Over halfway to Goal PICS!!!

hml86
hml86 Posts: 215 Member
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I started my lifestyle change and joined MFP in January 2012. Started at the heaviest I've ever been at 212lbs. Keep in mind I'm only 5'3". I decided I needed to change my eating habits and start eating healthy and drop this weight. I'm so glad I did, with all the support from my friends on here and at work, who joined MFP and lost weight with me, it kept me motivated and dedicated! I am currently weighing 169lbs. Alittle over halfway to my goal, I still have about 34lbs to go! I couldn't tell how much I lost until I started putting together before and after pictures!! It seems that looking in the mirror now, for some reason I still have that image I see of me still being HUGE!!! Is it just me or does anyone else have this problem too?? Sorry my picture of me at my heaviest is blurry, like ALOT of us, I hated taking full body pics of myself!

Pictures: left 212lbs. Middle -30lbs. Right -43lbs
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Can even see a big difference in my face

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  • JWmovin4ward
    JWmovin4ward Posts: 179 Member
    Wow, amazing results! You should be very proud, keep up the great work!! :drinker:
  • cheylene6
    cheylene6 Posts: 2
    You look fantastic! You are an inspiration.
  • bogotachica
    bogotachica Posts: 81
    You look great!
  • alycat06
    alycat06 Posts: 75
    Congrats! I'm also 5'3, so your story gave me an encouragement boost. Thanks! :)
  • laughingnome
    laughingnome Posts: 259 Member
    what a beautiful inspiration
  • lc971
    lc971 Posts: 104 Member
    You look fantastic!
  • mdsjmom98
    mdsjmom98 Posts: 333 Member
    gorgeous!! what's your secret??? I started 1/30/12, and have lost 25....
  • cip1
    cip1 Posts: 31 Member
    wow, amazing job!
  • Tunia85
    Tunia85 Posts: 212 Member
    Wow! I can't believe you started in January and lost so much weight! You look great :happy: I'm ashamed of myself now!
  • abberbabber
    abberbabber Posts: 972 Member
    Congrats! You're absolutely beautiful :)
  • majordlite
    majordlite Posts: 266 Member
    You look just beautiful...well, you looked beautiful before, but you look healthier now, too. Great job!
  • yustick
    yustick Posts: 238 Member
    Great job! You look amazing. Thanks for posting.
  • zippymelanie68
    zippymelanie68 Posts: 105
    you look amazing!
  • Caro1991
    Caro1991 Posts: 97
    You look beautiful and happy... I am also 5'2/5'3 and my starting weight is 173, i started mfp a while ago but i just got serious last week.... Can i request you? What are you doing?
  • Sana1116
    Sana1116 Posts: 54 Member
    wow you look great! Yes I feel the same way , I've lost 13pounds so far and I dont see it at allllll. bt everyone else does aparently.!
    congrats on your sucess, I also started in january bt havent loss as well as you did. am around the same weight and height. can you give me any tips from your experience. how many cals? how much exercise? sugar? carbs...and so on. lol thanks in advance and again great loss! keep it up!
  • ejenkins24
    ejenkins24 Posts: 6
    all right!!! you look fantastic!! thanks for sharing those pictures, you are an inspiration!
  • PLUMSGRL
    PLUMSGRL Posts: 1,134 Member
    Still seeing yourself bigger is a common psychological occurrence referred to as mind/body split.
    Basically your mind hasn't caught up with you body's weight loss~
  • TheNewCrystal
    TheNewCrystal Posts: 100
    Can someone tell me how to add pics to posts?
  • potatoyam
    potatoyam Posts: 70 Member
    Almost 6 years ago I moved to Korea and lost 40 lbs there, I haven't gained that weight back but I still have issues with feeling quite large all the time. I'm not that small in general but I'm definitely WAY smaller than I was. Apparently in the weight loss aftermath it's easier for our bodies to change than it is for our minds to change. Just keep reminding yourself of how great you feel now vs. before. Keep up the good work!!!

    =D
  • hml86
    hml86 Posts: 215 Member
    gorgeous!! what's your secret??? I started 1/30/12, and have lost 25....

