Half-way there

I've been selected to be a success story in the blogs at Eat More 2 Weigh Less site and thought I'd post it here too (that has more pics and a bit more of my story).

I joined MFP a few years ago and did a very aggressive deficit and lost about 20 lbs. Unfortunately, I didn't learn how to eat the right way due to this and didn't continue to use MFP for my maintenance...and I gained almost all the weight back.

Joined again last November. This time I didn't go quite so aggressively and I began to read the forums. Learned about TDEE and the EM2WL group. I lost another 20 lbs which brought me to the lowest weight I've been in 10 years (since meeting my husband). I've maintained this for several months (yay for eating more food - 2300 calories baby) and I plan on doing another cut (TDEE-10%, so still a lot more food than I used to eat when 'dieting').

I've gone from here:


to here (taken in July):


I feel fabulous and am starting year two which includes continuing to weight lift heavy weights, doing cardio to keep playing my sport (field hockey) and eating the food I love but using MFP to keep my at the right amounts. I will most likely do a cut, then a bulk and then another cut.

Finally, I went and had pics taken by a professional as I thought it'd be a great present to myself (taken 1 month or so ago so updated body). And here's one of my favourites:



Not bad for an almost 46 year old (Dec 26th)! And soon to be even better.