Two years, two friends, twice the success! Over 120lbs lost.

So let's start with the pictures that - looking back - started it all:



This is us, right after parmoute graduated with her bachelor's in library science. We both knew we were well...weighing a bit more than we should. But neither of us thought we were..like that.

That's us outside, me holding my daughter. This picture has been taped on my frig as inspiration.

About a month after these pictures were taken, I went to the doctor and found out I weighed darn near 200lbs. It was a huge wakeup call for me. I began tracking what I ate on a spreadsheet, but had no idea what I was doing. When my best friend came over for lunch on 6/22 and we talked, I found out she'd been trying to work on losing weight too. "Would it be easier if we did it together?" The answer was - YES. That day began a journey I don't think either of us had seen coming; she introduced me to MFP, and the rest was history.

Two years, a new state and new ph.d. program for her, a new baby for me, later, we are healthier, more active, stronger, and better off than we were then. I have found a love of running and am training for my first marathon, and parmoute continues to impress me with her dedication and the variety of fitness activities she incorporates into her life.

Two years later, she is down more than 65lbs and I am close to the 60lb mark. But the important numbers - both of us have reduced our bodyfat percentages to a healthy range. My resting hr has plummeted to a much more healthy place. Here our our in progress - because we have both learned there is no final destination on this journey, health is something we will work on our whole lives:





(Goofy expression on my face in this one - my husband was making me laugh and I was struggling not to, so DERP!)