Feeling Better Than This Time Last Year?

Down just over 70 pounds from this point last year, and healthier in so many ways.

February 2013:



October 2013 (I'm the one in yellow):



I've lost another 10 pounds since the October photo but that's the most recent one I've got.

I love this topic!

I am down 60 pounds from this time last year, and technically I am down that weight from July 5th of this year. I have a lot more work to do but for today I will focus on 60 pounds lost and increased mobility and comfortableness in my own skin. The way I am feeling now makes me so excited to see how I feel with another 100 pounds gone!!

I have been struggling a bit with the 3 pound gain from the last week....but I have been back on track for a few days now and this thread is reminding me what to focus on. I am so ready for 2014 and changes coming the likes of which I have never seen before. Bring it!!! :-)

Great topic!

I joined Feb 2013. Started at 170 (my highest weight ever) and am now 132. I'd like to lose a few more pounds from belly and thighs, but mainly so I can see the strength-training results better That's my focus now--pumping up the training, which I've been doing throughout.

The weight crept up over the last 5 years, mainly job stress--I have an amazing job, but it's sedentary & stressful. I kept telling myself I was okay with it. I'm middle-aged, I've had kids, I can't expect to weigh what I did at 20 and so on. The truth was that it bugged me more than I let on. I get my picture taken a lot (comes with the job) and I started cringing seeing people posting them online. I'd blame the lighting or the outfit or... You get the idea. Finally, I had to say "It's me & I'm not happy with it."

I'm back to my "normal" weight, and that means I'm much happier with my physical self than I was at this time last year. Losing the weight has reduced my job stress more than the comfort food ever did--the exercise makes me feel physically better and the success makes me more confident in tackling other challenges.

Hell yes !! i want 2014 to be like a blast

I'm 20 pounds lighter than this time last year, and 35 pounds lighter than I was in August of this year (I gained weight between January and August, and then joined MFP).

This time last year, I was experiencing awful backaches and fatigue as a result of my weight, at the ripe old age of 20.

Now 21, I ran my first 5k on Thanksgiving morning, and wasn't even at the very back of the pack! I've gone from "running" a 17:40 mile to a 12:18 mile in the last few months.

I've gone from feeling sore and lethargic to energetic.

My shirts have gone from a 2x to a Large.

Two days ago, I ran (jogged) a mile without stopping to walk for the first time in my life.

Thanks, OP, for making me think about how far I've come. I gained a couple pounds over the holidays and was feeling like a failure. This helped me regain my motivation. I hope to reach my goal weight in 2014.

I've lost about 45 lbs. since last year. I'm also a faster, stronger cyclist, and my resting heart rate has dropped from over 60 to around 48-52 depending on the day. Still a bit of weight to take off in 2014, but I'm lighter than I've been since the late '90s.

Of course, right now I can scarcely bend over, because I slipped on the ice and bruised my butt, but that will heal soon enough….

Best wishes to you all for 2014!

Well done everyone on your successes this year!
I've lost 3 stone this year (42 lbs) and the difference it has made to my confidence and therefore my life is unbelievable!! Last New Year's Eve I left my cousins wedding early...I was sick. My underwear was too tight, my corset that I needed to be any way presentable was too tight. I was wearing the only dress I owned that fitted me. I felt like crap. I wanted to hide under the table so nobody would see me!
This Christmas I was wearing a choice of sequinned pretty dresses feeling amazing! Life and soul of the party! Like my old self! And loads of comments to that effect from family and friends!

Still have about 30lbs to go and while I had hoped to reach that goal this year, I don't see it as a failure, I've just reassessed my goals and I'll reach my goal in 2014!

Happy new year to everyone!!

Well done everyone.

I wore a red blouse this Christmas that I didn't fit into last Christmas. I've been on MFP since July '13, and am down 24 lbs. Wearing rings and pants I couldn't wear for the last few years. I am pretty stoked about all that.

But 2014 is gonna be even better, as I get ready for my retirement before EOY. I want to be slim, fit, and happy for my retirement. MFP is certaining contributing to that.

I am down more than 60 lb from this time last year and I don't feel ANY better physically.

I look better. I fit into the world better. I fit into clothes way better. I know I am at lower risk for obesity related health problems.

But I'm not any more athletically capable (in my opinion). I am having occasional bouts with constipation I never had before, that I need to figure out and clear up.

Also...I have roughly the same amount of energy, although I've always been a high energy person even 100 lb heavier than I currently am so that's neither here nor there.

Mentally I am in a better place with much more stability but I attribute that to other factors (recent marriage, stable job) than weight loss.

I'm down 18 lbs (not done yet) and can lift things I never though I could have.