20 Pounds Lost! (PICS)

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  • angelashay42
    angelashay42 Posts: 286
    Great job! How'd you do it? What exercise program did you use??

    Honestly, the biggest change I made was in my diet.
    Before I ate a lot of pasta, potatoes, white bread, white rice, etc.
    I swapped all those out for whole grain bread, brown rice, quinoa, sweet potatoes, and lots of oatmeal.

    Before I ate a lot of sugar: candy, chocolate, popcicles, ice cream, brownies, etc.
    Now I eat A LOT of fruit. I eat watermelon, berries, apples, and bananas. I incorporate some fruit into my diet every day to take care of my sweet tooth. And when that's not enough, I bake healthy alternatives. I make blueberry muffins with oatmeal instead of flour and a sugar/stevia blend instead of brown sugar and unsweetened applesauce and eggwhites instead of oil and whole eggs. I also make pie with sugar free vanilla pudding and lots of fresh berries.

    I swapped out french fries for sweet potatoes and frozen meals (which have a ton of sodium) for Amy's Organic frozen meals. I also eat a TON of cottage cheese, greek yogurt, edamame, and all natural peanut butter for protein.

    On MFP I track my protein, my fiber, and my carbs.

    As for exercise, I walk my dog 1 to 3 miles a day and I do 30 minutes of Yoga/stretching/resistence training 5 nights a week.

    Thank you all so much for the kind words. I wish each one of you good luck in your journey. Stay focused on your health, both mentally and physically. When you learn to love yourself, it makes it a lot easier to make healthy choices.
  • angelashay42
    angelashay42 Posts: 286
    You look great! Looks like you dropped a few pant sizes too!! Great Job!

    For those who are curious, I am 5'3" and I went from 150lbs to 130lbs. My pant size went from a 14 to an 8.
  • courtrptr13
    courtrptr13 Posts: 272
    Congrats on your progress! You look fabulous!
  • JennMcGlone
    JennMcGlone Posts: 28 Member
    WTG!!
  • frizico
    frizico Posts: 30
    GOOD FOR YOU!!! Huge difference!! I've lost nearly 20 pounds but there is not at all the difference that I see in your pics! LOL

    Big accomplishment and you must feel great!
  • 2012slimjim
    2012slimjim Posts: 66 Member
    Huge congrats to you. I'd lost 20 pounds as of this morning too xxx great feeling x
  • angelashay42
    angelashay42 Posts: 286
    GOOD FOR YOU!!! Huge difference!! I've lost nearly 20 pounds but there is not at all the difference that I see in your pics! LOL

    Big accomplishment and you must feel great!

    I'm sure there is a difference. It is hard to see a difference in yourself but others can definitely see it. Good work! Congrats!
  • IndyMode
    IndyMode Posts: 54 Member
    Way to go! I'm trying to lose 20 pounds too,
  • littlebuddy84
    littlebuddy84 Posts: 995 Member
    Wow u look so much smaller all over. Well done :-)
  • deysha31
    deysha31 Posts: 11
    Congratulations... you look beautiful!!!
  • Dubfromga
    Dubfromga Posts: 2 Member
    Well done!!!!!!

    You look great.
  • yvonnemctear
    yvonnemctear Posts: 6
    Wow! you look amazing....it`s all good reading about success stories, but seeing before and after pic....that`s what keeps me motivated, Well done :-)
  • dvcab
    dvcab Posts: 78
    you should be proud of yourself i bet you not only feel better about yourself but your energy would have increased as well which is just a wonderful side effect of losing weight
  • EyesOfBlue68
    EyesOfBlue68 Posts: 49
    Congrats!! You look great!!!
  • DaphneSW
    DaphneSW Posts: 117 Member
    that's awesome!!!! :D
    well done :)
  • icandothis318
    icandothis318 Posts: 40 Member
    You look great. Job well done!
  • diana109
    diana109 Posts: 113 Member
    Congrats, you look amazing!!
  • magoch
    magoch Posts: 134
    Wow -- that's a really noticible difference! Congratulations!
  • elis_mama
    elis_mama Posts: 308 Member
    You look great! Awesome job!
  • candoit14
    candoit14 Posts: 19 Member
    Great Job! You look great
  • katiekeene
    katiekeene Posts: 2
    :wink: wonderful job, so happy for you, can't wait till it me saying that too....
  • blueeylb
    blueeylb Posts: 297 Member
    you look great, congrats!
  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    Congrats!!! Look beautiful!
  • ep3926
    ep3926 Posts: 8
    Awesome job! Thanks for the motivation! I can identify with that and see that it could be me saying I've lost 16 pounds! I'm 5'6" and 151 - I'd like to get back down to 135. I've never lost that much before. But, will do. Thank you and congratulations!
  • angelashay42
    angelashay42 Posts: 286
    Thank you all for the kind comments and encouragement. I never thought I could do it. For years I told myself that I was just a chubby girl and there was not much I could do about it. But I was so wrong.
    You can acheive your goals too. Just stay focused and believe in yourself. =)
  • desiree516
    desiree516 Posts: 48 Member
    You look fantastic, great job!
  • paodream
    paodream Posts: 5
    In how long you lost those 20 pounds?? I need to get rid of 17 pounds in 2 months

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