From 183 to my goal weight of 120

So I reached my goal weight at the end of September. (Right on the day of my birthday actually, haha!) & decided to post my "success story", so here it is..

I was super thin all my life until I turned 18, then I gained tons of weight and went from 122 lbs up to 177 lbs. I had no idea how to lose weight so I decided to count calories & didn't realize how many I should get. I was only eating between 900 - 1100 calories a day then I started getting obsessed and only ate 200 - 800 a day. I lost tons of weight really fast & I was super unhealthy. I'd faint a lot and had no energy. I also threw up a lot out of hunger but nothing would come up except water and bile cause I hardly ate. I started fearing food too and yeah, it got bad. I ended up getting pregnant about a year after this first started though and that got me back to normal. I started eating properly and eventually food was no concern again. I had a normal healthy pregnancy and all that but I went back to gaining tons because of it.

I got all the way up to 183 pounds before I decided to do anything this time and I didn't want to do it the way I had before cause that was awful. I found this site last November when I was looking for ways to go about losing weight in a more healthy way. At first it was just so I'd look better and wasn't too worried about health or working out. I didn't realize how much better you feel if you exercise and eat better. I had horrible hip pain all the time and it was even keeping me up at night. I decided to start doing cardio and some sort of strength training to help with burning extra calories. I got a treadmill and started doing Pilates & calisthenics at home. At first I hated it but it started to become more of a hobby & I slowly started to love it. Also my hip pain went away completely after the first few weeks & never came back again!

I also started educating myself about nutrition and how different foods affect your body and got more and more into the health aspect of weight loss rather than doing it out of vanity. I can't ever imagine going back to how I used to eat before or to life without exercise. I reached my goal weight of 120 about two and a half months ago & I look and feel way better at 120 this time around than I did back when I was 120 how ever many years ago and not living in a healthy way.



So yeah.. I'm 5'5" & went from an obese weight of 183 lbs to a normal weight of 120 lbs in just under 12 months. I have more pics in my profile too & if anyone wants to add me, feel free to! I still log here all the time to maintain. :bigsmile: