Well I've gotten to the lowest I've been in ten years. I'm 2lbs into being normal BMI and I'm feeling pretty darned great about myself actually so I thought I'd share some pics.
I don't often post on 3fatchicks, but I do bob on and read threads, and have done a few years, and it keeps me going!

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Awesome job! Don't be shy to post, I am sure you have some good advice to share!

Wow, way to go on the weight loss!! That's awesome!

Fantastic! Keep up the good work. It really shows!

thank you

awesome success story!!!

U look great

You look great!

thanks so much

I haven't lost anything since. Total plateau. Never mind.

You look great What was your plan of attack for losing the weight, and how long did it take you...hehe sorry...curious

lol well I had a few hurdles along the way!

As you can see from my join date I started trying to lose weight in 2006, after having just had a baby in Sept 2005. I was doing Slimming World at that point....

however then Nov 2006 I got pregnant again, so that kinda put a hold on the whole losing weight thing!

August 2007 my second baby was born, and I tried to lose weight again. I don't know exactly what I was doing, I think a bit of calorie counting but I wasn't really that consistent with it. I got down to around the 170lb marker...

And then January 2009 I got pregnant again.

September 2009 my third baby was born, and I sat around being obese for a few months (my "before" photo was taken October 2009, that's the heaviest non-pregnant weight I've ever been, at 199lbs).

I made it my new years resolution January 2010 to lose weight for good, and from Jan-March 2010 I did the Alternate Day Diet.

Then we got an offer on our house that was on the market, so from March until when we moved house (2nd July 2010) I more or less fell off the bandwagon with the dieting and put a bit of weight back on (though I didn't go back up to 199, but I did put some weight on).

Then we moved house, it was all chaotic, we had the new garage converted into a dining room etc. and I wasn't concentrating on trying to lose weight at all.

In November 2010 I decided enough was enough and that was when my husband and I began calorie counting, and that's what we've been doing ever since, and that's how I've finally managed to get down to normal BMI. I've been taking it slow though, I don't lose weight that quickly, but even slow and steady is better than nothing.

I have some weight loss vlogs on youtube if you are interested www.youtube.com/xenaglamrocker

I started doing them in January 2010 when I began with the Alternate Day Diet. My latest vlog entry was just about two or three weeks ago.