hotacidbath Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 After starting my weight loss journey (it feels dramatic to write it like that) in September I had noticed small changes in how my clothes fit and at the beginning of June I had lost a total of 30 pounds, but these past couple of months it's felt like the small changes have gotten bigger and bigger. Today on a whim I decided to try on my goal clothes to check my progress. When I started trying to lose weight, large t-shirts were beginning to get a little tight and I was wearing between a size 22 and size 24 pants depending on the brand (I wish women's pants had one unifying size). Today I am comfortably wearing size 16 jeans, a belt that is 6 notches from where I started (roughly 7 inches lost around the waist) and a medium t-shirt. In high school I lost track of how much I weighed because I was embarrassed and this continued through college until I decided enough was enough. I was skinnier graduating college than I was graduating high school and, judging from my clothes, I am skinnier now than I was my sophomore or junior year of high school. I'm still not at my final goal and probably won't be for at least another year, but I never would've gotten to this point if it hadn't been for this community. I haven't been on much in the past several months, but when I was first getting started and I saw all sorts of people in all sorts of sizes with all sorts of fitness goals supporting and helping one another it really pushed me into finally taken things seriously. So thank you Steve for creating this site and thank you community members for being the catalyst to finally getting me to feel good about myself. This has also inspired my mom, who has been struggling with her weight for as long as I can remember, to begin working out regularly and she is now going through the Couch to 5K program. Seeing her work and knowing that I'm what got her there is the best part of all of this. So thank you everyone, for not only helping me, but also helping the most important person in my life. Quote Link to comment
thescrawnycaveman Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Congratulations!!! I wasn't around here when you got your inspiration, but I'm very glad that the community helped you! It is rare these days to see too many people going out of their way to help others, but on this forum it seems like everyone wants to help each other. It is fantastic! Keep up the good work, I am sure you will be where you want to be in no time! Quote Link to comment
Malva Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Awesome! Thanks for sharing your before and after pictures - really inspirational! I wish you even more success in the future. Quote Level 1 Earth Mother Druid STR-2 DEX-1 STA-3 CON-3 WIS-3 CHA-3 Link to comment
'Roos Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 You look amazing! (I bet you probably feel amazing too!) I'm at the beginning of the journey, and your story is a great reminder of what I could accomplish too. Keep it up! Quote Link to comment
CapN_Tommy_Sunshine Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 That's awesome work! Quote Link to comment
Havock Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Epic! Very cool! Quote ~Havock N7 Lycan. Scout at heart, training with the Rangers. {Level 1} STR 3 | DEX 2 | STA 1 | CON 2 | WIS 5 | CHA 2 Link to comment
Gathris Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Epic advancement! Quote It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. - The Mentats Link to comment
lwow Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Awesome work! you look totally more fit in addition to just being smaller if that makes sense. Thanks for sharing, this is really motivating Quote Link to comment
Knightwatch Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Great job! Keep up the epic work! Quote "The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder." --GK Chesterton Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo et sanabitur anima mea... http://www.facebook.com/#!/jbaileysewell Link to comment
jenas77 Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 Congratulation thats awesome! You look great! keep it up. Quote "Sweat is just fat crying""Courage is endurance for one moment more""Forget the sky there is no limit""Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself" Leo Tolstoy Follow me https://twitter.com/J_oreo77 Instgram- j_oreo77 Link to comment
dracopervicax Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 HUZZAH! Congratulations! Quote Dracopervicax's "Not all who wander are lost" challenge Link to comment
Ang0488 Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 You look awesome!! Congrats Quote Angela's Abs or Bust Challenge Link to comment
metalchick Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 Wow that's awesome progress. Congrats!! I hope to be right there with you in a few months! Quote Shameless Food journal and epic weight loss story: http://www.fourhourexperience.com/blog/ Link to comment
Foolishnostalgia Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 Congrats! Keep it up! Quote My GOMAD Log - Complete! Current challenge - Strength Squad Link to comment
Tom Kenobi Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 AWESOME! Keep up the good work! Quote "First, decide who you would be and then do what you must do." ~Epictetus Link to comment
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