I'm Overweight!!

kespinoza2013
kespinoza2013 Posts: 17 Member
in Success Stories
Today marks one year of using my fitness pal, and I cannot believe how far I have come. I had my fair share of struggles along the way, battling back the tears when I didn't lose, and my weight loss stalling for months when I hurt my knee, but I didn't give up. I refused to let myself slip into my old ways of emotional eating.

For the months that my weight never changed I changed my attitude. I said ok I'm not losing, but I am not gaining either so I must be doing something right. So I just kept up with what I was doing and kept myself super motivated and suddenly the weight started coming off again!

I have lost 55 pounds, gone down two pants sizes, down four shirts sizes, and went from class 2 obese to overweight. I cannot remember being in the size pants I am now and am 10 pounds away from my high school weight ten years ago! I have never felt better and cannot imagine my life the way it was. The most important thing I have gained so far on my journey is my confidence and self esteem, I now know I can do anything!

I still have always to go but I know I can do this!

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  • mary659497
    mary659497 Posts: 484 Member
    Thank you for sharing. Losing 55 pounds in a year is incredible. Any advice you can share? Do you have any loose skin??
  • IHateThinkingOfAUsername
    IHateThinkingOfAUsername Posts: 568 Member
    Great work! Loved reading these NSVs! Thank you for sharing.
  • skjones0323
    skjones0323 Posts: 53 Member
    Thank you for sharing your success. I'm basically just getting started on a journey to lose about 80 pounds and I have been really struggling with emotional eating now that I am not using food to soothe myself. It is a great motivator to read about your success. Keep up the good work!!
  • ladygreenbird
    ladygreenbird Posts: 1 Member
    Wow 1 year 55lb - well done. I joined today and I'm looking forward to losing lbs.
  • donnat238
    donnat238 Posts: 309 Member
    Awesome job! Thanks for posting. I think we often focus on the negative and not the positive - like losing 55 lbs and not gaining it back! :)
  • starrylioness
    starrylioness Posts: 543 Member
    Such a wonderful job you've done! :smile:
  • andreavarangu
    andreavarangu Posts: 78 Member
    Congratulations on a wonderful accomplishment! I''m hoping that when I've made it through a whole year of posting That I can also say I've lost 55 lbs!

    Thanks for inspiration!
  • turryandsally
    turryandsally Posts: 28 Member
    Wonderful work!! You should be so proud of yourself and your accomplishments. I think the most difficult thing is to keep on keepin' on when you're at a standstill. And you did it!! Congrats!
  • kespinoza2013
    kespinoza2013 Posts: 17 Member
    I don't really have many secrets, I really just watched how much I ate. Although I made sure not to cut anything out of my diet. I knew if I tried to give up my dessert I would not be able to do it and would rebound. So I drastically cut down portion sizes and how many times I had dessert and it worked. Also I worked out hard in the beginning when I wasn't working. For six months I went to the gym 2 hours a day and the pounds melted off.

    When I returned to work full time in December 2013 the weight loss slowed down a lot but I kept it up, then in February I hurt my knee at work and was not able to work out at all really. I stopped losing weight and wanted to give up but didn't I kept on pushing and suddenly the weight started coming off again...I take every pound lost and every inch off as a victory and the fact that I feel so much better!

    At first I thought I had to starve myself and lose 2 pounds a week and of course in the start I did because I was so overweight, but as time went on I realized it wasn't working, so I upped my calories to lose a pound a week and it worked I'm even averaging almost a pound and a half a week...so it's all trial and error...and it's not about how fast you lose it, but how you feel and how long you keep it off :)

    Also I do not have loose skin really I lucked out there, my plan has been focus on cardio now to lose weight, then when I maintain I will tone up
  • Nertak
    Nertak Posts: 34 Member
    Congratulations!!! I know exactly how you feel. I know how hard it is to lose weight, and how depressing it is when you don't. I also know how wonderful you feel when you reach a landmark. Today for the first time the center for disease control's obesity calculator says i'm overweight and not obese!

    Keep it up and stay positive! :)

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