Final pictures after 10 month on MFP

aksingingbreeze · September 2011

I posted before and after pictures a few months ago, but I have now completed my journey. I switched to maintenance calories today! I started at the end of November 2010 at over 185 pounds, size 12-14 clothes, resting heart rate of over 72bpm, well over 30% body fat and an obese BMI. 10 months later, I have lost 56 pounds (129), am in size 2-4 clothes, have a body fat % of 18, my VO2Max is under 50 (definitely in the athlete category), and I have more muscle definition than I have had in my life. It feels great!
Oh, and for those of you who want to know, I am about 5'5.5"

Before:

Now!

My "guns"

Love my calves in this one:

Dress I wore 7 years ago for my engagement pictures. :-)

Yay for skinniness and cute clothes!

Thanks to everyone who encouraged me along the way!!
My goals now are to maintain my weight and add some more muscle. :-)
Good luck to all of you still on your journey! You CAN do it! Stay strong, don't stress and work out hard!

kellyscomeback · September 2011

Great pictures, a few repeat so I can't see your guns or calves but you still look great.

aksingingbreeze · September 2011

Thanks! I fixed them. :-)

suja1983 · September 2011

Fantastic!! Well done x

mikeyrp · September 2011

Awesome!

ASPhantom · September 2011

That's awesome. You look great.
Very similar goals here.

What amount of exercise were you doing? Calories, etc?

nixickle · September 2011

Wow! You look incredible! Well done you! I'd be interested to know how the maintainence works out for you, as I'm soon going to switch too. I really hope this app can help me maintain my goal weight as maintaining has always been my problem. Best of luck and well done again xx

aksingingbreeze · September 2011

ASPhantom,
When I was really losing weight, my calories were set at 1200. I was good about sticking to that. I did eat back my exercise calories and I exercised hard (45-60 minutes) 5-6 days a week. I used a lot of workout videos that I borrowed from the library and lots of On Demand videos from exercise TV. I didn't deprive myself of any foods I loved, just ate them less and ate in moderation. I also allowed myself a "free" day once every week or two where I could eat anything basically and not worry about being over. I did try to keep under my weekly allowance though. So, if I went over, I would be under the rest of the week.

If you have any questions, feel free to message me!

Good luck everyone!

LamsieDee · September 2011

you look awesome! thanks for posting your pics, it's so motivating to see others nearly the same size and how they look when they're done

Nanadena · September 2011

You are totally gorgeous! The look in your eyes says it all! And yes, the new skinny pretty clothes is what it is all about! Congratulations to you!!!!!

33KIKI · September 2011

Congrats that is great work ...you look fabulous!!! It's cool to see that your starting weight is where I am now so if I keep going maybe I get even to lower numbers. THanks for sharing and keep up the great work!

leanne2376 · September 2011

amazing work - you must be so happy - well done

naturallynikki · September 2011

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

busymnmom · September 2011

Awesome!!!! Thank you so much for posting your pics!!! You look so happy and fit!!!!!! :happy:

olacoco7 · September 2011

Congrats to you and great pics!!

QueenCat25 · September 2011

You look amazing!

CVALGAL · September 2011

What an inspiration! I think I have that same purple shirt you're wearing in the before picture. Lol. I hope I can do as well as you have done in the next 10 months. Thanks for sharing!