30DS Results/Halfway to Goal!

Hi all!

I'm a little nervous about posting here, but the Success Stories board has been a constant source of inspiration for me since I started with MFP.

I've been overweight my whole life. In 2006-ish, I lost 90 lbs with Nutrisystem. As soon as I stopped eating their food, I started gaining weight back. And then I had two (awesome!) children, and I found myself 10 lbs from my highest weight ever. This is me at 233 or so, in July 2011:



I joined a weight loss challenge through my husband's work and lost 20 lbs. And then I stopped trying. I gained and lost the same 5 lbs for 4 or 5 months. I finally decided to join ANOTHER weight loss challenge through my husband's work and have been steadily losing since February. I'm 5'6.5" and my ultimate goal is to be in a size 6. My best guess is that's somewhere around 140, although I don't know for sure. This morning, the scale said I've made it just over halfway!

After the weight loss challenge was done, I knew I needed something else to focus on, so I decided to (re)start the 30DS. I have a group of friends who've been helping me through it, and I'm EXTREMELY proud to say that I completed it straight through. All 30 days of June, I was shredding.

Before and after, front view:



Before and after, side view:



On June 1st, I was comfortably in a size 16. As of today, I'm comfortably in a size 14! These are my stats:

Weight: down 4.6
Body fat %: down 1.3%
Bust: down 3.75"
Waist: down 1.75"
Hips: down 4"
L thigh: down 2"
R thigh: down 2.25"
L arm: down 1"
R arm: down 1"

Total inches lost: 15.75!

Usually, a clothing size for me is about 13 lbs. It's amazing to me that it was 4.6 lbs this time. I'm working really hard to get over my dependence on the scale, and that definitely helps.

Side note: sorry about the dirty mirror! Why do they only look dirty in pictures??