Made it 2 my original goal, 60lbs down *PICS*

When I first started losing weight, it wasn't a very important part of my life. My friend actually talked me into it. She wanted to lose and wanted a buddy. I think it took about a week of begging and I finally said yes. After stepping on the scale a second time to see the numbers falling, I was hooked. In the beginning, I didnt know a lot about fitness. Basically I ate low and did Turbo Jam. Now I see I wasn't eating enough, but there is nothing I can do about that now. Also I lived by the whole 'if it fits in my cals, I can eat it'. I did that about 8 months & when I started Turbo Fire, I decided to clean up my diet. I struggled with how much to eat during it too. Then I moved on the Chalean Extreme and about in the middle of the program, I found I have developed an intolerance to Gluten, so now I've gone Gluten Free. During this program, I gradually began to up my calories as I was getting closer to my goal. Eating higher has been a struggle for me at times, because I'm afraid of gaining. But I know it has to be done. It's hard to get into the eat more to weigh less mindset sometimes though. But I finally made it to my original goal of 125lbs. I've pushed back the goal to 115-120, but making it this far is an accomplishment to me. Took me about a year and a month to go from 185.2 to 125, but I did it anyways. And now fitness has become my life.
I suffer from bad body image, but I'm trying to overcome that & embrace my new self. I'm still trying to make my new self into something I can like. But for the past couple days I've been feeling good about things, so I hope this stays. And I wanted to share this, so here's my pics.
This was at my Bridal Shower in 2009. I have NO IDEA how much I weighed, but it was probably a lot


Here's now


Here's a side by side of my problem area, which is my tummy. The first picture was taking a couple weeks after starting, so not right at the very beginning.


I still have a long way to go, but I think it's about time I celebrate how far I've come. My friends tell me this all the time, so now I'm finally doing it.