The Last 20 lbs Progress Photo Thread

It is absolutely amazing how the four pounds down from 148 to 144 made such a difference! You wouldn't imagine that. The visual is so inspiring to see exactly how gaining four to five pounds matters! Thanks.

You all are doing such an amazing job! The last 20 or so pounds are sometimes the hardest fought.


I started April 21st(190lbs, 5 foot 2.5 inches @ 37 years old) on my new life style and weight loss journey. I was doing a -2 a week loss for months because my health was just awful when I started and I wanted to get the weight off fast so I could feel better and reverse how close I was to being prediabetic. Sore joints and lack of energy. Just feeling absolutely miserable. I’ve slowed my rate of loss drastically now because I am so close to my original ultimate goal(120 lbs goal). I am at 124 lbs of yesterday morning on my 7 month anniversary. I weigh and measure every month on the 21st. With four pounds left to go, I may get to 120 and then decide 2-3 pounds more to take my % body fat down a little more. So far I’ve mainly just been eating in deficit with walking and running for health. I do pay attention to my protein macro(trying to hit 100 grams but it’s a struggle most days...I get closer to 80-90). I’ve always planned to start doing strength but after I dropped a majority of the extra fluff. I wanted to focus on one thing at a time and strength isn’t my favorite. I have to work at including it much harder than going out for a long walks or run. However as I am getting closer to my goal, I do want to start leaning out/toning up, helping my flexibility and strength. My walking partner and I are going to start an ab challenge next month(December)& then January we are starting a strength program(starting out with body weight, then weights....then I want to eventually be doing some progressive heavy lifting). I’m going to try doing things in baby steps. I want to focus on learning proper form, then adding in weights. This years was the year to drop the pounds and 2021 is the year for incorporating strength& weight lifting into my life. I have this ridiculous goal of being able to do a handstand and be able to do chin-ups by the end of next year. Not sure if it’s too ambitious or not. I literally I have no upper body strength or core lol so maybe. Anyways here’s some of my progress photos.

I included my first progress photos(april 21st at 190 lbs, last month @ 131.2 lbs, and then yesterday at 124.0 lbs), then my face differences from first day/week to this week. And also my measurements.

My walking partner and I are doing progress photos for the Ab challenge we are doing for December and I plan to wear a better fitting set of exercise pants and bra because the ones I have for my usual ones are getting a bit loose and saggy.

Thank you Jess! My face really has changed, my phone stopped being able to recognize my face (I had to attempt multiple times, shoot from low, and puff cheeks, and I finally stopped being tech lazy& rescanned my face.

You are looking so amazing! Love your progress photos!

Here are my latest progress As of yesterday the 21st. I’m down to 118.2 lbs. now I’m focusing on my adding strength and toning to my daily life. I might shed one or two more pounds but really I am happy where I am at and every other day I am eating maintenance, the alternate day I am eating for 0.5 lbs loss. I had decided a couple weeks ago 115/116 was my ultimate goal. But eeeeehhh....not sure it’s a priority to loss fat loss any more as I think I look and feel fantastic. Time to add some muscle and definition!