Great job! What a huge difference that thirty pounds has made! Congrats!

Terrific job so far! Very noticeable, indeed! You should feel wonderful about what you've accomplished so far! Keep up the great work.

Best wishes on your journey & cheers from

Thanks I appreciate that alot!

I know it is amazing to me the difference. Now the thing is what will I look like in another 30 pounds?
Thanks for the comments!

Great job! keep it going, your looking awesome

Thank You!
I really appreciate al the kind words that everyone has left!

You look great! Congradulations

Thank you so much!
I can't wait to see what the next 30 pounds looks like!

Bellaryna - great work! Keep it up! Share with all of us specifically what you did to lose the first 30 and how long did it take!?

First let me say Thanks for the great comments!
Basically I just figured out how many calories I needed to maintain the weight I was at and then cut it down by 1000. So that put me at about 1550 calories per day.
And of course I added in exercise. But not right away. I first wanted to make sure that I had the eating part down before I threw in another curve-ball.
Of course I did try to eat some of the "old" things that I use to eat and found out real fast that I wouldn't be able to eat as much as (actual food wise) I wanted. So I quickly went from eating a Cheeseburger at McDonalds to eating the Grilled Snack Wrap w/o sauce. That little move saved me about 150 calories. I then did this with everything I ate. I started to "measure" things by how much would I be able to eat in calories. For example: Someone at work offered me a dove chocolate. Now on the whole a dove chocolate wouldn't be that bad for you, if you weren't only eating 1550 cals a day. Those little chocolates can be as much as 45 calories each!!! That equaled out to my being able to have 1 1/2 cups of California Blend or 4 1/2 jellos. When you see how small the chocolate is compared to how much the veggies would fill you up or how much more jello you can have it just wasn't worth it to me.
That is basically what my mind set is for this journey.
I also keep a food journal. And if I do have one of those chocolates I definately record it. That way I know exactly where my cals for the day went, when later on I am so very hungry.
Hope this explains it all. LOL I know I am a bit long winded. You should see me in real time! LOL
Oh and I almost forgot.
I have averaged about 1-2 pounds a week since Aug 6, 2007. Give or take. Some weeks were better than others (4 # loss one week and nothing the next) but on a whole I was always in a downward trend.
Good Luck with your journey!

Your melting away like frosty girlfriend!! you look beautiful~~
Kim

Wow, you look AMAZING! It is such a big difference, congrats!

you look fantastic, huge difference,keep at it

Thanks so much for the words of encouragement!
I am still on track and actually showing a lose still for the holidays. A small lose but still a lose! LOL

You look great! Good job!

Thank you so very much!