135 to 126

Jillianx115x wrote: »

Hi everyone. Thank you so much for the compliments. To answer those who asked what I did- I think the biggest thing was that I quit alcohol. I was around 115-120lbs my entire life and then I started drinking a lot.. probably at least 500+ extra cals every day just in alcohol. Besides the obvious extra calories, it lowered my inhibitions and I was binging almost every night. I would eat my dinner and then eat my husbands left overs and then eat anything else I could find. It was bad and that is most likely how I found myself at 135 to begin with. So, yes I quit wine cold turkey completely. I will probably still have some wine on Holidays and special occasions, but not in excess every single day like I was for over two years.

I have also been logging every meal and been very strict to sticking with allotted daily calories. I walk two miles every morning before work @ 4mph which comes out to an extra 146 cals a day which I eat back as well. So I have been eating about 1350 cals per day and sticking to it without cheating. I don't eat meat (except fish) but that's probably irrelevant and actually that honestly probably makes dieting harder to because I'm always scrounging for alternative protein sources. But that's neither here nor there. I eat a lot of vegetables and fruit. I know "clean" can be a heated word around here, but I do eat clean 80% of the time. I also have things like icecream cake and candy apples (had both of those last week) but I make sure it fits into my calories. Let's see, what else. That's pretty much it- I quit booze, I stay with my deficit, and I speed walk 2 miles every day. I have an open diary to friends and I log literally every oz I eat, so if anyone wants to be friends, you're welcome to look at my diary.

For those who asked about weight lifting, no I haven't lifted any weights. I would love to incorporate that eventually because everyone I know who lifts weights looks amazing. I have a lot of muscle in my legs, but slim to none everywhere else. After the holidays I am definitely going to get into weight lifting.

Also someone asked why 115- that is the weight I was at and very happy with for the majority of my adult life (I'm 31 years old). My clothes fit the way I like at that weight, I feel comfortable in a swim suit, and I overall just really like the way I look. It's my perfect weight. I think someone said it would be too low, but it is a medically completely acceptable weight for my height of 5'3. It puts me at a BMI of 20.4 which is in the "normal" BMI range.

Thanks again for the compliments everyone!

Jillianx115x wrote: »

Hi everyone. My success story isn't as huge as many of the amazing people here, but for the first time I can see a big difference, so I thought I'd share. My starting weight was 135 and I'm currently 126. I've lost a total of 9lbs. My end goal weight is in the 115-117 range, so I'm pretty much at the half way point. Oh, and I'm 5'3. Enjoy!

Before 135


Half way point 126

ahayden2015 wrote: »

Awesome job. I'm going to add you as a friend so I can view your diary for some ideas for food.
I am the same height as you. I try to keep my weight around 121-123 - we like to eat out on the weekends so I try to get down to about 120-121 during the week - eat more freely on the weekends which puts me back up to around 123-125 and then redo the whole cycle again the following week.
I am closer to 128 right now because I finally got so burned out on the foods that were working for me and I've been playing with different/new foods&macros so I've gained this weight and haven't been able to budge it yet.
I think your food diary will help me with some new food ideas.

Wonderful job!!