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    115 lbs lost w/ pics

    Posts: 70 Member
    edited February 22 in Success Stories
    Here's my own little success story. I'm not done yet but I have lost 115 lbs so far from my highest known weight.

    I was always a little bit chubby and just really liked food and hated to exercise. Truth is, I was not very good at it either. During my teenage years I put on some weight, lost it through diets, only to gain more when I stopped dieting (ah the 90s!)

    It's in my twenties that I really blew up. Met my husband, got married, settled down, had kids, and gained so much weight... It's not that I didn't try to lose, it's that I was easily discouraged and figured I would just be obese my whole life and that's what it was.

    Tried several things, nothing worked. I lost a bit, a few pounds here and there, up and down always.

    And then a bit over two years ago I tried a Zumba class. That was the first time in my LIFE that I worked out for an hour. It was a long long hour, but I moved and I had fun. And I came back. After a few months, I joined a gym and tried other classes, even started to exercise a bit by myself. Then I joined a team with a trainer, in a small group, and I started working out there three times a week in addition to the Zumba classes several times a week. And I kept going.

    Today I workout 8-10 times a week, I still do Zumba for cardio and fun, but I also do my trainer's workouts which include weight lifting among other things, R.I.P.P.E.D and Insanity classes. I love it and I have made it my priority to get fit and healthy.

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    • Posts: 37
      CONGRATS! You look amazing! :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 294 Member
      Wow wow wow!!!! Congrats!!!! :-)
    • Posts: 87 Member
      Congratulations! Great inspiration to find what works!
    • Posts: 70 Member
      That's amazing and inspiring. I'm glad you found a happy relationship with exercising. Great job and best of luck. How long did it take you to lose?
    • Posts: 143 Member
      Wow, you're my hero! Congratulations! :) Thanks for sharing - it is encouraging for those of us who are just getting started. :)
    • Posts: 29 Member
      Amazing you look great
    • Posts: 210 Member
      Wow! Way to go, you look awesome! :smile:
    • Posts: 1,170 Member
      Look at the HOT MAMA! Go girl! Amazing and fantastic job!

      You should be so proud of yourself! :flowerforyou: :drinker:
    • Posts: 290 Member
      Wow! You look fantastic! So impressive!
    • Posts: 689 Member
      You look amazing, Im sure you feel just brilliant. Thanks for sharing :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 28
      Amazing well done! You look incredible. Did you change your diet and how?
    • Posts: 70 Member
      As far as the "diet" (which is really really really not a diet), I did count calories for a while with MFP, measuring and all that. It really helped. Now I have learned how to eat "clean" for the most part, I have reduced my carbs and increased my protein and veggies and it's working. I don't even think about it anymore. Although if I want, I will eat ice cream or pizza, just not every day. :-)
    • Posts: 233 Member
      Thank you for sharing. Very motivating and inspiring. You look great and happy too.
    • Posts: 10
      You look AMAZING! Thanks for sharing!! :)
    • Posts: 470 Member
      You've done a wonderful job! :smile:
    • Posts: 2,732 Member
      wow you are beautiful
    • Posts: 153 Member
      That's amazing and inspiring ! You look great :)
    • Posts: 489 Member
      That's a lot of exercises! Congrats!
    • Posts: 301 Member
      wow well done !!!! Thanks for sharing :)
    • Posts: 224 Member
      Very pretty! congrats! wtg! ;)
    • Posts: 25 Member
      Congrats! You look like a different person, and so much younger!
    • Posts: 126 Member
      and do you still own that pair of jeans so you can get in them and giggle about how you can fit into one leg?!
    • Posts: 842 Member
      Well done, you look amazing!
    • Posts: 20 Member
      That's great, you look great, thank you for sharing:flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 84 Member
      Very inspiring! You look great!
    • Posts: 70 Member
      Thank you all for your comments, I hope it can help somebody. Exercise is really the key for me. And exercise can actually be fun, that's very important especially when you are just getting started. For me it was Zumba, but it can be anything you think could be fun. Swimming, Walking, classes.. Just go out there and find out what you might like. Worst case scenario you will spend an hour doing something you don;t enjoy.

      And for the question about the jeans, I don't think I stil lown that pair but I have another pair of pants that I kept.. I will take a picture with those again, good idea! :)
    • Posts: 124 Member
      Congrats to you! You look beautiful and so inspiring! Your fitness level must be outstanding, I can't imagine working out that much but I would love day be able to :)
    • Posts: 170 Member
      Congratulations! You look awesome! Thank you for sharing and inspiring.
    • Posts: 695 Member
      Awesome job and you look great!! :D
    • Posts: 70 Member
      Thank you!

      As far as my fitness level, it is better than it used to be, which is not hard since I had NEVER exercised before in my life, hahaha.. and I am improving every day but I still struggle, but it's OK. As long as I push myself and I challenge myself, I know I will get stronger and things will seem easier.
      I do Zumba 3 to 4 times a week, Insanity 2 times a week, my trainer's workouts 3 times a week. That's the minimum, then sometimes I add a weight lifting or a treadmill workout once a week... I have made great friends at the gym too. ;-)
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