Progress!!

So I met my June goal of losing 10lbs! So I decided to take a photo to see how far I've came. I was amazed at the difference. I started on here June 5th at 245 but my heaviest I was 260.
I couldnt have done any of this without MFP and the amazing support from my friends on here!
I've cut out sodas 99.9% and have been exercising 45-60mins 4 times a week.

A little back story. What makes me so excited is the old mindset I used to have is gone. In 2011 I joined MFP and started doing Zumba at the local gym. Why I quite I cannot tell you now. But I lost 30lbs back then. April of 2011 I just stopped and started back to sitting on my fat butt and eating whenever and whatever I wanted. I'm sure I was drinking about 1000 calories a day in Dr. Pepper. I turned 30 on May 6th of this year and decided I had, had enough of being sick and tired all the time! So I tried to get back on here under my old name but I just couldn't keep up with the people I had once used as motivation. So I started a new name and got new friends and I began to start slow. I walked a mile here and there, nothing major. Starting cutting out my sodas and eating out less. By June 5th I knew I could do this I was already down a few pounds. So June 5th was my start date, I started making small goals. Lost 10lbs by July 5th, cut out sodas, eat healthier, exercise 4x a week, burn 2500 calories a week. Well June 16th we got a shocking call that my husbands grandmother had passed away, she would have turned 93 the following Tuesday. My husband was devastated and we booked plane tickets to go to Minnesota for the funeral. That week I stuck to my new changes, exercised, ate within my calories. While we were in Minnesota I did have a few off days and ate a bit above my goals and only got to work out once but this wasn't a vacation. By the time I got back I just knew my weight had gone back up. It did but only by 1lb. I could still do this so I hit it hard the following week and half. On June 29th I went to visit my grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer's in the nursing home. She had been under hospice care for about 2 months so I tried to visit her as much as possible with the 120 mile driving distance. When I arrived she was in worse shape than before and we ended up staying for 8 hours, she passed away that afternoon. I was very close to my grandmother. Normally I would have went on a eating binge and stopped whatever "diet" I was doing. But this time it was different. This time it's for life. So I took my frustration and sorrow out and ran, I just ran till I couldn't run anymore then I walked. It helped that it rained most days here in Georgia because being red and soaking wet hid the fact I was crying the whole time. I don't tell you this to get your sympathy but more to explain how much my mindset has changed. The day we burred my grandmother, I ran that afternoon.
If I can go from being a couch potato that was growing roots, to someone who isn't letting other people influence her decisions and is hell bent on completing the goals that are set for the future. I love to help motivate others and love the motivation and support I receive back, so feel free to add me if you'd like!

Here are a few photos to show the changes so far.