(US) Size 12/14 to a size 6/8 - please share :)

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  • laurastrait21
    laurastrait21 Posts: 307 Member
    i love this thread!!! i want to look like all of you. bump bump!
  • sxyfitmomandwife
    sxyfitmomandwife Posts: 328 Member
    I STARTED AT 14/16

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  • tj1971
    tj1971 Posts: 40 Member
    You people ROCK! I started as a tight 16/18, currently moved into a 14. When I started this my goal was a 12...I obviously need to re-think this. I am 5'3" and didn't want to get "ahead of myself" goal wise. So excited to see this thread and the possibilities. Thank you!
  • Ingadinga
    Ingadinga Posts: 28 Member
    I started losing in August 2009, lost around 10 lbs in a year just by eating breakfast and packing my own lunch.
    Then in August 2011 I joined weight watchers. Lost 20 lbs in 4 months, and then I switched to MFP and lost an additional 15lbs. I mainly eat unprocessed foods, a lot of fish and olive oil, avocado, eggs. I weight lift once a week (I should do this more but I figure once is better than none at the moment), and run around a total of 15 miles a week. I also try to do yoga here and there.
    I started at a size 14, and now I am about a size 6. Excuse the Victoria Secret dressing room pic, it's seriously the only picture of my whole body at the moment!
    Starting weight=185lbs Current Weight=140lbs Height=5'7"

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  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    @trophywife24- congratulations!!!!! Awesome results:)

    aw, thank you. :) I'm working on the last 10 or so lbs now so I have to look back at my "before" pictures once in a while, ha.
  • TXStephSki
    TXStephSki Posts: 26 Member
    I am 5"7, 155.5, started out at 165 and a tight size 12, now at a comfortable 10, but a long way to go!!! Thank you to everyone for posting in here, I feel like I have found my people! You guys are so inspiring!
  • belle_7
    belle_7 Posts: 18
    OMG!! YOU LOOK GREAT!!!! Good Job...
  • sara6442
    sara6442 Posts: 9 Member
    you have all done so well, very inspiring, I hope it wont be too long before I am putting my pictures up..
  • Rockmyskinnyjeans
    Rockmyskinnyjeans Posts: 431 Member
    I'm going to try this again, with the photos.

    I was 191 lbs at 5'7" and a size 12 (US). I started losing the weight in the end of January 2012 when I joined the Biggest Loser Challenge at the gym on base. Before I joined MFP in mid-March, I lost around 10 1/2 lbs and I have lost almost 30 lbs since then. I am a 6, sometimes an 8, at 152 lbs now. I do exercise, but most importantly I keep count of calories, carbs, protein, etc. I don't deprive myself of anything that I want, I just have to make sure it fits in the macros.

    The pic on the left is me, at my heaviest 191, and the pic on the right was taken Saturday.
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    The pic on the left is me in mid-March, right before I joined MFP, and the pic on the right is a couple of weeks ago.
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  • This sounds just like me. I joined yesterday, and need some friends to get GOING....please add me!

    SW: 218 (April 2012)
    SW: 206 (started MFP, 7/17/12)
    MG: 180
    MG: 175
    MG: 155
    GW: 135 - 145

    I'm dying to know how long this is going to take me. In the past (and before I had children x 4) I always dropped a lot of weight at the beginning of any diet. It hasn't happened this time, but I feel like tracking food and exercise will greatly improve my numbers. Starting off in the low 200's has anyone had a good jumpstart? I'd love to start aiming for the month that I can look forward to serious results. Oh and if it was workout videos or the gym? I bet I can find this info out after becoming friends? Newbie alert!!!
    : )
    I'm a size 16 at the moment....5'8

    Thanks
    M
  • Bikr
    Bikr Posts: 1
    Wow, so good to see others in the same boat. I'll keep reading for inspiration.
  • jesss5885
    jesss5885 Posts: 187 Member
    I am 5"7, 155.5, started out at 165 and a tight size 12, now at a comfortable 10, but a long way to go!!! Thank you to everyone for posting in here, I feel like I have found my people! You guys are so inspiring!

