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What a difference a year makes!

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  • onandoff
    onandoff Posts: 122 Member
    You've done such a great job! Keep doing what you are doing.
    Also, at the last photo you posted, I was thinking... "Bond. James Bond."
    Congrats!
  • mandybear014
    mandybear014 Posts: 209 Member
    What an incredible change!!!! You look amazing! Congratulations on the hard work! :smiley:
  • AniLandSmiles
    AniLandSmiles Posts: 89 Member
    I love this story!!!!! You are amazing! Such tenacity!!!
  • Torontonius
    Torontonius Posts: 245 Member
    Great job - inspiring - last photo you look like you belong in a Bond movie. Looking forward to checking out your diary. Following in your footsteps...cheers!
  • lynder64
    lynder64 Posts: 285 Member
    Very inspiring... thank you for sharing! You look great & Congrats on your 25th, thats a success story too :-)
  • Deena_Bean
    Deena_Bean Posts: 906 Member
    *slow clap & nod of approval* Bad *kitten*.
  • flatlndr
    flatlndr Posts: 713 Member
    onandoff wrote: »
    You've done such a great job! Keep doing what you are doing.
    Also, at the last photo you posted, I was thinking... "Bond. James Bond."
    Congrats!

    Thanks. Envious of those abs! Hope to be there for beach season 2015.

  • flatlndr
    flatlndr Posts: 713 Member
    edited November 2014
    lynder64 wrote: »
    Very inspiring... thank you for sharing! You look great & Congrats on your 25th, that's a success story too :-)

    Thanks ... I'm not sure which I was more excited about ... reaching my 25th, or returning to wedding weight just ahead of it. But if my wife asks, make sure to tell her I said that the 25th was the greater milestone, otherwise I might not survive to see the 30th.

  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    Congratulations. Great job!
  • noelty
    noelty Posts: 6 Member
    Such an inspiring story! Kudos!
  • HfxJMac
    HfxJMac Posts: 77 Member
    Aren't you in that new James Bond movie? Haha! Seriously, you look awesome, dude! Congratulations on your success - really inspiring.
  • happening5
    happening5 Posts: 63 Member
    You've done fantastic!
  • MrsMizart
    MrsMizart Posts: 1,275 Member
    Looking good!
  • Kasha98
    Kasha98 Posts: 3 Member
    Amazing
  • flatlndr
    flatlndr Posts: 713 Member
    Thanks folks. An update to my story. I started 2014 with significant knee pain and problems, including difficulty walking stairs. I realized this week that I'm now walking up the stairs two at a time, hands free. Last year I practically had to grasp the rail and pull myself up.
  • j_hansard
    j_hansard Posts: 11 Member
    Fantastic! Thanks for sharing. Really inspiring. :)
  • meryl135
    meryl135 Posts: 321 Member
    Fantastic progress! your dedication is inspiring - even during events that would derail a lot of other people (like losing your job). Congratulations!
  • chill3568
    chill3568 Posts: 17 Member
    Awesome! Congratulations! Thanks for sharing your inspiring story.
  • flatlndr
    flatlndr Posts: 713 Member
    meryl135 wrote: »
    Fantastic progress! your dedication is inspiring - even during events that would derail a lot of other people (like losing your job). Congratulations!

    Thanks! Yes, being out of work was definitely a distraction, and starting a new job had the potential to throw me off track, but I stuck with it. 2014 turned out to be a very good year!

  • mcalhoun79
    mcalhoun79 Posts: 16 Member
    Amazing transformation! You have put in a lot of hard work and it has most definitely paid off!!! You are an inspiration and look great!
  • Josephine237
    Josephine237 Posts: 72 Member
    I read your whole thread- it's so inspiring! I'm hoping 2015 will be the year I can achieve my goal. You look great!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    You my friend, are amazing!
  • orpingman
    orpingman Posts: 37 Member
    Well done my friend!!! Very inspiring to read, thank you.
  • filangieri
    filangieri Posts: 29 Member
    Great job! Your transformation is amazing and inspiring!
  • letsdoittogether345
    letsdoittogether345 Posts: 12 Member
    congratulations , what a handsome man!
  • nanosuitninja
    nanosuitninja Posts: 30 Member
    Incredible stuff, this is how it's done, more specifically, this is how everything is done :smile:
  • deluxmary2000
    deluxmary2000 Posts: 981 Member
    Holy hell - amazing! And I don't know if anyone else pointed this out, but you totally look like James Bond (Daniel Craig) in that tux. Congrats!
  • MaryGoals2015
    MaryGoals2015 Posts: 57 Member
    Congrats...wow you look amazing ;)
  • lydbabes1994
    lydbabes1994 Posts: 5
    flatlndr wrote: »
    shorshabae wrote: »
    flatlndr wrote: »

    Honestly amazing! You should be so proud of your achievement! I worked in orthopaedics for 4 months and will do another 4 months next year and so many patients don't realise the impact their weight has on their joints :)

    In my 30s, when I weighed in the 220s, my doctor said "if you don't lose weight soon, when you hit your 40s or 50s, you're going to have lots of knee problems." If only I had acted sooner. Thankfully, with the weight loss, my knees are much happier now. I'll probably still need surgery when I hit 60, but that's better than at 50.


    Don't look at what/should of done! Look at what you have done, you have done amazingly... You look fantastic, well done with your journey an I wish you all the best ahead of what the rest consists of!!

  • flatlndr
    flatlndr Posts: 713 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    You my friend, are amazing!

    Thanks! A big part has been friends who have been there to support me throughout, and occasionally, when needed, to give me a good kicking to keep going.
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