2011 SHOW US YOUR PROGRESS

TXLoser · 09-20-2011, 07:36 AM

Okay fellow CCers, I see quite a few threads with some AMAZING progress pictures and it is about time we update the progress sticky with some current pictures.

So, show us your progress pics so far.

I think as we head into the holiday time with treats tempting some of us, it would be nice to see that while this journey may take some of us a while, IT CAN BE DONE!!!!!!

MsWoods · 09-20-2011, 07:46 AM

For me I have been at this for 2.5 years. I've come a long way, and have quite a ways to go, but so far, I'm very happy with where I'm at.

debkeversole · 09-20-2011, 08:12 AM

October 09

July 2011

Sat Sept 17 2011

i can't tell any difference but there is 75 pounds gone somewhere

TXLoser · 09-20-2011, 08:17 AM

Michelle - AWESOME!!!!!

Deb - I can see that your face is smaller!! Keep it up my friend

MsWoods · 09-20-2011, 08:29 AM

Great job Deb. Man, I wish I had the confidence to wear that brown dress you have on. That thing is HoT!

lexiann21 · 09-20-2011, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsWoods

For me I have been at this for 2.5 years. I've come a long way, and have quite a ways to go, but so far, I'm very happy with where I'm at.

I'm not a century club member (yet) but i just want to say WOW congratulations to you! Not only for the loss but for sticking with it, thats the hardest part. You'll see loss no matter what you just have to stick with it. I hope to be apart of it next year at this time! Hoping to lose 100 by next September!

Take Care!

TXLoser · 09-20-2011, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lexiann21

I'm not a century club member (yet) but i just want to say WOW congratulations to you! Not only for the loss but for sticking with it, thats the hardest part. You'll see loss no matter what you just have to stick with it. I hope to be apart of it next year at this time! Hoping to lose 100 by next September!

Take Care!

Hey Lexiann...you don't have to have lost 100 lbs to be here...we just have more to lose than maybe others.

When you take your pictures we hope you will share them with us..doesn't matter how much....all pictures can inspire somebody

debkeversole · 09-20-2011, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsWoods

Great job Deb. Man, I wish I had the confidence to wear that brown dress you have on. That thing is HoT!

LOL it is a bathing suit! you are the second person who thought i was ogoing out on the town

debkeversole · 09-20-2011, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lexiann21

I'm not a century club member (yet) but i just want to say WOW congratulations to you! Not only for the loss but for sticking with it, thats the hardest part. You'll see loss no matter what you just have to stick with it. I hope to be apart of it next year at this time! Hoping to lose 100 by next September!

Take Care!

you don't have to have LOST a 100 to be a member just need to lose it LOL and we have had people who didn't need to lose that much

MsWoods · 09-20-2011, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by debkeversole

LOL it is a bathing suit! you are the second person who thought i was ogoing out on the town

Maybe it SHOULD be a dress? Lol.

Thanks Lexi, you can do this as well. I've been sticking through it for over 2 years, even though for months at a time I have no losses. This is just the way I eat now, for health, weight loss is a bonus!

BigBravesGirl · 09-20-2011, 11:27 AM

Michelle

Deb

Awesome work ladies!!

Here's what I have: Before is Nov 09 at around 375 (probably closer to 390, but I can't be sure). After is at 335'ish in early Sept.

Thanks Diane!

TXLoser · 09-20-2011, 11:34 AM

Thanks Lisa for posting the pics!!!

I love looking at the progress in your avitar and glad you shared it here!!

KUTGW!!!!!!

lexiann21 · 09-20-2011, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsWoods

Maybe it SHOULD be a dress? Lol.

Thanks Lexi, you can do this as well. I've been sticking through it for over 2 years, even though for months at a time I have no losses. This is just the way I eat now, for health, weight loss is a bonus!

Yup, that is the hardest part i think is sticking with it ESPECIALLY if you don't see results sometimes. Easy to get discouraged and give up. When I did LC in 2008 i was able to lose about 45 lbs, i got to 190 and got comfortable and didn't try to continue or maintain. Thats whats scary for me, This time around I know I can do it, I don't want that to happen again. I needed to keep losing whether i felt great or not. Either way if you continue on it you know you'll at least not gain and you have the potential to keep losing, makes since to keep trying then right? I'll need to reference back to this in a few months!

