10 months- 35 pounds gone

While I'm not quite "done" yet, I hit my goal weight and I'm feeling good about myself, so I'm going to post my pics finally

Starting weight = 166
Current Weight = 131

I started all this back on 4/30/13 after noticing a whole new set of stretch marks. I couldn't handle it any more. I have a 3 year old daughter and I want her to see a healthy mother. My problem? I love food. Love it. And not good food, really. I grew up on your typical midwestern meat and potatoes diet. Looking back, I've realized that I was eating between 2300 and 3000 calories on a daily basis while working a mostly sedentary job. I'm shocked I didn't weigh more, honestly.

This is what I looked like on day 1:



I signed up for Bar Method and did that 5 days per week for about 5 months. This is when I dropped the first 20 pounds. I transferred offices at work in September and that's when I joined Orange Theory (calisthenics/weights/cardio class) and dropped another 15 lbs between then and now. Not relapsing through the holidays was HUGE for me. In the past 2 months I've started lifting heavier weights and while the weight loss has mostly stopped, my figure has definitely improved!

This is my first progress pic (I had lost about 5 pounds by the time I thought to take a pic) and a pic I took last night after I tried on a 10 year old bikini!



I'm about to start stronglifts and I just bought a new pair of rollerblades- I'd like to keep working on muscles and definition, but I am totally happy about what I've done in the last 10 months!!