60 pounds
Woke up this morning and weighed myself like I do everyday. I do this just to keep myself on track. Sometimes the daily fluctuations drive me crazy but it gives me a general idea of how what I eat and how active I am affect my weight. Over the past year losing weight has been a little trickier than it was before. Sometimes I plateau because I am working out a lot and not eating enough. Other times I eat too much and just end up evening out the calories in and calories out. Honestly I have not been putting in an effort to lose since I am training for a marathon my main concern is proper nutrition so that I can perform well. Yet somehow over the past month I have been in a very good weight loss groove and have been averaging 1 pound a week. So today when I stepped on the scale I saw that I was officially down 60 pounds from when I started my weight loss journey. It is hard to believe that I was carrying around all that weight. I complain about my fuel belt weighing me down and that only weighs about 3 pounds, 60 pounds would be like wearing 20 fuel belts. CRAZY!!!!
Two weight loss goals down and one to go. Even with all that weight lost I am still not at my optimal running weight, I need to lose 6 more pounds to reach that goal. Seems like a lot considering it took me almost a year to lose the last 11 pounds. But I will continue to do what I have been doing: trying to eat healthy foods (most of the time), keep my portions of unhealthy/ snacky foods small, stay active and not worry about it. Hopefully that works 
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wtf!! 60 pounds! I had no idea. You are inspirational. You and RunKerrieRun are weight loss and running icons! Un-f-ing believable!
Middalia,
WOW!!!
That is an amazing accomplishment.
Sounds like you have a great plan.
Congratulations
OMG!!! Congratulations! You didn’t look like you had 60 lbs. before! Awesome job and keep it up!
Great job!!
That is simply amazing. Slow and steady progress although frustrating can produce great results. Keep up the good work.
Congratulations! That is a lot. And I bet you are running faster now also. When I hit a plateau I found that yoga and/or strength training boosted the ratio of muscle to fat. You can do it.
Awesome! What an accomplishment! You’re definitely living a better life than 60 lbs. ago. Congrats and keep staying fit!
Congrats on the accomplishment! 60 pounds is huge! I know how tough it is to balance training and weight loss. I’m down 15 pounds this year and 50 pounds the last two.
What I found is when I got a lot less concerned about calorie tracking and a lot more dilligent about putting in quality miles, the weight just kind of flew of.
This is fantastic! Congratulations on this great achievement. I love reading stuff like this.
WOW!!! CONGRATS, that is such an amazing accomplishment
you are doing so great and have turned it into a lifestyle change, which is the best part. keep up the awesome work!
Congrats on your weight loss and your journey to become healthy and fit. You look great and I am sure the weight difference has a lot to do with why you are no longer a turtle!
Another congratulations from this camp!! You look so fit and trim now. Don’t stress over those last 11 if they don’t want to come off. Enjoy your running and other activities. Again, you look fantastic!!
That is so awesome. You should be so proud of yourself. I wish the majority of Americans would do this! I think I heard somewhere that 60% of Americans are overweight. That is quite an achievement. Most importantly, it is okay to fluctuate a little bit. Again, Congratulations!
This is really impressive. Congratulations!
That is great, Middalia! You are an inspiration! Keep up the good work, girl.
Thank you all for your encouragement and motivation!! You keep me going and make me feel like I could accomplish anything
Wow! Congratulations – that is an amazing, amazing accomplishment and you should be VERY proud!!
Wow thats super impressive! You have a lot to be proud of!!!
Soo happy for you!
You look great love… Im happy 4 you… Keep up with it.. lil Chris says you look great 2 =)
OMG, that’s awesome! 60 lbs is insane! I started about 15 months ago with the goal to lose 80 pounds. I’ve lost 50, am at an acceptable weight, but am anxious to lose the other 30 in the next 8 or 9 months.
Keep it up and congrats! What an awseome accomplishment!
@ Jen thanks so much…Great job losing the 50. Good luck with the 30..Slow and steady is the best way!