do you want to see my body..

lauren grier

lauren grier

you're like stars
hahah

I've been feeling super down on myself lately- weight wise/fitness wise/etc .. I've been lazy and not really putting any effort in since I seemed to stall out at this level. This morning I decided enough is enough and I'm going to get back into it.. I also took new body shots- and holy cow..... what a difference from a year ago! Now.. I know I've told you all a million times.. I started this weight loss journey in April 08 - about a month after my exdh left. I'm a stress weight gainer.. and well, my life was shitfastic for a long time. Anyway.. I had gotten up to 204 lbs (ack.. why am I posting this). Thankfully, for my sanity, I do not have any piccies of me @ that weight. I'm pretty sure I'd never leave the house again if I did haha. I do however, have piccies from August 08- I'm not sure how much I'd lost by this point.. but I was still fat :p that's all that matters. Anyway.. I'm down 52lbs (though my scale tried to lie to me this morning and tell me I was down 59lbs.. lol that would have been nice). I'm a tall chickie, so I'm in my healthy zone already- but, it just doesn't FEEL healthy yet. I still have a pudgey belly.. and have a lot of work to do. I'd love to be 10-20lbs lighter than I am now still. I just know I need to work really hard to get through that last hump, cause it's not going to go anywhere on it's own..
annnnnnnnnnnyway.....
So you want to see the difference a year makes????

Here's a side profile Aug 08/Aug 09 (ignore the apparent hump back in my current photos LOL my shirt was too big and I was bunching it back there ^_^ it looks funny)
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and.. where I think it really really shows, my upper body/face/front shot
again aug 08/aug 09 (sorry it's blurry.. my batteries were dying). Even my NECK is smaller hahaha.. that's just creepy dude!
aug08b.jpg
aug09.jpg


I'm newly inspired after seeing what a difference there is, and how far I've come.. I can't give up now!!!
 
thanks chickies :] LOL and jessica.. add like 10 layers of fat and that'd be about where I started lol lol
 
Wow! You go girl! That is amazing!!!! Keep it up! Stick one of your heaviest weight pics up on your fridge. That is motivation!
 
I was at one time at 200 pounds too. After having my daughter and son. I have very few pictures of that time. I am only 5 ft 5 though :thumbdown: Not a good feeling.

lauren grier said:
thanks chickies :] LOL and jessica.. add like 10 layers of fat and that'd be about where I started lol lol
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La you look freakin' awesome. That last 10 pounds is suppose to be the hardest, but just take it slow, and I know you can do it. You look amazing :)
 
Ugh I know all about the weight issues I have been fighting mine on and off too but never sticking with it for long. I was down to a happy weight last year (I am tall too at 5 foot 9) and got down to 156 last year til Thanksgiving and all the holidays hit. Now I am all the way back up to my pre-diet weight again. I stress eat too! It's terrible. I think you have done an increidlbe job! You look awesome even in your blurry pic ;) hehehe Keep up the good work it's very inspiring and I can't wait to get myself back in gear too (I am thinking once my kiddies all hit school again)
 
you look fantastic la! i'm so proud of you! i so need to get my but back in gear!

so are you gonna tell us all your magic secret?!?!? ;)

xo
 
Oh Wow, that's amazing, you're amazing. You look fantastic!:thumbup: I lost some weight and then slacked off, but have just recently got back on track, you have now inspired me to keep going.
 
Wow - I am soooo impressed!! I got my 30 day shred video in the mail the other day and started it today. Boy, do I have a long way to go...I thought I was going to collapse on the floor! I won't be able to walk, tomorrow. You are an inspiration!!
 
Congratulations on a job well done!

You've inspired me to get going on my walking again...I've been waiting to find out if I'm going to be bumped out of my job to another job and stress eating for two weeks...so it's a wonderfully brave thing you did posting your story.
 
thanks girls! you are all so awesome :] and I am so humbled by the fact that some of you are inspired BY me.. :] It's been one hell of a journey for my body and my psyche.. still not there 100% but I WILL get there, I am determined. We can all support each other :]
 
I wish I had your dedication, La. Three kids later and I can't get myself motivated to try to lose any of the baby weight. (That's right, I'm carrying around 3 kids' worth of preggo weight. :blah: )
 
hey my kid is almost 6.. lol... it took me a while ^_^ you can do it! This was more......... dedicated to being awesome, than dedicated to losing baby fat. I think that may be the trick.. I mean I had started and stopped a zillion times and just kept gaining more weight. I wasn't doing it for the right reasons.

and I haven't been consistently dedicated LOL.. I lose steam a lot and feel like poo. The one thing that's been good this round, is I didn't re-gain weight when I stopped caring. I'd just stall out at a weight for a while.. and start up again. I don't know what I did differently.. other than the mind frame that is. lol
 
You're amazing La!!! & you look amazing!!! And, (sorry) I never pictured you as tall. I guess just average. lol How tall are you?
 
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