BigBravesGirl · 09-20-2011, 01:25 PM

Lexiann, I've lost weight a thousand times. Hundreds of (if not a thousand) pounds. My problem was keeping it off once it was gone. I finally found the key for me. Lose weight for a few weeks, then move into maintenance. I find if I can maintain for a couple months, I can go back to losing.

That's my strategy this time. Lose and maintain. Lose and maintain.

It will work this time. This is the last time I will ever be on a diet. I may not be a size 4, but I won't weigh almost 400 lbs either!

ETA: Not to say my plan is the best plan for everyone. But it's the best plan for me.

Bejewelme · 09-20-2011, 03:21 PM

Hi girls, TX asked me to post here, so here it is!
In 2005 I was going to get my tubes tied, I went to the pre-op and they said you are too heavy for our scale you need to go down to the loading dock to be weighed, I said um NO, and ran out and never did have surgery, so I was over 350 pounds, not sure how much over. So friends of ours had started Atkins, and told us about it, me and my ex husband started and lost 70 pounds each in about 5 months, went on a trip to Mexico, gained 17 in one week and then for 5 years I would start and restart never really sticking to it, got up to 325, and as low as 289. So last year on my son's B-day 9/27/10 I said I am going to do this no matter what, my current fiancee and I were talking about getting married, and I knew I couldnt ruin another marriage being so fat and miserable with myself, and he is skinny, people probably thought I was eating his food! I have never been thin, around age 9 I got my period and started gaining a lot of weight, I have not weighed less than 200 pounds since I was 13, and right now I am 1 pound away, and I just turned 43! I started and lost weight but refused to exercise,finally in Jan I said OK I will join the gym, well I ended up loving it and have become a gym rat!!! I also ran my first race, I could never run! I have a tough mudder 5K with obstacle in November that I am looking forward to! I get married 10/9, so it is coming up, never did I think I would lose 104 so far in less than a year! My advice is it works, if you follow it and listen to your body and what works and what doesnt! And exercise if you are not, 1 pound of fat is like 3 fists, 1 pound of muscle is 1 fist, so you will look better! I have not lost a lot of pounds in the last 3 months but I am wearing clothes that are so much smaller! I had a lot of arm skin, I will show you, I had my arms done in April, I lost 35 pounds since then and really started working out hard after I healed to get them in shape. I plan to have about 25 pounds of stomach skin removed next Spring if I can scrape up the money!!!!!
If I can do this anyone can! I never ever thought I would do it, get a journal, talk to people, find a support and you can do it!!!!

Here I am in 2005 at my worst

This was 2002 a year or two after my son was born, my stomach is laying on the counter, ughghg

THis was close to last year when I started at 305

Dec 2010

Jan 2011

So that was 40 pounds and no gym, the rest are once I joined the gym and I go about 6 times a week plus running
Late Jan 2011

2/11

3/11

April pre surgery

after bandages removed, I lost 3 inches of hanging skin

May 2011

June 2011

July 2011

August

Push ups, LOL

My wedding gown I will be wearing

My 43rd last weekend

And that is that, I am 3 pounds form my doc's goal I am 5'10 but I want to try to get 180-175 if I can before surgery!

Amber

TXLoser · 09-20-2011, 03:55 PM

Amber...WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing the pictures and your story!!!

debkeversole · 09-20-2011, 04:04 PM

OH MAN AMBER THAT IS OUtSTANDING!!! congratulations on everything!!!!!

:notw rthy:

did your arm surgery leave a bad scar?? i would LOVE to do that but my insurance wont pay anything on it

lc2xfish · 09-20-2011, 05:29 PM

Was a little hesitant about posting pictures but I guess there's no harm in it! The pictures are cropped (to take out some friends) so they're a bit out of proportion, but...

Here is me at the end of December around 330 pounds-

And here is me at 220(ish) at the end of August.

I submitted these pictures (uncropped) to the Atkins superstar competition... I hope they're charming enough!

debkeversole · 09-20-2011, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lc2xfish

Was a little hesitant about posting pictures but I guess there's no harm in it! The pictures are cropped (to take out some friends) so they're a bit out of proportion, but...

Here is me at the end of December around 330 pounds-

And here is me at 220(ish) at the end of August.

