ALMOST there! ~90lbs lost in about 10 months.

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  • vrt235
    vrt235 Posts: 2
    You are amazing Joy! This post makes me cry tears of happiness!
  • AimeeLynn90
    AimeeLynn90 Posts: 94
    Amazing job, wow!
  • lesita75
    lesita75 Posts: 379 Member
    You look amazing!
  • yelpat
    yelpat Posts: 414 Member
    Uh-mazing. Congrats!
  • missymouse38
    missymouse38 Posts: 4
    You look awesome!! Congrats!:happy:
  • krbates84
    krbates84 Posts: 96 Member
    Way to go girl!
  • truebeauty76
    truebeauty76 Posts: 5
    Wow!! You look awesome!
  • silvergurl518
    silvergurl518 Posts: 4,123 Member
    now that is what i call INSPIRATION.
  • Laura2003
    Laura2003 Posts: 2 Member
    Answers to your questions:

    I'm 31 years old (just added this into the original post)

    I started out walking. Slowly. Painfully slowly. Currently, I run anywhere from 3-10 miles per day. I've only done 8, 9, and 10 mile runs a handful of times. I'd say my average is more like 4-5 miles a day.

    Where do I find the time? My local YMCA offers 2 hours of daily babysitting as part of the family membership. I take FULL advantage of that. I recently had a friend ask me if I feel guilty putting the kids in childcare daily so I can exercise. My answer was not at ALL. And I followed up by saying I'd feel a heck of a lot more guilty if I died of a heart attack at age 40, leaving them motherless.

    You've been such an inspiration. It's only been in the last few days that I've let go of the guilt of putting the kids into the play area every day. It's actually great for all of us, since the child area is so darn fancy at our gym, the kids WANT to go.
  • Bronx_Montgomery
    Bronx_Montgomery Posts: 2,284 Member
    Oh wow!! You look amazing!! AMazing progress!
  • jenny95662
    jenny95662 Posts: 997 Member
    Answers to your questions:

    I'm 31 years old (just added this into the original post)

    I started out walking. Slowly. Painfully slowly. Currently, I run anywhere from 3-10 miles per day. I've only done 8, 9, and 10 mile runs a handful of times. I'd say my average is more like 4-5 miles a day.

    Where do I find the time? My local YMCA offers 2 hours of daily babysitting as part of the family membership. I take FULL advantage of that. I recently had a friend ask me if I feel guilty putting the kids in childcare daily so I can exercise. My answer was not at ALL. And I followed up by saying I'd feel a heck of a lot more guilty if I died of a heart attack at age 40, leaving them motherless.

    You've been such an inspiration. It's only been in the last few days that I've let go of the guilt of putting the kids into the play area every day. It's actually great for all of us, since the child area is so darn fancy at our gym, the kids WANT to go.

    i have a membership to the ymca and my kids love going to play at the day care (kids aer 5 and 2) my 5 yr old makes me wait till she gets out of school to go so she can come lmao
  • itwasntme
    itwasntme Posts: 28 Member
    You look amazing!! Congrats! Your story is very inspiring! Thanks for sharing!
  • AshP2012
    AshP2012 Posts: 1
    Congratulations! You look great
  • RCIA
    RCIA Posts: 14
    WOW CONGRATS GREAT JOB !!!! It seems like such a long road when you have alot to lose so you are inspiration to me:)
  • nomayo
    nomayo Posts: 228
    WOW! Awesome job.
  • AmyP619
    AmyP619 Posts: 1,137 Member
    Absolutely amazing. You look wonderful! Congrats!
  • ladimahagoni
    ladimahagoni Posts: 28
    Awesome! Way to go!
  • Chelle_Davis
    Chelle_Davis Posts: 241
    You look wonderful!!!
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    Wow, you look amazing!!! :flowerforyou:

    And what an inspiring story. Way to go! :drinker:
  • bizgirl26
    bizgirl26 Posts: 1,795 Member
    You look fantastic. I bet you feel that way too
  • Brandybeayon
    Brandybeayon Posts: 51 Member
    Amazing Job!!!!!
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    CONGRATS you look amazing
  • NebraskaBBW
    NebraskaBBW Posts: 29 Member
    you look like a new person!!!!
  • iamfranniefierce
    iamfranniefierce Posts: 305 Member
    U seriously ROCK!
  • YepLilly
    YepLilly Posts: 129 Member
    Let's see. A year ago this week I had a debilitating spinal cord injury due to a herniated disc. I had emergency surgery and was in a rehab hospital for almost a month because I was paralyzed from the waist down. It's a miracle I regained sensation as much as I have. The neurosurgeon said the best way to prevent this from happening again is to lose weight and strengthen my core. So I took him VERY seriously.

    The first day I walked a quarter mile around my neighborhood, with a CANE! I just kept at it, every single day. Walking longer, farther, faster, adding in jogging after a few months, then walking with running, and now full on running.

    The key for me has been consistency.


    So inspiring! Congrats!!
  • kgeldreich
    kgeldreich Posts: 73
    Thank you for sharing---such a great example of regaining your mobility and focusing on your health! You look fantastic :)
  • stacymama5
    stacymama5 Posts: 391 Member
    You look amazing!!! Congratulations on your success!!!
  • monilove78
    monilove78 Posts: 100 Member
    That's an awesome testimony! Great job.
  • berkra
    berkra Posts: 78 Member
    These are the pictures that inspire me
    This is a story that inspires me

    I am always tempted to take pictures and stories like this to hand them out to friends and family even strangers in a restaurant

    wait, they will tell me that I need to remove the tree out of my eye before I talk about their splinter...

    Godd job, happy for you
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    Amazing! Even more so with what youve been through! Congrats x

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