So my hard work and suffering is paying off... I got on a scale back around my birthday in March and wanted to cry. The number was ugly... I didn't pay much mind to it... started eating a little better... nothing changed... but then at the end of May I started seriously thinking about dresses and freaked out. so in total from my birthday I have lost 13lbs 8 of which have come off since May 27th when I officially started my diet!!! I am so excited!!!
Size 8 wedding gowns here I come!!! Maybe I'll even wear shorts this summer!!! LOL!!!!
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That is so great! How did you do it? Diet alone,or were you excersising also? I am asking cause I would like to lose about that much too.
lori7570
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That's awesome!!
depoc1011
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good job! keep up the great work! xxoo
GR2010
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That is so great! How did you do it? Diet alone,or were you excersising also? I am asking cause I would like to lose about that much too.
Mostly by changing my diet. I enlisted the help of my little brother who is a health nut. He gave me a list of things to do and mostly it has been through diet and a little bit of exercise. Instead of eating a huge lunch I pack several small snacks for myself... greek yogurt with granola, some strawberries and blueberries, hard boiled eggs, a 100 calorie pack of popcorn, celery with peanut butter. For dinner I have been eating tuna with balsamic vinegar (no mayo) and salt and pepper on an english muffin, or I have been grilling chicken and eating that in a wrap with spinach. A lot of salad. If I go out to eat I get a salad with dressing on the side... I have had a few cheat meals but I find that I don't crave my usual McDonalds or Chipotle as much as I used to!!
As for exercise, I am super lazy and I have a bad back (I had a rod screwed into my spine to correct my scoliosis a few years ago) so I can't really do anything too vigorous. So I play Wii Fit and go for long walks. I take the stairs at work instead of the elevator and I park my car like a mile from any building I'm entering... I'll do squats or curls with light weights while I watch tv... little things.
Wow congrats!! Ive been trying to motivate myself but with the wedding so far away I feel like I have so much time but we all know its going to be here fast. U just motivated me to go to the gym lol
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Well that is absolutely great, you should be proud of yourself!
I have to start getting serious in the very near future. I was pretty skinny until I turned 35(will be 41 in Oct), then my metabolisim totally slowed. I dont lose a pound anymore, and I really dont eat much. BUT, I eat all the wrong things. Problem with me is that I still THINK I am a skinny person, so I keep the same habits.
2010 Fall Bride
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That's Awesome!!!! Keep it up! You'll be fine! and yes take those shorts out! LOL
JAAMS
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That is amazing!!! Congrats!!!
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congrats
FallBride2010
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Congrats! I am pretty much in the same boat as you. Weighed myself in March and almost puked. I started dieting...but not too crazy...and then end of May kick started again...and am down 14 lbs. My motivation is dress shopping, too!
Keep up the good work!!!
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Congrats! I am pretty much in the same boat as you. Weighed myself in March and almost puked. I started dieting...but not too crazy...and then end of May kick started again...and am down 14 lbs. My motivation is dress shopping, too!
Keep up the good work!!!
That's awesome!!!!
beebs341
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Congrats! I tried to diet and ended up gaining weight somehow. I think I'll join WW this fall lol
lucydin2009
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WOOHOO
Spring143
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thats great!
jcreilly
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COngrats
Diana508
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Congrats! It's amazing what a good healthy diet can do for you.
pasta3825
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nice job! I am really proud of you (as I stuff Taco Bell down) lol
iHeartMoogle
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Congrats!!! I'm dieting too.....
Eating spinich right now!!! Mmmmmmm
Not going dress shopping until December. I'm hoping to shed 1,000lbs before then!
