a week for 60 minutes... Out of the 6 days 2 days I work out 2hrs because I take 2 aerobobic classes back to back.... The only issue with me is that I work out at night so I dont get to eat back the colories I burned during workouts.... I started in 01/20/2012 to really focus on my diet..... It was very hard to stay on top of it in the beginning but I am very focused & determined now.... So far I have lost 30lbs.....

Any tips you can give me would help greatly......

luke1james

You are truly an inspiration. Wonderful success story

omma_to_3

How Inspiring!!!!!!!!!! You look fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant wait to be down 80lbs and aim for more..... I have been working out 6 days a week for 60 minutes... Out of the 6 days 2 days I work out 2hrs because I take 2 aerobobic classes back to back.... The only issue with me is that I work out at night so I dont get to eat back the colories I burned during workouts.... I started in 01/20/2012 to really focus on my diet..... It was very hard to stay on top of it in the beginning but I am very focused & determined now.... So far I have lost 30lbs.....

Any tips you can give me would help greatly......

You are working out a lot. I'm not sure how much you're eating, but if you're not eating your exercise calories back due to the time of day you work out, maybe you should switch to using a TDEE - 20% method. I personally need to earn my extra calories before I eat them (or I'll get lazy) but if you're consistently working out 6 days a week, I would probably just up your daily calorie target to reflect that and then NOT eat exercise calories back. Lots of people do that, and then log their exercise as burning only 1 calorie.