200 pounds lost

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  • demonlullaby
    demonlullaby Posts: 499 Member
    this is amazing!!!!!!
  • Alyssa__Lauren
    Alyssa__Lauren Posts: 148 Member
    AMAZING!! Congrats.
  • DistantJ
    DistantJ Posts: 155 Member
    AH-MAY-ZING! How inspiring!!
  • cstclair1973
    cstclair1973 Posts: 8
    congrats!!! that is fantastic
  • Grinb
    Grinb Posts: 123 Member
    Dude that is amazing, I wish I would have done this at your age but I'm doing it now, thanks for the extra incentive!
  • kiwidrop
    kiwidrop Posts: 222 Member
    Great work!
  • ElleM0
    ElleM0 Posts: 105 Member
    A-MAZ-ING!!!!
    You look like a different person!!
    GREAT JOB!
  • scarrletti_girl
    scarrletti_girl Posts: 479 Member
    damn that is a lot! lol you look great. congrats.
  • lcchrt
    lcchrt Posts: 234 Member
    Wow you look amazing!!

    Your story is definitely motivational :D Great job!
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    i have dropped a little over 200 pounds in the last 3 years with the help of myfitnesspal. my lifestyle has completely turned around, and i am feeling better than i ever have before.

    Before & After

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    307486_2005044278373_1594957746_n by RAJohnsoniii, on Flickr

    In response to a comment for a little more detail.


    the way I got started was looking at a picture that was taken of me (which is the before picture here). I was a very athletic person growing up, which seems weird to say since I'm only 21. My junior year of high school I ended up getting injured in football which I did not recover from until after my senior year (fractured L4-L5 vertebrae). Sports were such a huge part of my life at that point that once I got hurt I became seditary and gained over 100 lbs in a year. After I saw that picture of myself I realized i was going down a bad road and needed to change the things I was doing. It seems that I almost completely changed my lifestyle overnight, cut all processed and refined food out of my diet and eliminated anything with sugar in it. I was in the gym every day doing intense workouts like I would do in football. I ended up losing the taste for pretty much all unhealthy foods, and started cooking every meal myself. That being said, I do believe that one of the main things that needs to be watched in the diet is sodium, it is snuck into foods as much as it can be. It took me 2 years total to loose the weight, and I have been maintaining it for the last 2. I am very OCD about the things that are going into my body and have a consistent exercise routine. I firmly believe that weight loss is 70% diet and 30% exercise.
    Super job finding out exactly what works for you, you got into some great habits as you strated out and continued down the road to health!

    Congrats for getting back to healthy and keeping it up! What a wonderful inspiration you are!!!:drinker: :flowerforyou:
  • kara2
    kara2 Posts: 83 Member
    Your story is so inspiring. It gives people like me that have over 200 more lbs to go know that it is possible to get down to their goal weight and maintain it. I agree it's 70% diet and 30% excercise. I wish I could figure out how to elimnate more of the sodium from my diet too. I want to get off my blood pressure medicine.

    Thanks for sharing!
  • cardinalsfootball
    cardinalsfootball Posts: 167 Member
    Awesome. Congrats man!
  • cathybabe70
    cathybabe70 Posts: 117 Member
    Wow!!! So inspiring!!! I admire your hard work and dedication. You look fantastic! :drinker:
  • RedM93
    RedM93 Posts: 64
    Your hard work definitely paid off! You look Amazing!!!
  • caly_man
    caly_man Posts: 281 Member
    AHH-Mazing

    and you're only 21.

    the lessons learned here should last you a lifetime

    congrats man
  • TheRightWeigh
    TheRightWeigh Posts: 249 Member
    Amazingly great job! Congrats
  • kflynn28147
    kflynn28147 Posts: 37 Member
    AWESOME your life will be 100% better. You look wonderful.:smile:
  • Can5he
    Can5he Posts: 4
    :noway: :noway: :noway: Fantastic Achievement!! :smokin: :smokin: :smokin:
  • nwg74
    nwg74 Posts: 360 Member
    Congrats.

    I think I know what it feel likes having lost 202 pounds in 2 years too. It has been extremely hard work as I was nearly 37 when I started and wished I had done something a lot sooner. I can't even to strength training due to medical reasons which I could have done years ago.

    The last 5-10 pounds is not going but I don't mind. It can take all year to come off as long as it doesn't go up too much.
  • KeepGoingRhonda
    KeepGoingRhonda Posts: 527 Member
    Wow! Well done you you should be so proud!! You are a GREAT example to us all, but especially young people!! WTG!
  • KimberlyDCZ
    KimberlyDCZ Posts: 525 Member
    simply gorgeous! Congrats! Your hard work paid off! :flowerforyou:
  • KimberlyDCZ
    KimberlyDCZ Posts: 525 Member
    Congrats.

    I think I know what it feel likes having lost 202 pounds in 2 years too. It has been extremely hard work as I was nearly 37 when I started and wished I had done something a lot sooner. I can't even to strength training due to medical reasons which I could have done years ago.

    The last 5-10 pounds is not going but I don't mind. It can take all year to come off as long as it doesn't go up too much.

    Congrats to you too!
  • sk2775
    sk2775 Posts: 699 Member
    That's totally amazing. Congrats. You should be so very proud.
  • keenho
    keenho Posts: 72 Member
    Congratulations, way to go! Continued success!
  • fatyoga
    fatyoga Posts: 207 Member
    Wow. Great job!
  • mainey65
    mainey65 Posts: 343 Member
    I cannot write the first words that came out of my mouth when I saw your before and after pics, but a toned down version would be: holy freakin' cow! You look AMAZING! AND, you deserve to hear that over and over again! I can only imagine just how much hard work it took for you to lose all that weight, and to keep it off! CONGRATULATIONS!
  • flower_chops
    flower_chops Posts: 59 Member
    Wow! Awesome work - you look fantastic!
  • AmberLee2012
    AmberLee2012 Posts: 540
    You look fantastic! Congrats!
  • Amanda421
    Amanda421 Posts: 261 Member
    Outstanding!!!
  • Whirlwindseer
    Whirlwindseer Posts: 1
    What an inspiration! Awesome accomplishment!

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