I submitted these pictures (uncropped) to the Atkins superstar competition... I hope they're charming enough!

wowowowowo!! CONGRATULATIONS

TXLoser · 09-20-2011, 06:03 PM

lc2xfish - you look FANTASTIC!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing and keep us posted on the Atkins competiton..we are cheerng for you!!!

LunaAshling · 09-20-2011, 10:56 PM

AWESOME JOBS EVERYONE!!!!!!

Bejewelme · 09-21-2011, 03:00 AM

Fish- you look incredible!! WOW so much younger!!!!

Deb- there is a scar that pic here was 3 days later I am 5 months out now, it is still there but it is fading really nicely, insurance doesn't pay but for me that $6,000 was worth it, there is no getting rid of the skin, same with my stomach and deflated air bag boobs, so either I live with it or cough up the money and somehow I am going to, my stomach bugs me the most. I smoked and tanned, and that is all bad for skin issues and I was always fat, so I carried a person on me for many years! If you go to my journal back to April you can see all the pics,

Bejwelme's journal to skinny bride, they are all there, I am happy with them, I am wearing sleeveless shirts all winter, I am not giving them up, LOL

Matrigna · 09-21-2011, 06:01 AM

Wow-- You all look fantastic!

lexiann21 · 09-21-2011, 06:40 AM

LOVE THIS THREAD!

debkeversole · 09-21-2011, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bejewelme

Fish- you look incredible!! WOW so much younger!!!!

Deb- there is a scar that pic here was 3 days later I am 5 months out now, it is still there but it is fading really nicely, insurance doesn't pay but for me that $6,000 was worth it, there is no getting rid of the skin, same with my stomach and deflated air bag boobs, so either I live with it or cough up the money and somehow I am going to, my stomach bugs me the most. I smoked and tanned, and that is all bad for skin issues and I was always fat, so I carried a person on me for many years! If you go to my journal back to April you can see all the pics,

Bejwelme's journal to skinny bride, they are all there, I am happy with them, I am wearing sleeveless shirts all winter, I am not giving them up, LOL

WOW! IDK if i would ever have the money but i would say that is the ONE surgery i would consider is getting my arms done oh and ya know side boobage?/ well i don't have any anymopre BUT there is some loose skin there too SIGH but i will never have the money and yeah the deflated ballons but i guess i would just live with them
LOL i have carried a couple of people since about age 16 i am 43 but i think there is just one more i gotta get rid of

MsWoods · 09-21-2011, 07:19 AM

OMG you guys look fantastic!

I hope to have a side by side body shot image later today, I've only got 1 of me fat and it wasn't even at my fattest. And I have my first one I took last night. I'll get it later and post.

BigBravesGirl · 09-21-2011, 08:33 AM

Great job, everyone!! WE CAN DO THIS!!

nikkiluvslowcarb · 09-21-2011, 03:14 PM

Wow look at all our LCF stars!!! Congrats everyone!!!

piratewoman · 09-21-2011, 03:39 PM

I'll just show a few so you all won't get to bored.

Here I am last spring

In Feb of this yr

In May

In July

In Aug

Bejewelme · 09-21-2011, 05:48 PM

Laura- you had an amazing transformation, and man do you look younger!!!

09-20-2011, 07:36 AM	#1
TXLoser Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,159 Gallery: TXLoser WOE: WW/LC Start Date: January 2004	2011 SHOW US YOUR PROGRESS Okay fellow CCers, I see quite a few threads with some AMAZING progress pictures and it is about time we update the progress sticky with some current pictures. So, show us your progress pics so far. I think as we head into the holiday time with treats tempting some of us, it would be nice to see that while this journey may take some of us a while, IT CAN BE DONE!!!!!!

09-20-2011, 01:25 PM	#14
BigBravesGirl Plastic Wrap Ninja Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: moving to TWOterville Posts: 43,123 Gallery: BigBravesGirl Stats: 397 / hanging on / 2?? WOE: My way! Start Date: today	Lexiann, I've lost weight a thousand times. Hundreds of (if not a thousand) pounds. My problem was keeping it off once it was gone. I finally found the key for me. Lose weight for a few weeks, then move into maintenance. I find if I can maintain for a couple months, I can go back to losing. That's my strategy this time. Lose and maintain. Lose and maintain. It will work this time. This is the last time I will ever be on a diet. I may not be a size 4, but I won't weigh almost 400 lbs either! ETA: Not to say my plan is the best plan for everyone. But it's the best plan for me. __________________ Lisa Last edited by BigBravesGirl; 09-20-2011 at 01:28 PM..

