Six months using MFP with pics

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dbrightwell1270
dbrightwell1270 Posts: 1,732 Member
This is the first time I am attempting to post pics. I hope this works. About 4 years ago I weigh what I estimate to be 465 pounds. Most likely it was more but I'll never know for sure. Over about a six month period of intense dieting, I lost 20 pounds. Around that time, a friend who lost his job came to live with me and start fixing meals. While he was here my weight dropped from 445 to 412 in a matter of about 7 weeks. After he left, I went back to my old ways and climbed back to 438. That was 2.5 years ago. The day after my 39th birthday I said I wasn't going to look and feel like I that when I was 40. I set out to lose weight. I was successful in the sense that I lost about 130 pounds in 6 months. Unfortunately, my diet, while healthy, was too limited to be sustainable and I gained back close to 50 pounds over the next six months. I stayed around 380ish until January 9, 2012, when I started using this site. In the 6 months I've gone from 382 to 308. I've added muscle and feel so much better. Here are my pictures.

From May 2008, estimated weight of 465.

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I don't have one from my first month on MFP. This one was taken February 11. I was about 363.

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This picture is from this morning.

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  • PuggleLover
    PuggleLover Posts: 261 Member
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    Wow - what an amazing journey... keep up the good work. You look great.
  • NannersBalletLegs
    NannersBalletLegs Posts: 207 Member
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    That's a huge difference! Keep up the good work. :)
  • Desika87
    Desika87 Posts: 111
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    GREAT progress! Congrats! :-) You look very happy and years younger! :-)
  • 1a1a
    1a1a Posts: 761 Member
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    Looking good :-) and you have a great smile :-D
  • lstnlondry
    lstnlondry Posts: 1,794 Member
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    I am so very proud of you!
  • OneDayFree
    OneDayFree Posts: 11 Member
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    Great job. This site keeps me going.
  • Mickey2u
    Mickey2u Posts: 21 Member
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    Good job. I hope to have the same success.
  • matwilkins
    matwilkins Posts: 3 Member
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    Just started this site. Your weight loss is a great. Glad to see success stories using this site.
  • pam6870
    pam6870 Posts: 100 Member
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    Great work!!
  • crooks_RN
    crooks_RN Posts: 69
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    what a huge difference! great job!
  • veduffey
    veduffey Posts: 73
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    Keep up the good work!
  • jmoralesx5
    jmoralesx5 Posts: 128 Member
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    You are looking great man. What a success story. You made a decision to do something about it and stuck it out...
  • ckane22312
    ckane22312 Posts: 21 Member
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    Way to go. Very inspiring. Keep up the good work. You look great!
  • FreedomReigns
    FreedomReigns Posts: 195 Member
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    Great job ...keep up the great work :)
  • SparkleShine
    SparkleShine Posts: 2,001 Member
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    You look great! Keep up the good work! :flowerforyou:
  • guapogringo
    guapogringo Posts: 201
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    Keep it up the great work.
  • tabulator32
    tabulator32 Posts: 701 Member
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    Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!

    Keep the momentum!
  • simplyme99
    simplyme99 Posts: 68 Member
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    Awesome job! Keep up the good work!
  • RiaLucia
    RiaLucia Posts: 121
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    You're doing well--keep it up!
  • basslinewild
    basslinewild Posts: 294 Member
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    Congrats! You look younger
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