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show me before & afters from just counting calories.
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Below are a couple of pics of me at my heaviest weight of over 300lbs and my most current at 172.
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Not sure if this pic will post or if you can really see a difference ... About a 30 pound difference . Walking when I feel like it and counting calories
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Don't mind how weird my pictures are, I'm a weird human being
Here I am around 220, which was my highest weight
This one is close to 195
About 180
And my most recent ones around 165. I'm currently closer to 160, but I haven't taken any more progress pictures
My stats:
Height: 5'2-ish
HW: 220
CW: 160
GW:125-ish
I am a fitness instructor at my university, but I haven't relied too heavily on that calorie burn to lose weight. I teach cycling classes twice a week and I eat back about 75% of my exercise calories. The only thing I cut out of my diet was full-sugar soda which I replaced with diet soda (and, please, nobody lecture me on the dangers of diet soda, I've heard it about a million and a half times). I still eat bread, cheese, cake, cheesecake, really whatever I want as long as it fits into my calories and I feel good about it.
All of this being said, I did find a love for exercise. I used to not be able to walk from my apartment to my campus (less than a mile) without getting winded but losing weight has allowed me to explore exercise more and find that I really do like a lot of it6 -
chatterbox3110 wrote: »
That's 161lbs lost just by calorie counting with a lot of walking!!!
Omg!!! That's an awesome transformation! I know you must feel just as good as you look in that after pic4 -
Is just using a treadmill with no incline "not a crazy amount of exercise"? If so, I'm down 30lbs and about two sizes this week. No pics, but hey, MFP logging is doing the trick.2
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No pix of me yet, but I do have to crow a little:
First off, I cannot exercise. Walking is very painful, I have bone spurs on both ankles, lower back damage, hip damage and two old hairline fractures in both of my feet that flair up whenever they feel like it.
I have set my calorie goal at SEDENTARY for that reason.
Today I had my official weigh-in twelve weeks into using CICO only - no walks, no biking, no exercising.
I have lost 27lbs.
This past week was a big drop for me, from 302lbs to 298lbs and I feel the only reason it happened was my excitement for reaching my first milestone - to be under 300lbs for the first time in almost 15 years. Well, this morning it was official. I did it.
I still have many more pounds to go, but I can't cheat go for walks or do cardio classes or anything of the sort for awhile - at the very least until the doctors can figure out what I can do safely.
So if you want to watch CICO work and continue to work, friend me. I consider every friend request a personal challenge to keep going and not fail.
My final goal is 200lbs (+/-10lbs, depending on my muscle build at the end of this journey).9 -
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rachelll11 wrote: »
I'm down 56lbscalorie counting and walking!
THIS is AMAZING!! What an AWESOME transformation!! YOU are truly inspiring!!3 -
I've lost 11 pound in three months by calorie counting and walking on Ave 7000 steps per day1
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eringurl33 wrote: »There you go. Two photos around my highest and two around 70 pounds lost. I'm 5'10 and currently 286, so a ways to go yet. My highest known weight was 347. I also have never done any sort of exercise but when I moved to Europe I started walking more because it's just the culture here.
Good luck!
Well done!!!1 -
wow you guys. gj ♥0
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My before and during. 258 to 182. 190 in that picture. Don't be fooled I walked most of that 5k. I haven't been exercising, just the occasional long walk with friends. 90% just cico.2
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