AlicynH Member

It actually took me loosing 50 lbs before I really started noticing a difference. Of course I was extremely big. Just keep going and as others have said, take pictures. I look at old pictures of me now and can't believe the difference.

Love your bright eyes.

Oh yeah!!! Before I started loosing weight, I would get looks and snickers as I walked through the mall. Especially if I was buying anything from the food court for my kids. People judge other people so fast. People totally look at me different now. Even with people I've known my whole life. I had my high school reunion…

43 from Northern Utah.

Utah. Born and raised. I love living near the mountains.

Rue 21. They have the cutest cloths.

My home made peanut butter cookies with chocolate butter cream frosting. My family begs me to make them. I used to be able to eat 4 - 5 at one time. Now I can hardly eat one. They are so rich.

Being told by my doctor that I had lost enough weight that I no longer needed blood pressure medication. Next would be when I compared pictures of me from high school and I'm thinner now. That was 25 years ago.

I love my cheek bones. When I was heavier, I couldn't see them at all. Now they stand out :smile:

I was really frustrated because I hadn't lost anything in a month. Today I did my monthly measures and have lost 2 inches off my waist and 1.5 inches off my hips. If you're working out, you're probably building muscle. Don't give up. Even if you're not loosing weight, you are getting healthy. Good luck.

As Dori would say, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming". When I started over 6 years ago, I weighed 396 lbs. I had gastric bypass surgery and lost 160 lbs. I ended up gaining back 60 of that. Last October I started at 300 again. I am now down to 227. I have had a really good…

I've had so many of those moments during my journey. 1. Getting into a smaller size 2. Being able to borrow my sister's cloths 3. Being able to finish a workout 4. Being thinner that when I graduated from high school 5. But the best one was when my doctor told me I no longer had to have my blood pressure medication.

I know Scary!!!

Chris Powell Workout Level 2

I still have about 60 lbs to go. I've lost 167 lbs so far.

Thank you. I was amazed when I put my 18 year pic and 43 year pic together. My 25 year high school reunion is in a couple of weeks and I'm really excited to go back. The funny thing is, I don't wear a lot of make up and I don't use special products to wash my face. I put moisturizer on maybe once a week during the summer.

My problem was that when I was so overweight, I only had mine about twice a year. Now I can pretty much pinpoint when I start. Although the more weight I lose, the worse PMS I get.

I was just saying the other day that I was going to go to hell. I ran into an old classmate from high school at the 4th of July celebration in my hometown. My school was small. I graduated with a class of 112 so everybody knew everybody. In school, she was the one who played volleyball and basketball. She was one of the…

Just today, I gave three bags of cloths to the local thrift store. The last time I lost weight, I kept most of my old cloths. When I started gaining weight again, I just pulled those out. I figured if I didn't have them, I couldn't use them. I usually buy my cloths either at the thrift store or on clearance. Until I reach…

I put my iPod in the receiver, turn it up loud and clean. Of course I have three kids (8,7,5) so I'm rarely home alone.

If you're anything like me, after a while, if you do eat something greasy, it will make you sick. I went out with my family yesterday to a fast food burger place and just walking in and smelling all the grease was gross. Keep up the good work!!!

I don't suffer from anything like that but since I've been eating better, whenever I eat anything greasy, it makes me sick. I went to a ball game tonight with my family and my kids wanted french fries. Since it was my son's birthday, I let them have them. Just the smell of all the grease was disgusting.

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Mine had to be yesterday. I went to the 4th of July celebrations in the town I grew up in. I was in line waiting to take my daughter to the bathroom when a woman that I have known my whole life, got in line behind me. I started talking to her. After a few minutes her grand kids were bugging her to go so she did. As I was…

I log my exercise but don't eat them back. I feel that if I'm eating back the calories I've burned, why did I burn them in the first place.

So I've got a story for you. When I was younger I watched a movie called Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes. In this movie the evil escaped into an antique lamp that had a huge ball lantern shade and brass arms. When it worked it's evil, the lamp glowed and the arms moved. A few years later I was in my apartment (very…

I've lost 167 lbs and still see the old me in the mirror. I say take pictures. That's what has helped me A LOT!!! I found a picture of me the other day from 2003 and started crying. I was in a size 5x shirt and 32w pant. Even when I go shopping I'm still amazed when I try on a XL shirt or size 18w pant and they fit. Keep…

I haven't read all the comments, but one question. Is your mom overweight? I know my sisters are having a really hard time with my weight loss. I'm about the same weight as them now. We went camping this weekend and whenever I took a smaller portion or not finish what I took, they would give me a hard time about it. I say,…

I have lost 167 lbs so far. I went from a size 32W pant and 5X shirt to a current 18W pant and XL shirt. I still have about 55 lbs to go to my goal weight.

I'm 5"10'. I'm currently 227 aiming for 170. I'll be happy though if I can get to 190.