I am worthy of the dress!!! (with pics!)

I love reading the success stories on this site. I find them so inspiring and motivating. I thought I would share some progress pics with you all in hopes that it might inspire someone out there who may be wondering if all their hard work will ever pay off (and because I’m so friggin’ proud of my accomplishment!).

The photo below was taken last October 2012. I LOVE that dress I’m wearing and when I saw that I looked like THAT in it…I was horrified! I couldn’t believe I looked that bad in that fantastic dress. That photo was the inspiration I needed to start making some changes.



Well, I’ve redeemed myself and now I’m worthy of that dress! These were taken in June of this year at a 40-pound loss and I’ve since lost 6 more!



I’m now down a total of 44.25 inches; 46.2 pounds; and 7.42% body fat and all but 5 of those pounds came since mid-to-late January of this year.

Other stats:
I’m 5’ 6” and started out at 238.2 lbs.

I started working out only 2 days a week back in October and slowly built up to 6 days a week now. I’m starting a weightlifting program July 29 (Chalean Extreme) that I’ll do 5 days a week (hooray for the extra rest day!).

I lift weights and do cardio but (for me) the most important thing that I’ve done to be successful and that will keep the weight off when I reach my goal (which is only 23 lbs away) is change my eating habits.

I discovered earlier this year that I have a severe food intolerance to egg and dairy so I cut those out as well as grains and sugar so I basically follow a Paleo lifestyle.

TFL and I wish you all the best of luck in reaching your goals.