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I lost over 100lbs and kept off for 4 years
Yasmine91
Posts: 599 Member
It's been a very long time since I last posted on this forum. Truth is I didn't need to use this site after I had learnt a few things about the things I had to unlearn ...if that makes sense.
Almost five years ago, I weighed 255lbs and I had a hard time with losing weight as we all do. To cut a long story short, I wasn't being honest with myself and I realised that all of this was absolutely in my head. I had to sort out my fears, my habits and stop worrying so much about my weight. So I let go and it all became so easy. I decided that I will eat whatever I want just EAT LESS. I was eating pizza's, cakes etc without worrying about the calories. I was honest about all the things that I ate and always held accountability. If I ate a snicker bar at lunch time, then I don't need to eat another one later. I was able to just be normal. So far I've kept it off, and I intend to keep it that way.
Here are my before and after pics
Almost five years ago, I weighed 255lbs and I had a hard time with losing weight as we all do. To cut a long story short, I wasn't being honest with myself and I realised that all of this was absolutely in my head. I had to sort out my fears, my habits and stop worrying so much about my weight. So I let go and it all became so easy. I decided that I will eat whatever I want just EAT LESS. I was eating pizza's, cakes etc without worrying about the calories. I was honest about all the things that I ate and always held accountability. If I ate a snicker bar at lunch time, then I don't need to eat another one later. I was able to just be normal. So far I've kept it off, and I intend to keep it that way.
Here are my before and after pics
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You are awesome! Thank you for sharing, it's so motivating to see people that achieve success in long term maintenance 3
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You are inspurational I have been trying to lose the same fifty pounds for seven yearrs...it goes up and down...I haven't given up but it still gets frustrating...2
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You are inspurational I have been trying to lose the same fifty pounds for seven yearrs...it goes up and down...I haven't given up but it still gets frustrating...
Seven years is enough time for you to gather all your thoughts on what you have been doing. It's very easy to feel stuck but believe me when I say that the answers are right in front of you. It took me nine years to get a grip and accept that I had to change and I mean really change. If you want to message me privately to go more in depth the please feel free. Happy to help if I can
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Congratulations on your success! You look great! Might I ask what you've learned along the way that helped you the most? Especially what you had to unlearn. Thank you for the inspiration.4
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Congratulations on your success! You look great! Might I ask what you've learned along the way that helped you the most? Especially what you had to unlearn. Thank you for the inspiration.
Thank you so much. What I've learned goes hand in hand with what I unlearned. I just had to stop obsessing over my weight, stop looking at it as a timer and just learn how to eat normally. I could eat everything that I wanted, just be honest about the amount and remove things like potatoes or rice if I did decide to indulge in something sweet. The most important thing that I learned was to stop dieting, I had to change my diet for the rest of my life.6 -
Congratulations. Thank you for coming to encourage others2
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What an amazing and inspirational transformation!!1
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wow that is great. I am trying to do the same, eat what I want but cut back if I had too much at one meal. A balancing act. I weigh 160 and dont allow myself to go over 165. This has worked for the past 3 years. I still want to eat too much but make myself do right. You are an inspiration. If I deprive myself of a candy bar that doesn't work. A lot of the times I will just eat half of these high calorie foods.1
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brenn24179 wrote: »wow that is great. I am trying to do the same, eat what I want but cut back if I had too much at one meal. A balancing act. I weigh 160 and dont allow myself to go over 165. This has worked for the past 3 years. I still want to eat too much but make myself do right. You are an inspiration. If I deprive myself of a candy bar that doesn't work. A lot of the times I will just eat half of these high calorie foods.
It really is a balancing act lol that's a good way to put it. Your like me, if I deprive myself then I'll regret it later 😂 Just have a mix of everything and watch your portions, the rest will follow x1 -
Amazing transformation! Congrats on learning (and unlearning) what you needed to do to get where you are. Thanks for the inspiration.1
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Congrats you look amazing its super awesome how you have maintained a healthier lifestyle0
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