Don't Ever Give Up! My Success Story! (LOTS of pics!)

Hi again, everyone! First let me just say WOW! I am so speechless at all of these replies and all of the messages I received from people! I still can't believe so many people actually READ the novel I wrote LOL! :laugh: Thank you all so much for all of your compliments and for being so sweet, so kind, so encouraging, and so loving! You all are wonderful! :bigsmile: I feel so honored and blessed that I inspired so many people! :blushing::bigsmile:

Second, to everyone who friend requested me, I will accept all of those requests, I always LOVE having more friends on here! But first, I want to first answer some questions I got from posts in here and from the messages that came with some of the friend requests:

-Someone asked about my height. I'm 5'4"

-The dress! LOL! I'm glad so many of you liked it! :laugh: The black and gold dress with the long back and short front that everyone loved is from BCBG. I also TOTALLY got it knocked WAY down from an outlet store! BOO YAH! :laugh: It's very different from any formal dress I've worn in the past because it's so dramatic, but my new increased level of confidence LOVES the drama of that dress!

-To nurse_beck, I'm glad we're MFP friends too!!! You're always so encouraging! :bigsmile:

-In response to the questions about my diary: Yes it's open to my friends, but I am afraid that some of you may be sorely disappointed by it. I am so far from being a perfect eater. I've gotten MUCH better! But I'm no where near perfect. I don't always eat clean. I still eat out and I still even eat fast food (just rarely and when I do eat fast food, I tend to get the healthier items on the menu). I eat some form of chocolate almost daily LOL! I'm also a total caffeine junkie. And I have way too many TERRIBLE days....sadly they happen a few times every month. :frown: And by terrible, I don't mean 200-300 calories over. I mean like, 1000-1500 calories over my goal (so that'd be like 500-1000 calories over my maintenance levels.) But when I have those days, I don't give up. I just keep going and take it one day at a time. I can always make up for it the next day. And even when I'm feeling discouraged after a day (or even an entire WEEK of bad eating during a holiday or something), my awesome MFP friends are always so encouraging! They help me to keep moving forward!

-To anyone who asked for or wants advice/tips about the details of how I did it, I will be more than glad to offer all of the things I've learned! Also...I HIGHLY RECOMMEND trying out a Fitbit or any similar activity measuring device. There's so many devices like that that can help you out a lot. My Fitbit has helped me out TONS! I sync mine to MFP and I love it! :bigsmile:


And finally...to everyone on their weight loss journeys right now: We can do it! Seriously! I've learned that the MOST important thing is just to NOT GIVE UP! That's what separates the dreamers from the victors. The only way you can be a failure is to give up on trying. If you keep doing your best, keep going, and keep trying until you figure out what works, you'll eventually succeed! And it'll be so worth it! :bigsmile:


P.S. When I get to my new "dream goal," I'll post more pics then too!