09-20-2011, 03:21 PM	#15
Bejewelme Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Reading/PA Posts: 13,535 Gallery: Bejewelme Stats: 350+/221.4/198 (5'10) WOE: Atkins Start Date: restarted 9/27/2010	Hi girls, TX asked me to post here, so here it is! In 2005 I was going to get my tubes tied, I went to the pre-op and they said you are too heavy for our scale you need to go down to the loading dock to be weighed, I said um NO, and ran out and never did have surgery, so I was over 350 pounds, not sure how much over. So friends of ours had started Atkins, and told us about it, me and my ex husband started and lost 70 pounds each in about 5 months, went on a trip to Mexico, gained 17 in one week and then for 5 years I would start and restart never really sticking to it, got up to 325, and as low as 289. So last year on my son's B-day 9/27/10 I said I am going to do this no matter what, my current fiancee and I were talking about getting married, and I knew I couldnt ruin another marriage being so fat and miserable with myself, and he is skinny, people probably thought I was eating his food! I have never been thin, around age 9 I got my period and started gaining a lot of weight, I have not weighed less than 200 pounds since I was 13, and right now I am 1 pound away, and I just turned 43! I started and lost weight but refused to exercise,finally in Jan I said OK I will join the gym, well I ended up loving it and have become a gym rat!!! I also ran my first race, I could never run! I have a tough mudder 5K with obstacle in November that I am looking forward to! I get married 10/9, so it is coming up, never did I think I would lose 104 so far in less than a year! My advice is it works, if you follow it and listen to your body and what works and what doesnt! And exercise if you are not, 1 pound of fat is like 3 fists, 1 pound of muscle is 1 fist, so you will look better! I have not lost a lot of pounds in the last 3 months but I am wearing clothes that are so much smaller! I had a lot of arm skin, I will show you, I had my arms done in April, I lost 35 pounds since then and really started working out hard after I healed to get them in shape. I plan to have about 25 pounds of stomach skin removed next Spring if I can scrape up the money!!!!! If I can do this anyone can! I never ever thought I would do it, get a journal, talk to people, find a support and you can do it!!!! Here I am in 2005 at my worst This was 2002 a year or two after my son was born, my stomach is laying on the counter, ughghg THis was close to last year when I started at 305 Dec 2010 Jan 2011 So that was 40 pounds and no gym, the rest are once I joined the gym and I go about 6 times a week plus running Late Jan 2011 2/11 3/11 April pre surgery after bandages removed, I lost 3 inches of hanging skin May 2011 June 2011 July 2011 August Push ups, LOL My wedding gown I will be wearing My 43rd last weekend And that is that, I am 3 pounds form my doc's goal I am 5'10 but I want to try to get 180-175 if I can before surgery! Amber __________________

09-20-2011, 04:04 PM	#17
debkeversole Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: southern ky Posts: 49,317 Gallery: debkeversole Stats: 370/285/199 WOE: 8/29/11 R9P2 HCG diet Start Date: 10-8-09	OH MAN AMBER THAT IS OUtSTANDING!!! congratulations on everything!!!!!:notw rthy: did your arm surgery leave a bad scar?? i would LOVE to do that but my insurance wont pay anything on it

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09-20-2011, 07:46 AM	#2
MsWoods Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tx Posts: 8,590 Gallery: MsWoods Stats: 399/246.6/204 (for now) WOE: Low Carb Start Date: 06/22/09	For me I have been at this for 2.5 years. I've come a long way, and have quite a ways to go, but so far, I'm very happy with where I'm at.

09-20-2011, 08:12 AM	#3
debkeversole Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: southern ky Posts: 49,317 Gallery: debkeversole Stats: 370/285/199 WOE: 8/29/11 R9P2 HCG diet Start Date: 10-8-09	October 09 July 2011 Sat Sept 17 2011 i can't tell any difference but there is 75 pounds gone somewhere

09-20-2011, 08:17 AM	#4
TXLoser Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,159 Gallery: TXLoser WOE: WW/LC Start Date: January 2004	Michelle - AWESOME!!!!! Deb - I can see that your face is smaller!! Keep it up my friend

09-20-2011, 08:29 AM	#5
MsWoods Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tx Posts: 8,590 Gallery: MsWoods Stats: 399/246.6/204 (for now) WOE: Low Carb Start Date: 06/22/09	Great job Deb. Man, I wish I had the confidence to wear that brown dress you have on. That thing is HoT!

