13 months - 129lbs lost - with loads of pictures!

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  • shayemimi
    shayemimi Posts: 203 Member
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    What an amazing inspiration you are!! Great job and congrats! I LOVE that you did it with portion control and exercise! That is truly the key! No magic diet etc. People stare at me blankly when I say that's how I did it too! lol But it works!! You look awesome and the beauty you always had is really shining through now!! :D
  • pagraham1971
    pagraham1971 Posts: 37 Member
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    Wow you look amazing. Congratulations!
  • lighteningjeanne855
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    Everyone has praised your progress, and I agree about your wonderful transformation.

    Now I will caution you:
    NOW comes the difficult part!
    While you are celebrating your triumph now, be mindful of the years ahead.
    Maintaining a great weight loss is more work than the weight loss itself.
    There will be vacations, celebrations, perhaps pregnancies and postpartum weight gain.
    You can never stop caring, never become lax in your attitude.

    Please have a maintenance strategy in place as you near your weight loss goal.
    I say this, because I DID 'lose the weight' when I was 21 or so.
    I was 'gorgeous' for a while, and everyone was proud of me.
    My sense of accomplishment didn't keep me from starting to overeat again.
    The 60 pounds I'd shed were back within a year, because being thin
    didn't make my dreams come true, as I thought they would.

    It's 35 years later, and 170 pounds more, plus the 45 pounds I've lost already.
    As the years go by what you weigh will become more about health than beauty.
    Right now, I'm losing weight to improve my life, AND to save it.

    Enjoy your loveliness, health, and freedom of movement.
    Carry it on, throughout your lifetime.

    Best wishes!
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,051 Member
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    Congrats! You've done so well!

    And have to say, I love your clothes... nice style too :)
  • VeganAmandaJ
    VeganAmandaJ Posts: 234 Member
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    Wow, you go girl!! That is absolutely fantastic and you should be incredibly happy! Congrats and thanks so much for sharing, gives me hope. =)
    I decided to lose weight after visiting friends in London for the weekend and everywhere we went I was always the biggest person in the room, in the shop, or on the tube. It was then it finally hit me, I needed to do something about my weight.

    I came home and redownloaded myfitnesspal (I had used the app 18 months previously but soon gave up as my heart wasn’t in it) I purchased “slim in 6” from Beachbody as it looked like a great beginner workout and I then had to sit down with my dad to tell him I wanted to lose weight as he would often cook dinners and so I couldn’t do it without his help.

    Its now 400 days later – I am down 129lbs and where I started a UK size 28 I am now a UK 14 – I've gone from barely being able to complete the warm up of slim in 6, to completing it before completing 30 Day Shred, Ripped in 30, and T25.

    I only weigh myself once a week on a Friday morning as I didn’t want to start getting obsessed with the scale – I am however obsessed with food, if I'm not eating, I'm thinking about what I can eat!

    Exercise and weighing out my food is now a part of my every day life, I have a routine where i finish work and before I do anything else I get changed and workout in the spare room, if I know I have plans after work one day I will make it up over the weekend of make sure I get up early in the morning!

    My diet before wasn’t really bad, it was just huge portions, I still have the same dinners, spaghetti, chilli etc, but sometimes I use turkey, or quorn to lower the calories, and I weigh all the ingredients and pasta/rice, and as silly as it sounds, I use smaller bowls and plates as it makes me believe I have more to eat and I always take my time making sure I enjoy every bite.

    Everyone has moments where they make mistakes and slip up on the diet. My first slip up was the first day when I say down with my dad and told him I wanted to lose weight and needed his help when he cooked. His reaction was "you've tried before and failed, will this time be any different" if anything that only spurred me on to succeed, and now my dad has nothing but praise for me!

    I never denied myself anything due to the fact if I'm told I can't have it I want it more, instead of a large chocolate bar I would have a small snack size bar to give me the taste without all the calories!

    When I have had bad days food wise or if I didn't work out I didn't dwell on it, it happened and it was my choice, instead of being annoyed about it I tried harder the rest of the week... One bad day won't ruin all your hard work, the trick is getting back in the healthy routine as soon as possible. When I had moments when I slipped up, or weeks where the scales didn’t move I looked back at old photos of myself (which are below) and I would see how far I had gone, or I would search the success story forums for inspiration and that would only encourage me to continue.

    Now for the bit everyone has been waiting for…the photos, these range from when I was 14 (I believe I'm lighter now than I was then I don’t know as I never weighed myself when I was younger) upto the weekend before I decided to lose weight and periodically during my weightloss. I'm not yet at my goalweight, but its closer than I ever thought imaginable.


    Please enjoy the photos and ask me any questions that you have and if you want to send me a friend request I would be happy to accept.

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  • Kitship
    Kitship Posts: 579 Member
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    Oh my god. You are my new inspiration. This is so phenomenal. My jaw literally dropped! WAY TO GO!!!! :noway:
  • Factory_Reset
    Factory_Reset Posts: 1,651 Member
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    You look amazing!!

    Nicely done OP

    :flowerforyou:
  • afrodizzia
    afrodizzia Posts: 56 Member
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    Congratulations you are areal inspiration !!!
    You aIso have great style - I have the same cream dress with the black side panels :wink: :wink:
  • sbbhbm
    sbbhbm Posts: 1,312 Member
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    Great job!!!
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
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    WOWOWOWOWOWOW! I am so impressed. You are stunning. I showed my husband the picture of you with your bigger sized pants and he said it was amazing (that's a high compliment from him :happy: ) Thank you for sharing your success story. These always give me such confidence that I can do this too.
  • cmira5ol
    cmira5ol Posts: 1,246 Member
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    WOW
  • qtgonewild
    qtgonewild Posts: 1,930 Member
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    congratulations you look fantastic
  • ktieman
    ktieman Posts: 45 Member
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    Stand proud; you look fantastic. Great Job!
  • chunkydunk714
    chunkydunk714 Posts: 784 Member
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    Damn. Good for you!
  • JulieB_MN
    JulieB_MN Posts: 223 Member
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    Congratulations! You look amazing;)
  • dianeb613
    dianeb613 Posts: 121 Member
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    totally AMAZING!!

    Your transformation is AWESOME. I struggled to lose only 30 lbs....you are an inspiration to me. GOOD JOB!!

    You are totally beautiful!!
  • kristensaav
    kristensaav Posts: 41 Member
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    You look awesome! You look really toned and super skinny! Good job!
  • hol_lou85
    hol_lou85 Posts: 46 Member
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    I'm
    Struggling to keep up with all your comments requests and messages :) thank you all :)
  • silkyb1
    silkyb1 Posts: 49 Member
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    WOW YOU LOOK GREAT. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE A FRIEND SO YOU CAN INSPIRE ME. I WAS ABOUT 240 LBS ABOUT 8 YRS AND I HAVE BACK SLIDED THIS PAST YEAR I'M 213 LBS NOW. IT'S REALLY HARD TO MOTIVATE MYSELF.
  • janewl
    janewl Posts: 18 Member
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    WELL DONE, you look absolutely fantastic. :flowerforyou:
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