I feel like a new person (pictures included)

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  • Rhonnie
    Rhonnie Posts: 506 Member
    WOW!!
  • ACEgirl1
    ACEgirl1 Posts: 133 Member
    I thought you were a pretty girl before, and now you look really fit and happy. I would not have guessed it was the same person. I love your attitude! Congratulations on your life change. X
  • natalienora
    natalienora Posts: 67 Member
    Thank you all so very much for the kind words. The fact that we are all on here making an effort to better ourselves is motivation in and of itself. We're all in this together :)
  • rainking1492
    rainking1492 Posts: 6 Member
    Your story was just the motivation I needed today. I slipped up a wee bit - but now I feel totally encouraged! Thank you so much for sharing your journey! You look amazing :)
  • dschassie
    dschassie Posts: 192 Member
    Wow, what an amazing transformation. You look amazing. If you don't mind me asking, how many calories did you eat a day? Did you do any cardio or weights?

    Congrats on your amazing accomplishment!
  • Gwen_B
    Gwen_B Posts: 1,018 Member
    Congratulations!!! You look awesome!!
  • Kelseybee13
    Kelseybee13 Posts: 11
    You look amazing and you are such an inspiration! Congratulations >_<
  • natalienora
    natalienora Posts: 67 Member
    Wow, what an amazing transformation. You look amazing. If you don't mind me asking, how many calories did you eat a day? Did you do any cardio or weights?

    Congrats on your amazing accomplishment!

    Thank you so much!
    To be honest, I had a little trouble figuring out my daily calorie goal and have only recently started a more consistent eating plan. I'm sure you've seen this posted before but it really helped me figure it out! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    I'm currently eating at TDEE-20% which is 1643. My TDEE is 2054 and my BMR is 1479 (which is the amount of calories that my body needs to function if I did not do any physical activity). So I've been eating about 15-1650 calories a day.

    As for my workouts, I've been doing high intensity cardio about 3x/week and strength training 2-3x a week. I switch between P90x, Insanity, Zumba, and Billy Blanks dvds. I try not to do the same workouts in the same week so my body doesn't get used to it. I've also been trying to reduce my sodium intake because I had been retaining a lot of water. Still in trial & error mode but at least the scale is not going up! I hope that helps.
  • blink1281
    blink1281 Posts: 23 Member
    You look awesome. You are an inspiration for sure!! Thank you for sharing
  • healthy_fit_me
    healthy_fit_me Posts: 14 Member
    Wow, you have done an incredible job! My starting weight and goal weight are pretty much the same as yours and when I read your story I felt like I was reading about myself. I really needed inspiration and seeing your pics has given me hope. Thanks for sharing your story. Good luck reaching your goal!
  • natalienora
    natalienora Posts: 67 Member
    Wow, you have done an incredible job! My starting weight and goal weight are pretty much the same as yours and when I read your story I felt like I was reading about myself. I really needed inspiration and seeing your pics has given me hope. Thanks for sharing your story. Good luck reaching your goal!


    Thank you! That means a lot. I'm happy to hear that others share my story. Good luck to you as well :)
    (Thanks for the add, btw!)
  • sparkylizzy
    sparkylizzy Posts: 11 Member
    you are my inspiration you look absolutely amazing!! you can really see the massive difference and how did you manage to get your tummy so flat like that???
  • Hopelessone
    Hopelessone Posts: 270 Member
    Congrats! You look amazing, thank you for the inspiration
  • natalienora
    natalienora Posts: 67 Member
    you are my inspiration you look absolutely amazing!! you can really see the massive difference and how did you manage to get your tummy so flat like that???


    Thank you for the kind words :) Seeing before and after pictures once in a while is a huge eye-opener! Honestly, I lost a lot of my belly fat through eating healthier but I toned up with zumba and p90x ab ripper x. Zumba is more fun though! :P
  • thenewleda
    thenewleda Posts: 28 Member
    You are a beautiful, beautiful girl. What you have done is amazing, thank you so much for sharing!
  • mamasmaltz3
    mamasmaltz3 Posts: 1,111 Member
    You are beautiful! You have obviously worked hard. Thank you for sharing.
  • cphorton28
    cphorton28 Posts: 21 Member
    Great Motivation! Awesome Success keep it up! God Bless
  • Superchas
    Superchas Posts: 129 Member
    Good job
  • pushingcyn
    pushingcyn Posts: 1
    Amazing!! Truly an inspiration to keep going and never give up.
  • jjmnet
    jjmnet Posts: 110
    You should be so proud of yourself to have overcome such a hard battle with emotional eating. Your story is truly inspiring and I hope mine ends with similar results - I'm still on my journey, but getting there. My story is very similar, I too lost my oldest brother at the young age of 15. I still was active in sports throughout the rest of high school , but I lost my drive to be the best. Losing someone so close always leaves a hole in your heart, but the day when you wake up and say that you want to live the best life that you can makes your heart even stronger despite the hole. That saying "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is now my motivation to get healthy and fit! I know if I can get through the death of my brother, this exercise has nothing on me. I recently have lost some weight since I started thinking about what I was eating and not just eat mindlessly. I have started to workout again and came to MFP for some more motivation. Your story is truly inspiring, you look wonderful and I only wish you the best :)
  • arikag
    arikag Posts: 94 Member
    WOW! You look GREAT! :) Great job!
  • ParanSkies
    ParanSkies Posts: 59
    You are so gorgeous! Even when you were bigger, you were still beautiful. But now you must feel so much more confident with such a fit body :smile:
    I have always been overweight ever since I was in grade 5-6 so it's awesome to see others who've gotten past a years of bad eating habits.
  • AnnaVee84
    AnnaVee84 Posts: 345 Member
    awesome work - congrats!!!! thanks for sharing! :flowerforyou:
  • futrformrfatty
    futrformrfatty Posts: 38 Member
    STUNNING! What a success story, thank you so much for sharing! You should be so proud of yourself! I just recently started and I know i have a long journey ahead, but it's stories like yours that keep me motivated. Slow and steady wins the race!
  • ZombieKillaPrincess
    ZombieKillaPrincess Posts: 404 Member
    you look amazing!!!!
  • chooriyah
    chooriyah Posts: 469 Member
    Great job! You look amazing, and should be very very proud of what you've achieved. Nice motivator for me, so thank you - your start weight is the same as mine, starting January 2012. A year on, I'm about half way through, with 30lbs down overall and 30 more to go. I also have the same shirt as in the last picture, though yours is probably several sizes smaller! haha. It's also nice to hear that it took you 3 years. Some people here seem to lose so fast, whereas I'm definitely going the slow (and hopefully steady) route!
  • alexhelena
    alexhelena Posts: 24 Member
    Wow, you look amazing! Thanks for sharing :)
  • craignev
    craignev Posts: 1,247 Member
    WOW...what a difference! Congratulations.
  • hreu213
    hreu213 Posts: 76
    OMG you look incredible!!!
  • FitCrystalLina
    FitCrystalLina Posts: 50 Member
    Wow, Iam the same height. I hope to look like that one day

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