One year ago today - lots of pics

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A year ago today I was at the heaviest weight I'd been for the third time in my life. At 320 I was unhappy and unhealthy. My wife and I had tried to lose weight in the past, some attempts some what successful and some not so successful. The South Beach Diet was successful twice, but our cravings for those foods that we had cut out proved to be too great. We would start cheating on the diet, eventually falling completely back into our old eating habbits. We decided this year was going to be different. We were going to find a way to cut back calories. I mentioned this to a friend of mine at work, and he suggested me to look into this site. Well 367 days later, 2012 was a leap year, here I am. Of course this isn't all just because of MFP, but I know that without the diary and being consistant with my tracking we would not have been successful. I've lost 113 lbs, I'm down from 320 - 207, I've been as low as 204. I've gone from a pant size of 44 to 34, and they are falling off of me now too. I went from tight xxxl to a lose xl, Large in some polos.
I champion this site to everyone I know. Several friends have signed up, but without consistancy I've seen them fail. This takes commitment, and you have to be absolutely ready to change to make it work. I wish you all the best of luck, and look forward to seeing all of your success as well.

Weight 320 - 207 lowest 204
Neck 20 in - 16.25 in
Waist 54.5 in - 38.75 in
Hips 45 in - 37.5

This was me in August of 2011
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May of 12
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July 12
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October 12
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Today
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  • nayeliscastellanos
    nayeliscastellanos Posts: 45 Member
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    Great transformation!
  • CharT5188
    CharT5188 Posts: 57 Member
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    WOW...what an inspiration!!! Good for you!!!
  • Fightin2GetFit
    Fightin2GetFit Posts: 69 Member
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    Great story! Thanks for sharing!
  • Bobhunter624
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    Excellent progress, it puts me in the shade I was starting out at 204 lbs last february and I'm still struggling, thanks for the inspiration, keep up the good work.
  • beabria
    beabria Posts: 541 Member
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    Congratulations! And, I'm sure that your new healthy habits are also rubbing off on your family. You wife and children must be so proud of you!
  • shirleycooke35
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    Well done - you look great!
  • Moviegal77
    Moviegal77 Posts: 65 Member
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    You look like a different person. Very inspiring, well done.
  • fusion777
    fusion777 Posts: 197
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    Wow, congrats on all of your hard work paying off!! You and your family must be so happy!!

    And don't take this the wrong way, but you look SO SKINNY now!!!
  • amandat_79
    amandat_79 Posts: 221 Member
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    AWESOME job!!! You look great :)
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
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    Admit it, at least 13 of those 113 pounds were lost by cutting the beard! :laugh:

    Seriously though, awesome transformation, nice work.
  • red_road
    red_road Posts: 761 Member
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    you look so much younger! great work
  • trcole
    trcole Posts: 2 Member
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    Absolutely awesome!!
  • KevinLamb77
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    Admit it, at least 13 of those 113 pounds were lost by cutting the beard! :laugh:


    LOL not quite, was more like 1 lb :laugh:
  • Daysednconfused
    Daysednconfused Posts: 975 Member
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    Congratulations! You look fabulous!
  • LadieTink
    LadieTink Posts: 91 Member
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    congrats:drinker: :drinker:
  • hthrhrpr
    hthrhrpr Posts: 29 Member
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    How did you do it? It's AMAZING!
  • mumreeder
    mumreeder Posts: 222 Member
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    That is fantastic - well done! Really inspired me today thanks for sharing.
  • sheshebell
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    wow, this is great. I love all these stories. Really helps keeps me motivated. Thanks a lot.
  • Lilihel
    Lilihel Posts: 53
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    Good job! :)
  • alabom04
    alabom04 Posts: 8 Member
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    Wow congrats....You did a great job:):)
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