I was looking through some old pictures on my computer, and it just hit me... I've lost 25 lbs since my highest weight. My freshman year of high school I weighed around 198 lbs (it probably went up into the 200s at some point... I never weighed myself then... I was in total denial). On Sunday, my official weigh in day, I weighed 172.6 lbs.
Most of this weight came off gradually over the past four years or so, just by eating moderately healthy and exercising occasionally. I started to get really serious in June of this year about getting down to a healthy weight. I went from about 185 at the start of summer to 172.6! I can't wait to see how I do now that I'm finally believing I can do this. And I know this site has been so much of a motivator already.
Here are some pictures. The top ones are from my freshman year, and the bottom ones are recent (I got in a paint fight.
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