53 lbs lost (with pics)

So I decided that since I’m home sick today and actually have time, I’d post this now.

I’ve been overweight my whole life; with a few exceptions almost everyone in my family is overweight so I didn’t see much of a problem. My husband met and married me when I was very close to my heaviest and never once complained about my weight, so I really saw no reason to be concerned until I got sick. On Christmas Eve of 2009 I was in and out of the hospital with severe stomach pains. A million tests later showed only one problem – I was fat. Thankfully I have a very nice doctor who worded it a little nicer than that, but that was the gist of it. I was 204 pounds and 6 months away from being put on medication for high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes. What scared me the most was the long list of complication I would have if I were to get pregnant at that weight. I was only married for 6 months at that point, but I knew I eventually wanted children. I decided that in 2010 I was going to lost 50 pounds. After a few months I revised my goal to lose 54 pounds, just to get to an even weight. I was 1 pound away from my goal weight with no health problems whatsoever when I found out I’m pregnant. Yea!!!! :bigsmile: So now I’m focusing on continuing to stay as healthy as possible during my pregnancy.

Here are some before and after pictures, if I can get them to work.

I honesty have no idea how much I weighed in the first 2 pictures. I had not reached my heaviest yet and didn’t own a scale.





The next 2 were taken at my friends wedding in October 2010. Notice the collarbones I didn’t know I had!





This last one is the only full body picture I could find of me. I’m too sick and scary looking today to snap one now. It was taken just the other week.