From Obesity to a Healthy BMI! (lots of pics)

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  • SandraD1424
    SandraD1424 Posts: 81 Member
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    you look wonderful
  • Healthy_NutMom
    Healthy_NutMom Posts: 4 Member
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    You look amazing! Congratulations, and thank you for posting such great pictures! You are an inspiration! :happy:
  • danasings
    danasings Posts: 8,218 Member
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    You look great, and I am so happy for you!!! I totally understand the battle with depression and emotional eating, as you know. You are such an inspiration!! :heart:
  • ninu13
    ninu13 Posts: 196 Member
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    Amazing! great job girl! :drinker:
  • MissSarahAllison315
    MissSarahAllison315 Posts: 263 Member
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    You just looks AWESOME!!!! So amazing to see people get their lives turned back around on this site!! :)
  • sloeginlin
    sloeginlin Posts: 12 Member
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    Thank you, I have read every word and it is as though you were talking about my life story, up and down since I was about 13. Depression, anxiety you name it, I have it. I am now 61! You have given me so much inspiration. Congratulations on your wonderful loss.
  • TinTinTin111
    TinTinTin111 Posts: 51 Member
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    Fantastic! Awesome! :smile:
  • akarney
    akarney Posts: 124 Member
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    Wow! Great job!!!
  • paulie1954
    paulie1954 Posts: 5 Member
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    OMG You have such a beautiful shape at every weight. I'm proud of you. I was amazed because my numbers follow you so closely and I wear the same clothes now that you did at your heaviest! I'm lots older than you, but you are my new inspiration. I weigh 215 but finally am going to do this thing. My 3 boys worry about me and I have a little grandbaby now that I want to see grow up. Thank you for your story!!!! Pauline
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
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    WOW!!! Absolutely amazing! I love how you just kept pushing. You didn't give up, and you look fantastic!!!
  • lacurandera1
    lacurandera1 Posts: 8,083 Member
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    You're so awesome! Keep killing it!
  • jamk1446
    jamk1446 Posts: 5,577 Member
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    YAY! YAY! YAY!

    I'm so glad to read this today! So glad you got the help you needed and haven't given up on you.
  • kimkay1985
    kimkay1985 Posts: 73 Member
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    Congratulations! I'm an emotional eater also so I know what you went thru. How did you change? I have tried some meditation and exercise and it seems to be working for me. Also I don't keep any of my 'go to' food in the house. That gives me time to think before I eat.
  • bethshines
    bethshines Posts: 41 Member
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    congratulations! You are an inspiration!! Thank you for sharing the post and the pics!:drinker:
  • Vera145
    Vera145 Posts: 11 Member
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    Love your sense of humor! So glad you got down to what was eating YOU and tackled it. Life is full of wrenches - but whatever. You look fab!
  • LilacCatTessa
    LilacCatTessa Posts: 11 Member
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    You look fantastic. What an inspiration. :)
  • amelia_atlantic
    amelia_atlantic Posts: 926 Member
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    Amazing! Good for you!

    I think the healthiest thing you did was change your attitude and relationship with food. This new mindset will help you keep it off!
  • daniellabella986
    daniellabella986 Posts: 325 Member
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    Emotional eating is one of the toughest things to break out of, but you're proof that with determination and perseverance, it's totally achievable - complete inspiration. You look fantastic!
  • SapiensPisces
    SapiensPisces Posts: 1,001 Member
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    I want to first take a moment to thank each of you for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate it, and it means a lot to me that I have such support even from strangers!

    Secondly, I completely forgot to post this side by side pic in the OP (sorry!)

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    Congratulations! I'm an emotional eater also so I know what you went thru. How did you change? I have tried some meditation and exercise and it seems to be working for me. Also I don't keep any of my 'go to' food in the house. That gives me time to think before I eat.

    Thank you!

    To be honest, I think I screwed up a LOT along the way. It was not easy to get control. It took me 3 years to get 64 lbs off, so it was very slow going. Keeping trigger foods out of the house is important in the beginning. Once you get more confidence in your ability to keep control, then you can reintroduce them slowly.

    How did I change is a tough question. It was gradual and really the biggest changes occurred after I treated the underlying problem: depression. My advice would be to figure out what is driving your emotional eating issues and address that. The eating will fix itself when you do that.
  • slr90
    slr90 Posts: 212 Member
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    Great job!

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