64 lbs gone! pics!! before and DURING!

Wow, absolutely gorgeous! I have a son that's 21 and single.....wink, wink....:bigsmile:

^This :laugh:

Wtg op!!! Good luck with the final push

You have dimples now!! You've done so well. You look phenomenal! Well done!

keep up the good work! your doing an great job!

Wow you look amazing!

I thnk it is normal to have a plateau after such a loss. This is where most people give up. Take another look at your diet, perhaps it needs a shake up and I agree with all the strength training comments. You look beautiful as you are though, just keep at it and you will start to lose again

You are doing amazing! You were beautiful before but dang, you are just glowing now!

Fantastic transformation! Don't stop you can reach your goal. You look great.

You look FABULOUS!!! Keep up the great job you're doing!!

SUPER weight loss story! You look so happy! My congratulations. I have been talking to many good friends about why they plateau and have sent this equation to them to help out. Try this to see if it works.

BMR is the amount of calories needed to survive in a coma. Maintenance calories are BMR x activity level.

Go here to find your BMR: http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/:happy:

Chose one:

Sedentary: BMR x 1.2 = xxxx calories

Lightly Active: BMR x 1.375 = xxxx calories

Moderately Active: BMR x 1.55 = xxxx calories

Vigorously Active: BMR x 1.725 = xxxx calories

Extremely Active: BMR x 1.9 = xxxx calories

So, based on your daily activity level, which depends mostly on your job, you would be at any of those calorie levels. Take that number, subtract 500, and that's your calorie goal. If you burn extra calories by exercising, you add those to your goal.

For example, my BMR is 1793 and I have a sedentary life.

1793 x 1.2 = 2151 Calories
2151 – 500 = 1651 Calories

So, if I do not exercise at all today, I will need to burn 1651 Calories

However, say I burned up 490 calories exercising today. I would take the 1651+ 490 = 2141

This means by the end of the day I would need to have burned 2141 calories to lose a pound a week. Make sense?

Eat all your calories and eat a green diet (stay away from light colored foods like breads, pastas etc.) EAT YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES! Do not leave calories uneaten by the end of the day.

Good luck and you can add me if you want to! Keep you chin up and stay healthy!

you look fantastic!!

I started fitnesspal.com in May of 2011. I have lost 58 lbs using fitnesspal, and the other 6 just... just eating something different.

I am 5'6. 21 years old. I lost 21 lbs by my 20th birthday (July 2011) and then lost the rest.

I am kind of at a stand still and have been for the last couple of months. I hope by posting this I will be inspired (be able to look back and really see how far I've come) and gain some new friends to inspire me to go forward! I still want to get down to 148 and then 128. So, I have a bit of ways to go.

I rely on God for grace. I exercise by doing zumba and walking/running. I eat my calories and try not to eat over. I do splurge sometimes (that is not to be encouraged though), and if I can do it ANYONE can. I have been big since I was 15 years old, and this is the first time in 7 years I've been under 200. I am so happy to be getting my life back and excited to actually LIVE my 20s!

Height: 5'6
S-BMI: 39.7 OBESE II
C-BMI: 30.6 OBESE I
Highest weight: 260 lbs
Lowest weight: 148 lbs
Starting weight: 246.2 lbs
Current weight: 189.4 lbs

Started out as a size 22 going on 24. Now I am a size 14.

you look awesome. Way to go. Feel free to add me. i need encouragement like this

WOW you look so so wonderful!!! so pretty! Congrats!!!