From 171.4 to 148.6... still getting there :)

Thank you so much everyone. I will tell you I never really thought I would get back to where I am. When I first started this journey and I thought about having to lose 40-50 pounds I would almost start to cry, it just seemed like an impossible task.

I will tell you all I had my ups and downs, my days of complete motivation and my days of "f-it's" and just not caring. I don't know why my body has changed, but it has. I no longer count calories, and despite my best efforts I just don't eat like I should. I in no way am promoting eating bad and losing weight, I just happened to lose weight despite my diet. I guess my body has gotten use to just naturally eating less...

Now when i go to McDonalds I get one cheeseburger.. before I got 2 cheeseburgers and a medium fry and ate all of it. It is really no wonder why I gained so much weight.

Before when I went to panda express I got a "panda bowl" with white rice and kung pao chicken and ate all of it... now I get the same thing but only eat about half of the rice.

The small changes allowed me to lose 13 pounds without much effort or thought. I want to change my eating habits to be more nutritious because despite my lower body weight, I am still not healthy if I just eat junk.

So, I encourage everyone to just keep on, keepin on. It is a scary idea to think of getting to your goal, but I promise if you don't give up you will make it there and learn so many things in the process.
 
you are really inspiring. you have an awesome body now, and clearly have worked really hard to get there. keep up the good work :)

... i think i am going to go work out. lol i LOVE the tat by the way.
 
Thank you so much everyone for your kind words, they warm my heart.

I had a class assignment to do, I am taking Nutrition 121 at my University as an elective because I thought it would be fun. Our lab required us to figure out our BMI, BIA, and do the Queens Step Test to figure out calorie burn per minute. I weighed in, with food in my stomach and all clothes and a pair of tennis shoes, and was 136 pounds. So I have been hovering from my 128-130 steadily.

I had suffered from a yeast infection recently and feel like I am getting recurrent problems from it- a sign that I could be eating too much sugars, refined carbs, and yeast filled foods. I am sick of having these recurrent problems, they are awful.

Also, my one year anniversary for weight loss is coming up in May and I really want to lose another 10 or so pounds of fat and tone up my muscles. I need to retrain myself in eating balanced and healthy. I wish I had more motivation. I feel like crap, am always tired, and know my many illnesses that I have suffered from recently are thanks to my bad diet. So, my goal is to start moderately adding good things back into my life and taking out the bad- hopefully if I keep doing this I will be able to lose some belly and thigh fat and build some lean muscle.

I want some hot pictures for my one year weight-loss anniversary! :)
 
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Thank you so much everyone for your kind words, they warm my heart.

I had a class assignment to do, I am taking Nutrition 121 at my University as an elective because I thought it would be fun. Our lab required us to figure out our BMI, BIA, and do the Queens Step Test to figure out calorie burn per minute. I weighed in, with food in my stomach and all clothes and a pair of tennis shoes, and was 136 pounds. So I have been hovering from my 128-130 steadily.

I had suffered from a yeast infection recently and feel like I am getting recurrent problems from it- a sign that I could be eating too much sugars, refined carbs, and yeast filled foods. I am sick of having these recurrent problems, they are awful.

Also, my one year anniversary for weight loss is coming up in May and I really want to lose another 10 or so pounds of fat and tone up my muscles. I need to retrain myself in eating balanced and healthy. I wish I had more motivation. I feel like crap, am always tired, and know my many illnesses that I have suffered from recently are thanks to my bad diet. So, my goal is to start moderately adding good things back into my life and taking out the bad- hopefully if I keep doing this I will be able to lose some belly and thigh fat and build some lean muscle.

I want some hot pictures for my one year weight-loss anniversary! :)
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I took nutrition in high school. It's a fun subject.
Sorry you feel so tired and bad. I've felt tired, no energy, and generally just bad the last 7 months. I recently got the flu or something and can't stop coughing.

shawnnam said:
I want some hot pictures for my one year weight-loss anniversary!
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You are already...;) Seriously, you look fantastic the way you are now. You don't look like you need to lose anymore weight. Look to your past on motivation. The change is huge.
 
I assure you I have got some more weight to lose, my pictures are very deceiving lol! I guess I want to lose like 10 pounds of fat and gain like 8 pounds of muscle so that my pudgy/giggly stomach and thighs will be more toned. I'd like to think I am a lean, mean muscle machine, but sadly, I am not lol
 
wow!

Congrats,

you are doing really well. I started off at 204 lbs I am currently 170 and my goal is 135-140lbs and your progress is so insperational. Good job you look amazing!
 
shawnnam said:
I assure you I have got some more weight to lose, my pictures are very deceiving lol! I guess I want to lose like 10 pounds of fat and gain like 8 pounds of muscle so that my pudgy/giggly stomach and thighs will be more toned. I'd like to think I am a lean, mean muscle machine, but sadly, I am not lol
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I didn't want to say anything because i was afraid of how you'd respond. But I really want to. Honestly, I feel some fat on women is attractive. I don't know why. Women who are really toned are not attractive to me....being toned is good but you don't want to be too toned. Honestly you look so incredible right now, I would be very happy at that weight. I mean, you look perfect! Seriously. Great job...I want to be more toned too (which means losing more weight) but I think there's a fine line between when you need to stop, for me too. I'm not sure if I really want to get down to 160.0 myself. I'm 164.0 as of today.
 
Oh my gosh. Thank you for updating. Totally motivating! I remember your old pictures you used to post trying on those jeans at how HAPPY you were when you could button them even though they were still really tight. Now they fall off of you! Great work!!! You look amaaaaaaazing :D (And I'm a tad bit jealous!)
 
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Oh my gosh. Thank you for updating. Totally motivating! I remember your old pictures you used to post trying on those jeans at how HAPPY you were when you could button them even though they were still really tight. Now they fall off of you! Great work!!! You look amaaaaaaazing :D (And I'm a tad bit jealous!)
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Thank you! And girl, you were one of the many inspirations I got from this site. Everyone here does such an amazing job!
 
Oh, and if anyone would like to add me on facebook you can find me at

If you add me just let me know you added me from here so I know youre not some random weirdo :p

And I have attached photos of where I would like to be back to... The pics were taken about 5-6 years ago (15-16 years old). I was about 122-125 pounds and 5'7"
 
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I will have to go read your diary here after I write this.

I just read through this and I just want to say WAY TO GO! I had a diary but deleted it. I wanted to start it over but decided I have nothing to start over with because I still haven't done anything to reach my goals. I'm struggling within myself and I don't know how to get out.

Seeing your before and after pics, I'm super excited for you. We have a close enough starting weight and goal weight so it's good to see where you were and where you are now. It's definitely not easy but you're down a good amount of weight now.

Congrats girl! I wish you the best on this journey! :)
 
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