My 60 pound journey with many pics along the way

You look absolutely AMAZING! I am also 5'2'' and i find it so hard to shrink the stomach area. What exercises did or do you do? And calorie intake?

Thank you! I find it really hard to shrink the stomach too, that is the least toned part of me. I have 2 children so my stomach is just going to be what it is. I have a tailbone injury so there are things I can't do, but in personal training we always would do crunches, planks, lots of ab exercises with the ball. Here is an example I found on youtube to give you an idea of what I'd do on the ball, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-1Y80lH8dI but there were all kinds of things my training had me doing for abs, including TRX.

My regular exercise routine in active weight loss mode consisted of Spinning, Yoga, Cardio Kick, Total Body Sculpt, Personal Training, and running. I was getting a lot of cardio and a lot of strength training in. Now I still do most of those things but have stopped PT recently and don't do yoga as often.

I really am not sure what my calorie intake was for the first 60 pounds but I was focused on portion control and getting in my food groups. I work with a nutritionist at my doctor's office and she had me eating the food pyramid. She did recommend MFP early on but I had done weight watchers before and really was not interested in the "counting". I really hadn't realized what MFP was all about! Anyhow, using MFP is the only thing that has helped me get past that last plateau. My weight had been the same since July but is slowly ticking down again. Part of it is that I am still losing fat and gaining muscle, but the other part is that there still opportunity in my diet.

My MFP calories are set at 1200 and I am not even sure if it is the right number for me. On days that I don't work out I try to be careful and hover around that number, but on the days that I work out, which are most days, then obviously it is higher and much preferred by this girl! I really have to get better about using my food diary - I am so used to eating without using the tool that I often forget to log. But now since I've posted this I have many of you who have added me and I know you are looking for inspiration in my food diary so I have to make sure I am on it!

Thanks again so much everyone for the support and kudos! I am cheering back at all of you.

You are an inspiration to all of us and you look fantastic! I can only imagine how you feel looking at those pictures. The last picture of the back of you is amazing. You are so fit and strong looking. I love your muscle definition and your butt looks fantastic!!! Way to go!!!!! I think for sure you need to eat more than the 1200 calories on the days that you are working out (even on the days you aren't). Sometimes you need to adjust and eat up a bit to break that plateau. GREAT JOB!!! Thanks for sharing.

Wow, thank you so much!

Yeah, on the days I am working out I usually have my allowance go up to 1800. I really need to take my measurements so that I can update my numbers here - it always asks me if I want to when I update my weight and I just need to take the measurements and get it done. I know 1200 for my body and metabolism is just not enough these days - you can always tell when you are not getting enough!