Pictures of Day 1 vs. 365... no gym needed!

Thank you so much EVERYONE!! Even the haters... because you make me want to push even harder. I am happy with my results and where I'm at, so I don't care whether 2 people feel the need to tell me how I need to improve. I'd rather be happy with myself than impress everyone else on the forums. I've never wanted to have a ton of muscle like some girls do - that's never been my goal, and I'm ecstatic to have the muscle definition I see and feel, regardless of if others see it as being enough.

And... no, you do NOT have to have a gym membership to lift. ChaLEAN Extreme, P90X, Les Mills Pump are all at-home strength training programs. I invested in the adjustable weights last year and now have the LMP barbell/weights, so whoever thinks you need to go to a gym to lift is sadly mistaken.

I'm so happy that I could help motivate others... I remember being on the forums a year ago looking through all the success stories to find motivation of my own, only hoping that one day I could be the motivating person! I really appreciate all the people who took the time to read my post and comment, I truly appreciate it and those comments keep me going!! I'm confident that all of you will have your own success stories/day 365 progress pictures if you just remind yourself every day how badly you want it... We can do anything we put our minds to! So cliche, but so true.

To Nikki... I actually didn't lose much weight until after day 60 of Turbo Fire, then the weight started coming off! So stick with it, but if you still feel like you're at a plateau maybe try increasing your calories (I'm not sure what you're at right now, but I played around with my calories a lot to find out what worked for me. Eating low like MFP suggested didn't work for me so I upped them!)

Thanks again everyone! I love being part of a (mostly) supportive community of people trying to improve their lives!

Thank you thank you thank you everyone I'm feelin' the love!
It is a Tinkerbell tattoo... I was happy to see she lost some weight too

Chrissie, I actually didn't lose much in the beginning. In the 3 months of Turbo Fire, I had lost 5.6 pounds. Then I did the 5 month hybrid of CLX/Turbo Fire and lost another 6 pounds. From there I lost about a pound each week, and lately I've still been losing small amounts although that's not my focus anymore. I don't remember exactly what I was eating when I first started, but I think it was between 1250 - 1300 net (I've always eaten my exercise calories back). When I hit a plateau, I'd up my calories and it would help me break through it. I'm netting around 1500 now to maintain my weight, although it still seems to be making me lose, so I may need to up it more. I think calories can be the most confusing part of losing weight, because we've always been trained to think that we should only eat 1,200 calories/day to lose weight, when in reality so many people have better success by eating MORE calories! I think we all eventually learn what our bodies want and how they do their best, but getting to that point can be a little frustrating.