I feel like a new person (pictures included)

natalienora · January 2013

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 · January 2013

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 · January 2013

Congrats! You look amazing, thank you for the inspiration

natalienora · January 2013

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 · January 2013

You are a beautiful, beautiful girl. What you have done is amazing, thank you so much for sharing!

mamasmaltz3 · January 2013

You are beautiful! You have obviously worked hard. Thank you for sharing.

cphorton28 · January 2013

Great Motivation! Awesome Success keep it up! God Bless

Superchas · January 2013

Good job

pushingcyn · January 2013

Amazing!! Truly an inspiration to keep going and never give up.

jjmnet · January 2013

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 · January 2013

WOW! You look GREAT!

Great job!

ParanSkies · January 2013

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

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 · January 2013

awesome work - congrats!!!! thanks for sharing! :flowerforyou:

futrformrfatty · January 2013

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 · January 2013

you look amazing!!!!

chooriyah · January 2013

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!