I haven't posted in a while and since I am only 4lbs away from my goal weight I figured it was time for an update. I have recently changed my workout from a lot of cardio and some weight training to a lot of weight training and some cardio lol. Hoping to make everything nice and tight again. The last 4 lbs may be here to stay, since I have stayed at the same weight for about a month, my body may be telling me that enough is enough.

I achieved these results but counting calories and exercise, it took me 1 year to do.

And no my hair did not grow that fast, The last picture was at a friend's wedding and I wore a hairpiece to make it longer in the back.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/expressoneon/78.jpg

Out-fucking-standing. :D

Also, the "last 4 lbs" are not there to stay. Just need to refine your game.

Amazing job!! You dont even look like the same person!

PS I dont think those last 4 lbs are going to matter, you look great!!! You must be sooo proud!

Phenomenal job! You must feel amazing, congrats. :)

WOW! Great job! I'll definately be saving your page for motivation!:hurray:

I am a couple lbs more than you and I'm doing the same thing as you...cardio, weight training and calorie counting.


I hate to sound like a ding dong here lol...but I was wondering if you could tell me what program you used to set your pictures side by side. I always have to look at my pics one at a time but I want to do mine like yours so I can compare side by side.

ktgirl- I've been following your progress since you first posted. I'm just blown away by your transformation. You look simply stunning. I showed your before and after pics to my roommate and he said "Woah, she's so tiny!" Your hard work and determination to succeed has quite obviously paid off. You look wonderful.

Btw, I like the long hair much better (even if it is just a hair piece).

OH my GOD you dont even look like the same person its extraordinary!! im really happy for you! its such a big change i wish you the best luck with your new look! ;)

WOW! Fantastic! You don't look like the same person!

Thanks so much everyone, all the people here are my inspiration!

LillyTame: I used paint to copy and paste the pics together into one big one.

Awesome progress Kgirl!! :party:

omg, i have been following your progress since you first started as well. my jaw is seriously on the floor. i can't believe it. you really do look like a different person! You're so frikken beautiful.

I always followed your progress b/c you have around the starting weight and goal weight as me. Unfortantly you progress is much better than mine. (I'm still around 165). I've been slacking lately, but your pics are inspiring me to get off my butt and go work out RIGHT NOW.

FABULOUS work!!!

Awesome! You look like Pam from The Office. But it's a good thing :)

Unbelievable, glorious transformation and dedication!

I'm sure the year of work has paid off for you. What I'd imagine would be fun is visiting people you haven't seen in a year and making them shit bricks. :sifone:

Wow you look great, total transformation. You are a true inspiration to me since I started around the same pounds as you and want to get to where you are. I am still just 2 months in my weight lost journey I hope in a year I can look like that. I am positibe you'll lose those last stubborn 4 pounds.

Hey ktgirl, I forgot to ask you, how tall are you?

OMG girl you look so good!!! You dont even look like the same person, I know you get that alot!! CONGRATS!!!! I cant wait until I get down to my goal...looking at you makes me stay focused:)
was your skin(stomach) flabby after, if not what did you do to help it go away?

Thanks so much everyone!


Joeyscotland: I am 5'5 1/2"

AmberNC: Yes I do have some flabby skin in my stomach, thighs and upper arms but it isn't too bad so I am thinking it will tighten up with time.

ktgirl- tanks for answering my last question. I was wondering if you could tell me a little about your diet and exercise plan? I'm just curious to know what you did and maybe get a couple of pointers.

Thanks so much everyone!


Joeyscotland: I am 5'5 1/2"

AmberNC: Yes I do have some flabby skin in my stomach, thighs and upper arms but it isn't too bad so I am thinking it will tighten up with time.

Ohh... ok well you cant tell at all, which is a good thing! I'm thinking i'm going to have some too from having my baby:(

Oh my gosh you're stunning!!!

Congrats!! GREAT job!

It great to finally see some more pictures! I've been seeing your weight plummeting in the "Hotties in 2008" thread everytime I go to update. Fantastic work...I have to say that I am very jealous!

ktgirl- tanks for answering my last question. I was wondering if you could tell me a little about your diet and exercise plan? I'm just curious to know what you did and maybe get a couple of pointers.

Well I eat basically what I want as long as I can fit it into my daily calories, whenever I noticed a stall in my weight loss I upped my calories for a few days and that seemed to kickstart it back up.

For exercise I started at curves for 4 months, it was a good starting point but it got too easy too fast, so I went to a regular gym. I seriously slacked off on gym time for a few months but I was still counting calories so I was still loosing. I recently started going to the gym again and am doing 30 mins cardio and about 40 mins weight training 3 days a week (the weight training is pretty intense).

You look so beautiful!!! Awesome weightloss!!! CONGRATS HUN!!!

You look so beautiful!!! Awesome weightloss!!! CONGRATS HUN!!!

Thanks so much! Now I am working on getting arms like yours. You look awesome!

