Texas Teacher, 45 lbs in 3 months

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univoftexasbabe
univoftexasbabe Posts: 13
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This is my second update. Pics on the left were taken April 9th at 235 lbs. Pics on the right were taken July 10th at 192 lbs.

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  • jenny95662
    jenny95662 Posts: 997 Member
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    This is my second update. Pics on the left were taken April 9th at 235 lbs. Pics on the right were taken July 10th at 192 lbs.

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    your doing fantastic congrats
  • danilee1020
    danilee1020 Posts: 85 Member
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    Looking good, how are you doing it??
  • HeatherDee92
    HeatherDee92 Posts: 218 Member
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    SO GREAT! Congrats girl! You deserve it!
  • alycat06
    alycat06 Posts: 75
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    Awesome work! You can definitely see a difference. Keep up the good work!
  • pomag
    pomag Posts: 1
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    yea!!! Way to go!!!! Very inspiring!
  • elainealston1
    elainealston1 Posts: 4
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    You look like you are doing excellent! Did you go below your sug. calories. Tell me what you are doing!
  • lisabella501
    lisabella501 Posts: 8
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    You can really tell the difference! Great job:flowerforyou:
  • ctroni
    ctroni Posts: 18 Member
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    Please share your success tips for your weight loss. I too am a teacher and spending 5 to 6 days exercising. I have also kept my calories below 1300. Can't wait for your response.
  • ewhirly02
    ewhirly02 Posts: 31 Member
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    That is great!! Congrats on your progress in the last few months!!
  • sheiwat
    sheiwat Posts: 47
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    I 2nd ctroni.....:)
  • krazykristen123
    krazykristen123 Posts: 103 Member
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    From one Texas girl to another
    You look awesome! Keep up the
    great work!(:
  • jfatheree78
    jfatheree78 Posts: 78 Member
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    Great progress!
  • Aim0419
    Aim0419 Posts: 5
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    Excellent job! Keep up the great work! I am a teacher also--not in Texas though! :-)
  • lynn14
    lynn14 Posts: 116
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    You have done great!!! I never thought about taking a pic before I started the weight loss journey. You're pics makes me realize I needed to! It is so incredible!!
    Let's be friends!!
  • univoftexasbabe
    univoftexasbabe Posts: 13
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    Hi everyone,

    Thanks for the nice words! To answer the question "What am I doing?", I don't entirely know where to start, because I literally did a lifestyle overhaul. I ate tons of fast food before and did not exercise at all (not even 1x a week). When I started my diet on April 9th, these are the changes I made:

    - No soda at all (diet or otherwise)
    - 8-10 glasses of water a day
    - No fast food (I did eat a Wendy's grilled chicken sandwich in a moment of desperation on a roadtrip and I didn't die so....)
    - No fried foods
    - VERY few restaurant trips (It is too difficult to eat healthy in a restaurant, and it's easier to just cook for myself!)
    - Running, walking, or doing the Insanity DVD 3-4x a week
    - No white bread, potatoes only once a month, no cereal or sugary carbs
    - No baking (cookies, cakes, etc.) I was a huge baker before

    It has not been easy. I hate when people say that!!! It has been SO SO hard! But my body has picked up on that this is my "new normal" and now I can't eat as much as I used to, and I do not crave the same food like I used to. So what do I eat? A typical day looks like this:
    - Special K cereal bar for breakfast, plus skim milk with Low Sugar Choc. Milk Mix
    - Turkey Sandwich on "light" wheat bread with 1 tbsp. mayo
    - Dinner is usually a light version of something I used to cook (like Spaghetti with Turkey meatballs instead of ground beef, and Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta)

    My intermittent goal is to get to 180 which is the lowest weight I can remember weighing as an adult. Long term I'd like to be sitting at about 170. I am 5'8" for reference, and at 192 lbs I wear a size 12 in jeans and dresses.
  • karina530
    karina530 Posts: 41 Member
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    Great job!!
  • univoftexasbabe
    univoftexasbabe Posts: 13
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    Whoops! Forgot to say that I consistently eat less than 1200 calories a day (1200 is what MFP "gave" me). My body has not gone into starvation mode, and I am not hungry. I am averaging probably 900 cals/day.
  • ashprather
    ashprather Posts: 227 Member
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    you look awesome! keep up the great work!
  • sheiwat
    sheiwat Posts: 47
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    Whoops! Forgot to say that I consistently eat less than 1200 calories a day (1200 is what MFP "gave" me). My body has not gone into starvation mode, and I am not hungry. I am averaging probably 900 cals/day.
  • sheiwat
    sheiwat Posts: 47
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    Whoops! Forgot to say that I consistently eat less than 1200 calories a day (1200 is what MFP "gave" me). My body has not gone into starvation mode, and I am not hungry. I am averaging probably 900 cals/day.

    900 plus exercise....so u don't eat back exercise calories?

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