ME - Before (scary!) and After (happy!) Pics

so share what you think worked...what made the difference? Tell us a typical day when you were losing..what did you do..eat..etc? I've been killing myself with workouts...have logged in and counted every calorie for over 35 days...down only 7.5 pds...any suggestions? What was your beginning weight/current weight..and how long did it take you...Sorry for all the questions..just trying to get some help! So I can have a success story like you.. PS..YOU LOOK AMAZING!!!

Thanks everyone so much for your words! It is nice to hear compliments and sure helps with motivation.

Those pictures in Mexico I was around 230-235lbs. I couldn't even run 30 seconds without wanting to keel over and die.

Okay so a typical day when I was losing weight....
- 5am wake up with my husband (boyfriend at the time)
- 5:15am eat something light like a half cup of diced pears or a 100 calorie yogurt
- 5:45am - 7:30ish am was at the gym. I would really switch it up. I would do at least 45 minutes of INTENSE cardio and often times I would go up to an hour or an hour and a half. I would do anything from spin, stair climber, elliptical. At least 3 days of the week I would do weights for a good 45 minutes.
- 8:30am we would be back where we lived. We were living overseas at the time so we had to walk everywhere. I found that helped a lot because I would walk anywhere from an hour to two hours a day just to get from one place to another.
- after the gym I'd have some whole wheat toast with peanut butter and maybe a banana
- lunch would always be the same. I'm a creature of habit. I love spinach chicken salads with light italian dressing. I would put all sorts of veggies in it like onions, cucumbers, carrots, bell peppers, etc.
- I was a teacher at the time so I would coordinate snacks between classes. Usually around 2:30 I would eat some celery and carrots or sometimes an apple. Around 4 I would have a fiber one bar just to hold me over until I would get home for dinner.
- I never restricted myself when it came to dinners. That being said, I didn't go overboard either.

A lot of days I would hit the gym twice just to get in an extra 30-45minutes of cardio.

I kept my calories around 2,000. I could never eat 1,200 or even 1,500. I never wanted to feel like I was "starving."

So my starting weight was about 230-235 and in the above pictures I am about 157-160lbs. This morning I weighed in at 159. People tell me that I don't look like I weigh that much. I think it's the weight-lifting. Now, I lift weights about 5 times a week for about 40-45minutes. That makes the biggest difference with how your clothes fit.

I lost all that weight in under 10 months.

Sorry for the novel. I hope it helps!