30lbs down! With Pics!

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inksmear
inksmear Posts: 10 Member
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It's taken about 6 months, but I'm down from 183 to 153! The first twenty pounds came off easily - all I had to do was stop eating junk (stopped eating fast food and eating until I was stuffed). The last ten were harder. I started eating less and less calories before realizing that I what I needed was to UP my calorie intake. 1200 calories just wasn't cutting it. Once I upped it to 1600 and increased my protein intake the weight started coming off again. I've now been doing kettlebell workouts for a few weeks and I plan to start a running program next week.

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For reference, I'm 5'10.

I want to lose another 15-20 pounds of fat and gain about 5 pounds of muscle.
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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
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    Awesome! You look terrific!
  • bunnymum150
    bunnymum150 Posts: 311
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    super fabulous - thanks for sharing interesting information about upping your calories at some point. Was this some time after a plateau?:smile:
  • kevinrbarger
    kevinrbarger Posts: 87 Member
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    Wow! You look awesome!
  • julie781
    julie781 Posts: 221 Member
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    Amazing! You look fantastic.
  • tabithajoyy
    tabithajoyy Posts: 680 Member
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    what a difference! WOWZA! you totally rock!
  • ShallaLovee1
    ShallaLovee1 Posts: 356 Member
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    That's fantastic results! Congratulations you look amazing!
  • inksmear
    inksmear Posts: 10 Member
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    I upped my calories after a couple weeks of not seeing the scale move. I didn't wait long to switch things up. I don't like stalling!
  • gnat45
    gnat45 Posts: 833 Member
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    You look great!
  • jessicarobles80
    jessicarobles80 Posts: 1
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    Wow great job
  • kimmyhealthyeater
    kimmyhealthyeater Posts: 1
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    Hey awesome work! inspiring! can you explain how come you werent losing any weight but then when you upped your calories abit you lost some more? thanks:)
  • theedge56
    theedge56 Posts: 64 Member
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    Good job gotta get my wife to read this.
  • Givemewings
    Givemewings Posts: 864 Member
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    Looking fab! Well done!
  • totalbloat08
    totalbloat08 Posts: 5 Member
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    Nice work! You look great.
  • PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot
    PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot Posts: 596 Member
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    Fantastic - great job!
  • Daysednconfused
    Daysednconfused Posts: 975 Member
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    Congratulations! You have a lovely shape!
  • missodu
    missodu Posts: 234 Member
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    wow! amazing! great WORK!
  • tkillion810
    tkillion810 Posts: 591 Member
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    Great job!! Your hard work has paid off! And I like that you've acknowledged eating more was a good thing.
  • Amyy1982
    Amyy1982 Posts: 369 Member
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    You look amazing! I am 5'9!! Wish I can look like you at 150lbs! :smile:
  • KStruwe
    KStruwe Posts: 1
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    Congratulations! :smile:
  • tooliebell
    tooliebell Posts: 177 Member
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    You look FABULOUS! Congrats!

    What kind of foods did you eat to increase your protein?

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