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One year later and 53 lbs down...with pics

Posts: 21 Member
edited December 2024 in Success Stories
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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  • Posts: 4 Member
    Well done! You look healthy and happy!
  • Posts: 1 Member
    Congrats. You look happy, as well as, beautiful.
  • Posts: 27 Member
    Wow, great job! Cheers to living :)
  • Posts: 35 Member
    Beautiful! Congrats.
  • Posts: 26 Member
    You're stunning!!! Congratulations!
  • Posts: 90 Member
    what a great job!
  • Posts: 322 Member
    wow, you look amazing! Great job, I think you might have found the fountain of youth on the way!
  • Posts: 474 Member
    Great job
  • Posts: 15 Member
    You look great. What are your stats. You look to be a shorty
  • Posts: 1,070 Member
    Wow!!! You look great!!! Congratulations!!!
  • Posts: 268 Member
    You look awesome!! Great job!!
  • Posts: 21 Member
    edited June 2016
    kimm40p wrote: »
    You look great. What are your stats. You look to be a shorty
    I'm 5'5"...does that qualify, lol?
  • Posts: 406 Member
    Awesome and Congrats!!!
  • Posts: 27 Member
    Fantastic effort!
  • Posts: 238 Member
    Oh my God. Wow! Well done
  • Posts: 1,559 Member
    Now that's a success story! Well done! Thanks for sharing.
  • Posts: 238 Member
    edited June 2016
    How long did it take you to lose these 53lbs? A year and 3 months, or did you start before that?
  • Posts: 10,179 Member
    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.
  • Posts: 3,985 Member
    Persistence and focus. Well done!
  • Posts: 21 Member
    How long did it take you to lose these 53lbs? A year and 3 months, or did you start before that?
    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.
  • Posts: 4,770 Member
    WTG! You look great!! :)
  • Posts: 238 Member
    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.

    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.
  • Posts: 47 Member
    Congrats,you inspire me. God bless
  • Posts: 2,035 Member
    Terrific loss! Way to go!
  • Posts: 7 Member
    Awesome weight loss
  • Posts: 10 Member
    You have definitely inspired me to keep going slowly and surely it will come off.
  • Posts: 197 Member
    Well done. Thanks for the inspiration!
  • Posts: 250 Member
    well done. you look years younger.
  • Posts: 21 Member
    shell617 wrote: »
    You have definitely inspired me to keep going slowly and surely it will come off.
    Patience will pay off...I promise! This true for any life change we choose to make.
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