200 pounds gone
 

Started April 2010 and have lost 175 pounds. Did it by calorie counting and staying away from processed foods. And moderate exercise. I've posted pics in the 100 lb club, so hope I'm not posting too many places...should have put my goal reached photos here in the first place. :-)

Edited...lost 200 pounds now!

325+
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Just wanted to update with a new picture. My hubby is so proud of me that he made our extra bedroom into my dressing room! Trying on clothes is so fun now lol
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KatMarie, you are amazing!! Wow. Really. You look like a different person. Thank you so much for posting, I needed to get inspired again. I am so proud of you, heck proud for you.

(and your floors are gorgeous too)

WOW!!! You are an inspiration for me! :bravo:

Simply amazing! Thank you for posting :)

Wow! You look amazing, Congrats on all your hard work!!!

***WOW***
You can never post too many picture of this kind of success! What an inspiration you are to all of us!
Congratulations!
:woohoo:

WOOT WOOT!

Holy hotness! :) You have achieved SO MUCH and look awesome!

Wow! You should be very proud of your accomplishment.

I just joined 3FC after lurking for a while because of stories and pictures like these.

Thanks for the inspiration!

WHAAAATTTTTTT OMG YOU LOOK AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! I just squealed in my living room!!! I am so envious of your body shape, you look fantastic and what an accomplishment to be proud of ~~!!!! <3 Great job!! :hug:

Wow, this is amazing!! You look fantastic, like an entirely new person. Congratulations! You are an inspiration to all of us!!

Yowzah! Great job! :D

Congratulations! You look beautiful!

Tell us more hon about how u did it! Congrats!

Thanks y'all! I just went shopping at Dillards and that's one of the outfits I got. Gosh, I could never shop somewhere like that before. Felt awesome to get stuff because I liked it instead of just because I could squeeze into it.

How I did it? Plain ol' calorie counting. Everything I ate was wrote down and I weighed and measured everything. No junk food whatsoever...I tried it a couple times and it just brought back all the cravings, made me want to keep eating it and I just couldn't do it. Lean proteins, veggies, fruits, beans, and a little bit of whole grains. Moderate exercise but nothing over the top. Basically I worked my way up to jogging 2 miles in 30 minutes on the treadmill. And I use some little weights while jogging to help tone my arms. I can do and stick with the 30 minutes, 6 times a week. I don't miss any of the junk I used to eat anymore. I really love the taste of fresh, healthy food! Wouldn't have believed it last year. This site was also a big help to stay on plan and motivated. I'm very happy I can inspire people! So many have been an inspiration to me at 3FC. I'll be sticking around...maintenance is going to take work and I'll need some more support I'm sure.

You look so beautiful. Thats an amazing amount of weight to lose and I bet your family and friends are so proud of you. You really are an inspiraction...Amazing job :)

truly 'wow'
i'm so pleased for, and impressed by, you.

Your post and pictures seriously brought tears to my eyes. It has seriously inspired me. I started trying to change my eating habits over a year ago and things were going really well. I'd lost down to 314lbs. I was so proud of myself. Then some things happened and I'm an emotional eater so of course I fell off the wagon. I've been so depressed with myself lately especially today. I came here hoping to get some sort of uplifting and your post is the first one I saw and it done the job. I look at myself and think wow it'd take years for me to get this weight off. Look at you though you've lost 175lbs in under 2 years. Not only that you look super fantastic. Thank you so much for having the courage to come on here and post. You've blessed my day!!

You are amazing and absolutely inspiring! So many people are where you were and don't even start. You not only started, you finished! You should be extremely proud of achieving the "impossible"

You are an inspiration,thank you so much for posting!!!

Congratulations on reaching your goal! You look absolutely amazing, and I'm sure you feel even better than that!

Wishing you continued strength, determination, and success as you transition into maintenance.

I've got to come back and say WOW again, you did it!! And Yay for new clothes you actually like at Dillards!!!

Absolutely, positively INSPIRATIONAL!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

I'm so thankful that you've posted when you did .. it was exactly what I needed to read AND see!!

Congratulations again Kat .. you look mahvelous darlin'!! :carrot:

Just speechless! You have done an amazing job! You have a beuatiful shape. Congrats! :cheer:

OMG!

You look AMAZING! Congratulations on your achievement!!

I agree whole-heartedly with everyone else: YOU LOOK SO AMAZING! I love that you did it all by calorie counting and exercise. WoW.

You are beautiful! You are an inspiration to all of us, whatever plan we are using. You stuck to it and you made it to your goal. Congratulations on your success and THANK-YOU for posting those photos.

Wow!! Congrats!! What an inspiration you are. Thank you for posting pictures. Can I ask what calorie amount you started at and the amount you eat now? I am wanting to start calorie counting and not sure where to start. I have tried to make several attempts before at weight lose but always seem to fail. But after seeing your picture today it gives me hope and I need to do something.. Again Congrats and Great Job.:carrot:

That is AWESOME! Congrats!!!

You look AMAZING!!! Congratulations on meeting your goal and great job on all of your hard work!! Again, you look beautiful! Very inspiring!

KatMarie , You are amazing, such an inspiration!!! Thank You!!

Your pictures are exactly what I needed to see tonight. I needed motivation to try again. THANKS

wow you just made me cry i swear. Ive been having a rough time lately, started my new eating plan 3 days ago and I have about that much weight to lose also, what an inspiration you are. Im bookmarking this page and anytime i want to cheat I will coem here and get motivated by your pics. Im new to this site so have not seen many pics, now im excited to see more. GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, you look fantastic! Congratulations on reaching your goal. :)

Awesome !

you go girl!!!
 

Congratulations---you are such an inspiration and you look marvelous---sassy in those jeans.

I use an iPhone app called MyNetDiary. You put in your info and it tells you how many calories to eat to lose 1 or 2 pounds a week. And it keeps track of calories eaten, water, exercise, place for notes...neat little app. I started at 1800 calories I think and right now I'm eating 1200. My new goal is 140 pounds, otherwise I'd be eating more calories to maintain.
I make sure to weigh and measure food when calorie counting...otherwise you can be way off on the actual calories.

A few of the replies are making me teary-eyed now! It feels good to inspire people. Y'all can do it!! Just don't give up. You mess up on a meal, just start right back on plan the next time you eat. I stayed on plan most the time, but I had a few times I ate bad things. I didn't let it get to me, I just got right back on plan.

Thank you for the reply, I have a Ipod so I will have to check that out..:)

Congratulations, you look amazing!
And in 'only' 18 months, did I do the maths right?
A monthly average of 10lbs a month is superb, well done!

It's funny how you can see yourself in others, i feel almost a kinship to those that have overcome the same trials i have, you look wonderful, BTW, brings back such emotion just to here others recall the same journey, i too calorie counted with moderation and reduced processed foods, i also undersatnd the need to stay on plan regardless of a bad day here or there.

Congrats, i know how difficult it is to accomplish, how deep inside oneself one has to look for strength at times, well done. :)