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Before and During Pictures...
Vanessa1969
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At my heaviest, around the time I had surgery done on my knee, I weighed 243lbs. When I joined this site at the end of March, I was already down to 211lbs. I was doing ok, but I was at a bit of a plateau and needed to be more accountable for what I was eating and not just the exercising. I weighed in this morning at 183lbs.
I have never felt better in as long as I can remember. I am participating in things that I love to do, when I would never have before - not even a year ago. A lot of my passion is for animal welfare stuff and it always made me uncomfortable to participate in stuff like that - especially for farm animals.
Recently I have organized a huge animal rights protest in Toronto, and attended a Vegan function at my friend, Sherry's, Pig Sanctuary and the follow up Vegan Bakesale. Sherry said that she didn't recognize me when I came walking up to the house, the last time I visited was last year, and if it weren't for my car she never would have known it was me. I felt pretty good about that.
I can't remember being happier.
I was going through some old photos, and found some that I had taken of myself at different times. I took a photo of myself now as well so I could see the progression I have made. I can't believe how much different I look, I avoid doing a lot of looking at myself and didn't realize the change.
For what they are worth, here they are...
At my heaviest, around the time I had surgery done on my knee, I weighed 243lbs. When I joined this site at the end of March, I was already down to 211lbs. I was doing ok, but I was at a bit of a plateau and needed to be more accountable for what I was eating and not just the exercising. I weighed in this morning at 183lbs.
I have never felt better in as long as I can remember. I am participating in things that I love to do, when I would never have before - not even a year ago. A lot of my passion is for animal welfare stuff and it always made me uncomfortable to participate in stuff like that - especially for farm animals.
Recently I have organized a huge animal rights protest in Toronto, and attended a Vegan function at my friend, Sherry's, Pig Sanctuary and the follow up Vegan Bakesale. Sherry said that she didn't recognize me when I came walking up to the house, the last time I visited was last year, and if it weren't for my car she never would have known it was me. I felt pretty good about that.
I can't remember being happier.
I was going through some old photos, and found some that I had taken of myself at different times. I took a photo of myself now as well so I could see the progression I have made. I can't believe how much different I look, I avoid doing a lot of looking at myself and didn't realize the change.
For what they are worth, here they are...
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you look great, well done!
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wow what a difference, you look great!!!0
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Congratulations! :flowerforyou: You DO look terrific, though, I think you looked great with the bangs!
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wow, good job. Isn't it amazing how we change our looks just by losing weight. You look awesome. Keep up the hard work!0
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way to go0
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you look great and I admire you for all your hard work !!!:bigsmile:0
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YEA for you! Good job and keep up the hard work!0
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You look amazing!!! Great job! :flowerforyou: So rewarding to see the hard work pay off!0
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I love those pictures! Its amazing how they show the real us! I remember when I first lost all my weight that I could really only see my thinner self in photos! They are a great tool! Congratulations and keep up the good work! 0
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You look fantastic!0
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Thank you for sharing! :flowerforyou: I likes looking at the progression because I was 203 and am about 211 and don't think I look any different but am feeling heaps better, :happy: so it was good to see your progression, I guess I see myself every day so don't notice.
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You look great!!! Thanks for sharing. keep up the good work!
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You are all very kind, thank you for your words of support and encouragement!
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You're doing great!
Keep it up & thanks for showing us the difference.
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