89lbs Down - Work in Progress!
AShannon54
Posts: 111 Member
On April 3rd, 2014, I weighed in at 316lbs at my doctor’s office. I had giving birth to my 2nd son 6 weeks before. I decided right then and there on that scale that enough was enough. It was time to get back to where I had been 10 years ago. I have lost about 90lbs since the day (I had lost 17lbs before I found MFP). I have 28lbs to go to hit my first goal weight of 199. After that, I hope to eventually get down to about 180.
I am right at 6ft tall, so my starting BMI was 42.9 and I was morbidly obese. Now I am barely in the obese category by 0.9 - I only have to lose 7lbs more to be in the ‘overweight’ category. Once I get to 180lbs, I will be in the ‘normal weight’ for my height.
MFP has been a life changer for me. I have lost all the weight by tracking what I eat and moving every day. I started off on the old elliptical we had at the house. I used it so much it broke so I started walking all the time. Then I added Wii Cardio boxing and then I started the C25K running program. My last C2K5 work out will be on Monday and I run my first ‘real’ 5K race on Sept 15th.
I also work full time and have a 22 month old and a 6 month old. Life has been very busy for me these last 6 months but I feel better than I have in many years. I am healthiest I have been since high school (12 years ago). It’s hard to wipe the smile off my face now-a-days.
I am right at 6ft tall, so my starting BMI was 42.9 and I was morbidly obese. Now I am barely in the obese category by 0.9 - I only have to lose 7lbs more to be in the ‘overweight’ category. Once I get to 180lbs, I will be in the ‘normal weight’ for my height.
MFP has been a life changer for me. I have lost all the weight by tracking what I eat and moving every day. I started off on the old elliptical we had at the house. I used it so much it broke so I started walking all the time. Then I added Wii Cardio boxing and then I started the C25K running program. My last C2K5 work out will be on Monday and I run my first ‘real’ 5K race on Sept 15th.
I also work full time and have a 22 month old and a 6 month old. Life has been very busy for me these last 6 months but I feel better than I have in many years. I am healthiest I have been since high school (12 years ago). It’s hard to wipe the smile off my face now-a-days.
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Wow! You have really done a great job ???? I weighed 303 pounds back in March and I have lost 55 so far so I know how much work it takes.0
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Amazing! That is a LOT of weight in just 5 months! Sounds like you're doing the right things. Be patient with yourself if you start hitting plateaus. Congratulations on your hard work!0
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Holy smokes! :smokin:
You look amazing! And all the weight you have lost is incredible!:drinker:
Congratulations on the work you have done and much continued success to you on your future goals.
-From a fellow 6ft lady.1 -
Congrats on the amazing results that have come from working on your health. So happy for you!0
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Congratulations! That is amazing progress!0
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Awesome!! Go you! :drinker:0
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Thank you! It's been a lot of hard work and will power.0
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Fantastic! Hope we both make it to the healthy range soon.0
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Great job. beautiful kids0
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You are kicking butt...keep it up! You look great!!!0
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Great job!0
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Congratulations....Great job!!0
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Congratulations! And keep up the great work! Very impressive, especially because you have two little ones!0
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BUMP!0
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You are doing awesome and you look amazing! Keep up the great work. You probably need all that added energy with the kids!0
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Awesome job, keep it up0
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Very inspiring. Congratulations! Great effort!0
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You look great! Awesome job!!0
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You look amazing and so so happy! Thanks for posting your success story and being an inspiration!0
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Amazing in that amount of time.0
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Wow! Congratulations!!!0
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You look fantastc! Congratulations on all your hard work and discipline.0
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Great job!0 -
Congratulations!!! You look great!!0
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you look wonderful and its good to hear that you feel better too0
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Thank you all for the nice words! I will post new pics when i hit my goal weight.0
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You look amazing, congrats!0
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thanks for posting - you look amazing in both pics, by the way, but great job getting healthier! keep at it - sounds like you're working really hard to achieve your goals. congrats!0
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Fantastic! I don't have children myself but my nephew is about to turn 1. I want to be able to play actively with him when he's a little older... I have almost as much weight to lose in total as you did so this is inspiration! I bet your children are loving all of your energy0
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What an amazing story you share. I'm impressed at how much weight can be lost in only 4 months. I can see that there really are no excuses by what you have done. Time to get off my couch and go for a walk. You look terrific. Keep up the great work and being an inspiration to people like me. :smokin:0
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