1 year anniversary...36 pounds lost...with pics!

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  • hdsqrl
    hdsqrl Posts: 420 Member
    I'm on the slow track, too, but keep telling myself - what if I'd GAINED this amount I've lost in a year's time instead of having lost it? Can you imagine if your message right now was that you'd gained 36 pounds in a year? Yikes, right? :) So WTG on the awesome loss instead! :D
  • hope516
    hope516 Posts: 1,133 Member
    36 pounds in one year isn't impressive speedwise, but slow progress is still progress I suppose. Keep it up.

    really :huh:

    OP, you look great!!! Keep up the good work :flowerforyou:
  • Jessimaaka
    Jessimaaka Posts: 127 Member
    Those pictures show a huge difference! Congratulations! Slow and steady = sustainable! I like the idea to carry 37lbs to remind you of how far you've come. Good luck on the rest of your journey!
  • loviesplan01
    loviesplan01 Posts: 7 Member
    You are doing amazing, or rather did an amazing job with your weightloss.
    It is very hard to stick with losing weight.
    I think the pics show it all.
    GREAT JOB!
    WELL DONE!
    :flowerforyou:
  • vonham
    vonham Posts: 25 Member
    well done :-) congratulations 1 year is amazing. your looking good great progress slow is the way to go. dont be put of by some rude person that doesnt know you or the effort you have put in. keep up the good work you will hit your goal when the time is right x
  • Helene_R
    Helene_R Posts: 6 Member
    You look great! I love that look of horror on your face in the first picture! Congrats on losing 36 pounds and keeping it off. I know that must've been hard to do with your other health issues. Revel in your success and don't be disappointed that it wasn't enough in your eyes. Again, you look great!
  • jjanunn
    jjanunn Posts: 1
    :heart:
  • jakidb
    jakidb Posts: 1,010 Member
    I commend you for the progress you've made--keep up the good work and "be not weary in well doing" :):):)
    I'm rooting for you to goal!
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    You've made huge progress sweetie! Very impressive!
  • WAHMto5
    WAHMto5 Posts: 375 Member
    Great job! This Friday will be my 1 year on MFP and I just reached my goal (36 lbs lost). I did notice the older you get the slower it wants to come off;) you are doing great!
  • lisaanne1369
    lisaanne1369 Posts: 377 Member
    Great job !!! NEVER GIVE UP ! This is for life !
  • Susanh43
    Susanh43 Posts: 18
    First of all - ignore any comments that aren't SUPPORTIVE and encouraging! You're doing GREAT! I just found out I have to have my thyroid removed and have been feeling sluggish/foggy for weeks now, so I understand how that can definitely affect weight loss and (in my case) motivation to exercise.

    Keep up the great work! Congrats on your success so far!! :happy:
  • peachstategal
    peachstategal Posts: 398 Member
    Awesome! Think about 7 five pound bags of sugar! That's a lot to remove from your body.
  • CoraGregoryCPA
    CoraGregoryCPA Posts: 1,087 Member
    Maye so, but I'm MORE impressed with how you stuck with it and didn't completely fall off track during that long plateau.. that is so awesome! I fell off the wagon last week. Totally off the wagon. I just started eating everything. trying to continue to log into MFP and get back on track. I'm starting over again. I wish I could be like you and stick with it constantly for a whole year and lose 36 lbs!!! Impressive and encouraging..

    36lbs/52 weeks works out to more than .5 lb a week.. that's perfect weightloss and 117 day plateau.. Perfect, absolutely perfect!
    36 pounds in one year isn't impressive speedwise, but slow progress is still progress I suppose. Keep it up.

    Don't you wish you could just delete some comments?
  • You look amazing! I have thyroid issues as well and so I appreciate how difficult losing weight can be... Congrats on your success & thanks for the inspiration!! :smile:
  • Looking good!!! Congrats!
  • dreamchaser12
    dreamchaser12 Posts: 223 Member
    Congratulations!!! You look great!!!

    I agree with slow and steady. Its been a full year I've been on MFP and I've only lost 20lbs. However, I've gone down from a size 14 pant to an 8, and from an XL top to a L sometimes M depending on the style. I also have some medical issues that are contributing to my weightloss issues. What I've learned is that you just have to keep plugging along and sometimes the changes are simply not on the scale. :) Keep up the great work!!
  • babydiego87
    babydiego87 Posts: 905 Member
    36 pounds in one year isn't impressive speedwise, but slow progress is still progress I suppose. Keep it up.
    What's wrong with you?

    Well done OP :flowerforyou:
  • vasunshiine
    vasunshiine Posts: 29 Member
    What a fantastic job with huge rewards. Physically and mentally! You should be very proud. I wish for your your endurance to stay with it when I hit a plateau as that is when I give up. The next time that happens I am going to remember you and keep on keeping on. Good luck this year with continued success. :smile:
  • VanillaBone
    VanillaBone Posts: 119 Member
    36 pounds in one year isn't impressive speedwise, but slow progress is still progress I suppose. Keep it up.

    I remember being young and knowing everything about everything...:laugh:

    Great job, OP! You're a motivator!
  • Hi, that is fantastic, I would be so pleased if I lost that amount of weight in a year and could see the results in the mirror like your pics. Keep up the good work, you are looking FABULOUS
  • This will be the first time I've ever posted on these forums. I just couldn't read your post without saying anything.
    To stick with a lifestyle change for an entire year is AWESOME. To stick with it ,despite health issues, makes it that much more impressive.
    To lose that much weight from healthy changes WHILE having untreated medical issues that affect(or is it effect?) your weight is MONUMENTAL!
  • fleerik
    fleerik Posts: 29 Member
    36 pounds is A LOT of weight. I bet you feel great...keep up the good work.
  • bobbie1965
    bobbie1965 Posts: 32 Member
    Looking good!!
  • bdeezy3396
    bdeezy3396 Posts: 89 Member
    true inspiration!!!!
  • ovege
    ovege Posts: 110 Member
    Congratulations on your success and perseverance.
  • BflSaberfan
    BflSaberfan Posts: 1,272
    36 pounds in one year isn't impressive speedwise, but slow progress is still progress I suppose. Keep it up.

    What kind of backhanded compliment is that. Did you even read her post?? She clearly said she had a long period of time of not losing anything due to medical issues - that alone would have sent some people right off the wagon, she kept going.

    Good job OP! You go girl!
  • GellisIndigo
    GellisIndigo Posts: 55 Member
    36 pounds in one year isn't impressive speedwise, but slow progress is still progress I suppose. Keep it up.

    She is an over-forty woman. You are a twentysomething "man".
    Youngster, you know nothing.

    Happy Anniversary, ImR. Keep up the fantastic work and you will reach that goal!!
  • You look amazing! And 36 lbs lost is amazing! Your chances of keeping it off will be higher now that you didn't try and loss it quickly!!!! And after all, you could weight the same or worse yet, have gained 36 lbs!
  • skinnyeascolady
    skinnyeascolady Posts: 287 Member
    To the gentleman who posted not impressive speed wise. You can tell your a man. Men always lose weight quickly or at least at a faster rate than women do. If a woman has any issues at all health wise it makes that process even slower. It does not matter the speed. What matters is she got the weight off.

    That type of comment about the speed at which someone loses weight to me would be an insult. I have a thyroid issue and because of it and in spite of being medicated for it can only lose 1 pound a month. Yes I excersie problity more than most. 1-2 hours each day. However because my matablizim is messed up do to thyroid I lose it slowly. I work very hard just to get one dam pound off.

    I am proud of your progress slow and steady wins the race it is not how fast you get it off. It is the simple fact you did. Good job and keep up the great work.
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