    it really goes to show that weight is just a number...I'm also 5"7 and at 165 i was an 8! at 175 i'm a true 10 and 185 is a 12, but can squeeze into some 10's.
    CRAZY!
  • SexyLovinmeCook
    SexyLovinmeCook Posts: 1,393 Member
    You guys look amazing!!! I am definitely inspired....
  • kknana
    kknana Posts: 19 Member
    I'm same height. Size 16 now. What did you do?
  • WaxMama
    WaxMama Posts: 369 Member
    bumpity bump for inspiration... you all ROCK! :wink:
  • shelbynicole32
    shelbynicole32 Posts: 179 Member
    I'm in this boat...
    5'7" started at size 12/14 170-175 pounds.
    (20 pounds down) now a strong 12.
    My goal is size 8 and goal weight is 135-140.
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    I started out at a size 12/14. I'm currently a 6-8. :wink:

    You look GREAT!
    You look amazing!!
  • zumba66girl
    zumba66girl Posts: 136
    bump :glasses:
  • Annette_rose
    Annette_rose Posts: 427 Member
    These pics are all sooooo amazing!!!! Very exciting and inspiring to see these!!
  • stacymama5
    stacymama5 Posts: 391 Member
    I am also 5'7" and have gone from a 12 to and 8 (sometimes a 6). I can't for the life of me figure out the picture by you can look at my pictures if you like.
  • hollyNhollywood
    hollyNhollywood Posts: 426 Member
    I STARTED AT 14/16

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    Yowsers!! What an incredible transformation! You look awesome!
  • lakerb85
    lakerb85 Posts: 7 Member
    Bump!
  • I'm 5'8" and started as a tight size 12 weighing 190 lbs. Over the last 7.5 months, I've lost 45 lbs and am now a comfortable size 6. Basically I tracked EVERYTHING I ate, learned to eat cleaner, cut out pop and fast food, and now enjoy my favorite foods (which happen to be not so great for you) in moderation instead of multiple times a week. I also work out 6-7 days/week either on the elliptical, doing workout videos (I love 30 Day Shred & am a Beachbody coach), doing Zumba, playing tennis, and running. I love to switch things up so I don't get bored! I honestly never thought eating right and exercising would become a lifestyle for me, but it definitely has - I love it!

    My Before:

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    You look great! love your swim suit!

    My Afters:

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  • FitCurves444
    FitCurves444 Posts: 169 Member
    When I started my journey ..... hmmm... almost 4 years ago, I was a snug size 14.... probably more like a 16. I started to work-out with a group of friends. The 5 of us were paying for a professional trainer and he worked us.... HARD! Of course, he included a meal plan that I followed religiously for 6 weeks. The meal plan was so strict that I stopped losing weight at the 3 week mark. I did a little research....changed up some things.....Six months later, I was a snug size 10. The difference was so noticeable that people were flocking to me... to touch the hem of my garment to see if they too could lose the weight.

    I have continued my healthy habits and I am now a size 4... sometimes a 6... and other times...eh-hem... even a size 2, depending on the designer. My goal is to be a size 2, hence my user name. The change has come over the span of 3.5 years. It is the fierce determination to LOVE the new you that will create a new body. You have to be a size 6 in your mind before you see it in the mirror! In my mind, I Am a size 2.... and so I act like a size 2. What would a size 2 Rikki do? Mind over matter? Sometimes you need the mind to move the matter!

    And that is how it's done, ladies and gentlemen.
  • MelanieAG05
    MelanieAG05 Posts: 359 Member
    bump for inspiration - even though i am from uk!
  • ktrn0312
    ktrn0312 Posts: 722 Member
    Bump. Great inspiration from all.
  • Timby1
    Timby1 Posts: 294 Member
    Very exciting! I'm 5'6" and started at 198 and a tight 16. Always thought I probably wouldn't go lower than a size 12, but now I'm kinda thinking it's a possibility..just looking forward right now to getting comfortably in a 14, but don't want to get stuck there.
  • mandy031383
    mandy031383 Posts: 94 Member
    bump
  • Royaltvii
    Royaltvii Posts: 160 Member
    Bump for inspiration:
    started at size 16shirt/18 pants...lost close to 30 lbs and I am still in a size 16shirt/18 pants (though in some shirts I can get down to a size 14 depending on the tightness around the lower belly)....go figure!!!
  • Medtech2004
    Medtech2004 Posts: 55 Member
    bump - You all look AMAZING!!! Great job! I have lost 2 pants sizes too but will have to locate pictures....
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