You look fantastic!! Great job on all that HARD ASS work!! Do you mind me asking about how many estimated calories you would eat in a day?? I think your food ideas are spot on, I eat breakfast every morning now, and it helps big time! But, I don't think I could do just a protein shake for dinner, I could probably do a shake for lunch, then do my chicken breast & Veggies for dinner, I would be starving by 10 pm WOW your amazing! Did you ever hit a plateau during your 8 months?

Miss Ladybug- I do not know how many calories i would eat in a day..i didnt ever keep track of my calories..i just made sure not to eat any junk food pretty much and also not to eat past 7pm. Ya the protien shake for supper sucked sometimes but i usually would have it at about 6pm and then go to bed by 10pm..i got pretty use to it though...i go up and down now about 3-4 pounds..ill be 126 one day and then 122-123 a couple weeks later..but i think that is pretty normal..i try to watch what i eat during the week and then have a dessert on the weekend to balance everything out..i also weigh myself everyday so when i do gain a couple pounds i know to bite it in the butt!!

You look great. I am glad you posted pics at different weights. How did you find the motivation? How long did it take for you to make going to the gym a habit? I get too lazy to go to the gym at times.

I started going to the gym right away...i dont like going alone and my fiance would go everyday so then id go with him and if i didnt want to he'd push me to! lol Then after awhile i LOVED to go to the gym..when you get into a routine you feel like crap if you dont go..your body gets so use to it!! My motivation was my health for one, also my wedding (even though its 2 years away i wanted to lose it right away instead of dragging it out till then) and i also wanted to wear shorts in the summer! haha..i ALWAYS wore jeans bc i hated my legs! but now all i wear are shorts in the summer!

KT,

Your before and after is amazing! You were always a beautiful girl but you look amazing now!

I was wondering, since you mentioned you were engaged and your fiance would go with you to the gym, how did he motivate you to lose weight? What helped/didn't help as far as comments/motivation from him?

I want to motivate my boyfriend to lose weight and learn to like exercise but it seems like I end up a nag, and of course the last thing I want to do is hurt him!

Any advice would be appreciated. Again, awesome job!! Very impressive!!

Thanks!
Caprice

you look really good!! i hope i can do what you did in 8 months. i'm supposed to be getting married then haha...it's always inspiring to see people's before and afters. especially when they're in my age group, it makes me more motivated for some reason thank you for sharing!!

Caprice - I pretty much just started going to the gym with him bc he went everyday anyways and if i didnt want to go or i was being lazy, he pushed me to go which was nice bc if i had the choice i probably would of just stayed home lol. But after going for a couple weeks i WANTED to go everyday..you just feel so much better afterwards..just try and get your boyfriend to go to the gym with you a couple times and maybe he'll like it...i just think you feel a lot better after your work out! Also try and not have a lot of junk food in the house..bc then you will most likely stay away from it bc you wont have it around to eat! Good luck with everything!!!

Smokin'!! Excellent job!

Oh, I am so jealous - thin AND beautiful!! You lucky girl

Awesome with a capital A.

Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments! I just hope i keep this weight up, or else i have to kick myself for it..if i can kick myself..haha

You look amazing!! Were you always heavy or did you gain weight recently? I'm just wondering b/c I have about another 15 lb to lose (about 45 total) and am afraid of the sagging everybody talks about but you look great so hopefully I have this in store

Fantastic. You look amazing.

I just started getting kinda chucky around the age 15 but i was at my heaviest when i was 19..it just gradually kept creeping up on me as the years went by...i was 145 when i was 16 and i remember getting up to 150 and i told myself..i wont get past 155 then i would go up to 160 and i just kept gaining and gaining..then when i graduated beauty school i was 168..that was my heighest weight. i know to some people 178 isnt that bad but im not very tall either so it sucked ..but i dont have any sagging at all which im happy for..just a few stretch marks around my belly button but they have faded so much i cant even see them anymore

i love looking at ur pics it inspires me..i hope to look like that