Met my goal with pics!
 

I still have some toning I want to do but my goal was to lose 10 lbs. Since having my first child 9 years ago, it has seemed so unattainable for me. I could make the scale move a few lbs down by crash dieting or even the lemonade diet once (:( would NOT recommend that to my worst enemy now!) but the weight always came back and with a vengeance. I was "skinny fat" or so I thought. I topped out at 133 and for the most part was still "smallish" but felt awful.

I started working out in January, as I always do, and it usually lasts about 6 months until we go on our annual beach vacation, then I let myself go until the next January to start it all again. This year was different. I watched "fat sick and nearly dead" and "forks over knives". I decided then life couldn't be the same again. I became vegetarian 6 weeks ago and after stalling at 127 for 2 months, the weight started falling off. Coincidentally, mymom was also diagnosed with heart disease just 3 weeks ago which completely reconfirmed how important this has to be for me.

Today's weigh in I was at 122.8. I have dropped over 10 lbs, added muscle tone and feel great! I'm doing cardio as well as body pump. I also just started Jillian's 30 day shred. I'm on day 6 today. I have NEVER had muscular anything so these pics are astonishing to me. I didn't think I could really do it.

The first pic was taken June of last year, 2nd is March of this year, and the orange bikini is current.

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Great job. You looked good before but now you look fantastic. Congrats for not settling!

Oh my goodness! You look great! And I love the bikini! Awesome job!

Well done on reaching your goal! You look amazing! :D

Amazing!! You are a definite inspiration!! :) Great bathing suit too!!

You look FANTASTIC!

Thank you so much for the sweet congrats and compliments!

Way to go!!

Good job!

Awesome!

Congratulations, you look fantastic!

I love how your entire body shape changed with those 10lbs. Congrats!!!!!!!!

Wow! It looks like you lost way more than 10 lbs! Way to go, what an inspiration. I am someone who has never been able to lose more than a pound or two at a time before my most recent attempt, so I can totally relate to your previous frustration.

:eek: WOW! You look amazing, way to go!

Thank you all so much! It really means the world to me. I guess I fall into that category where with clothes on most people can't really tell I've lost anything. So, unless I go around showing my bikini progression pics (lol which I'm not brave enough to do) nobody really notices how hard ive been working.