    Thank you!! I started January 3,2012. My fellow coworker and my boss and I decided to have a Biggest Loser Challenge at work and whom ever lost the most weight by April would be the biggest Loser! So we went on a low cal, carb, sugar, and sodium diet! I eat a lot of chicken, tunafish, seafood, mainly frozen veggies, (can goods have way too much sodium) and I drink lots of water. Atleast 96 oz a day, which most days makes me feel so full that I can't eat ALOT! I started exercising from day one...atleast 30 mins of cardio a day, by walking, ZUMBA, or circuit training! Everyone loses differently, you've done GREAT so far! You can do it, don't give up! Good luck!!
  • amibeachcomber
    amibeachcomber Posts: 28
    You look amazing! Yes, I have the same problem with body image and how I see myself. When I lost 72 pounds (very quickly) 4 years ago, I just couldn't wrap my mind around the fact that I was no longer heavy. Everyone said how great I looked and it wasn't easy hearing those compliments either. I have lost weight many times in my life only to gain it back .......and more. Not once did I look at myself as thin until I gained it all back and looked back at the pictures of my thin self, did I realize I was thin. Several women on the Biggest Loser have said they experienced the same thing. You look beautiful and I am inspired to take the before pictures of myself, too. I think I'll start a little scrap book and get the visual aspect of this whole journey recorded so that I can look at the pictures every week and maybe this will help me get used to seeing myself getting smaller over the next several months while the weight comes off. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
  • hml86
    hml86 Posts: 215 Member
    Thanks everyone!!! All these comments are Definitely giving me the motivation I need!! :))
  • rghelardi
    rghelardi Posts: 10
    So you lost over 40 lbs in less than 4 months? That's great! The only way I've done that before was by going to Quick Weight Loss Centers. I've gained it back, therefore this time I want to do it with exercise to speed up my metabolism. How did you do it? Any advice for me?
  • hml86
    hml86 Posts: 215 Member
    Wow! I can't believe you started in January and lost so much weight! You look great :happy: I'm ashamed of myself now!

    Thanks! Don't be ashamed of yourself, everyone loses at different rates. You do what you're capable of doing and losing! Just keep your mind set on reaching your goal and don't compare your weight loss to everyone else! I'm sure before long you'll be pairing pictures of your progress!! You can do it !!
  • mama_4
    mama_4 Posts: 1
    you look amazing I too look in the mirror and cant really see a difference but when i see myself in photos that when im like wow. keep up the good work!
  • teespikes
    teespikes Posts: 31
    Awsome Results! You should be very proud!
  • hml86
    hml86 Posts: 215 Member
    You look beautiful and happy... I am also 5'2/5'3 and my starting weight is 173, i started mfp a while ago but i just got serious last week.... Can i request you? What are you doing?

    Thank you so much! Yes I would love a request! Love adding new friends to share this journey with! I tried staying away from all those carb foods(rice, potatoes, & bread mostly which I LOVE) lol eat mostly chicken, tunafish, turkey ground meat, fish, shrimp, crawfish, tuna steaks, frozen veggies ( can goods have too much sodium) I lowered my sodium intake a lot which I find has helped me lose a lot more weight! I also drink about 96 oz of water a day everyday! I exercise daily either by walking or Zumba & I was doing circuit training!
  • vsay215
    vsay215 Posts: 44 Member
    You look great. Keep it up.
  • hml86
    hml86 Posts: 215 Member
    wow you look great! Yes I feel the same way , I've lost 13pounds so far and I dont see it at allllll. bt everyone else does aparently.!
    congrats on your sucess, I also started in january bt havent loss as well as you did. am around the same weight and height. can you give me any tips from your experience. how many cals? how much exercise? sugar? carbs...and so on. lol thanks in advance and again great loss! keep it up!

    :))tu!! CONGRATS on your weight loss! I guess being that we see ourselves everyday we can't notice a
    Difference until our clothes start feeling ALOT looser!! MFP set my calorie intake at 1200 so I try to stay very close to that! My exercises include cardio( walking & Zumba) I exercise for atleast 30 mind a day everyday sometime I'll do an hour! I try to stay away from sugars but being that fruit has so much of it, some days it's hard to keep it low! The first couple months I stayed clear of rice, potatoes and bread! Being that I live where every meal has to include all 3, right now it's hard to not have alittle of it! Lol I also do have a cheat day where I eat what I want and if I see something I want to eat, I have atleast a little bite of it to satisfy me! Please feel free to add me! :) good luck to you and just picture where u want to be and how much better you will feel about yourself!
  • kevin3344
    kevin3344 Posts: 702 Member
    Great job!

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