From 2 people to 1 1/3...will be 1 person this year!

CallMeCupcakeDammit
CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
edited October 7 in Success Stories
I don't have a full body pic at my heaviest weight, just a face pic. I can't believe I was bigger than this before pic. I don't have a full-length mirror, so I only saw what was in my bathroom mirror. I guess my clothes were just growing along with me. I'm putting this out there because I don't ever want to look like that again, and this will serve as a reminder. My son was looking at my weight-loss album and said he didn't realize I was ever that big. He told me he was proud of me and hugged me! Hopefully in a few months I'll have an "after and DONE" picture.

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  • pangela13
    pangela13 Posts: 172 Member
    Great Job lookin good.:)
  • loki3981
    loki3981 Posts: 249 Member
    You look amazing! Keep up the fantastic work!
  • chapom
    chapom Posts: 4 Member
    wow thats really great, good for you !

    im struggling, ive been on weight watchers off and on for years, but i know i dont always measure everything. i guess to much probably. i heard about this site but the calories they are saying i need to eat in a day is so much its hard to wrap my head around it. so i dont know where to go, what to do. i can't do it alone in either case i need the accountability of the scale at weight watchers or i just go back to old habits. maybe you have some thoughts that can help? thanks )
  • TexasDarling09
    TexasDarling09 Posts: 210 Member
    You look beautiful!
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    wow thats really great, good for you !

    im struggling, ive been on weight watchers off and on for years, but i know i dont always measure everything. i guess to much probably. i heard about this site but the calories they are saying i need to eat in a day is so much its hard to wrap my head around it. so i dont know where to go, what to do. i can't do it alone in either case i need the accountability of the scale at weight watchers or i just go back to old habits. maybe you have some thoughts that can help? thanks )

    I weigh myself at home. I was doing Weight Watchers online because I was having a hard time getting to meetings without a husband home to watch the kids. I set my MFP up so that it posts on my Facebook page when I work out and when I have a loss, and that way all my friends who know me in real life can see what I'm doing, and since I know I will see them again I can't let myself backslide! I measure and weigh everything. If you need the accountability of the scale at WW, I'd keep doing that. It's not easy, but you can always keep coming back to the Success Stories board for motivation! I love seeing the pics people post.

    The other thing that helped was getting a smart phone. The ONLY reason I got it was so I could have the MFP app! I try to stay off the computer on the weekends, and that meant I wasn't tracking on the weekends, either. I log on every day and track everything I put in my mouth. It's been a real lifesaver. Literally!
  • shipwreck3
    shipwreck3 Posts: 64
    I love the idea of a weight loss album. I might start one. Great job girlie!:flowerforyou:
  • nas24
    nas24 Posts: 880 Member
    Great job! You should show it off more. A baggie sweat shirt wont show off all the hard work you but in. Own it and show the world!!!
  • chrissi_k
    chrissi_k Posts: 175 Member
    Conratulations on such an amazing transformation, you look amazing :)
  • biddie1
    biddie1 Posts: 125 Member
    GReat!
  • LethaSue
    LethaSue Posts: 285 Member
    You look fantastic! Amazing job, thanks for sharing, such a great inspiration!
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Thank you! I got a picture taken of the kids and me on Christmas Eve and I'm not wearing baggy clothes. I'm just waiting for my cousin to post it. I've had that sweatshirt since '93, and last year I was totally stretching its limits!
  • elvisneedsboats
    elvisneedsboats Posts: 15 Member
    Wow, Rach, you look amazing! Over 100 pounds lost!! I'm so proud of you.

    And I agree, I want to see a pic with clothes that fit! LOL

    Michelle
  • SexyCook
    SexyCook Posts: 2,249 Member
    You look awesome! What a great tranformation...
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Thanks, Michelle! As soon as I get the pic from Christmas I'll post it. I didn't even see it on her camera after she took it, so I have no idea what it looks like. Apparently I was the topic of the night, because most of the family hadn't seen me in months!

    We had gone to visit my daughter, and we were taking pictures, so it wasn't a planned outfit for this type of pic. :smile:
  • LeanerBeef
    LeanerBeef Posts: 1,432 Member
    Very nice and very inspirational! Congrats to you - way to go!
  • chicatita
    chicatita Posts: 193 Member
    You look great! Congratulations! :)
  • denz100plus
    denz100plus Posts: 41 Member
    Fantastic. Such inspiration for us starting out... thanks for posting!
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Thanks, everyone!
  • laughingnome
    laughingnome Posts: 259 Member
    what a wonderful change..you look GREAT
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
    Great work!
  • lornathewizzard
    lornathewizzard Posts: 165 Member
    That is amazing! You have done so well, you'll be at your goal in no time. Excellent.
  • kimad
    kimad Posts: 3,010 Member
    You look fantastic, good work!!
  • wishn2binAZ
    wishn2binAZ Posts: 40 Member
    You look amazing! Hoping to lose my 1/3 person this year :)
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Thank you! I wish I had kept that top. I have the sweater that I took the headshot in at my highest weight, and I want to take a picture in it when I get to goal. I look like an apple in that first pic. I can't believe my stomach stuck out like that and I couldn't see it. :(
  • paeli
    paeli Posts: 295 Member
    You are looking phenomenal!!! Really great job. You can do this :)
  • chapom
    chapom Posts: 4 Member
    thankyou for the encouragment. i really like this site and having people to talk to that know and have been there.

    the facebook idea is great, i like that. that must have taken alot of courage !
  • jrsey86
    jrsey86 Posts: 186 Member
    Great job!!! What a difference! Keep up the good work! :flowerforyou:
  • loricolwill
    loricolwill Posts: 189 Member
    Great job, Rachel! And you will be 1 person this year!
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Thank you! I WILL be 1 person this year! :happy:

    Even if some people get tired of my "Rachel burned 360 calories doing blah blah" popping up in their news feed, I have friends who are paying attention, and some have been motivated to actually do it themselves. We have get-togethers every once in a while, and someone always says something to me about either my weightloss or workouts, so I can't let them (or myself) down! I think the first time I was a little embarrassed was when I had my first weigh-in after I had connected FB with MFP, and it said I had lost .5 lbs that week, and whatever my total loss was at that point. But it's no secret I was way overweight, ya know?
  • LuckyAng
    LuckyAng Posts: 1,173 Member
    What an inspiration you are! Congratulations!! :)
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