Weight loss stories?

[Anonymous]

Alright so anybody that's been at least moderately overweight knows how difficult it can be to get back on track and lose that weight. It can be tough and at times all you want to do is give up. Progress is slow and it feels like things will just never change.

So let's get some weight loss success stories up here. Feel free to share the methods you used (exercise, diet plan, etc.), how much you lost, and some before and after pictures if you got them. It'll feel good to share your success an give some motivation to those struggling with it that it is possible. (I'll post mine up in a little bit.)

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So I picking boxing up in the beginning of August 2011. I was 265lbs when I first went to the gym. By Feb 2012 I'd gotten down to 240. Right now I'm at 225 but I'm in much better physical condition than I was in back in Feb. Here's a before/after photo. The left side is me 12/13/12, the right side is 02/12/11

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[tctnc]

Kicked off my weight loss journey on March 1st, 2012 at around 265 pounds / 120kg and I'm now (as of this morning - September 17th, 2013) at 136.9 pounds / 62.1kg.

I stopped eating junk food and sweets and focused on portion control. Seafood, veggies, fruits & whole grain products. 3 meals a day. Breakfast and lunch about the same amount and dinner the smallest portion of the day. I also started working out; from 10 to 30 to 45 to an hour of dancing, spinning, walking, whatever I felt like doing. 5 days a week for several months. Now that I've lost so much weight I'm way more active and work out 4 days a week.

I'm only just under 5'2 (157cm), so my ideal weight is 119 pounds / 54kg. I'll get there eventually. :-)

Before & after:

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Hope it works.

[kdizzleforizzle91]

I've been on the Atkins diet since late May and I've lost something between 25-30 pounds. It's only about half of what I want to lose altogether, but I'm happy because this is the first time I've dieted or tried losing weight that I continued losing AND have kept it off. I wish I had taken some before pictures, but I didn't even think about it until I'd lost 15, and that was enough to make a visual difference, because I'm really short (only 5'2).

[Asker]

Thats great. You don't have any pictures of yourself before you started dieting to compare? That's a bummer. It's one of those things where you really amaze yourself when you look at your before picture and now, seeing just how much of a change there is.

[kdizzleforizzle91]

I know, it sucks. But I can still see some changes, and feel them too. My curves are a little more defined now and a lot of my clothes are fitting better. I just went through my closet last night and threw out 13 old t-shirts. I used to wear mostly XL and some large, but now it's mostly large and I've found a few medium that fit too! I've actually started to enjoy shopping for clothes now that it's easier to find things that fit me AND that I like.

[Asker]

Yeah, almost none of my pants fit anymore. Even the belt I started to use to keep them up doesn't fit right anymore, gotta make my own holes at this point. It's a pretty awesome feeling.

[Anonymous]

Lost 40 pounds in 5 months. Diet was perfect and did cardio for 2 hours a day or more.