58 Years Old and 81 Pounds Gone (Pics too!)

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  • cinrn68
    cinrn68 Posts: 215 Member
    Fantastic job! Thanks for sharing your story -- great inspiration!
  • Tsunami79
    Tsunami79 Posts: 122 Member
    Thank you for sharing, I would love to look like you at 154 lbs, I'm currently 168 and want to be 135.
  • lula911
    lula911 Posts: 1
    Congratulations and thank you for sharing. I am 50 and menopausal and cannot seem to lose the weight. I started to think it was because of my age and menopause, but I did not want to give up. So I did a search on women over 50 that lost weight and came across this website and your story. Thank you for giving me hope and courage you are truly an inspiration :smile:
  • yusineddy
    yusineddy Posts: 457 Member
    You are such an inspiration, congrats on your hard work!
  • ChristineS_51
    ChristineS_51 Posts: 872 Member
    WOW WOW WOW - wonderful, inspiring, well done. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    Thank you so much for sharing your story, so detailed, and just straight out sensible eating, living, exercising. And no excuses. Like you I am older, wiser, and have lost weight doing sensible stuff. I am still struggling with the last couple of kilos, but I will get there! Just a fraction out of healthy BMI which is my goal.

    You should be so proud of yourself :smile:
  • BLady44
    BLady44 Posts: 50 Member
    Awesome story and pics :) Great job!!
  • camellia127
    camellia127 Posts: 16 Member
    Great Job! You are an inspiration!
  • 3doggmomm
    3doggmomm Posts: 4
    Way to go! I'm 59 and started MFP on Feb 1st and have lost 13 pounds to date. It's a great way to lose and I love seeing ladies in our age group succeed at losing! As some of the other replies state you are an inspiration to all of us. Congrats!
  • lunabella76
    lunabella76 Posts: 39 Member
    Wow!! What an amazing story!! Congrats!
  • ShannonS2714
    ShannonS2714 Posts: 135 Member
    Great job!! Congratulations!
  • changejen2013
    changejen2013 Posts: 87
    Great work!
  • bajanrosa
    bajanrosa Posts: 23
    truly an inspiration, good for you!
  • joleenl
    joleenl Posts: 739 Member
    Wow! Thanks for paying it forward! Awesome story! Such an inspiration!
  • terri0527
    terri0527 Posts: 678 Member
    If this is not inspirational and can show someone that it can be done...nothing in this world ever will!!!!!
    You are one awesome lady!!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
  • Jeyed
    Jeyed Posts: 87 Member
    Wonderful accomplishment!! I will be sharing your story with my BFF; she just joined MFP.
  • JanaCanada
    JanaCanada Posts: 917 Member
    Wow you look fab! No plateaus, either...amazing. I am plateauing like crazy.
  • Queen_JessieA
    Queen_JessieA Posts: 1,059 Member
    Fabulous, hon! Congrats and way to go!
  • jiggy_gibby
    jiggy_gibby Posts: 197
    Beautiful job! Very inspirational. (PS I love your grammar, punctuation, and spelling. That alone made the read extra enjoyable!)
  • Amytrue1
    Amytrue1 Posts: 38 Member
    Thank you for posting the story of your journey! You have really inspired me and I am so grateful for you! I have similar beginning stats, age and goals. I know it will be quite the trek, but because of people like you sharing your journey, I KNOW I can do this!! Thank you again, so much!
  • Wilmingtonbelle
    Wilmingtonbelle Posts: 255 Member
    Thanks for sharing, your success is an inspiration! :flowerforyou:

    Slainte! :drinker:
  • sancach
    sancach Posts: 20
    amazing!
  • SlimSumday
    SlimSumday Posts: 379 Member
    Awesome! I am 50 and menopausal and trying to get to my target weight too. Your story is amazing!!! :drinker:
  • cristeberga
    cristeberga Posts: 251 Member
    WOW!! You look A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! What an awesome accomplishment! Congratulations and keep up the good work. :drinker:
  • botello89
    botello89 Posts: 38 Member
    wow so inspiring!!! you are a hero!
  • jascat83
    jascat83 Posts: 31
    OMG! What an inspiration!!
  • drkatiebug
    drkatiebug Posts: 1,977 Member
    Thanks for sharing your success story. I enjoyed it so much. I am also 58 with a sister who lives 500 miles away. For the first time since I had a hysterectomy 13 years ago, I weigh less than I did before surgery. I still have many pounds to go before reaching my goal, which is also in the 150s. You give me hope. I am sorry you aren't taking friend requests, but I understand.
  • mom2dzbnwe
    mom2dzbnwe Posts: 129 Member
    Unfortnately, both my mom and I have struggled with being over weight all of our adult lives (I was a chunky kid too). Growing up, I can remember my mom yo-yoing and her encouraging me to be active and make healthy choices. Ultimately though, it was left to me and I LOVE food...all food--not just the "bad" stuff, but the good stuff too, that in large quantities becomes bad! I went from 230 to 150lbs. at 23 and was so pleased, but life happened and I've managed to gain it all back. I started trying to turn myself around about 3 weeks ago, and my mom has decided to give it (another) go as well! I'm down 16lb total, and she's down 10lbs. It's harder in my 30s than it was in my 20s and I know how much my mom is struggling.
    THANK YOU so much for sharing your journey! It gives us hope!
  • Bug2love
    Bug2love Posts: 41 Member
    Congratulations!! What a great story. So nice to hear when siblings work together in such s positive way.
  • MarileeP
    MarileeP Posts: 32 Member
    You are an inspiration! Thanks you so much for posting your story and congratulations on an amazing and successful journey to health!
  • boatsie77
    boatsie77 Posts: 480 Member
    You have opened the door to OZ and have truly learned and now shared all the yellow brick road lessons. The scarecrow's brain knowledge is power when changing, the tin man's heart loving yourself enough to take care of your body, mind and soul and the lion's courage to push through the difficult times and post your story for the MFP community. I'm so proud of you! Your story has inspired me and will help many others who choose to walk the path of health. Your light shines, many will follow. Thank you for paying it forward. :flowerforyou:
    Simply Amazing, Hear the Applause, Take a bow, You are Awesome!:drinker:

    Thanks awesome sister!! Marvelmo is my sis who drove all that way to walk with me on my first 5K AND with her today's weigh-in is 99 Pounds down since beginning her own journey in AUGUST 2012!! also by logging, eating better and exercising...she is my inspiration. We've compared our journey to the movie The Wizard of OZ--what I consider the best movie ever made and chock full of life lessons.

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