Halfway! (pictures included)

adunkin22
adunkin22 Posts: 47 Member
edited September 22 in Success Stories
I wanted to upload these because I needed to give myself some motivation. I haven't been as focused lately and looking at these pictures makes me want to make it to my goal weight. The best part of this journey so far is that I no longer feel like the fat chick with all my friends. I feel pretty comfortable in my own skin most of the time. I can wear size 10 jeans (which is the average size for women according to oprah, haha) and I can buy some clothes from abercromie&fitch (a dream since middle school). I don't ALWAYS feel self-conscious anymore, just sometimes haha.
My heaviest weight was in 9th grade at 210 lbs. I started MFP in the summer of '10 at 195 lbs. I am currently 175 lbs and counting.
I want to say thank you to everyone who has supported me so far. I cannot wait to post my final pictures one day... SOON! haha.
Love you all. This site has truly made such a difference in my life and I could not be more grateful.

before: june 2006 & then dec 2009
MFPbig.jpg

during: october 2010
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how do i make the photos smaller?! haha sorry. but you get the idea (:
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  • drbehave
    drbehave Posts: 1
    INCREDIBLE!!!!!! Nice job!!!!!!! You look beautiful- on the inside and outside! There is no doubt you are perfect just the way you are, no matter what the weight, but it seems you are approaching your natural, God-given, set-point size and that is absolutely wonderful. Great, great job! I applaud you! xoxoxoxo
  • gemzy24
    gemzy24 Posts: 126 Member
    ~You look amazing well done for all your hard work its definatley an inspiration to keep me going well done x
  • gemzy24
    gemzy24 Posts: 126 Member
    ~You look amazing well done for all your hard work its definatley an inspiration to keep me going well done x
  • Pinky_Calhoun
    Pinky_Calhoun Posts: 125 Member
    You look GREAT MAMA! :happy:
  • simply_healthy
    simply_healthy Posts: 175 Member
    HOLY COW !!!! YOU LOOK AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!! What an incredible difference gal..... U are an inspiration....
  • Cytherea
    Cytherea Posts: 515 Member
    Wow! You look fab! Great job!

    Mind if I ask, how tall are you? I weight the same as you do but I wear a size 14 pants- a 10 is awesome!!
  • adunkin22
    adunkin22 Posts: 47 Member
    i'm about 5'7" and 19 years old.
    thank you everyone!! you are all so kind. it makes me feel so good that people i don't even know think i'm doing awesome. thanks you so much!!
  • bethinagain
    bethinagain Posts: 282 Member
    Your face is sooooo much thinner. You look like a completely different person. And your body looks so tiny now. You must be tall because you look as if you should weigh about 130 now! Hats off to you......great job!
  • JayneWilson1963
    JayneWilson1963 Posts: 543 Member
    Congratulations. You look great.
  • adunkin22
    adunkin22 Posts: 47 Member
    Your face is sooooo much thinner. You look like a completely different person. And your body looks so tiny now. You must be tall because you look as if you should weigh about 130 now! Hats off to you......great job!

    gahhhh thank you so much! that is so kind of you to say (:
  • OpalFruitJam
    OpalFruitJam Posts: 114 Member
    YOU LOOK AMAZING! Like a totally different person! Fantastic! ^_^
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,705 Member
    WTG!
  • maconk22
    maconk22 Posts: 18
    You look absolutely amazing....like a new person!! YOU GO GIRL!!! Keep em coming!!!!
  • Healthyby30
    Healthyby30 Posts: 1,349 Member
    Huge difference! Way to go! :)
  • steppann
    steppann Posts: 44
    I am totally jealous. I weigh pretty close to what you weigh and I dont look like that , not even close. I agree you do look like you weigh a lot less. You look amazing. Congratulations!!!!
  • tiptoe6
    tiptoe6 Posts: 68 Member
    Awesome! WTG!
  • lazygirllosesweight
    lazygirllosesweight Posts: 190
    Good job! Congratulations. Reading these types of threads keeps me going. :)
  • Ms_Natalie
    Ms_Natalie Posts: 1,030 Member
    You look fantastic! The hard work has certainly paid off!...You look teeny tiny in the 2nd pic! what an inspiration :flowerforyou:
  • MontanaB
    MontanaB Posts: 439 Member
    wow you look amazing!!
    your face is so much thinner - a real inspiration :D
  • Kera885
    Kera885 Posts: 59
    you look amazing, I'm 5'7 and almost at 175 and I look nothing like that lol, you look absolutely gorgeous!
  • ErinGiam
    ErinGiam Posts: 396 Member
    congrats..you are looking great!!!
  • trccook
    trccook Posts: 2
    That is truely amazing! I am very inspired by this... Please share how you have done it..
  • StacLegg
    StacLegg Posts: 346 Member
    wow!:noway:
    great job!!!!:bigsmile:
    thanks so much for sharing your pictures with us!!! I can't wait to have before and after pictures like that!!!!!!
  • KCSPEARS
    KCSPEARS Posts: 123
    great job.. you can really tell
  • nurse_jenie
    nurse_jenie Posts: 173
    You look great! I see a huge diffrence:smile:
  • adunkin22
    adunkin22 Posts: 47 Member
    That is truely amazing! I am very inspired by this... Please share how you have done it..

    thank you so much!
    for me, i really needed to stop eating so much JUNK. and my biggest thing is to drink water. i realize that on my off days i usually drank hardly any water. you also have to completely stop drinking diet coke. it makes you hungry for some reason. water will control your hunger. (but it doesn't really help when you're already hungry! haha)

    for my workouts, i try to work out for 30-45 minutes 3-4 times a week. i'm trying to become a runner so i get out and try to walk/run at night so i can build on that. if i don't do that i try to make it to the gym (elliptical, weights, abs) or i try to do my Jillian Michael's 30 day shred dvd.

    the biggest things are: DRINK WATER. everyone says it and it's so true. also, change up your workout. don't stick to the same routine.

    i think something surprising happened for me to. i realized i have to continually surprise my metabolism. like i need to eat not as healthy every so often for my body to be suprised i guess. i noticed that if i had an off weekend but ate really well the rest of the time, i usually ended up loosing more weight. it still doesn't really make too much sense to me, haha.

    i hope this helps. i'm stuck in my own rut right now, so i hope i can come out of it! good luck to you and thank you for your kind works (:
  • adunkin22
    adunkin22 Posts: 47 Member
    I am totally jealous. I weigh pretty close to what you weigh and I dont look like that , not even close. I agree you do look like you weigh a lot less. You look amazing. Congratulations!!!!

    thanks so much! i suck in my stomach in pictures a little, and you can't really see my belly when i stand up. sooooo it's probably mainly an illusion to you haha. oh, and putting your hand on your waist helps with the illusion (;

    but thanks girl. i just looked at your profile and you're doing fantastic! i'm jealous of YOU!!
  • mszSHOGAN
    mszSHOGAN Posts: 2,277 Member
    You not only look healthier, you look HAPPIER!!!!!!!!!! :bigsmile: And that's a BIG part of this! Way to go and keep it up! :drinker:
  • Steph_Anie
    Steph_Anie Posts: 82 Member
    I wish at 19 I had had the motivation to make changes like this! Proud of you!
  • MariaAlexandra
    MariaAlexandra Posts: 126 Member
    You look incredible!! And yes, that is the best thing about this site, everyone keeps you at a positive mood. I've been using MFP for a couple of weeks including with TurboJam (which I've been using for about 3 years now) and I've been definitely seeing the results in my eating habit. : ) Keep it up!! Add me if you want, i still need to add friends :/
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