Oh I love this inspirational story! So happy for you!!!

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I want your dress! Holy mackerel lady, you look great! It must feel awesome!... But seriously, where'd you get that dress?

If you are talking about the supercute one with the birds, I think I saw it at Kohl's.

Yes, the bird dress is from Kohl's. I just got it this Sunday and it's like a perfect dress ^^

Wow you look amazing

Your story is very inspiring.

There aren't any Kohl's here Oh well, you still look awesome in it!

congrats girl! happy for you !!

wow, thats so inspirational. when u first started off how many minutes were u walking? I just started walking today. and how many days or weeks did u walk before u started running? To lose that amount in such a short time and keep it off takes will power

I don't remember, to be honest. It's been a while. I don't like walking for no reason, I need to have a destination. So I'd walk to some store, buy something or just window shop, walk back. I guess walk as much as you can. I see you are in Nevada, it must be hot there! so you probably have to walk in the evenings...
as far as actual exercise goes, I remember doing 30DS at around 190, which was super hard, especially for knees. I see you are at 175lb now - I think you can try running. At first I could only run like 2 min at a time and then I just didn't have enough breath to do it, like my chest was hurting. but if you do a little bit at a time, you will build your stamina and you'll be able to run with no problems. I run 3 miles 2-4 times a week with no problem as a part of my routine exercise

You look amazing! Thank you for sharing your story... it is very inspirational

All I can say is OMG WOW!!!!! You did this in LESS than a year!!! Very impressive!!!

You look so beautiful! Congrats!

you look amazing