09-20-2011, 11:34 AM	#12
TXLoser Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,159 Gallery: TXLoser WOE: WW/LC Start Date: January 2004	Thanks Lisa for posting the pics!!! I love looking at the progress in your avitar and glad you shared it here!! KUTGW!!!!!!

09-20-2011, 03:55 PM	#16
TXLoser Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,159 Gallery: TXLoser WOE: WW/LC Start Date: January 2004	Amber...WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing the pictures and your story!!!

09-20-2011, 06:03 PM	#20
TXLoser Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,159 Gallery: TXLoser WOE: WW/LC Start Date: January 2004	lc2xfish - you look FANTASTIC!!!!!! Thanks for sharing and keep us posted on the Atkins competiton..we are cheerng for you!!!

09-20-2011, 10:56 PM	#21
LunaAshling Queen of the Planet of Redheads Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On a big rock made of dirt Posts: 4,791 Gallery: LunaAshling Stats: 248/___ /Strong WOE: Lowcarb Start Date: Today :)	AWESOME JOBS EVERYONE!!!!!!

09-21-2011, 03:00 AM	#22
Bejewelme Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Reading/PA Posts: 13,535 Gallery: Bejewelme Stats: 350+/221.4/198 (5'10) WOE: Atkins Start Date: restarted 9/27/2010	Fish- you look incredible!! WOW so much younger!!!! Deb- there is a scar that pic here was 3 days later I am 5 months out now, it is still there but it is fading really nicely, insurance doesn't pay but for me that $6,000 was worth it, there is no getting rid of the skin, same with my stomach and deflated air bag boobs, so either I live with it or cough up the money and somehow I am going to, my stomach bugs me the most. I smoked and tanned, and that is all bad for skin issues and I was always fat, so I carried a person on me for many years! If you go to my journal back to April you can see all the pics, Bejwelme's journal to skinny bride, they are all there, I am happy with them, I am wearing sleeveless shirts all winter, I am not giving them up, LOL

09-21-2011, 06:01 AM	#23
Matrigna Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,376 Gallery: Matrigna Stats: 238/190/130 (5'4") WOE: Low Carb Start Date: 8/15/11	Wow-- You all look fantastic!

09-21-2011, 06:40 AM	#24
lexiann21 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 846 Gallery: lexiann21 Stats: 256/222.6/175 WOE: Weight Watchers/5:2 diet/exercise Start Date: March 2013	LOVE THIS THREAD!

09-21-2011, 07:19 AM	#26
MsWoods Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tx Posts: 8,590 Gallery: MsWoods Stats: 399/246.6/204 (for now) WOE: Low Carb Start Date: 06/22/09	OMG you guys look fantastic! I hope to have a side by side body shot image later today, I've only got 1 of me fat and it wasn't even at my fattest. And I have my first one I took last night. I'll get it later and post.

09-21-2011, 08:33 AM	#27
BigBravesGirl Plastic Wrap Ninja Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: moving to TWOterville Posts: 43,123 Gallery: BigBravesGirl Stats: 397 / hanging on / 2?? WOE: My way! Start Date: today	Great job, everyone!! WE CAN DO THIS!!

09-21-2011, 03:14 PM	#28
nikkiluvslowcarb Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oklahoma girl living in Louisiana Posts: 3,144 Gallery: nikkiluvslowcarb Stats: 315 /164.4/ 155 WOE: WW Points Plus Start Date: June 7th 2011	Wow look at all our LCF stars!!! Congrats everyone!!!

09-21-2011, 03:39 PM	#29
piratewoman Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sanford NC by way of Columbia S.C. Go Gamecocks Posts: 5,932 Gallery: piratewoman Stats: 239.8/157.2/? 5'6 age:56 20W then-6 misses now WOE: Atkins- very low carb Start Date: August 2010	I'll just show a few so you all won't get to bored. Here I am last spring In Feb of this yr In May In July In Aug

09-21-2011, 05:48 PM	#30
Bejewelme Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Reading/PA Posts: 13,535 Gallery: Bejewelme Stats: 350+/221.4/198 (5'10) WOE: Atkins Start Date: restarted 9/27/2010	Laura- you had an amazing transformation, and man do you look younger!!!