Final pictures after 10 month on MFP

aksingingbreeze
aksingingbreeze Posts: 60 Member
edited October 3 in Success Stories
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:
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Now!
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My "guns"
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Love my calves in this one:
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Dress I wore 7 years ago for my engagement pictures. :-)
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Yay for skinniness and cute clothes!
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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!
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  • kellyscomeback
    kellyscomeback Posts: 1,369 Member
    Great pictures, a few repeat so I can't see your guns or calves but you still look great.
  • aksingingbreeze
    aksingingbreeze Posts: 60 Member
    Thanks! I fixed them. :-)
  • suja1983
    suja1983 Posts: 33 Member
    Fantastic!! Well done x
  • mikeyrp
    mikeyrp Posts: 1,616 Member
    Awesome!
  • ASPhantom
    ASPhantom Posts: 637 Member
    That's awesome. You look great.
    Very similar goals here.

    What amount of exercise were you doing? Calories, etc?
  • nixickle
    nixickle Posts: 229 Member
    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
    aksingingbreeze Posts: 60 Member
    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!
  • 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
    Nanadena Posts: 739 Member
    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
    33KIKI Posts: 304
    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!
  • amazing work - you must be so happy - well done
  • Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Awesome!!!! Thank you so much for posting your pics!!! You look so happy and fit!!!!!! :happy:
  • olacoco7
    olacoco7 Posts: 8 Member
    Congrats to you and great pics!!
  • You look amazing!
  • CVALGAL
    CVALGAL Posts: 108 Member
    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!
  • JessyLovesJCS
    JessyLovesJCS Posts: 169 Member
    Awesome! You look amazing!!
  • DWilbanks
    DWilbanks Posts: 420 Member
    Wonderful, you did awesome!
  • iishnova
    iishnova Posts: 259 Member
    You look amazing!

    Absolutely! I'm so inspired.
  • Congrats!! You look fabulous!!!! You should be very proud of yourself!:flowerforyou:
  • mmstgr
    mmstgr Posts: 578 Member
    Way to go!
  • staps065
    staps065 Posts: 837 Member
    Wow! You look wonderful! Great work! Wow!
  • evansproudmama
    evansproudmama Posts: 493 Member
    AMAZING!!!! You inspired me to keep on pushing on today when I was just about to go home and eat some ice cream lol thanks for the inspiration!! and CONGRATS!! you look amazing
  • tymee
    tymee Posts: 44 Member
    You look amazing. Congrats
  • laurielie
    laurielie Posts: 133 Member
    WOW...........You did it!! And it sure did pay off, you look GREAT!! Keep it up.............ps....love the new haircut ;-)
  • allycat5723
    allycat5723 Posts: 189 Member
    this is awesome and so encouraging! Congrats on the fantastic job!
  • aksingingbreeze
    aksingingbreeze Posts: 60 Member
    Thank you all!
  • jewel6018
    jewel6018 Posts: 210 Member
    You look fantastic~!!!!!!!! Congratulations on a job well done. You worked hard and you made it. Gives me hope and inspiration that I will make it too. Thanks so much for sharing.
  • Congrats - Your hard work paid off...You look great.
  • alyssamiller77
    alyssamiller77 Posts: 891 Member
    Outstanding work, now the fun part begins, maintaining that weight. No doubt you've learned enough through your experience that you'll do great. Congratulations, you look awesome.
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