47 pounds down [pics] (bipolar disorder)

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abble_pie
abble_pie Posts: 144 Member
edited December 2014 in Success Stories
I started this journey in July of 2013. I weighed 194 pounds. I had gained a bunch of weight from medication.

I started out calorie counting, and going for a walk/jog a few times a week. The weight came off slowly, and eventually I signed up for a gym membership and started going to a boxing circuit class regularly. I found it was motivating to work out with other people. During this process, I wound up with an unrelated back injury, so I was forced to sit out working out for a while. I kept up with the healthy eating. For part of the time, I was a vegetarian, but now I eat a little meat now and again.

I now weight 147. Did I eat healthy 100% of the time? No. I lost the weight slowly, but I've kept it off. I am now normal BMI.

Feel free to add me as a friend or ask any questions. Thanks!




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  • Rhumax67
    Rhumax67 Posts: 162 Member
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    Wow!! you look wonderful!!!!
  • abble_pie
    abble_pie Posts: 144 Member
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    thank you!
  • Juvenica
    Juvenica Posts: 460 Member
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    looking great! well done!
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
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    You were lovely in the first photo - you look a lot happier now though. Congratulations, well done!
  • BeckyNaturoMommy
    BeckyNaturoMommy Posts: 187 Member
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    You look amazing! I just added you. :)
  • Serendipity5215
    Serendipity5215 Posts: 190 Member
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    Congrats! :)
  • hufflepuffseeker
    hufflepuffseeker Posts: 16
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    Amazing job :D
  • kendalslimmer
    kendalslimmer Posts: 579 Member
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    Well done honey! I think you've given yourself the best Christmas present EVER this year! :smiley: xx
  • saminabilal
    saminabilal Posts: 69 Member
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    You look awesome
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
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    Thank you for the pictures. You look amazing. :mrgreen:
  • RHPSgirl1984
    RHPSgirl1984 Posts: 436 Member
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    Well done!
  • abble_pie
    abble_pie Posts: 144 Member
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    thank you, everyone!
  • bootcamp85
    bootcamp85 Posts: 64 Member
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    you go gurl.....I initially hit 194 pounds before I felt it was time to do something different, because I wasnt going to let myself hit 200.....
    I am currently 174......but I cant wait to be in the 140's like yourself.....how long did it take you.......ADD ME!!!!!!!
  • TropicalParaMonster
    TropicalParaMonster Posts: 151 Member
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    Amazing! My goal is similar, you're very inspirational!
  • mykaylis
    mykaylis Posts: 320 Member
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    body looks fantastic! hard to see the difference in your face as the two poses are so strikingly different.
  • sgrabowicz91
    sgrabowicz91 Posts: 32 Member
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    I feel the pain. Also bipolar here and panic disorder. After years of gaining from meds then going off of them and soothing issues over with food I blew up to 265 I'm now down to 192 and back on medication and the fear of the weight gain is definitely there. But you prove that the medication is not more powerful than determination. Thanks for sharing you look awesome and sent you a request!
  • abble_pie
    abble_pie Posts: 144 Member
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    Thank you! I gained weight on meds for sure, and weight loss on them is slow--but it's definitely possible! :)

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