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One year later and 53 lbs down...with pics
ontherunat41
Posts: 21 Member
Hello! I wish I had a heart-gripping inspirational story to share or some revealing secret I could pass on to you. I don't. I'm just a woman who wanted to lose weight, get back to running and feel better about herself. I lost those 53 lbs slowly and through perseverance. I didn't let setbacks or stalls stop me (and believe me, there were plenty of those). I just kept going and chipped away at at the old, tired me to reveal a new, active me. Am I done? I have no idea. I'll be done when my body settles at a weight based on how I'm LIVING (not dieting)! Anyway, I started to enjoy more success when I stopped focusing on the number on my scale and started focusing on kicking *kitten*. Thanks for celebrating with me! FYI: the pictures go in chronological order from March, 2015 to present.
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Well done! You look healthy and happy!2
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Congrats. You look happy, as well as, beautiful.4
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Wow, great job! Cheers to living
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Beautiful! Congrats.2
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You're stunning!!! Congratulations!1
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what a great job!1
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wow, you look amazing! Great job, I think you might have found the fountain of youth on the way!1
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Great job1
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You look great. What are your stats. You look to be a shorty1
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Wow!!! You look great!!! Congratulations!!!1
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You look awesome!! Great job!!1
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Awesome and Congrats!!!1
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Fantastic effort!1
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Oh my God. Wow! Well done1
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Now that's a success story! Well done! Thanks for sharing.1
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How long did it take you to lose these 53lbs? A year and 3 months, or did you start before that?1
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Your weight loss goal? Were you trying to stay under your MFP daily calorie goal? Did you eat back a portion of your exercise calories? Striving winners at losing want to know.1
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Persistence and focus. Well done!1
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It did take me about a year. I lost slowly because I didn't obsessively diet as much as I tried to make healthy choices and exercise regularly.Maria_Fatima wrote: »How long did it take you to lose these 53lbs? A year and 3 months, or did you start before that?
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WTG! You look great!! 1
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ontherunat41 wrote: »
It did take me about a year. I lost slowly because I didn't obsessively diet as much as I tried to make healthy choices and exercise regularly.Maria_Fatima wrote: »How long did it take you to lose these 53lbs? A year and 3 months, or did you start before that?
That's exactly what I intend to do. I'm so glad to have found someone to look up to. I don't want to diet as a 2 week motivated challenge and then leave it. I want healthy choices to be part of my life.1 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Your weight loss goal? Were you trying to stay under your MFP daily calorie goal? Did you eat back a portion of your exercise calories? Striving winners at losing want to know.
I have no idea what my goal is or should be! Just to be able to comfortably run? I'm not planning on changing how I eat so I guess my weight settles where it settles and I'm okay with that now. I absolutely did NOT stay under my calorie goal and, while I do log exercise, I didn't make a concerted effort to eat back those calories. Sometimes I did eat them back, sometimes I didn't. Honestly, I just wanted to be able to live with my eating habits so I really try to be smart about what I put in my mouth. On days I log a lot of miles, I'm hungrier so I'll eat more but try to make it fruit and veg. I definitely learned the hard way that I cannot nor should not skip meals just for the sake of saving calories. Then my workouts suffer and I feel terrible. Do I still eat chocolate and occasionally indulge in something fantastic? God, yes.11 -
Congrats,you inspire me. God bless1
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Terrific loss! Way to go!1
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Awesome weight loss1
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You have definitely inspired me to keep going slowly and surely it will come off.1
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Well done. Thanks for the inspiration!1
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well done. you look years younger.1
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