I've lost 50 pounds! (Lots of pics!)

I've always struggled with my weight. But because everyone in my family was overweight, I figured I was just stuck that way, too.
But I decided to end that during my junior year of high school. I was 5'7", 17 years old, and 212+ pounds. Size 14 jeans. Nearing the need for an XL tshirt.
So I started running in February 2011.
I joined the high school cross country team that August. I was the slowest runner on the team, but I was out there. I was running. I was doing better than most people.

This is me in May 2009 (unknown weight).


June 2009


Between then and the next picture I went through a break-up (in which I was told to lose weight), a depression swing, and the stress of my sophomore and junior years of high school.
Here I am at prom 2011 (junior year). Dress shopping was a nightmare. I couldn't shop where I wanted to shop because they didn't have my size. This is dress size 19/20. That's as big as they go at shops like J.C. Penny. Weight - 204



Oh my gosh... even looking at the picture is awful... I thought I looked so pretty and cute... I didn't.

Over the summer I started watching my food intake. I started realizing how much I was eating. And I began working at eating because of hunger, not because of boredom or emotions.

August 2011 - the beginning of cross country season (running starting in February, through the summer). Weight - 186


September 2011 - (sorry. only pic I have is of me at the gun range!) Weight - 181


November 2011 - Weight - 175


I stopped exercising and logging for a while. I gained a few pounds. Mid-February 2012 I was back up to 180. I decided to kick my butt into gear. I was not going to be fat any longer.

April 2012 - Weight - 167
This is the exact same dress I wore to prom the year before... only a size 9/10 rather than a 19/20.


May 8 2012 - Weight - 163 (-49 pounds. Dress size 12)


Two days later I stepped onto the scale to see a wonderful, beautiful red number shining up at me. 162. That's me minus 50 pounds. I never thought I would make it. I really never did. I've been the fat kid since middle school. I'm no longer the fat kid. I'm considering buying a bikini. (At the very least I'm buying a new swim suit. Mine is old and too big!)

I would still like to lose 20-30 more pounds. I'm heading off to college in the fall and I know my biggest goal will be keeping the weight off, not necessarily losing weight.

So I went from 212+ to 162 pounds. Size 14 jeans to size 8. Dress size ? (not sure since that was a formal dress. They are sized differently) to a roomy 12 (almost 10 but my boobs are a bit too big! :P)

edited to fix pictures.