wow amazing!!!! you look great! greeat! job!

Oh my God!! You look amazing!! Don't worry about the plateau - you'll get through it!! Great work - you are an inspiration!!

I just want to congratulate you on awesome success! That is great that you have been consistent at the gym, and to lose 46lbs in one year is fantastic!

That is really, really awesome work!! Keep it up! You are doing incredibly awesome!!

WOW girl you are doing AMAZING!!!! You are totally transforming. I know your plateauing right now but don't give up look how far you've come you've only got one place to go and that's DOWN, I'm sure you will get that scale movin' soon. You look great! Gosh those jeans are sooooo big on you now! You could put on a pair of boxers with a gaudy belt and be a "homey G" HAHA just kidding!

Yay! This thread is giving me so much. Thanks everyone, this is truly lovely!

butterflymama, I'm glad you're focusing on you and I'm happy I could be a part of that!

devnet, Lin, runningfromfat, Jessica, EagleRiverDee, tdiprincess: Thank you so much for the support!

Madame Souza, Thank you! if you ever need encouragement and there's anything I can do to help you, just shoot me a PM!

TammyG, plateau hahahah But yeah, I'm sticking with this! Thanks!

InsideMe, Thank you! And I've thought about doing that just for kicks but I don't think I can pull off that style! Hahahahaha!

Maybe, if I ever get to 75lbs lost, I'll open up a mini goal album!

thaisccs ~ Girl, you are doing great!! I love your before and after pictures...you have definitely lost a lot! Keep up the great work...you can do this!

As someone else said, you ARE incredible. You must be in great physical condition. Even though you're stuck right now, seriously- reread what you wrote! You're working harder than most people. And it WILL pay off, and it HAS already.


Keep on keeping on! So impressed.

WOW! Great job! I loved your before and afters with your jeans! What a difference a year can make!

Hi! I'm new here and reading your post has made me really emotional - I'm at the same kind of plateau at the moment, and I know that I can do this, because I have the tools and the knowledge, and yet nothing is moving forward (or down on the scale).

I understand how frustrating it can be... but reading this thread has reminded me that the most important is: Don't give up!

Yay, this thread has awesome responses!

Let me thank Emme, Unthinkables, Kelly and chouette for the support as well as everybody else! <3
This means the world to me and it has been what keeps me going!

Wow, I'm impressed and inspired. Not just with the weight loss, which is phenomenal, but with the commitment to the gym. I bet you are able to do so many more physical things than you were able to do before--I bet you're much more flexible, I bet you have a ton of stamina and don't get winded, I bet you are much more coordinated. That must feel amazing. Congratulations!

Bumping my old thread cause I don't feel like making a new one yet.

The sad note in this is that I'm still stuck in 170 - 175 lbs. I can't seem to break through this.

The good notes are:
1-) I bought a new pairs of jeans: size 12. After about a year of 14, I am now a size 12.

2-) I signed up for another year at the gym. Signed the contract and all, until April 2013.

3-) I'm getting even more serious about my workouts. I go for about 1 hour 40 to 2 hours at the gym every day - not because I feel I have to, but because I like it. I'm still weight training, still in the swimming pool circuit and now I'm actually swimming.

Progress shots?
This is me, in 2008:


And this is me yesterday:

thaisccs you look awesome! I'm sure you are alot healthier than you were this time last year. Keep at it and the pounds are sure to come off.

Congratulations! I love your story as well!!!