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40 lbs lost. This site helped change my life. Pic

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  • ciel9
    ciel9 Posts: 15
    that's inspiring! congrats and you look so much better!
  • ccsick
    ccsick Posts: 91 Member
    You know, you see these before and after pictures on the slim fast commercials...........the person never quite looks like they could REALLY be the Before..........or the After. I have always suspected the photos were 'doctored'. Yours look the same way. because you really aren't that same person are you? I think you've done amazing. Keep up the good work. This came at a good time for me, my weight loss has stabilized over the past 5 days. I needed this to motivate me.
  • rob_v
    rob_v Posts: 270 Member
    Dude - great work! You look great, and Im sure you feel a hell of alot better!
    Keep up the great work. Just remember what it took to get there, and use that for motivation to keep yourself there.
  • mama2shi
    mama2shi Posts: 300 Member
    You look great! And younger too :)
  • mommymeg2
    mommymeg2 Posts: 145 Member
    Great job!!!
  • darina23
    darina23 Posts: 114 Member
    Great job! The weight loss also shed some years off. You look great!
  • KandieLantz
    KandieLantz Posts: 423 Member
    You are amazing! You look healthy, happy, strong and confident!! Great work!
  • acdeed
    acdeed Posts: 36 Member
    Congratulations. That is awesome. You look amazing.
  • lasttoast
    lasttoast Posts: 31 Member
    You really look great!!! Congrats!!!
  • missodu
    missodu Posts: 234 Member
    how handsome! great WORK!
  • RuthRW
    RuthRW Posts: 247 Member
    Fantastic!!! You should be so proud of yourself, what a transformation!!! You look much younger too:)
  • Mskckaye
    Mskckaye Posts: 69 Member
    You are very inspirational and i love your easy and simple tips to live by specially the DON'T FOOL YOURSELF ON....Nice...and you look awesome.
  • Drivenbysuccess
    Drivenbysuccess Posts: 14 Member
    Great advice and congrats on your success!
  • Mskckaye
    Mskckaye Posts: 69 Member
    Congrats man! You look great!

    You also look great in your profile pic.
  • simplyblessed5
    simplyblessed5 Posts: 130 Member
    awesome job! You look amazing!
  • mama_to_1
    mama_to_1 Posts: 45 Member
    wow you look great!! awesome job!!
  • jennshadle1
    jennshadle1 Posts: 5
    Good job, you look awesome!
  • sculley
    sculley Posts: 2,012 Member
    Congrads and thanks for the tips :)
  • Kim28dav
    Kim28dav Posts: 50
    You look great!!!! And younger!!! :) Thanks for the inspiration!!!!
  • mrscdgogan
    mrscdgogan Posts: 20
    Thankyou for the advice. I too have 40lbs to lose, if not more...but 40 is the goal. I just started this journey 2 days ago. I'm finding it pretty difficult. I know I'd rather be thinner and healthier than eat bad food...so why do I keep wanting to eat it? What kinds of foods did you eat. Snacks? I need ideas for things I can eat.

    You look great btw!
    Thanks
    -Cary
  • letmebeda1_wechange
    letmebeda1_wechange Posts: 480 Member
    awesome job!!!! congrats,

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  • wickedcricket
    wickedcricket Posts: 1,246 Member
    I'm more than a little embarrassed that I weigh the same as a guy. (actually a little more!) Also same starting weight - I really need to lose weight or have a sex change operation
  • sandram82
    sandram82 Posts: 615 Member
    You look great!!! Congrats!!
  • JennS19
    JennS19 Posts: 642 Member
    Thank you for the kind words. I was going to try to reply to everyone but I guess that is just silly. I cannot say enough good things about this site. For extra motivation I wanted to point out I lost 28 lbs in about 90 days. I had lost about 15 lbs over about 6 months before finding this site. My advice to anyone that cares.

    1. Keep it simple
    2. Drink tons of water
    3. When unsure - Over estimate calories in and under estimate calories burned.
    4. Don't obsess over the scale. Pick a weigh in day once a week and stick with it.
    5. Most importantly be honest with yourself. Don't pretend the cupcake was only 25 calories.

    I love #5. This is so true! Congrats on your loss!! Great job
  • Nettabee
    Nettabee Posts: 296 Member
    Looking good!
  • Superwoman79
    Superwoman79 Posts: 61 Member
    You look amazing and thank you for the tips!
  • brandyosu
    brandyosu Posts: 257 Member
    You look fantastic - great job!
  • beautifullyblessed16
    beautifullyblessed16 Posts: 180 Member
    Wow, you look really good!!! Definitely more youthful (in a good way)!
  • DiannaMoorer
    DiannaMoorer Posts: 783 Member
    Awesome! You hardly look like the same person.
  • jweidner33
    jweidner33 Posts: 83 Member
    The feed back has really blown me away. You guys and girls are what makes this site rock! Thank you again and again. I look forward to seeing everyone reach their goals!

    someone asked what I ate.

    I ate a lot of low calorie dense food. Mashed potatoes, Oatmeal and lots of peanut butter sandwiches. I drank 32 oz of water with every meal. I took lean cuisines for lunch every day. It really was important for me to drink as much water as possible. If I was hungry and out of calories I went to the gym and earned them. Yes I ate back my workout calories every day. As long as I was at my net that is all I cared about. I won't say that I ate very clean but I wanted to keep it simple( My rule # 1) Weight loss has so many health benefits that I just focused on that. Now that I am where I want to be I can spend my time and extra calories eating cleaner. I am sure their is healthier ways to do it but to me it was the results that mattered.
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