50 pounds lost in 2011...now for that last 10 in 2012!! :o)

I've lost 50 pounds (192 to 142...only 10 more to go!) and 5 dress sizes (16 to 6...only one more to go!) since July 26, 2011!! I changed a lot of things starting that day (the day my niece said my butt was big! A fact that I knew but never wanted to hear!!)...I went on the 17 Day Diet (which actually is just a healthy way of eating, not really a diet and it lasts 51 days ...which I've repeated 3 times). I started going to the gym regularly (when before it was just whenever I felt like it)...went from going 2-3 times/wk for 60-90 minutes to now going 4-5 times/wk for 2-3 hours (I vary my workouts to include any variation of: running, elliptical, spinning, aerobics classes, strength classes)!! And I play tennis or ride my bike the days I don't go to the gym (before July I didn't do anything on the other days). And I walk my dog, Bella, 1.5 miles almost every day (before July I walked her 1 mile, 3 times/wk at most). I also joined My Fitness Pal. At first I joined just to keep up with my calories burned during exercise but now I log calories eaten/burned and know exactly how much I will lose every week! And seeing so many other people losing weight and being successful is encouraging as well. And then there's running...well, I signed up last May to run a half marathon with my sister-in-law that takes place at Walt Disney World next month. I started out in July with running 3 minutes/walking 1 minute and repeating as many times as I could (which at the time I think was twice!) Every week I would increase the run time/decrease walk time (which I guess would be the C25K program...I just didn't know about it back then!) And now I can run 6 miles continuously in 60 minutes! Although I usually just run 2-4 miles twice/wk and another 5-6 miles once/wk. I try to burn 5,000 calories/wk (an MFP challenge I've completed since September) and not eat tons of sweets (and NO fast food!) I now average a weight loss of about 1-2 pounds/wk (the first 4 months I was losing 2-4 lbs/wk). That's one of the disadvantages of losing weight...it takes a LOT more energy to keep losing it...I wish I could still burn 1000 calories/hr!! Sorry this was long...I really just wanted to say that I hope everyone has a very successful 2012!! )