1 year and 95 lbs later (before and after pictures)
annakdavis
Posts: 28 Member
One year ago today, I found MFP and my life changed forever. I have been thinking about what I have learned. Here are some of my lessons:
1. Get up and move. I started my journey by walking and taking stairs. I park far away from buildings and do not take an elevator unless I have to go above the 8th floor.
2. Pretzel M&Ms cannot take away any pain. I live in CT. On 12/14, at approx. 1PM, when I heard about Newtown, I grabbed a bag of pretzel M&Ms and was off of MFP for 3 weeks. I came back understanding that I still had to face the horror of that day, and no food could change it.
3. I am pretty. May sound odd, but I have never in my life considered myself attractive. I have realized that I am.
4. Cadbury eggs are 150 calories and Peppermint Patties are 140 calories. A bowl of pasta that I use to eat at Applebees is 1500. Who knew.
5. I can only do my best every day. This is a life style, and I am not going to worry about Macros, or carbs or sugars. I am going to consume less calories than my body needs.
6. I am blessed. Without the fat hanging on my body, I can see all that I have missed. I do not like being fat, and do not see how truly blessed I am when I am lugging around 100+ extra pounds. But I can clearly see now and know that I am blessed. Every day.
It is through some of your diaries that I realized that I could have that damn Cadbury Egg that I had been jonesing over all Easter. Thank you all.
Am hoping I did this right- here are my pictures.
Highest Weight was 330. In the pictures attached, I was 306. I am now 199. I am not done, but here is my progress:
I can't upload the pictures- but they are all on my profile. tried to follow the instructions- but no dice.
1. Get up and move. I started my journey by walking and taking stairs. I park far away from buildings and do not take an elevator unless I have to go above the 8th floor.
2. Pretzel M&Ms cannot take away any pain. I live in CT. On 12/14, at approx. 1PM, when I heard about Newtown, I grabbed a bag of pretzel M&Ms and was off of MFP for 3 weeks. I came back understanding that I still had to face the horror of that day, and no food could change it.
3. I am pretty. May sound odd, but I have never in my life considered myself attractive. I have realized that I am.
4. Cadbury eggs are 150 calories and Peppermint Patties are 140 calories. A bowl of pasta that I use to eat at Applebees is 1500. Who knew.
5. I can only do my best every day. This is a life style, and I am not going to worry about Macros, or carbs or sugars. I am going to consume less calories than my body needs.
6. I am blessed. Without the fat hanging on my body, I can see all that I have missed. I do not like being fat, and do not see how truly blessed I am when I am lugging around 100+ extra pounds. But I can clearly see now and know that I am blessed. Every day.
It is through some of your diaries that I realized that I could have that damn Cadbury Egg that I had been jonesing over all Easter. Thank you all.
Am hoping I did this right- here are my pictures.
Highest Weight was 330. In the pictures attached, I was 306. I am now 199. I am not done, but here is my progress:
I can't upload the pictures- but they are all on my profile. tried to follow the instructions- but no dice.
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You look totally fabulous!!! You have come a long way!!! Keep up the awesome work!!!!!!!0
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Congratulations! You have done fantastic (I read your profile) and I find your story an inspiration. Thank you so much for sharing.0
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I just love success stories like yours!!! It's so much fun seeing someone succeed at this in such a spectacular way.
You look fantastic and probably feel like you can conquer the world.
So much Win for you!
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Awesome! Great story and good job on losing the weight and changing your life!0
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congratulations...welcome to onederland. im so happy your pretty is showing through to you...the only person that can keep u motivated. and yes cadbury eggs are calories well spent. yay for good taste in chocolate.0
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I absolutely love your story, you are such an inspiration! Congratulations!0
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You look wonderful and your beautiful smile says it all!
Congratulations!!
thank you for the inspiration and sharing:flowerforyou:0 -
Fantastic!! You look great!0
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Congrats :flowerforyou: you look great!!!
#4, yep, amazing isn't it. Go candy!!! Way worth it in my opinion ...LOL0 -
Way to go!0
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Yes you are gorgeous. What a big sucess you are! Keep remembering this feeling so you don't slip back. Your child needs you. :flowerforyou:0
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Congratulations! You look absolutely fabulous and so very happy
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Thank you all so much. I am a complete introvert, and it took me a little bit to start to add friends, but have found that it is the people that I have met on this site have really helped me along the way. There is so much that I can learn from others who are on their own journey. Thanks again!0
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Congrats! And you are AWESOME, never believe otherwise!0
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You're beautiful and your son is adorable!!! Thank you for a good dose of inspiration!!!0
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Awesome job!!!! Gives me hope for losing my 60 lbs!0
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Congrats! You look fantastic...although in one pic you kinda look like the Rock. 0
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you look great and it sounds like you are doing great too and have your head in the right place! and darn it only 140 cals for the peppermint patties? that is about 50 less than my granola bar and I would enjoy it so much more!0
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Well done! You look fab! Loved your post....especially #5!!!!!0
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WOW, great job, you are definitely an inspiration to many, like me who are just getting started on the journey and need stories like your to encourage us everyday!
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I totally feel your pain on the photo thing...have spent probably an hour of my life trying to post before and now photos on here over the past couple of months and no instructions have EVER worked for me (despite posting photos and links on other forums for the past 15 years)...I give up!
Anyway...yay! Thanks for sharing your story :-) You look and sound so happy.
You sound a lot like me, comparing the 150 cal Cadbury egg to the 1500 bowl of pasta from Applebees. I had the exact same sort of revelations when I joined MFP six months ago! Mini shake from Sonic has WAY more calories than a Snickers bar!? Fish sandwich at Culver's has nearly twice the calories of their veggie burger with everything!? Wat!? I feel silly now but it's good to be aware of stuff like that, even when comparing good/good or bad/bad.
I hope to be somewhere near where you are in the future. My all-time high was 307, and I started MFP at 262. Now at 219 and starting to actually believe I will see 199.0 -
Congratulations, you look amazing, pretty and attractive. Well done to you ????????0
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You are awesome! Good job and thanks for the inspiration. 0
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What a great inspiration you are...well done!0
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if you post up the photobucket code i'll tweak it so the pics show...0
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You can be proud of yourself!0
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great job!!!0
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Congrats on your success! You are an inspiration to so many!!0
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I love your realistic learning of what you need to do!!!!!! Great job, your journey continues!!!0
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You are PHENOMENAL, girl! You should be so incredibly proud of yourself...you look amazing and I can only imagine how kick-*kitten* you will be when you're done!
Also, glad I'm not the only one not worried about macros. ;-)
Keep it up - you are an inspiration! :-D
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