Originally Posted by
VeryLargeBob
Ann sweetie!!! Along with MBenson, two of the people I've known the longest here!
I was stalled for THREE YEARS at 230, I'd planned to get to 200. I gave up. I said, okay body, I hear ya, guess we're at equillibrium after 116 pounds gone.
AND THEN!
I signed up to go on a cruise in January. Told myself I was not content to look "good", I wanted to look "great".
I've always known the secret to weight loss (for me, anyway) is the right combination of Diet, Exercise (Weight Lifting in my case) and Cardio.
My entire life, I've been able to do any combination of two at one time, but never all three. Mostly mediocre results.
Somehow, my brain was able to re-wire itself ("hey you have 90 days!" ...or maybe "hey you only have to do this for 90 days")...but I managed to do all three. At once. Finally!
And the weight came off just like it did when I first got sleeved. 25 pounds in six weeks, 30 in nine weeks.
And you know the phrase "last on, first off"? Well.....I was down to that last stubborn little bit of belly fat. I could see the faint outlines of a six pack in the mirror.
SUCCESS BUILDS ON ITSELF!!
Cruise has been over for months but I'm still motivated to diet, exercise and hit the elliptical regularly.
I look better now at age 58 than I did at 40.
This has been one helluva year to remember...and it's only April!!
(the one "bad" thing: when I got stalled at 230 I bought a whole new wardrobe...now nothing fits!)
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