I did it!!
 

As of this morning, I finally hit my goal weight! I started in early July and have lost 32 pounds. The last 10 took FOREVER and I had to go down to 1200 calories a day ! Now I suppose I move into maintenance which scares me to death! LOL

Wow, congratulations!!!!!

:carrot: :broc: :carrot:

That's an incredible accomplishment. Well done! Enjoy maintenance... can't wait until I'm there with you!!

Congratulations !

:bravo: That is so exciting! I hope you are having a fantastic day! You'll find great support on the maintenance group. :carrot:

Congrats!!!:carrot::carrot:

I can't wait until I can say those exact same words

Mama2Five, goal story please!

Whats a goal story? LOL How I got to this point?

Well I was always "the skinny one" who could literally eat ANYTHING and not gain weight. Then I hit my 30's and it all went downhill LOL

At 35 years old, after baby #5 I was 155 pounds at 5'6" - Not so bad, but by the time she was almost 2, I had gained another 17 pounds and hit 172. After seeing myself in some July 4th pictures, I decided it was time for my first real diet.

I started with the low carb diet and lost 17 pounds quickly, within 4 weeks. Then decided I just couldn't stay away from bread and sugars completely so in early August I switched to calorie counting. In the first week I gained back 5 of the pounds I lost :( But I lost that much and more and haven't "suffered" too much with calorie counting LOL The past 4 weeks doing 1200 a day has been kind of hard but thats what it took to finally drops those last 5 pounds.

My initial goal was to get to 150 but when I got there I decided to go 10 more. As for exercise, I did more during the summer months. Biking with the kids, walking outside, swimming, etc.....since it's gotten colder out, I really haven't been doing much for intentional exercise. At 140 I still have some "flabbiness" and really need to start doing something to fix that. I still comfortably wear a size 12 and would like to firm up the flab so I can fit into a 10 again.

I really look forward to raising my calorie limit now but it's scary cuz I'm terrified that the scale will start moving upward again.

Good job on reaching your goal and good luck with maintenance! :)

Congratulations to you!!!

great job! Congratulations!

Congratulations! I can't wait to meet you in Maintenance-Land

Congrats! Losing weight while raising 5 kids seems like it would be extra hard...

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Enjoy it and Enjoy your maintenance!

go to www.freedieting.com & use there calorie counting calculators to find the right approx. amount to switch your calories to for maintaining now. U Will do fine! HUGS! SO PROUD OF U!

Wow how awesome! Congratulations, what an achievement. ^_^