34 pounds lost - with pictures

bjclaywell
bjclaywell Posts: 165 Member
edited October 1 in Success Stories
I wasn't going to do the picture thing, because as I indicated in my "shrunk'ded" post below, I haven't really noticed a great deal of difference in me - but you know what, when I look at the pictures side by side, I see it...I have a neck!!! And my shoulders are finally wider than my hips. LOL I don't look like a pear anymore!

This is my bragging post...it's not like me to do this, but I'm feeling pretty good about myself today, so here goes... (cross your fingers that this works)

mfp-beforeandafter.jpg

BTW - the before is somewhere around 230, the after is at 197 (last week)
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  • theprettyone1010
    theprettyone1010 Posts: 408 Member
    Big difference. you look so happy!
  • ecaz
    ecaz Posts: 115
    I see a difference! You look fabulous. I bet your daughter is super proud of her mother.
  • StaceyL76
    StaceyL76 Posts: 711 Member
    I see a difference all around. Great work! Keep at it - it's working. = ) You are looking much happier and healthier. WTG!
  • StaceyL76
    StaceyL76 Posts: 711 Member
    I see a difference all around. Great work! Keep at it - it's working. = ) You are looking much happier and healthier. WTG!
  • slybaby
    slybaby Posts: 125
    Nice work!!!!!
  • eversits
    eversits Posts: 177 Member
    Great Job!!! You look great!
  • ZumbaQueenKelly
    ZumbaQueenKelly Posts: 111
    Looking great!!! Keep it up!
  • Crooks0204
    Crooks0204 Posts: 189
    you look great! keep it up!
  • Barbj56
    Barbj56 Posts: 39 Member
    Go ahead......brag! You have the right!
  • JeanWalker109
    JeanWalker109 Posts: 220
    I'm so glad you posted these pictures so YOU can see how much you've accomplished. You look wonderful and the progress is definitely noticeable. I'm wondering if it's great to be your own inspiration. You should be able to look at these pictures, see how much success you've had thus far, and really be inspired to keep going. I'm so excited for you.

    Congratulations!!!!!!

    *smiles*

    Jean
  • zookeeperjess
    zookeeperjess Posts: 79
    A definite difference! You look amazing!! Question, can you tell me how to add pictures to a post? I'm so confused !
  • megamoo04
    megamoo04 Posts: 269
    YOU LOOK GREAT!
  • kater8er
    kater8er Posts: 364 Member
    Glad you posted these! You can definitely see a difference! You look so nice! Keep it up :)
  • FitPhysique
    FitPhysique Posts: 284 Member
    Congratulations. I can definitely see the difference. Keep up the great work.
  • laneybird
    laneybird Posts: 532 Member
    I can def see a difference!! It's amazing how we don't see it ourselves (I know I don't) but when we look back at pictures it's SO obvious! Great job!!!
  • AmyEm3
    AmyEm3 Posts: 784 Member
    I see a definite difference. Congratulations!
  • PageSalyers
    PageSalyers Posts: 51 Member
    What an inspiration! So funny because my overall goal is to lose 84 pounds, but we have a family trip the last week of September and my mini goal is to lose 34 lbs by then!!! Thanks for sharing.
  • kristarablue
    kristarablue Posts: 702 Member
    Well done, you are amazing!
  • LSUband
    LSUband Posts: 15
    There is a huge difference...congrats!!!
  • Chunkabutt83
    Chunkabutt83 Posts: 461
    awesome job!!!!
  • capNramsey
    capNramsey Posts: 35 Member
    Great work! You look amazing!
  • LSUband
    LSUband Posts: 15
    How long did it take?
  • Shelbug65
    Shelbug65 Posts: 7 Member
    Brag away! Great job!
  • Lesliecs
    Lesliecs Posts: 930 Member
    Yes you can tell a big difference! 34 lbs. lost is awesome and you look great!!! Congrats to you! And your little girl is precious!
  • kamm602
    kamm602 Posts: 18
    You look great!!! Keep on going!!! Before you know it you will wonder who the person in the first picture is?!?!?!?!
  • Aeliyah
    Aeliyah Posts: 247
    You look fantastic! And so much younger and healthier too! :)
  • EyeAye
    EyeAye Posts: 8
    You look great! Conratulations!
  • bjclaywell
    bjclaywell Posts: 165 Member
    Thank you all so much - it is so inspiring to have people make such wonderful comments - makes me want to run to the gym and work out for hours. :)

    Someone asked how long it took - I started my lifestyle change a few days before April 1st, 2011, but I didn't start monitoring anything until April 1st. My father had a heart attack last year, and I am the spitting image of him (he, btw, is fine). What scared me most about it was that he had finally made a lifestyle change of his own about a year before, and had gotten down to a really good weight for him, had gotten off all his BP meds, his cholesterol meds, everything - then bam. And I was completely freaked out - I mean, that will be me in 20 years. So I figured I would reduce those chances by getting down to a healthier weight 20 years before he did. I don't have high BP, but I'm sure I was headed that way. I do have high cholesterol, but am hoping to get that under control in the next year.

    Again, thank you everyone - this site is an inspiration, and I couldn't appreciate all the support more!!!
  • GlenniesiaPerriman
    GlenniesiaPerriman Posts: 3
    GOD BLESS U GIRL U LOOK FABULOUS AND DONT LET NO ONE TAKE THAT JOY AWAY FROM U. AS FOR ME CAN U PLEASE GIVE ME SOME TIPS BCUZ IT IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE FOR ME.
  • porffor
    porffor Posts: 1,210 Member
    How wonderful!! That you've done so well and also you can SEE it!! It's amazing when your brain finally computes that you are smaller in a pic! lol

    Well done and keep up the great progress - look forward to more pics in the future!
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