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74 lbs. DOWN in 6 months!
Mel8579
Posts: 9 Member
I'm pretty quiet, but I want to scream my progress right now. 🤯 I use MFP to calculate my calorie goals, track every bite, and exercise 6 days a week. There's no magic diet, pill, or crazy formula involved in these progress pictures. Just dedication to the process. Promise!
I hope this motivates somebody. Keep moving forward. Trust the process.
I'm cheering you all on!!!
Feel free to friend me on MFP if you're curious about my diary. ✌️❤️
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I hope this motivates somebody. Keep moving forward. Trust the process.
I'm cheering you all on!!!
Feel free to friend me on MFP if you're curious about my diary. ✌️❤️
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Woot!2
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Awesome Job!
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You look great, and I LOVE that your smiling in all three pictures!1
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Thank you so much! I feel so much better every day than I used to. 🙌0
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Good job!0
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Wow.. great job! That’s 3 lbs per week! How many calories per day did that take?
Best of luck!4 -
Major Changes with your weight loss!! Keep going and striving for the best you!2
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Happiness! Such a remarkable journey you're on!1
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What an accomplishment! Can't wait till I'm there too.
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What a great success and you look terrific and happy!1
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Phenomenal!!!! Please share more of how you got here and keep going for others to know!!!1
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SafariGalNYC wrote: »Wow.. great job! That’s 3 lbs per week! How many calories per day did that take?
Best of luck!
Thank you! When I put my weight in (300) the app back in August, I set my activity to Sedentary. The app suggested a 1,500 calorie goal. I stayed at that number even thought I started walking/elliptical 6 days a week. However, when I started personal training in January, I was SO hungry. I was strength training 3 days a week in addition to my cardio. My trainer suggested eating more. I increased the activity level on MFP settings and it bumped my calories to 1,750. I've spent the last few weeks averaging 1,900 and I'm still losing weight. 🙂 I've opened my food diary to everyone on my friends list. Hope that helps! ❤️14 -
Amazing, definitely inspiring! I am going to add you now!1
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Yes!! Good for you! I have a similar goal and hope to lose 70lbs by Sept.1
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I'm pretty quiet, but I want to scream my progress right now. 🤯 I use MFP to calculate my calorie goals, track every bite, and exercise 6 days a week. There's no magic diet, pill, or crazy formula involved in these progress pictures. Just dedication to the process. Promise!
I hope this motivates somebody. Keep moving forward. Trust the process.
I'm cheering you all on!!!
Feel free to friend me on MFP if you're curious about my diary. ✌️❤️
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This is such amazing progress! I know we don't know each other, but girrrrrrrl! I am SO proud of you! OMG! You look amazing! Your post has inspired me to start taking photos to document my progress and work out way more. I can't believe you do it 6 days a week! That's commitment! May I ask what kind of workout you were doing? I want so much to make progress like yours! ❤️ Stay the course, queen! You are kicking major tail!2 -
TheAngieScott wrote: »I'm pretty quiet, but I want to scream my progress right now. 🤯 I use MFP to calculate my calorie goals, track every bite, and exercise 6 days a week. There's no magic diet, pill, or crazy formula involved in these progress pictures. Just dedication to the process. Promise!
I hope this motivates somebody. Keep moving forward. Trust the process.
I'm cheering you all on!!!
Feel free to friend me on MFP if you're curious about my diary. ✌️❤️
[edited by mfp staff]
This is such amazing progress! I know we don't know each other, but girrrrrrrl! I am SO proud of you! OMG! You look amazing! Your post has inspired me to start taking photos to document my progress and work out way more. I can't believe you do it 6 days a week! That's commitment! May I ask what kind of workout you were doing? I want so much to make progress like yours! ❤️ Stay the course, queen! You are kicking major tail!
You brought happy tears to my eyes!!! Thank you so much!!! 🥹 I go to the gym before work to make sure my workout happens. Plus, there's a lot less people there at 5:15 a.m. 🙂
Beginning Routine:
Walking on the treadmill or the elliptical for about 45 min. Monday-Friday and about an hour on Saturday.
I would constantly try to push myself by raising the elevation or resistance (since I couldn't walk very fast).
Now:
M, W, F- Spin Class (45 min)
T, Th, S- About 30-40 min. of strength (still a beginner using mostly machines). I also will either go back to the gym after work for my 30- 40 min. cardio or just walk/jog around my neighborhood.
Cardio now looks like a mixture of spin classes, walk/jog outdoors or on the treadmill, the elliptical, some stair climbing, and the rowing machine. I like to change it up!3 -
I was extremely happy to see the adjustment you mentioned in a follow up post in terms of moving forward! Good job so far. Looking forward to future posts!1
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This is awesome - just the post I needed to see. Congrats!1
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Wow, that's awesome and truly inspiring.0
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You are amazing and have done an amazing job getting healthy and happy. I'm 72 and I exercise with weights 2 or 3 times a week. I do a pool aerobics class 2 times a week. I'm not losing weight so obviously I'm not burning enough calories to what I'm putting in. What kind of nutrition did you follow? I know I need to be better recording my food, but are you trying to eat specific types of food and eliminating others? Thank you for your response.0
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Wow amazing!!! This makes me really motivated to be on track!0
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Amazing what advice can u give0
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That is amazing! Great work! I want to be like you when I grow up. Haha.1
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Oh my word, Mel - this is absolutely amazing!! It took a lot of hard work, dedication, and DISCIPLINE! You are such an inspiration!! AND you look fabulous!! And L👀K how fast your hair grew!!!! Such a nice achievement right before summer, too!! Here's to health and moving forward!!!🤩🤩🤩1
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You go Girl!1
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You are truly rockin' it! Such amazing progress, you should be so proud of yourself. Don't you feel great compared to 6 months ago? It's been 13 months for me and the further I get into this lifestyle change I find that I have to keep reminding myself how bad I felt physically and mentally before compared to how I feel now.
Sending you my sincere wishes for your continued success!1 -
I'm so happy I clicked on and read your story. Lifestyle changes are so hard, looking forward to seeing you continue to progress and motivate!1
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You are truly rockin' it! Such amazing progress, you should be so proud of yourself. Don't you feel great compared to 6 months ago? It's been 13 months for me and the further I get into this lifestyle change I find that I have to keep reminding myself how bad I felt physically and mentally before compared to how I feel now.
Sending you my sincere wishes for your continued success!
You're going to make me cry! (Happy tears! 😊) I feel amazing. The ways my life has changed are countless, just so many unrealizwd ways my weight/low energy was holding me back. People keep asking what keeps me going... I finally feel like I'm LIVING. Never going back. ❤️🙌
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"Little by little, one travels far." --JR Tolkien.0
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Sanberdolifas wrote: »Amazing what advice can u give
Just keep going. I know that sounds too simple, but it's the truth. It's all about making those small changes in your routines that become automatic. Getting up at 4:30 a.m. for the gym and counting calories are done automatically now. I'm learning that it's a marathon, not a sprint. It really is a lifestyle. And I love making constant goals for myself.
Can I speed up my mile today?
Can I beat that last time on the rowing machine?
Can I increase my protein earlier in the day?
Can I get 500 more steps today?
When the answer is YES... that feeling is unbeatable. That's what keeps me going. 💪✨️0
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