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151 pounds later, I've made it to ONEderland! (pics)
Last July, at 351 pounds, I made a decision to lose weight. I don't know what snapped in my head, but once I made that decision, there was never any doubt in my mind that I as going to do this. I guess maybe I had just had enough, and was determined to lose the weight, or die trying. I never made hard & fast goals for…
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What a difference a year makes!
Today marks the one year anniversary of my decision to change my life (MFP came along a couple weeks later). One of my favorite motivational sayings is, "A year from now, you'll wish you had started today!" Well, a year ago, I quit wishing & started doing! It's not been easy, and every single pound I lost put up one heck…
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100 Pounds down in 7 months! (with pics)
Yesterday, I reached the 100lb lost mark! Pretty excited about that. Still have about 70lbs to go, but I'll get there. Some stats: SW 351 GW 175 (or close to it) CW 251 height 5'10" Went from a 20 Big (4XL) shirt to a 17-1/2 Regular (XL) shirt and a size 54 pants (really a size 60, when I wore them up over my gut) to a…
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84 Lbs down in just over 5 months (pic)
2012 has been a pretty incredible year for me, or at least the last half of it has been. I have accomplished way more than I ever imagined possible. I've lost 84 lbs in just the past 5-1/2 months. And earlier this month, I completed my first 5K, jogging the whole way. Not even 4 months ago, I couldn't jog 60 seconds…
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NSV Double-header!
So far on this journey, I've lost 74 lbs in 5 months. Still, I'm not even halfway to my goal yet. But today I managed to jog my first official 5K! It was an extremely slow jog (45 min.), but I jogged the whole 3.11 miles non-stop. Just a couple of months ago, I couldn't even jog 60 seconds without feeling like I was going…