You look awesome. Thanks for posting your pics. It's great motivation!

Thanks so much everyone, all the people here are my inspiration!

LillyTame: I used paint to copy and paste the pics together into one big one.



Thanks so much for answering, I'll give that a try.

:seeya:

Wow. Fantastic. Congratulations and well done :)

OMG!! You are such an inspiration!!! Thank you for posting your pics! You have really transformed! Congratulations! I am sure the last four pounds will come off soon!! :) Even if they don't you look amazing!

You look great! I remember when you first posted the very first pic. My what a difference. I can now see that I CAN get to 125-130 just like you! Im 10-15lbs off...I want to be there sooo bad. Thank you for posting pics! You should post more pics of now. You look 10 years YOUNGER! :hurray:

I haven't posted in a while and since I am only 4lbs away from my goal weight I figured it was time for an update. I have recently changed my workout from a lot of cardio and some weight training to a lot of weight training and some cardio lol. Hoping to make everything nice and tight again. The last 4 lbs may be here to stay, since I have stayed at the same weight for about a month, my body may be telling me that enough is enough.

I achieved these results but counting calories and exercise, it took me 1 year to do.

And no my hair did not grow that fast, The last picture was at a friend's wedding and I wore a hairpiece to make it longer in the back.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/expressoneon/78.jpg

OMG, you look great! Dead sexy!

I only just saw this thread, and I have to say....WOW! You look fab! You must be really proud of yourself!!!
Definitely a good example that you really can reach everything if you want, congrats!!! :hurray:

Oh wow!!! Fantastic job on the weight loss. You look fabulous!

My sister in-law just had a baby and she is about the size of your first pic.. Anything helpful I can tell her? I tell her of my 55lbs lost, and she says (it's because I was a guy and didn't have kids which made it easier for me) ect ect..

My sister in-law just had a baby and she is about the size of your first pic.. Anything helpful I can tell her? I tell her of my 55lbs lost, and she says (it's because I was a guy and didn't have kids which made it easier for me) ect ect..

I don't have experience with post baby weight, but one thing that you can tell her is that she CAN do it and the hardest part for me was the first month. It was hard to adapt to not being able to just munch out on bad (but tastes sooo good) food whenever I wanted. After the first 3 weeks- 1 month it became much easier. The trick for me was in finding those 100 calorie packs. They are more expensive but better portion control for me (If I open a big bag of chips I can eat it all before I realized how much I have eaten. When people were eating junk around me I used to tell them how much calories they were eating, they found it irritating but at the same time, it stopped me from eating it. There are things now that I just won't eat (but used to love). It may be easier for guys to loose weight but remember the last winner on biggest looser was a girl!

My sister in-law just had a baby and she is about the size of your first pic.. Anything helpful I can tell her? I tell her of my 55lbs lost, and she says (it's because I was a guy and didn't have kids which made it easier for me) ect ect..



Well, I do have experience(3 times) with baby weight and then carrying it for another 4 years after the last one. Honestly, her attitude probably has a lot to do with being overwhelmed with the care of an infant and not knowing how she will fit in anything else. Many of us when we become moms tend to forgo our own well-being in the interest of our children. I think that's a bit of a biological imperative, but part of being well for your kids IS taking care of yourself. I missed out on a lot of fun with my children, particularly the oldest when she was younger, because I was just too fat and lethargic to ever do anything fun.

All I can impart having experienced it is that it will get worse if you neglect it! If I had lost the weight after my first, I would have been dealing with about 50 lbs, instead I waited and waited and dealt with about 130 total by the time all is said and done and I'm about 70 lbs into that loss now after 8 months and just now getting close to what I would have had to lose if I had started after baby #1. She was pregnant for 9 months! Imagine what she could do in 9 months. That's another perspective to offer. And I'd remind her she wouldn't be the first woman after children to lose weight or get in shape successfully. It can be done. I do find a bit of resistence compared to when I was younger and had not been pregnant yet, but not enough to make it exasperatingly harder.

Think about it though--we were all resistant to that first step and made excuses. I think each person needs to have their own epiphany before it finally hits. We all have different triggers for ours.

two words....holy shit! you look freaking amazing. congrats on how far you have come and thank you for sharing your journey because it really helps renew my belief that I too can do this!!!

Not sure what else to say except, you are Smokin'........

Great job!!!!!!!!

wow what a transformation!


Ill be completely honest, even if the heavier pics you still look great, big or small your still beautiful!


Congrats!

you look amazing! congrats!!!

oh my hello there.... haha Congratulation on the amazing transformation! You are stunting RAWR!

Hey KGIRL, First off let me say you look AWESOME! Such a change in just a year...

Can I ask how you lost it all? You do mention counting calories and exercise, but how many calories and how much exercise? Did you have any setbacks and how did you get through them if so?

You pics must be so motivating...by the time you were 171 it was a huge difference and either way you are really pretty.

