Congrats Amazing Job - Keep up the great work healthy girl!

While it's true that yours and my current weight would be high to some people who cares!! Seriously! If you're anything like me living for so long in an obese body 226 must feel GREAT to you. I know while I'd like to lose more weight (and will) I could be fairly happy even at 200lbs if that's all I could do. People who've never been obese have no clue on how hard it can be and what an amazing freedom it is to get rid of the bulk of that burdon! Make you a new person doesn't it?

Rock on cf!

muse... you hit it right on the head. I feel fabulous in this body right now!!!! It's SO MUCH BETTER than it was. I will lose more but wow I feel so sexy and self confident right now

Wow! You look fabulous!!! Congrats!!

WOW! I love your story! It's very heart touching and it makes me KNOW that I CAN DO IT!! that is INCREDIBLE that you lost 150 in a year!!! Maybe I can reach -60lbs in 4 months huh? You might have seen my post "60lbs in 4 months"...but who knows everyones body is different! Thank you so much for sharing your story and I am very happy for you, you must feel AWESOME!!

your story is just what I needed to read tonight...This is only my 3rd day..3 days ago i woke up and said ok...today is the day....I was shooting for 1200 cal a day but have struggled to stay under 1500 and have been beating myself up...thanks for the encouragement! amazing story..you made me realize that it actually CAN happen to me..cause it feels like im just dreaming that i can reach my goal ...thank you

I agree with you that only I can change my self and no one else can. I have to be accountable for myself.

That is awesome! I feel so happy for you. You can tell how good you feel through your writing...the excitement is inspiring.

wow its because of people like you i know that losing weight is possible. thanks for sharing your story. You just motivated me to keep going.

I just recently read your story after doing a Google search on how to lose 150 lbs. I weigh 280 give or take. I was a thin child. Like you, always active. I was underweight, if anything. I started to gain weight in my mid 20's. 10+ years ago I went to WW and lost 50 lbs in a year. At that time tho, I only weighed 254 at my highest and got down to 200.4. I look fabulous weighing 200 lbs. But I want to be smaller than that. I started eating crap again and thinking I was hot **** because I had lost the weight. But, slowly I began to gain all the weight back. I hate running in to people I know or going to parties where I know I will see people I know or friends of my husband. I cannot stand to have my picture taken now when I used to love it. I was a ham. My hubby is great and supportive as all get out but he wants me to lose weight. But he also knows how hard it is. I think it is a struggle for us ladies and I think it will be our whole lives. Like an alcoholic or drug addict, it will be something we will be a struggle with on a daily basis.

Congrats!!

Awesome and inspiring story-- thanks so much for sharing with us. You might have put off sharing such a nice story for one reason or another (such as took a while to type etc) but you accepted NO MORE EXCUSES and put fingers to keyboard-- you are wonderful

Very inspiring. Thank you and all the best for your book and your continuing weight loss.

Hi,

I started my weight loss journey about 2 months ago. I work out everyday and I'm doing less than 1600 calories a day. I'll also fast intermittently and have only twice let myself have something I know I shouldn't (a taco salad and 2 cracker barrel biscuits). My diet consists of boiled eggs, peanut butter, a bagel, Cesar salad, lots of roasted veggies using olive oil, healthy choice TV dinners, and slim fast. I'll occasionally eat chicken or steak, roasted. I also eat whole grain bread, drink roughly 64 ounces of water a day, and some diet green tea.

I'm losing weight and I'm all in mentally and physically. I work out everyday. This includes walking 3.74 kilometers, weight lifting, planks, crunches, you name it, alternating days. I've lost about 40 pounds but I have 140 more to go.

What I need help with is I weigh myself often and it keeps fluctuating. I can't seem to get below 290 and I'm struggling with the belly fat. Any suggestions on how to step up my game? I want to be down to at least 200 in the next 12 months, earlier if possible.

Well done