kristinmarie1986

From personal experience this is the most true statement I have read. I have lost and gained COUNTLESS times, all because I labeled so many types of foods as "evil" and told myself that to lose weight I could never ever eat them again. That was GREAT.... for a couple of months. And then I would have some of that "evil"…

This is my very first time sharing progress pics and I don't have the best pictures yet, but hopefully you can tell a difference! The pic on the left is me at my heaviest of 253, it was taken in Dec. 2012. Pic on the right is a recent pic at my current weight of 198, total 55 lbs GONE so far! Still a long way to go, but…

Thank you SO MUCH for telling your story!! The last time I tried to lose weight, I lost about 50 lbs and stopped at the weight of 170 lbs. It was so hard to continue with the strict diet I'd put myself on and I was so much happier with the way I looked that I stopped watching it so closely. Then I moved and got really…

190 pounds!! That's amazing!! Besides just getting in the right mind set (which I have found can sometimes fade after several months) was there anything else you did to keep up the motivation to continue? If not, how did you STAY in the right mind set?

That's awesome!! I'm doing Jillian Michaels body rev and I love the capris she wears in those, too :) I have a pair, but mine are MUCH baggier than hers, lol. Not ready for the skin tight look just yet.

Oh my goodness, SO MANY TIMES! I am the epitome of a yo-yoer: Always losing it fairly quickly and then gaining back far more than I took off. 1st time: 2003 - 160-140 -20 lbs 2nd time: 2004 - 180-160 - 20 lbs 3rd time: 2010 - 220-170 - 50 lbs 4th time - this time I started at 253. When I saw that number I wanted to cry. I…

You look AMAZING! (And I love your shoes in your after pic, btw) :)

You look AMAZING! Thank you so much for sharing - it's such an inspiration to those of us that have a ways to go! In the past every time I've lost weight it's come off pretty quickly (and come right back on even faster and then some!) and this time it is taking longer than I'm used to. I keep reminding myself that the…

Awesome! I'll be really interested to see your results! I'd be really surprised if you didn't start dropping some pounds eating like that. I know everybody's body is different and reacts differently to different foods, but after that experiment last weekend I now see that dairy and wheat mean I'm not losing any weight. It…

Yes those calculators were VERY wrong! Which is what I assumed. I didn't think there was any way my body fat was less than 50%, much less that low. The calculator from the US Navy seemed to be much more accurate.

Thank you so much!! I did get a couple different answers - another site said I was only 29%. I will look up Leigh Peele! Thanks!

I'm 5'4 and I'll be 27 in May. I started with my calories around 1310 but hardly ever ate all of them. I usually stuck right around 1200. With my change in eating habits, I find it hard to get even that much in on a normal day. I lost a lot of weight the first two weeks, about 15 pounds, and then after that I plateaued for…

bump :)

I would start measuring yourself instead of just relying on the scale! Inches matter more than pounds anyway! As far as the scale not moving but your stomach is, that will have a lot to do with what kind of workouts you are doing and if you are also building fat. Muscle takes up less space than fat of the same weight :)

I would love an accountability twin!! Add me if you'd like, even if we don't have similar goals we can try to motivate each other!! Age: 26 Height: 5'4 Daily Calorie Goal: 1220 SW: 253 CW: 233 GW for this challenge: 193 UGW: 135 Preferred work-outs: light cardio, ie elliptical or Jillian Michael's Body Revolution

I know this is an old thread, but I just found out that I am a spoon too!! I've always been frustrated, knowing that I wasn't an apple, or pear, or completely straight up and down. Since I wasn't any of those things I identified most with hour glass (I knew my boobs were too big and my thighs too small to be a pear), but…

You need to lowercase the i in Img :) That should do it!

Hi everyone!! I'm excited to do this challenge with all of you - I'm hoping it will keep me motivated through the summer! My current weight - 235 Goal weight by July 8 - 193 Here is my before pic! Didn't feel comfortable uploading the pics I have in my undies :/

Thanks so much! I didn't realize the cardio stayed the same at 3/4 (ah curse that Running Man!!) guess I didn't pay too much attention. Maybe I will try the 3/4 ones then and see what I can do!