100 lbs down from my highest weight *pictures*

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AmberCHM
AmberCHM Posts: 430 Member
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I'll try not to bore you too much with my "story". My name is Amber. I'll be 26 this Tuesday. SAHM of 1 year old twins. I recently hit a major milestone of 100 lbs less than my highest known weight so I thought this would be a good time to share my progress so far. I started MFP on June 1st of last year; about 4 months after having my twins. I lost the majority of my weight following MFP suggestions of 1200-1500 calories and hit a major wall after about 9 months straight of that. A very sweet MFP friend ran some numbers for me and I am now losing weight again by eating around 1700 calories a day and really focusing on my carbs, fat, and protein. I really feel this is a much more sustainable way to lose weight than the 1200 calories I started with. Go here if you're interested http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/538381-in-place-of-a-road-map . I'm so overwhelmed by all of the info so I'm just thankful for my dear MFP friend who was willing to do the math for me. Ok, enough of me talking about things I don't even fully understand.....here are my stats and pictures :)
Oh, as far as exercise goes... I started out slow with Wii Fit, I still love burning calories with Dance Central and Dance Central 2 on XBox with Kinect (SO fun!!), I've done 30 Day Shred twice in the last 3 months, I go to the gym 2 days a week for a spin class and elliptical and/or treadmill.

5' 7" with a medium-large frame
HW- 286
MFP SW- 257.4
CW- 186
Next goal- 157.4 (100 lbs down from MFP SW)
UGW- 143 (HALF of my highest weight)

April 2009 at my highest weight.
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From around the same time
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May 2011 257 lbs
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October 2011 214 lbs
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December 2011 203 lbs
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A few weeks ago 190ish
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Yesterday 186
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So that's my journey so far. Thanks for reading.
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  • SageCount
    SageCount Posts: 5
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    Nice Job! Congratz
  • May63
    May63 Posts: 162
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    awesome
  • janet0513
    janet0513 Posts: 564 Member
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    Wow you look great. Congrats!
  • arnulforomero4705
    arnulforomero4705 Posts: 2 Member
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    This inspired me! Congrats!
  • hapoo100
    hapoo100 Posts: 940 Member
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    awesome!! you worked hard and earned it. Well done and thank you for sharing. :flowerforyou:
  • julesg100
    julesg100 Posts: 109 Member
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    Wow, you look great! Great job!:happy:
  • ladyfingers39
    ladyfingers39 Posts: 335
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    Wow, you are so cute, good job!
  • realhousewife_windsor
    realhousewife_windsor Posts: 63 Member
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    You look great
  • rachmass1
    rachmass1 Posts: 470 Member
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    Awesome! So actually increasing calories after 9-months? 1700 per day certainly seems like a good place to be at maintenance to slow loss so this is nice to hear

    FTR, you look great. Thanks for sharing
  • mamapaints
    mamapaints Posts: 206 Member
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    Wow, you are doing so fabulous! Good job!
  • BuckeyeBoi
    BuckeyeBoi Posts: 233 Member
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    Looking good kiddo!
  • k8lyn_235
    k8lyn_235 Posts: 507 Member
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    that's amazing! you look great :) keep up the awesome work!!
  • TXchris
    TXchris Posts: 54 Member
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    So proud of you! You are doing AMAZINGLY well! Keep up the strong work!
  • JRRCLR
    JRRCLR Posts: 353
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    Beautiful Amber! And might I say I love the lighter hair color! :)
  • Muslimah1218
    Muslimah1218 Posts: 65 Member
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    AWESOME
  • ELee0517
    ELee0517 Posts: 83 Member
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    You look fantastic!
  • tabithajoyy
    tabithajoyy Posts: 680 Member
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    What a transformation! Awesome job!
  • cp37
    cp37 Posts: 36
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    Amazing! You look gorgeous!
  • jclark21
    jclark21 Posts: 23 Member
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    You were so pretty at your starting weight and you just got more and more beautiful as you got healthier. Very inspiring for those who are in it fr the health, but still want to look good :)
  • iuew
    iuew Posts: 624 Member
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    congratulations!

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