50 pounds down!
Smoofalz
Posts: 36 Member
I am still a work in progress, but I figured losing this much was still a success story! I finally got a spark of motivation in June. I was in a state of mind for a while where I just didn't care how I looked, nothing ever worked for me anyway. But one day I was looking in the mirror and was just like "who is this?". I had recently saw some old pictures of me, and not only was I skinnier but I looked so much happier as well. Something was different this time from all the other times I tried to lose weight. I was thinking "if I get there", I was thinking "when I get there". I can't remember how I found this site, but it was the best thing that could happen to me. I needed the help with calorie counting. I was definitely doing it wrong before, just estimating things and I was surely way off. I needed the friends on here who were on similar journeys. I was too shy to open up to my real life friends and family at first, since they weren't going through what I was. But on here once I started opening up to MFP friends, I started sharing milestones with my real life friends as well, and their words of encouragement just helped with motivation to keep going. But anyways, I stuck to the goals MFP set for me. I had enough to lose that I needed the 2 lbs a week. So at first I was at about 1400, and then down to 1200 calories a day. This was enough for me, I work basically a desk job and when I'm home I'm sitting down doing homework a lot. When I want to eat more, I just exercise more that day. For my exercise I get cardio from the game Dance Dance Revolution. (Its a good workout.) And I recently started Karate on the weekends, which I wouldn't have been able to handle had I not gotten in a little better shape first! I still need to lose at least another 40 (I'm 5'5 and that would put me at 150), maybe more, but had my first real goal set to this first 50, so it felt amazing to finally hit that. I'm sure I can keep going since I got this far already. I already feel so much better physically, and emotionally. To everyone else still working at their goals, never give up, it is so worth it when you get there, no matter how hard it may seem trying to get there!
When I started in June:
This next one is after my first 20 pounds
And this was yesterday, I had just hit over 50 pounds lost!
When I started in June:
This next one is after my first 20 pounds
And this was yesterday, I had just hit over 50 pounds lost!
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I don't know why they aren't rotated right (if you click on them, it takes you to a page by itself, and its rotated right) I had rotated them right before I uploaded them :P0
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Wow, what an amazing transformation! You are such an encouragement! Great job and Keep it up!0
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Congratulations on your continued success.0
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Omg, well done girl! Keep it up, you're an inspiration.0
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Your story sounds much like my own! WTG on the 50 lbs and keep it going! You rock!0
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First off you look great! Second, I love that dress and it looks great on you!0
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This is so awesome! You look amazing0
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That's awesome progress. You are very pretty and that dress looks so good on you0
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wow. super jealous! cant wait til i hit the 50lb lost mark! way to go girl!0
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Great job!0
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Amazing work so far! I get so excited when I see others hitting goals they set for themselves. I'm almost at my 50lb mark and one pound away from 199! I'm older and taller, but the story is VERY similar. You look fabulous!0
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I love how you are wearing the same dress through all the pictures. It really helps us see the change. You are looking so awesome!0
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Thanks everyone! And yes, I've been trying to stick to the same dress to show the loss better, but man did I freeze taking the picture lol. I'm in PA in was like 30 degrees that morning, but I wanted to stick to natural outdoor lighting too.0
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You look great!0
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Right on! Great work!0
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Awesome!0
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Awesome! I love how you used the same dress. You'll be swimming in it soon!0
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Nice work....congrats!0
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wow well done x0
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Great job, well done0
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Good job! That's so awesome!0
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Great job!! You look amazing. We're following similar paths as well, I think our sw/cw/gw's are very similar0
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wow! you are doing such a great job-well done!0
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Well done! You look great
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Great job!0
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Such an inspiration! Coincidentally, I lost 51 pounds while working on my Black Belt in Karate, that was 20 years ago... that workout really helps. Keep up the good work, you are awesome.0
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Wow great job, and good choice to keep that dress - you look like a million bucks!0
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Incredible, you look great!0
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Your face has really changed,great work,keep it up girl0
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Congratulations - your hard work is really paying off. I love that you and your dress are cute in all the pictures but you look progressively pleased with yourself - as you should be.0
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