Keep up the fantastic work...

Thanks so much everyone!!

Keepasecret: I am one of those crazy people who like to stay close to 1200 calories a day. between 1200-1400. I used to exercise everyday but it was too much and I ended up slacking off for a few months now I go to the gym 3 days a week, for about an hour each time.

FANTASTIC! I am 203 lbs now. Down from 232. Im so annoyed that I have been stuck at this weight for over a month now. I am also 5'5 1/2. I sure hope I look as good at you when I hit my goal.

wow what a transformation!


Ill be completely honest, even if the heavier pics you still look great, big or small your still beautiful!


Congrats!

:iagree: and would like to add...I hope you feel extremely proud of your hard work and determination...It paid off. :hurray:

Wow, you look like a totally different person!! Great job!

your hard work and determination definitely paid off. you look great.

Thank you everyone. your comments mean alot to me

Wow! That's the first and only thing that comes to mind. Some true inspiration right there, congrats

i like you at 158 lbs... very charming and sexy :)
129 is fine... but don't lose other 4 lbs you don't need it, unless you want to be very skinny to become a top model :P

Thanks but I still have a bit of flab, around my stomach and thighs to get rid of, that dress hides it well.

:party:WAY 2 GO! Oh my dear, you are simply stunning. Your hard work has paid TREMENDOUS dividends.

Feel proud - you surely deserve to!

Best wishes on the next phase of your journey:auto:
ABBA

Thanks but I still have a bit of flab, around my stomach and thighs to get rid of, that dress hides it well.

That's the lovely thing about clothing... it hides those last little sins we're trying to get rid of. I've got much the same thing.

Still, you look fabulous! :hurray:

Simply amazing kgirl! You've motivated me. I've gotten upset recently after losing 80lbs and not seeing a whole lot of difference. The change you got in the last few pictures with the last 20lbs or so was really amazing. Hopefully my last 40 will give me the same results.

Holy, nice.... that is cool to see all the pictures lined up like that.. very good motivation.. I'm happy for you, you look so good...

congratulations!! I'm at 143 right now trying to get down to 125, and your pictures really show me what a big difference those last 18 lbs will make! Thanks for boosting my confidence! haha And as for you, you are stunning! Plus, you look so much happier and so confident! Beautiful job!!!!!

Thanks everyone, and it is true, the last little bit can make all the difference. I remember looking at my stomach at around 140 thinking that I would have to loose more than 15lbs to make the tummy flat, but it is pretty flat now (except when I sit down, the tiny bit of excess skin kind of bunches together to make a bump)

When I was at my friend's wedding I was talking to a girl who just had gastric bypass surgery and she said it was hard having all the food around and not being able to eat it. I told her I knew the feeling as I was at the tail end of a diet and she gave me a semi dirty look and said "why do YOU need to be on a diet, look at you" It actually felt good her saying that. I of course explained that I was much bigger a year ago so at least she wouldn't think I was mocking her or just one of those girls who is always on a diet when they don't need to be.

You look amazing, how cool is that to line up your progress and look at it like that.. GOOD FOR YOU!

....she gave me a semi dirty look and said "why do YOU need to be on a diet, look at you" It actually felt good her saying that. I of course explained that I was much bigger a year ago so at least she wouldn't think I was mocking her or just one of those girls who is always on a diet when they don't need to be.

You bring up a good point. I have to admit I've given that look lol, but never thought about what you've pointed out. Unless we know someone personally, we don't know where they've come from and how they've got to where they are now...thats why they say don't judge a book by it's cover.

OH MY GOD! this is astounding, I seriously wouldn't have realised that the first and last pictures are of the same person. Do you get people you know walking right past you in the street?
Well done, this is a real inspiration!

Woah! You look absolutely amazing! Fantastic job =)

Great Job girlie! YOU look AMAZING!! Those last 6lbs made a WORLD of difference!:coolgleamA:

Wow you've done fantasticly! You look amazing! Congrats to you!

You look amazing, incredible job. I love the dress you're wearing in the last pic. I don't care if I lose man cred saying that.

I honestly never had any to begin with.

Wow!!!!! You look so hott!!! :D I am so proud of you! I wish that I'd been here longer so that I were familiar with your story!

Wow, great job! You look amazing!

Thanks so much everyone!


Joeyscotland: I am 5'5 1/2"

AmberNC: Yes I do have some flabby skin in my stomach, thighs and upper arms but it isn't too bad so I am thinking it will tighten up with time.

drinking lots of water and wieght training helped me alot with the flab issue..you look amazing

i have put on so much weight.. I saw ur pics and I am totally inspired..I am not gona touch that chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream no matter what

Congrats on losing the weight..You look gorgeous

:toetap05:now I am physically threatened

Your success is very inspirational.... very

Thank you so much for the sweet comments everyone!! It means alot to me!

Thank you for your inspiration girl! You look amazing! I can't wait to be at that end goal!