365 days! (pics)
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SARgirl
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I finally got to see "SARgirl has logged on for 365 days" today and I told myself that when I got there I would post my success story so here it goes!
I have always been active and actually enjoy working out so that was never an issue for me. However, I LOVE to eat! I finally conceeded to the fact that I had to actually pay attention to how much I was eating. Thanks to my friend, Erika, she started a "Fit By the New Year" challenge on Facebook last November 1st and part of our challenge was to track our calories, and she recommended MFP. I had also completed a a Warrior Dash last October and saw this picture of me and knew I needed to do something:
I set my settings to lose 1 pound a week and and ate my exercise calories back. I generally had one day a week when I was over my calories as well but that didn't seem to affect my progress. I was working out 5-6 days a week (Spinning, BodyJam, CXWorx classes at the gym). I also did Insanity in April. These are my progress pics from then:
Before Insanity
After Insanity
Now
Here are my stats:
34 years old
Female
5'5"
Starting Weight: 158
Original Goal: 130
Current Weight: 122
For me it was all about portion control once I got a hold on that it was all down hill from there! Of course I lost the first 20 pounds pretty quickly (within 4 months) but those last 15 pounds took another 6 months! I've been at maintenence since about July and have been doing decent with that (fluctuating 3 pounds +/-). Since starting maintenence I have realized that tracking is just as important, if not more important, because I could see how I could easily slip back into eating as much as I want!
Thank you to all my MFP friends for all the support and encouragement!!! I couldn't have done it without you!
Here are some current pics that I took today!
[img]http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t499/lgatti128/MFP/bicep.jpg[/img ][/img]
I know I didn't have a lot to lose but hopefully I will be an inspiration to someone! If I can do it, so can you! My next goal is to start lifting more and build some muscle:)
I have always been active and actually enjoy working out so that was never an issue for me. However, I LOVE to eat! I finally conceeded to the fact that I had to actually pay attention to how much I was eating. Thanks to my friend, Erika, she started a "Fit By the New Year" challenge on Facebook last November 1st and part of our challenge was to track our calories, and she recommended MFP. I had also completed a a Warrior Dash last October and saw this picture of me and knew I needed to do something:
I set my settings to lose 1 pound a week and and ate my exercise calories back. I generally had one day a week when I was over my calories as well but that didn't seem to affect my progress. I was working out 5-6 days a week (Spinning, BodyJam, CXWorx classes at the gym). I also did Insanity in April. These are my progress pics from then:
Before Insanity
After Insanity
Now
Here are my stats:
34 years old
Female
5'5"
Starting Weight: 158
Original Goal: 130
Current Weight: 122
For me it was all about portion control once I got a hold on that it was all down hill from there! Of course I lost the first 20 pounds pretty quickly (within 4 months) but those last 15 pounds took another 6 months! I've been at maintenence since about July and have been doing decent with that (fluctuating 3 pounds +/-). Since starting maintenence I have realized that tracking is just as important, if not more important, because I could see how I could easily slip back into eating as much as I want!
Thank you to all my MFP friends for all the support and encouragement!!! I couldn't have done it without you!
Here are some current pics that I took today!
[img]http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t499/lgatti128/MFP/bicep.jpg[/img ][/img]
I know I didn't have a lot to lose but hopefully I will be an inspiration to someone! If I can do it, so can you! My next goal is to start lifting more and build some muscle:)
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you look great! keep up the good work!0
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You look Great! You definately are an inspriation! Thanks for sharing your story!0
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Love it! Congrats!!0
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Way to stick with it.
I like to see success stories where the person has maintained at (or below) their goal weight for awhile, so thanks for posting your story.0 -
Great job!0
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This is awesome! Congratulations!0
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Your pics are very inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing them with us.0
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You look amazing and very fit. Great job!0
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You rock and you look gorgeous!!!!0
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Fantastic job!!!!0
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awesome job!!0
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My congrats, you have done an awesome job!!!0
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Awesome job!0
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Great pictures!! Great work!!0
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You look amazing, you have always been dedicated to your work outs and logging. Now to build up more muscles! I cannot wait to see your progress. Thank you for always encouraging me as well!!! You are amazing0
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You look so amazing!! I am so proud of you!! You are such an inspiration, and I love that you shared your story today!!0
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You have totally inspired me! I have my last 15 pounds to go to get to my new goal weight of 135 and it's been really hard! You just showed me that it can be done!!! I am so so so excited! Good for you for also maintaining!!!!0
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Absolutely amazing!0
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I love all these success stories and 365 days is an NSV that I hadn't actually thought about before, but one that really appeals.
You look super and thanks for posting.
Mavis0 -
Thanks for posting! You look awesome! And was great to hear your story- especially as I'm 5'6 about 158-160 love exercise and nutrition is my downfall too! How did you go about changing your attitude to food?0
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