8 months ago today I was 101lbs heavier (PICS)

KIMBAILEYWILLIAMSON · August 2012

Wow, congratulations you look amazing,

hayley9914 · August 2012

You look incredible, and should be soooo proud of yourself!!
Inspirational!!

meaddows · August 2012

WOW. You are amazing!

SwimTheButterfly · August 2012

Fantastic! WOW! I am so inspired by your transformation. :flowerforyou:

terribaldock · August 2012

Wow well done you look amazing xx

wendytc · August 2012

Fantastic job! You have a whole new healthy life to look forward to! Thanks for the inspiration!

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Mamasota · August 2012

I'm impressed with the documentation. Having the visuals to support your accomplishments is great. Congratulations and much continued success.

ViennaMontez · August 2012

well done! you look absolutely amazing! :-)

FitBunnyEm · August 2012

You are such an inspiration. Losing that amount of weight in 8 months. Shows how we can achieve anything if we put minds to it.
Well done. I bet you feel sooooooo good. :-) x

Lauran845 · August 2012

That is awesome! Your pictures hit home for me, I used to own that same hooded overshirt sweater that you have on in your heavier picture and I loved it to pieces. It seemed to fit me the same way it looks on you. I lost 70lbs over the past three years and gained 50lbs back since November of this past year. I am miserable, though recently signed up for MFP and feel hopeful again. Your pictures are a true inspiration. Congratulations on your weight loss and enjoy the benefits of being skinny!

Aimeebird1 · August 2012

Congratulations, you look beautiful!!

I agree, im hoping I will one day have my own pics and look as fab as you

for now im still at the before stage.

senyosmom · August 2012

your face looks so different - great job!!

christibam · August 2012

That is awesome! Your pictures hit home for me, I used to own that same hooded overshirt sweater that you have on in your heavier picture and I loved it to pieces. It seemed to fit me the same way it looks on you. I lost 70lbs over the past three years and gained 50lbs back since November of this past year. I am miserable, though recently signed up for MFP and feel hopeful again. Your pictures are a true inspiration. Congratulations on your weight loss and enjoy the benefits of being skinny!

That was pretty much my comfort sweater. I thought it looked good on me because it hid everything. It's sort of hard to cover up a lot now though lol. I love sweatpants still though... especially the pair in the 2nd progress pictures. Those things are comfy but they don't hide a lot haha

christibam · August 2012

Oh and one thing I realllllllly want to emphasize:

Please don't expect to lose 100lbs in 8 months or even a year. Everyone loses at different rates and I would honestly hate for anyone to end up feeling let down if they "only" lose 50lbs in a year. That's an AMAZING accomplishment in and of itself. I never set out trying to lose so much so quick. It just sort of happened that way though. I lost an *kitten* ton in the beginning and I've been losing like half a pound to a pound each week lately. It does slow down after a while and it does get harder.

Also, you have to really bust your *kitten* to lose a lot sometimes. Luckily, I'm a student and I didn't have a full time job besides that for the first few months. I was able to spend several hours every day cooking, working out and researching. Most people have stuff going on.

Just don't get down on yourself if you don't hit your time goals. Honestly, I wouldn't even set time limits on weight loss. I set weight goals but not really time limits on them. I didn't even expect to weigh under 200lbs the day I saw 198.7 on the scale and I probably crapped about 5 more lbs out when I saw it. It's been much more rewarding (to me) to let my body reach my goals at its own pace.