I Did It! I hit my GOAL!!! Lots of pics!

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  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    You are amazing. Congratulations!
  • rbledsoe03
    rbledsoe03 Posts: 12 Member
    Great job!! You should be so proud. You look amazing!
  • gaylynn35
    gaylynn35 Posts: 854 Member
    WOW!!! I actually read all of your post! I agree, you must write a book! You look beautiful before and after but you look much happier now.

    I am loving the fact that you are 51 years old and have accomplished so much!!

    Congratulations!!
  • iorahkwano
    iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
    Congrats! I read your whole story and I think you are a great inspiration for people with aches/pains, or who think they're not energetic & spritely enough like the 20-year-olds you usually see on here losing weight.

    Would you mind going into detail on how you worked off the pounds given your injury? My mom is 55-years-old and 170lbs at 5'3". She normally worked out & tried to keep active (despite having hypothyroidism)... But now she has a heel spur & arthritis in her elbow. We're not sure how she can lose weight when almost everything hurts her! She is doing 45mins on an exercise bike so far.
  • meyllisa
    meyllisa Posts: 284 Member
    Thank you for sharing your journey with us, such a gift you have given to yourself, health and happiness you shine now ! I can identify with the bad knees hope to be pain free someday also and many lbs lighter Congrats on you success
  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    Longest post ever Lol congrats on your weight loss success!!!!
  • SAM515
    SAM515 Posts: 1 Member
    this is an amazing journey. Thank you for sharing. Congratulations on this accomplishment.
  • kg047
    kg047 Posts: 95 Member
    You are so beautiful to me!!! Just amazing! You should be proud!
  • Violetta86
    Violetta86 Posts: 150 Member
    Congratulations! You look fantastic! Thanks for sharing your story.
  • savingsunday
    savingsunday Posts: 148 Member
    You look fabulous!! Amazing and inspiring for sure!
  • Bannawoman
    Bannawoman Posts: 8 Member
    What an inspiration!
  • mlcrec
    mlcrec Posts: 66
    Good job!!! You look great!!! :flowerforyou:
  • maryannelk
    maryannelk Posts: 707 Member
    Thanks for sharing! You look so healthy and happy!
  • ImmaZombie
    ImmaZombie Posts: 84
    Congrats!!
  • mackemom
    mackemom Posts: 277 Member
    wow, what an accomplishment!
    thanks for sharing!:flowerforyou:
  • barbiek999
    barbiek999 Posts: 176 Member
    Wow, you look so great, and so happy!! Congrats on your awesome accomplishment! Thanks so much for sharing your story and the pics, very inspirational!!
  • LaurLaur09
    LaurLaur09 Posts: 39
    Congratulations!!! This is a major accomplishment and I bet it was worth every step of the journey! This is inspiring and reminds me that it is possible to achieve my own goal. Thank you for sharing your story and pics. You look great!
  • Lilith5
    Lilith5 Posts: 99 Member
    Well done!! You look fab!! :smile:
  • jahall76
    jahall76 Posts: 328 Member
    Amazing! Thanks for sharing your great story.
  • TerriAnne53
    TerriAnne53 Posts: 197 Member
    great work. you have accomplished an amazing feat. so very happy for you. you look fantastic. thanks for sharing
  • Hopelessone
    Hopelessone Posts: 270 Member
    Congrats! Amazing job
  • scorpiotwinkles
    scorpiotwinkles Posts: 215 Member
    Congrats! I read your whole story and I think you are a great inspiration for people with aches/pains, or who think they're not energetic & spritely enough like the 20-year-olds you usually see on here losing weight.

    Would you mind going into detail on how you worked off the pounds given your injury? My mom is 55-years-old and 170lbs at 5'3". She normally worked out & tried to keep active (despite having hypothyroidism)... But now she has a heel spur & arthritis in her elbow. We're not sure how she can lose weight when almost everything hurts her! She is doing 45mins on an exercise bike so far.
    I did it in the weightroom! My trainer gradually built my strength, I went to the gym six times a week (still do....) and worked out in the free weights for at least an hour. Sometimes it was hard because it was difficult to stand, so I would use the machines (leg press instead of squatting etc) or if I felt really sore I would go into the pool and jog - yes jog lol! I would jog for half an hour and do lunges, side steps, jumps and lots of water resistance movements. I am lucky that I can block out the pain most of the time and I would not let my body dictate to me when and if I could work out. Obviously sometimes it would win, but the stronger I get (and the lighter I get) the less pain I have.
    I am now on the waiting list for a new knee, so by July I hope it will be a new chapter!
  • estrobabe
    estrobabe Posts: 337 Member
    Simply AMAZING!!!! congrats!!!
  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,466 Member
    8 stone! Amazing! But what impresses me just as much is how you've gone from hardly being able to get upstairs to being fit and strong. You are an inspiration, as always!
  • amberlynnsinspired
    amberlynnsinspired Posts: 438 Member
    Great job. Very inspiring.
  • maggs155
    maggs155 Posts: 258
    Ur story made me cry, U look so great and with ur knees i know u were in pain! U r such an inspiration to me:) U make me want to press so much harder thank u:)
  • 46Phil
    46Phil Posts: 36 Member
    "Motivation can't be given, nobody else can find it for you, you have to find it from within. No amount of blackmailing yourself with a new dress or outfit, beating yourself up because you can't do it, crying because you just ate or drank something you shouldn't or hoping that someone else will give you the strength to do it. They won't.
    You CAN do it. You just have to WANT to do it. Good luck."

    Your words really resonated with me. Thank you.

    Congratulations on your success. You look fantastic!
  • lorika55
    lorika55 Posts: 24 Member
    you look fab-u-lous! way 2 go. very inspiring..thanks for sharing..congratulations!
  • speediejane
    speediejane Posts: 496 Member
    Great work! What a transformation :bigsmile:
  • GC2B
    GC2B Posts: 168 Member
    Amazing, you look so different and its from the inside out too xx
    Good luck for your future knee op

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