50 Pounds Gone! With Pictures!

Sarah5200 · May 2013

Well, as mentioned today in the accountability thread, today marks 50 pounds gone! It took a while to get here, but I'm feeling pretty good. I still have some ways to go, I would really like to lose 15-20 more pounds, eventually! Anyway, this is my selfish bragging post. Yay me! Here's a picture comparing me from late 2011 to today (didn't do my hair or make up... don't judge that part!).

Thanks for letting me brag, ladies! I gotta thank you all for a lot of my progess!

Lobsters25 · May 2013

you look INCREDIBLE sarah! what an amazing job you've done, and a wonderful inspiration you are!

lovelyheather · May 2013

Congratulations! You look amazing!

I would also like to add that in both pictures you have a really beautiful smile! It lights up your entire face.

jaenella · May 2013

Sarah, congrats! That's amazing - what a milestone! You look fantastic!

cnf2013 · May 2013

You look amazing! Such a huge milestone, definitely be proud

hardlyhannah · May 2013

Congratulations! You look amazing!

ohmrs2014 · May 2013

You look amazing! Great job and keep up the great work!!

swimmy1988 · May 2013

Congratulations! You're an inspiration!

Giaspo · May 2013

Fantastic job! You are an inspiration!

entropicbeauty · May 2013

High five 50lb twin! I feel like we've been making similar progress - you've done a really fantastic job and you can really see the difference!

jennylee813 · May 2013

Congratulations!!! You look amazing!!!

AJuliaNJ · May 2013

Wow! You did an amazing job! How did you lose the weight? What triggered you to start?

AllieBear725 · May 2013

Good for you! You look amazing! Keep it up!

freebread03 · May 2013

I'm going to chime in and say that your transformation is amazing! Congrats-I'm sure it was hard work. You've motivated me to go hit the track!

Sarah5200 · May 2013

Thanks so much you guys!! All of your comments mean a lot to me

Entropic - High Five back to ya girlfriend! I love that we just seem to truck along together!

Andrea -

I started losing weight back last January when I joined this board. What triggered me to start was I was just really over making excuses for myself and slowly watching the scale creep up up and up. At 5'2" I weighed in at 210 pounds - NOT HEALTHY.

Getting engaged in October 2011 definitely helped motivate me too, I didn't want to be limited to the plus size wedding dress collections that look like bedsheets draped over you. To lose the weight, I joined MFP and started counting calories. I have changed my calories around SO many times, but sometimes it's just what I need at that time. When I first started, I ate 1400 for about a week. Then I said NO to that and moved up to about 1710, which considering I weighed over 200 pounds was still a big deficit. Then I went down to about 1500 again, I think I tried 1300 at some point, now I'm back up at 1810 and happy here.

Then I started C25K and ran all summer long - that definitely made a huge impact - but overall, my exercise has been spotty and my main continuous focus has been my eating. I have had probably about two months overall that I just lost willpower and stopped tracking, but the important thing is that I always intend to get back to it, and I do.

I haven't cut out anything from my diet - I will eat anything within moderation, if I can afford it that day. The only thing that I have severely limited is drinking full sugar pop. I drink a lot of Coke Zero or Diet Pepsi, and I love it. I am happier drinking it. It hasn't delayed my progress as far as I'm aware, and if it has, I will sacrifice that for being happy!!! I do my best not to drink calories (juice at breakfast, that's it) so that I can eat the things I want to. I realize this sounds awful - I have incorporated much more healthy choices into my diet. I eat plenty more fruits and vegetables than I did before, and make a point of eating protein rich and fiber rich foods.

Is that the answer you were looking for? lol sorry it was so long!!