How did you accomplish this amazing transformation?

NancyYale wrote: »

Letting go of my all or nothing attitude was key for me. In the past I had to be perfect. And when I fell off the wagon, I stayed off. The act of taking quiting off the table no matter what, was the key to success. 118 down and 6 to go.

Thanks for sharing this! I am still on my journey and I can agree that somewhere along the line I gave up the idea of quitting too. Just hadn't realized it. 67 down 30 to go.

Love the advice everyone!!!

Just the words I needed to hear today. Thank you!

I have lost 27 lbs since August and as long as you track what you eat it works. You realize how many calories are in things and it really makes you think twice about that third piece of pizza or that second piece of cake. I still eat bad sometimes but most of the time I stay well within my calories. I dont put down my exercise calories because I still have 13 but once I do I will add my exercise calories for maintenance purposes.

Time. Patience. Self discovery. Open minded. Thinking outside the box. Trying new things. Never giving up. Surround yourself with positivity. Tumblr. Instagram. Facebook. Trash the negativity. say goodbye to it. Byebye DRAMA !!!!!!!!! HELLO SUNSHINE!!!!!!!!!!! And if friends cant accept that fact, then they weren't your friends to begin with. Friends support! They dont nit-pick you! Again, Self Discovery! EDUCATION--NON--STOP--EDUCATION!!!! Take before and after photos.. space them out 2months apart! Maybe 1month, but its pushing it imo. TRACKING--MyFitnessPal. Track everything! Be conservative in your calories. If MyFitnessPal says your Goal is 1800cals per day, make that 1600. This will give yourself a 200 cal buffer zone daily!!!!!! Eat THREE 400 cal meals per day and THREE 100 cal snacks, spaced evenly apart---fires up the metabolism! MAKE YOUR BASAL METABOLIC RATE BURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TURN IT INTO A FOREST FIRE! eat metabolic burning foods (simple google search). Do 15 min Metabolic exercises. Again, MAKE YOUR META BURN! Eat right and Eat Clean!!!!!!!!! Support system--real life friends/family AND internet friends (both because someone will always be there at 10pm when you have a crappy day at work, being tooooo hard on yourself, becoming extremely negative, and about to have a nervous breakdown or bingfest).... Doing the best--Not being the best in the world at something--but doing MY best at it. Accepting the fact that im not the cover of GQ magazine nor an Olympian nor a personal trainer with a master's degree with 16 pack abs and a beach body tan with a 90210 hair cut pumped up with steroids doing cardio moves perfectly like i'm living an infomercial. NO! Im gonna do the best I can do and proving it to myself that I can BE the best at what I DO! Understanding that you're not the best and that does NOT make you a failure or pathetic or unwanted. But you're trying. As long as you TRY, you are NOT FAILING!