101 pounds gone!

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  • SCSTWG
    SCSTWG Posts: 182 Member
    You look like a different person. Great job.
  • branbuds
    branbuds Posts: 624 Member
    Congrats! You have accomplished so much! You are an inspiration :)
  • mrslstage
    mrslstage Posts: 51 Member
    Awesome, Good for you!!
  • michelleneli
    michelleneli Posts: 132 Member
    You look so HAPPY!! That's the best change!:flowerforyou:

    Michelle in Ohio
  • Mgregory723
    Mgregory723 Posts: 529 Member
    Awesome job! :wink: Your post gives me great hope. :flowerforyou:
  • MEK1960
    MEK1960 Posts: 50 Member
    Gosh, you look like your own daughter now! Well done!
  • brzflapdx
    brzflapdx Posts: 37 Member
    Inspirational for sure! Your story motivates others. Fantastic!
  • culo97
    culo97 Posts: 256 Member
    i started in may, 2013. admittedly, i lost 10 pounds prior to signing up for MFP, but this is my official 100 pounds gone with this site.

    the most amazing makeover is not physical, it is the mental change. and i marvel at it on a daily basis. :)

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    Wow, you've almost halved yourself! So impressive.

    Well done.
  • karenertl
    karenertl Posts: 271 Member
    Way to go! Keep up the awesome work!

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  • myndikins
    myndikins Posts: 39
    You look awesome - congrats =]
  • starrylioness
    starrylioness Posts: 543 Member
    You look beautiful! Congratulations!
  • VanessaRudden
    VanessaRudden Posts: 198 Member
    Well Done you! What an Inspiration
  • stephe1987
    stephe1987 Posts: 406 Member
    Great job!
  • RaymondKnight
    RaymondKnight Posts: 42 Member
    Congratulations -- This is amazing to see. It is motivating to see your success.
  • EshaJavae
    EshaJavae Posts: 1 Member
    Congratulations... You look great!
  • Orion782
    Orion782 Posts: 391
    Badass.
  • tayboo2
    tayboo2 Posts: 13
    So inspiring. Thank you! And great job!
  • prosperkat
    prosperkat Posts: 59 Member
    Very inspirational! Well done!
  • MrsCruncher
    MrsCruncher Posts: 4
    Fantastic job! It's great how you also mention how it changed you mentally as well. Inspiring. You look great. I love your funky little glasses, very chic. Go girl!!
  • S3r3knitty
    S3r3knitty Posts: 159 Member
    Others said it before me but you are amazing. It takes dedication and willpower and you ought to be proud of yourself for persevering :flowerforyou:
  • xsmilexforxmex
    xsmilexforxmex Posts: 1,216 Member
    WOWOWOW! You look so much happier and younger! So amazing, Thank you for sharing!
  • jennz81
    jennz81 Posts: 194 Member
    You look great! All that hard work is paying off. :)
  • JeninBelgium
    JeninBelgium Posts: 804 Member
    AMAZING!:drinker:
  • pattycakes80
    pattycakes80 Posts: 118 Member
    thank you everyone for the super kind words!

    i am most def going to look back at this thread when i am too tired/crabby for the gym!

    i forget to mention that i cut out any foods that triggered bad habits for me. i haven't bought a bag of regular potato chips in nearly one year. however, if i feel the craving coming on, i will snack on something like pringles, which conquer the salt craving and since i don't have an issue with them, i don't go crazy and finish the whole stack. this way i don't go crazy in a time of weakness.

    there have been plenty of days where i went over my calories, but i would always think of this:

    say you run through one red light - are you going to continue to run through every red light just because of that one miss?

    such wisdom has been so helpful.

    in the beginning it may feel like a diet, but it is not. it a new way of viewing your relationship with health - not just food. make food an enemy and you give it so much more power and control than it really deserves. at first i was angry at my relationship with food until i came to realization that food was covering up issues that i wasn't ready to deal with. and despite being a terrible band-aid, food was there for me when i wasn't able to handle things. learning to recognize that allows me to not only focus on my issues with a clearer mind, but it forgives the weight gain. holding on to that anger doesn't benefit me, nor does it change my past. i do not get mad at myself when i overeat. punishing myself didn't work before and it clearly will not work now.

    shame is something that is tricky to tackle. i stil cringe at "before" pictures. sometimes i feel so sad for the girl in the pictures, so unhappy and lost. most of the time, though, i thank her. for sticking it out long enough until i was ready to change. for giving me the chance at a makeover. for giving me strength.

    i promise this: if you work on your mental attitude towards eating, it is very difficult to fail. 101 pounds ago, i had no idea where to start, my end goal seemed IMPOSSIBLE. but moving slow and making natural changes along the way has my goal in sight and i swear it seems like just yesterday when i started.

    i may be obnoxious in saying this, but exercise is awesome! we all know about endorphins so i am not going to pretend to be the girl to crack the code, but when you do enough exercise, you crave it. does that mean you aren't going to have days where you are kicking and screaming your way to the gym because you are so tired and would rather watch tv? hecky no. i get those days all the time. but here is the thing: after a work out, i feel like i am in paris, on a cloud, french-kissing ryan gosling. i feel amazing, ya'll. and when i whine pre-workout, my post-workout me wonders why i don't feel like frenching ryan gosling that day. so i do it. sometimes in a sulk, but i do it. plus, i am at a point where i notice speeds and stamina increasing and that is pretty awesome, too.

    i put myself in a box a very long time ago. i was a fat girl and that was it. i would always be a fat girl and i would take what i could get because i was just a fat girl. do not make that mistake. you are not your weight, you are not your past. you are today and today has the potential to move mountains. this past january, i started a biggest loser competiion at my work. now this is huge office, in huge downtown chicago with floors of people and i ran a weight loss competition. this girl, who NEVER wanted to discuss weight actually started and ran a program that focused enirely on weight. it was incredibly rewarding to have people ask me for infortmantion on a topic i thought i had failed at forever. easily my happiest victory to date. i completed an 8k a few weekends ago. mostly walking, a little jogging (little) but it was 5 miles and i did it. i might even get my ears pierced - sky is the limit for this little cupcake. no box can keep me in check. (and this confidence that you might be picking up on? yeah, that is new, too. a little alarming at times, but i am going to run with it)

    most importantly,

    TIME IS GOING TO PASS ANYWAY.

    just try and move in the best direction possible. :)
  • applecheeksaz
    applecheeksaz Posts: 86 Member
    Great job!!!!!
  • Jump4Fitness
    Jump4Fitness Posts: 48 Member
    Great Job! Truly inspiring.
  • bhdon
    bhdon Posts: 117 Member
    Truly wonderful! Thanks for sharing - helps me remember that one day at a time can reap big results in a year. ( And a much needed boost on a day I pushed 900+ calories 'over' goal )
  • BookAngel_a
    BookAngel_a Posts: 143 Member
    Thank you thank you thank you for sharing! My goal is to lose 100 pounds and sometimes it seems so overwhelming at the beginning...you are very inspirational. It's true, even if it takes 2 years to meet goal, those 2 years are going to pass anyway, right? So why not make the time that passes count towards your goal? You are so correct, thank you for the inspiration!
  • pattycakes80
    pattycakes80 Posts: 118 Member
    Thank you thank you thank you for sharing! My goal is to lose 100 pounds and sometimes it seems so overwhelming at the beginning...you are very inspirational. It's true, even if it takes 2 years to meet goal, those 2 years are going to pass anyway, right? So why not make the time that passes count towards your goal? You are so correct, thank you for the inspiration!


    you got this! i am here for any needed support! you got this. you are stunning and time will pass anyway.

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