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    Before & After, 75lbs gone!

    Posts: 251 Member
    edited February 18 in Success Stories
    Hey everyone, I thought I would post my first success story today. I have been overweight my whole life even as a child. I never had the motivation to lose weight and then finally it got so bad I made the promise to get healthy and never looked back!! The before pictures were around my heaviest at 200lbs!! The after is around 118/120 lbs. I am 5'2" so all that extra weight was horrible on my back and joints! I hope this helps others :) Have a good day!

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    • Posts: 32 Member
      Good Work! You look great!
    • Posts: 330 Member
      Wow - you look amazing.:flowerforyou: :love:
    • Posts: 383 Member
      Wow! You look amazing! Great job! :)
    • Posts: 17 Member
      Hey everyone, I thought I would post my first success story today. I have been overweight my whole life even as a child. I never had the motivation to lose weight and then finally it got so bad I made the promise to get healthy and never looked back!! The before pictures were around my heaviest at 200lbs!! The after is around 118/120 lbs. I am 5'2" so all that extra weight was horrible on my back and joints! I hope this helps others :) Have a good day!

      lw6t79k

      p7qzffz
      wow you look terrific
    • Posts: 37 Member
      You look so fit & fantastic!! Great dedication and work!!! :)
    • Posts: 17 Member
      nothing comes easy you need to make up your mind and follow through with your mission.

      really enjoy when I see people succeed
    • Posts: 41 Member
      Wow you look amazing! I'm 5'2 also, with a goal of 120. So I hope I look this good when I reach my goal! I've lost 30 pounds so far, down to 138, so 18 more pounds!
    • Posts: 341 Member
      You look amazing! You should be super proud! :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 79 Member
      Great job! You did it! You are motivation for sure!
    • Posts: 121 Member
      You are such a beautiful girl no matter what size you were, but you're fantastic and healthy now. GOOD JOB!!
    • Posts: 1 Member
      Wow! You look amazing!!
    • Posts: 626 Member
      Awesome progress!!! You look great! Congratulations!
    • Posts: 543 Member
      You look beautiful!
    • Posts: 58 Member
      wowzers.... you look great girl..... :) Thank you for the post, much needed inspiration :)
    • Posts: 795 Member
      Wow! You look fabulous! And as a 5'1'er - you have definitely motivated me! Thank you! Any tips to share? What kind of exercise/diet did you stick to? Awesome job and thank you for sharing :)
    • Posts: 154 Member
      Congratulations!!!!! BTW - You have awesome legs!!!!!
    • Posts: 13
      Wow, well done you ! You look so good , very pretty before and after !
    • Posts: 75 Member
      Hooray for all your hard work! Excellent job!
    • Posts: 1,208 Member
      You are smoking hot!
    • Posts: 222 Member
      Amazing.xx:flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 2,320 Member
      Congratulations!!
    • Posts: 25 Member
      Great job! :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 94 Member
      I must say you were BEAUTIFUL overweight and you are BEAUTIFUL now. Difference is, NOW you are fit! And I bet you have unlimited energy as well!
    • Posts: 22
      Thanks for sharing you look amazing. Your before is where I'm at right now and I'm 5ft 2 also so you give me hope.
    • Posts: 251 Member
      Wow! You look fabulous! And as a 5'1'er - you have definitely motivated me! Thank you! Any tips to share? What kind of exercise/diet did you stick to? Awesome job and thank you for sharing :)

      At first it was really just getting off my A**. I did not want to work out. I was waiting to wake up one day and be skinny. Haha not very realistic. I lost my first 30 lbs with the Alli pill. It blocks fat so you need to lower your fat intake. I don't necessarily condone this pill to anyone as now, I would much prefer the natural way but at the time it was right for me. I was eating so much fast food so once I started taking this pill it FORCED me to realize what junk I was eating. This helped me learn portion control. After I got that 30lb loss motivation I ditched the Alli pill. You aren't supposed to take it for long periods of time anyway. Then, I started working out. What really motivated me was that I realized that it is YOUR life and no one can do anything for you. No one can lose weight for you. Once these things started hitting me I was a runaway train!!

      I HAVE NEVER STEPPED FOOT IN A GYM and I'm damn proud of it! I'm a germaphobe!!! I swear by Jillian Michaels DVDs. She kicked my butt!!! So all I was doing were all of these DVDs and counting calories. I would say it wasn't until I was about 140 that I found my love for lifting weights and that's when I started increasing my protein. Still, I bought my own weights and never went to the gym. I found DVDs specifically for strength training. My favorites are anything by Jackie Warner. She rocks!!! Currently I'm trying to cut about 5 more lbs of fat. I don't care about the scale anymore as I'm trying to lose inches. I'm eating 20 carbs 40/40 fat and protein right now. This isn't for everyone but it's working great for me I've already lost an inch off my waist and thighs in 3 weeks. Sorry that was a lot of info but I was a little lacking in info in my first post.

      Thanks everyone for your comments they are all making me smile!! :):) You are all amazing and I swear I would have never gotten this far without the support of all my MFP friends!! :):flowerforyou: :love:
    • Posts: 251 Member
      Wow you look amazing! I'm 5'2 also, with a goal of 120. So I hope I look this good when I reach my goal! I've lost 30 pounds so far, down to 138, so 18 more pounds!

      That's amazing progress so far!!! You've totally got this last 18, keep it up!! :)
    • Posts: 72
      Great motivation! Thank you for sharing with us, you look amazing!
    • Posts: 56 Member
      Wow!!! NIce job! You look great!
    • Posts: 56 Member
      Amazing work, you look fabulous!
    • Posts: 251 Member
      You look amazing! You should be super proud! :flowerforyou:

      Thank you!! :)
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