AprilN
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 7, 2002
- Messages
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Hi there, everyone.
I can't believe it, but it's been an entire year since the day I finally realized that I deserved to be the healthiest person I could be. Wow, has the time flown by! Thanks to the amazing support of my DH, my family and friends, and of course, the lovely ladies and gentlemen of WISH, this has definitely been the most life-changing, fantastic year of my life. I know the first few weeks would have been impossible without the encouragement I received here on WISH. So thank you, thank you, thank you!
I just wanted to share a few stats from my journey thus far - yeah, it's time for a little bragging. I think I've earned it.
In the past year, I have:
made 123 pounds disappear forever
removed 87.5 pounds of FAT from my body
decreased my body fat percentage from 49.3% to 33.2%
lowered my BMI from 52.4 to 30.6
lost a total of 103.5 inches
exercised EVERY DAY for an entire year (366 days!), and twice a day for nearly 100 of those days
improved my mile time from 20:00 (walking) to 9:43 (running)
went from a clothes size 28 to size 14-16
bought "regular-size" clothes at several stores - I've almost made the move out of plus-size forever
made PERMANENT healthy changes to my eating and lifestyle
Here are a couple of pics; the "before" is me at 296 pounds (right around when I started my journey), and the "current" is last night, at 173.
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Hooray for me! Have a great day, everyone!
I can't believe it, but it's been an entire year since the day I finally realized that I deserved to be the healthiest person I could be. Wow, has the time flown by! Thanks to the amazing support of my DH, my family and friends, and of course, the lovely ladies and gentlemen of WISH, this has definitely been the most life-changing, fantastic year of my life. I know the first few weeks would have been impossible without the encouragement I received here on WISH. So thank you, thank you, thank you!
I just wanted to share a few stats from my journey thus far - yeah, it's time for a little bragging. I think I've earned it.
In the past year, I have:
made 123 pounds disappear forever removed 87.5 pounds of FAT from my body decreased my body fat percentage from 49.3% to 33.2% lowered my BMI from 52.4 to 30.6 lost a total of 103.5 inches exercised EVERY DAY for an entire year (366 days!), and twice a day for nearly 100 of those days improved my mile time from 20:00 (walking) to 9:43 (running) went from a clothes size 28 to size 14-16 bought "regular-size" clothes at several stores - I've almost made the move out of plus-size forever made PERMANENT healthy changes to my eating and lifestyleHere are a couple of pics; the "before" is me at 296 pounds (right around when I started my journey), and the "current" is last night, at 173.
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Hooray for me! Have a great day, everyone!
CONGRATS!!
