tattoodles' goal before and now pics!
 

Some befores: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...n/P9050903.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...3402113798.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...89706392-1.jpg

And today:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...6_184149-1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...6_185213-1.jpg

Back 45lbs ago:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...1-30184756.jpg

And one lb ago
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...3_144348-1.jpg

wow, go you! You look so slender and lovely. Awesome tattoo btw!

smokin'! =D

wow you look so good!! ;)

awesome! well done! Great tats.. love em!

Wow, you look great! Love the tattoos. Thanks for sharing.

That is some beautiful work. I have a few back pieces myself. Great job on the weight loss! I can't wait to get down to where I can wear a backless tank so I can show mine off!! :D

Good work!!! Beautiful! :)

Wow, you're smokin' now :o I so envy your curves. Hourglasses, meh... CONGRATS on making your goal!

You look amazing!
How did you do it?

Thanks guys!!! And thanks for the tattoo compliments! My ex did my back piece. It's the best thing that came from our relationship, and he's still going to be my artist for any future work.


I followed the guidelines from the book Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads. Basically I eat every 4hrs and make sure each meal has protein and carbs. And I keep a loose count of calories and try to keep it between 1500 and 1800.

I don't have a gym membership, so all exercise has been from going on walks, running outside, some jump roping, and I have some 5lb weights at home.

You look AMAZING! Great job!

How long was your weght loss journey?

More pics!

Here's a bathing suit pic from one lb ago:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...213_143307.jpg

Here's me in a bridesmaid dress at 179lbs:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...459PST2010.jpg

And the same dress at 139 (so 40lb difference):
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22..._2302528_a.jpg

Thanks! It took about a year and a half. When I first started I didn't have a specific plan and hadn't read skinny chicks don't eat salads. Then I read it and started following the general guidelines (I can't do anything crazy strict, growing up I was a very strong willed child and the quickest way to get me to do something was to tell me I couldn't do it. So any diet that makes anything "off limits/ forbidden" was not going to work for me). I also had a boyfriend (the tattoo artist) for 6months and only lost 5lbs during that time. I didn't gain which is good, but it's a big part of the reason it took me as long as it did.

And more pics (cuz I'm bored)
Face at highest weight:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...N/P6040440.jpg

Me and my ex 15lbs ago (we weighed almost the same here, but he's about 4inches taller than me. I'm wearing heels in the pic):
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...000053-1-1.jpg

And now:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...6_160233-1.jpg

Wow. Inspiring.

Wow, such a change! And I am loving that hair cut on you! You look great!

:congrat:

Thanks! I like the haircut too, although I'm trying to grow it out and that is turning out to be pretty tricky. I may have to look goofy for a bit.

yay! great work there!

You look amazing! Congratulations on reaching your goal!

You look fantastic! Great job!

Great Job! And I love your hair! You look Amazing!

You look so great! Congratulations! :broc:

Congratulations!!! You look so awesome!!!!!!

Girl, I don't even like tattoos, but your back changed my mind a little bit! It's so pretty! You look so great! I can't believe the change in your face. Congratulations!

You and your tattoos look fantastic! Congrats!

Wow, thank you! My tattoo artist/ex bf is very talented. I came up with the concept for the tattoo, but he made it beautiful and connected (my drawings were basically all the elements of the tattoo splattered randomly on the page.)

congratulations! you look fantastic! :D

Great weight loss. I feel the human body is beautiful without tattoos.

I agree, I just happen to like tattoos for myself. Also some of them, like my biological daughter's footprints, are very important to me. I want to be able to show her that I was thinking and care about her and have something on me as a daily reminder of her.

thank you for posting, you are an inspiration. I love what you said about being strong willed, so am I, i might pick up that book.

You are flippin adorable!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!

wow you look so skinny and pretty! amazing you look great!!

Awesome!! I'm new here...what did you do?

you look amazing!!:)

I ate every 4hrs a meal with both protein and carbs and tried to keep my calories somewhere in the 1500-1800 range. I followed the Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads book's eating plan. There's a discussion about it in the "maintenance library " section here. I'll try to post the link...
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/main...at-salads.html

you freaking GO girl!!!!!! flaunt that bod!! :)

WOW! You look like a different person. Amazing job! And super cute hair too :)

Great job! You're awesome. (in case you didn't know it)

Thanks! I've gotten that comment quite a bit, mostly from my IRL friends. I have definitely changed in many ways. I went from having blond hair to very dark hair to almost no hair. And I also used to wear a lot more makeup. I really feel like I was hiding behind these things and I feel so much more that now I'm just me. I'm not spending a small fortune on my hair and an hour a day on makeup. It feels great.