The difference 40 pounds make
sherrie8929
Posts: 38 Member
My weight has yo-yo'd a bit ever since I moved down south (8 years ago) and discovered fried food, biscuits and gravy, and sweet tea. My sisters always told me that eventually my teenage metabolism would slow down and I'd gain weight but I had to learn the hard way, of course. So I will start off by saying that at 16, I was 5'4" and 117-120 pounds. I moved to Tennessee and immediately started picking up weight. Lost a few lbs here, gained a few there, but at 21 in November of 2007, I was a whopping 173. To my knowledge, that was the heaviest I had ever been (AND WILL EVER BE!) and since then, I have been slowly working it off.
I had lost a good 20 lbs when I got sick in November of 2008, which caused me to lost another 15 or so. However, as part of my treatment (for Ulcerative Colitis, which I was diagnosed with in December 2008), I was on 60 mg of steroids a day, so I bulked right back up. Now, almost 2 years later, I am down almost 40 lbs (39 to be exact) from my highest weight. Here are the pictures to show you the difference:
Thanksgiving, 2007, 173 lbs (middle - you can see my sister laughing at my chubbiness! lol)
January 2009, on steroids with lots of water weight
More recently:
Halloween 2009
April 2010
And my favorite comparison:
April 2008, when I first started trying to lose weight and documenting my progress with pics
Two weeks ago, after giving myself shots for the illness mentioned above.
I had lost a good 20 lbs when I got sick in November of 2008, which caused me to lost another 15 or so. However, as part of my treatment (for Ulcerative Colitis, which I was diagnosed with in December 2008), I was on 60 mg of steroids a day, so I bulked right back up. Now, almost 2 years later, I am down almost 40 lbs (39 to be exact) from my highest weight. Here are the pictures to show you the difference:
Thanksgiving, 2007, 173 lbs (middle - you can see my sister laughing at my chubbiness! lol)
January 2009, on steroids with lots of water weight
More recently:
Halloween 2009
April 2010
And my favorite comparison:
April 2008, when I first started trying to lose weight and documenting my progress with pics
Two weeks ago, after giving myself shots for the illness mentioned above.
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My weight has yo-yo'd a bit ever since I moved down south (8 years ago) and discovered fried food, biscuits and gravy, and sweet tea. My sisters always told me that eventually my teenage metabolism would slow down and I'd gain weight but I had to learn the hard way, of course. So I will start off by saying that at 16, I was 5'4" and 117-120 pounds. I moved to Tennessee and immediately started picking up weight. Lost a few lbs here, gained a few there, but at 21 in November of 2007, I was a whopping 173. To my knowledge, that was the heaviest I had ever been (AND WILL EVER BE!) and since then, I have been slowly working it off.
I had lost a good 20 lbs when I got sick in November of 2008, which caused me to lost another 15 or so. However, as part of my treatment (for Ulcerative Colitis, which I was diagnosed with in December 2008), I was on 60 mg of steroids a day, so I bulked right back up. Now, almost 2 years later, I am down almost 40 lbs (39 to be exact) from my highest weight. Here are the pictures to show you the difference:
Thanksgiving, 2007, 173 lbs (middle - you can see my sister laughing at my chubbiness! lol)
January 2009, on steroids with lots of water weight
More recently:
Halloween 2009
April 2010
And my favorite comparison:
April 2008, when I first started trying to lose weight and documenting my progress with pics
Two weeks ago, after giving myself shots for the illness mentioned above.
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Got it! thanks!0
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you look great! Good job in doing it slowly, will make it easier to keep off.
Love the blue dress0 -
Here I think I fixed the pics for you!
Thanksgiving, 2007, 173 lbs (middle - you can see my sister laughing at my chubbiness! lol)
January 2009, on steroids with lots of water weight
More recently:
Halloween 2009
April 2010
And my favorite comparison:
April 2008, when I first started trying to lose weight and documenting my progress with pics
Two weeks ago, after giving myself shots for the illness mentioned above.
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Oops! I'm slow with it! You look great btw!0
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you look great! Good job in doing it slowly, will make it easier to keep off.
Love the blue dress
I couldn't agree more, and I also LOVE the blue.0 -
Thank you ladies!
It was actually purple, but it's hard to tell. Looked freaking fantastic on me, I won't lie! I felt like $1M in that dress!0 -
Great job!!0
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Yay!!! So happy for you!!! And yes you do look great in the dress AND the Robinette costume! Props to my BFF! Just don't get to 125 before me!0
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Oh I'm totally gonna beat you there Tiff, but you'll be in better shape than me since you work out nonstop! LOL0
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You looked hot before, but wow! :happy:0
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Wow, you look wonderful! :flowerforyou:0
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As someone who only knows of you through the pics and post please know that you looked very lovely at your highest weight. I am glad that you are losing the weight so that your body feels better and you have more energy, and yes even so you can wear a wonderful form fitting dress without feeling self conscious. Just know that in every picture I saw a lively vibrant person .
Peace and Success to you.
Heidi0 -
Wow! This definately inspires me!! Good job!0
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can't see at work... have to look at home!!!0
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you look great!!!0
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great job!!!0
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Well done - you are so pretty!
Erika0 -
You look great! I have UC too and know the joys of pred.0
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Wow! You do look marvelous! I would have never guessed you had weighed in at 173 but I can tell the difference now that you are 40 pounds lighter. Do you want to share any tips?0
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