65 pounds down.. Halfway there! (pics)

Thank you so much everyone! Your support means a lot! I wish I had time to reply to each of you individually but I'll try to get the ones who asked questions

jaz007007 wrote: »

Thank you for sharing! You look great and you are naturally beautiful. I love to see others progress on their long journeys. I started at 215 in September 2015 and am down to 193. I'm the same height and aspire to get down to whatever weight makes me healthy and feel good. I'm not focusing on the end number so I don't drive myself crazy!!! I wish you so much good health and positive thoughts to keep going!

Thank you! Congrats on your weight loss as well that is awesome! I think that's a good idea, throughout this whole thing I haven't really set a goal weight. I say I'd like to lose another 50 because that is what is recommended but I feel like I will know when I get there. I wish you good health and positive thoughts as well in your journey!

fidangul wrote: »

You look fantastic. I started a day before you on the 4th, it made me smile that someone out there started a similar journey round about the same time.

Thanks! I just went to your page and wow it looks like you've done incredible in the last 8 months! Congratulations to you!

radragonfly wrote: »

Outstanding! Thanks for sharing your journey. It's helpful to people like me who struggled all their lives. Very inspiring!

Thank you and I'm glad to share, I have been overweight my entire life as well. If I can do it anyone can :-)

marchmommy0311 wrote: »

Congratulations!! You look great! I have pcos as well and am so glad you shared your story. I have confused myself
So much about what eating plan to do Do you stay under a certain amt of
Carbs or just go by calories? Thanks for sharing!!

Thank you! Honestly, I just count calories and try to limit my carbs, I still eat bread and pasta etc but I eat smaller portions of it which I think is most important. Switching to whole grains versus white helps a lot too. I feel that eating everything in moderation and sensibly is the most beneficial because it's more realistic, where diets are usually temporary and harder to stick to. You can be very strict with diets and have a lot of success but I've been known to yo-yo immediately after getting off of them and never stuck to them long enough to lose more than 10-20 pounds at a time lol. There's nothing like a healthy lifestyle change. Calorie shifting has also helped me a lot, if you are stuck at plateau, switch the amount of calories you eat up by a couple hundred or so to keep your body guessing it should increase your metabolism and get your weight loss moving again. You can find more info about this on Google. I'm not an expert by any means this is just what has worked well for me. Hope this helps :-)