Happy MFP Anniversary to Me (Before/After Pics)! 3 years and going strong!

Today marks 3 straight years on MFP and two successful years of maintenance of my 80 pound loss. Today i'm going to freaking celebrate and you know how? By committing to another 3 years of maintenance....5 years....10 years....20 years...because getting real with myself, learning how to live a healthy lifestyle, losing the weight and making myself the 1st priority in my own life was the best thing I ever did and I deserve to feel this way for the rest of my life. Thank you to all my amazing MFP friends for continuing to keep me motivated everyday.

If you think you can't do it too; trust me you can.

A couple of "before" pics

Before and Afters

Before and during this years cut

The things that made me love fitness
Weightlifting

Crossfit

Yoga

Anddddddd the rare occasion I don't wear gym clothes (Today )

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mumbles2013

OH. MY. GOD!!! Stunning!!! You still knew how to dress at your biggest and looked fab in the plum dress but girl you are killing it now.

creationscrown

So awesome!!! I still love your story!!

deluxmary2000

Holy cow, you look like a fitness model! Fantastic job, and best wishes on many years of maintenance!

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KimbersNewLife

Awesome! U look amazing thanks for sharing!!!

Enic03

Absolutely inspiring! This is just what I needed to see this morning while feeling like I will never get to my goal.

AidaF430

You look amazing! Very inspiring and Happy Anniversary. Thank you for sharing.

thomasegbert09

Congrats!

playalinda55

neldabg wrote: »

Your change is huge!!! Well done on losing weight and maintaining the loss! ^^

Keladelphia wrote: »

Thank you everyone!

@brittdee88 my arms were actually what I disliked most about my body before losing the weight. I was SO self conscious about them; now they're my favorite part of my body so it's absolutely possible! Thanks so much for your kind words.

playalinda55

Wow u look amazing. Good for u. Ok, what type of foods do u eat? I'm sure being consistent helps. You've given me some hope. Thx

Jza85

Great job looking fantastic

Keeponswmimg

You look amazing! Would love to know what kind of workouts you do for your core?

MrsDan1667

Did you have any saggy skin issues at any point? You're such an inspiration!!!

Iamsimpleguy

Amazing and Fantastic Work

lorrpb

Congrats! I'm just over 3 yrs.too.. Love your celebration commitment and your outlook. Keep it going!

shnookie70

WOW!

Keladelphia

brittdee88 wrote: »

@Keladelphia that is my EXACT feeling. I absolutely hate my arms. Even when I was at my smallest, I was still super self conscious because they didn't shrink as much as I wanted. What do you think contributed most to them shrinking exercise-wise? Or was it a combination of your workouts? I had already planned to begin my yoga practice again next month, and I have Crossfit aspirations, but I don't have a Crossfit AND yoga budget. Just wondering which one would be better. I have free access to a weight room and plan to start lifting soon as well.

The first time I lost the weight (a long time ago in a very unhealthy way) I still had larger softer arms. I think what contributed most to shrinking/firming up my arms this time was strength training from day one of my weight loss journey (and eating at a deficit of course). As far as crossfit vs yoga, I don't think one is necessarily better than the other but I will say that I believe crossfit had more of an impact on my physique by far. I do yoga mostly because I love how it makes me feel mentally and it has definitely improved my mobility for lifting.

Keladelphia

timtam163 wrote: »

I love how you look like you love getting dressed, how much fun you seemed to have with clothing and makeup and hair after... not o get all girly but I'm curious! what changes did you noticed in how your personal style changed?

I loved fashion before I lost the weight but being slimmer has definitely made it a lot more fun to shop! In regards to personal style, I still have similar taste but now I just wear all of the things I envied on other women but was too self conscious to wear, things like body con dresses, high waisted pants, bold prints, crop tops (I don't care that i'm 31 i'm still rocking them hahah)

Keladelphia

playalinda55 wrote: »

Wow u look amazing. Good for u. Ok, what type of foods do u eat? I'm sure being consistent helps. You've given me some hope. Thx

Thank you. I do eat anything and everything but 85% of the time my diet consists of fruits and veggies, full fat dairy, lean meats, beans, oils, nut butters and wheat free grains (rice, quinoa). Consistency is DEFINITELY key.

Keladelphia

Keeponswmimg wrote: »

You look amazing! Would love to know what kind of workouts you do for your core?

I don't really do core specific work. I train olympic lifting a few hours a day five times a week, Olympic lifting is a SUPER good core workout, I fully credit that for my stomach definition. I do a crossfit workout or two a week that sometimes has some specific core work (GHD's toes to bar, etc.) but that's really the only specific core work I do.

Keladelphia

lorrpb wrote: »

Congrats! I'm just over 3 yrs.too.. Love your celebration commitment and your outlook. Keep it going!

Congrats to you as well on three years!

Keladelphia

MrsDan1667 wrote: »

Did you have any saggy skin issues at any point? You're such an inspiration!!!

Thank you

. After I lost the weight I definitely had visible saggy skin mostly on my stomach, hips and thighs. I was really lucky that it was minimal though which I do credit to lucky genetics, strength training the entire time I was losing and eating at a modest deficit which resulted in a slow but steady rate of loss. Over the last two years it has drastically improved as I continued to strength train. I still have a little bit but it's not noticeable unless I literally pull the skin away from my body, there is no hanging or visible saggy skin anymore.

StrongGirlFitGirl

Wow, congratulations, and THANK YOU for sharing your photos and your story! I lift, too, and your muscles totally inspire me!

Keladelphia

I like to update this success thread for myself when I hit big milestones to remind myself of the importance of goal setting. It helps me remember that this journey to stay healthy and fit is a never ending one. I hit a goal I’ve been looking forward to yesterday at my Olympic weightlifting meet. I clean and jerked 91kg (200 lbs) for the first time (bodyweight of 62.9kg (138.3lbs)). It also marked the end of my cut (see pictures from the beginning of my slow cut several months ago to yesterday). I think this past year was the last year I could bulk if I don’t want to move up a weight class so it will be cool to see how my body changes without running and bulk cut cycles. I didn’t get yesterday’s lifts on video unfortunately so I just linked a couple of recent training lifts. I can’t wait to see what this years training brings!

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craignev

Absolutely awesome! I love your dedication and you look amazing.

RavenLibra

Keladelphia

craignev wrote: »

Absolutely awesome! I love your dedication and you look amazing.

Thank you so much

krushal8880

Hard work paid off! Well done! Thanks for the motivation!!

Happy Anniversary!!

zipitzippy

Daaaamn, you look amazing! Well done you, your efforts have really paid off!

Tweaking_Time

Sweet success! Amazing journey! You look amazing as well. Congrats!!!