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My doctor always says it's anxiety related when I get chest pain, I've been so many times this past year. I think she's sick of giving me EKGs lol. I don't take anything for the anxiety because benzos are habit forming and all antidepressants I've ever taken have led to drastic rapid weight gain and therefore, worse…

I still have to lose a solid 20lbs, but here ya'll go :) US Size 16/18 with XL tops to US size 4 with S/XS tops.

I'm 142 now, was maybe 205 in the first pic, and I was feeling so good after having already lost 15 pounds there! I'm happier with my body, but I've still got about 15 pounds to lose, I have a LOT of belly fat still.

Went consignment shopping today with my mom and bought two skirts for fall...one in a size 6, and one in a size small! Neither has any sort of elastic or stretchiness to it. They both just fit. I used to ALWAYS have to buy stretchy pants, even in bigger sizes. Now I feel average size for someone my age/height :)

Bought a pair of size 4 skinny jeans :D just in time to start college in a few weeks. So glad I was able to drop another size beforehand!

I didn't even know vegan protein powder was a thing! I thought it was all whey, lol silly me. I'll look into that, thanks!

I want to lose another 20-30, I'm 150 right now. This is on the lower end of a healthy BMI for someone who's 5'8" but I'm more like 5'7" and a half so I think it'll be okay :) I've already lost 90 lbs in the last year and a half, looking forward to kicking the last ones.

Well I'm 19, and I've lost 83 with a little over 30 left to go. Feel free to add me, I run and I'm vegan :)

Me too, but my diary's closed. I don't know why but the idea of people being able to see everything I eat freaks me out o.O but still, I'll send a request :smile: I love to see more vegans on the site!

thanks, I like to think I'm just crazy and this is normal but idk. and charliekayesmom, I weigh myself officially on Saturdays, but sometimes I'll sneak in a day or two during the week. And I measure every two weeks, my waist went from 28.5 to 27.5! I've been at this calorie level for a few months, since I was 173 or so. I…

Even a deficit of just 100 to 200 calories will add up over time. Try to ease into eating less, I remember when I started I was eating 1650 and I was struggling. Now I'm at 1200 (1400 if I exercise) and I find it way easier than I found the 1650 when I first started. It's just a matter or adjusting, keep trying every day!…

I want to be one of the women who run on Saturday mornings with hot pink shorts and a dog :D got the dog....just need the shorts and the stamina to run longer than 25 minutes...that's about my limit right now. Hoping to build up to an hour or more!!

5'8, apple shape but turning more into a straight figure with weight loss. 163 lbs, size 8 or so, leaning on the smaller end of that. Medium tops for reference.

Here's my cat, we just call her "Kitty" and she puts up with our three dogs, but I don't have any pictures of them unfortunately.

thank you guys, it helps to be reminded how others view things like this. Its like I KNOW I must be smaller but I can never tell. Very weird feeling. Thanks for the encouragement :)

Ugh haha sorry I phrased wrong I suppose. I know they didn't get bigger like the fat migrated to them or anything. I mean they look a ton bigger and where I used to buy button up shirts and have no problem, now I have to size up. This is all I meant, but thanks to those who've congratulated me!

Thank you guys :smile:

I put in a weight about 25 to 30 lbs less than me at the machines at the gym and use the amount it tells me I burn then.

I've lost over 24%... woah.

Oddly enough, I have the opposite situation when I work out because the weight flies off my thighs faster than anywhere else! My thighs run at least a size or two smaller than the rest of me when I'm working out, although they seem to even out during lazy times. It's all relevant to body type, you're probably a pear shape…

I'm a pretty high carb vegan, I eat between 120 and 175 grams most days depending on whether I work out or not. I'm VERY low calorie though, eating between 1200 and 1350 I lose about 1.5 to 2 lbs a week. (I'm 5'8 and 186 lbs, lost near 40 lbs this way.)

Here are some face pics from about 220-230 and just now a little below 185 :) annnnnd

I was able to buy a size 10 coat today and button it over a thick sweater :)

50 total since last April/May. 30 since October, and 9 since January 1st! I don't look much different though, just smaller boobs and better thighs. Belly and hips haven't budged yet haha.

Mine is that it isn't a rare occasion I eat 900 of my daily 1200-1300 calories after midnight. I just eat tons of raw veggies/low calorie protein cereal the next day so I don't go over.

Me too. I have a habit of eating 800-900 calories whenever I stay up past midnight, which is quite often. I usually make up for it by eating healthy the rest of the day/working out a ton, but it'd sure be a ton easier to just not eat it in the first place.

First, the 30 to get me to the normal range. Then another 15 to get to 150. 45-50 tops.

I have another 31.5 before I hit my goal...I'll jump on board this "by summer" thing :D

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