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

Wow nice job! How often did you have to work out to achieve this kind of results? and What was your calorie intake?

In the beginning, I worked out 6 days a week. 45-60 minutes of cardio and 45-70 minutes of strength training. I'd do something like:

Mon: Legs
Tues: Arms
Wed: Core

And repeat until Saturday and take Sunday off. I did tae bo, kickboxing videos, stationary bike, swimming, dancing and jump rope until I found running.

Lately it's been primarily running whenever I feel like it since it helps the most with stress and is like meditating for me.

My caloric intake varied between 1,200 (most days) to 1,750 depending on how hungry I was. I attempted to eat back my burned calories but on days where I burned 2,000+ . . . it was sort of difficult to do.

I stopped eating fast food and paid a lot of attention to my protein (so I was less hungry) and nutritional values as well. I noticed when I was reallllllly close (never spot on) with what everything should be that I felt healthier those days.

But I truly believe the biggest part was having that breakthrough in therapy when I figured out when my eating disorder started and the emotional impact my life situation left on me for the last 15 years. Since that day I haven't even had the urge to binge eat. I really think that I would have killed myself if I hadn't had the light bulb come on that day. I was miserable and wanted to eat, sleep and cry all day - every day. Now I have a whole new life to live for every day and I couldn't be more grateful for that.

Also, having a great support system of friends and family, and of course MFP, has helped immensely.