It Works :) Size 14+ to 4

[Jenna]

You look awesome! Nice job!! I love the difference between your first after picture and your current picture. I am about where you were at your first after picture, and I feel great, but I can't wait to get to where you are in your current picture.

Thanks for the encouraging update!
Jenna

[eXtremE]

Thank you to everyone on this forum for freely sharing information, encouragement, and testimonials. And especially, thanks to Dr. McDougall for making the process of eating healthfully much simpler than I knew it could be. I wasn’t confident at first that I could lose this much weight (47 pounds so far) without extraordinary measures, but I have, and it’s been so straightforward overall. I love the sense of calm I now have about meals, eating food that’s delicious and healthy, feeling so optimistic and energized about the future, and of course ~ my results.

Feel free to check out my journal, where I post meal pics and aim to highlight my journey into exercise (and eating more veggies).

Wow! You look really good. Keep up the good work!

[SweetPea]

Thanks, Jenna!! As I'm about to turn 40, it feels especially good to give gravity less to mess with (among other positive results!). ;-D I'm excited for you! It really is worth all the effort.

Thanks very much, eXtremE!

[eXtremE]

@ SweetPea , have you started your journey into the exercise yet? This diet and WOE should give you plenty of energy to power thru your workouts. I think eating right and exercise are the two most important things you can do for your health.

[SweetPea]

Hi eXtremE. My energy levels have definitely improved on this plan, and jumped a bit more once I lost the first 40 pounds or so. That was an unexpected bonus.

I've been slowly working up to cardio 3-4 times a week for 30-60 minutes or so, with pops of bodyweight exercise for 10 minutes or so almost daily. I love it. And lots of room to grow.

[JennyParsley]

Great new pictures SweetPea, you are looking FAB-U-LOUS!!! You are so very inspiring to me on my push to reach a much lower BMI goal. Rock on sistah!

[SweetPea]

Hi, Jenny! Thank you so much!!!

[wkriski]

Wow what a bod, congrats!

[SweetPea]

Thanks, wkriski! I love your recent journal posting ~ that list of meals you eat frequently illustrates perfectly why I can see eating this way for the long haul.

[Vada]

You look amazing and have got to feel great too! Thanks for the inspiration!

[SweetPea]

Thank you so much, Vada! I am feeling great! Being at my high school weight hasn't meant reverting entirely to my 18-year-old looks (a girl can dream ), but I feel much healthier than I did at that age, which is pretty exciting.

And congrats on your own progress!!

[SweetPea]

New Before & After pics added to my original post. Cheers!

[PineappleTraci]

SweetPea, you look gorgeous! I just saw the blue-dress-pics on page 2. Really looks like the body you were always meant to have.

And I know what you mean about having internet stage fright! Perhaps when I turn 40 (less than a year away for me now also!) I will bite the bullet and also post a few "see how well this WOE has treated me" pictures. Isn't it just the coolest to have a better body at 39 than you ever did in your 20s??

Rock on, chica, rock on!

[SweetPea]

Thank you, PineappleTraci! Yes, feeling healthy and energized and better at 40 than I did at 30 or 20 has been an amazing experience. Thank you, potatoes!

I would love to read your story and see pictures. The more real people getting really healthy results and posting about them, the merrier!

[Geeneeus1]

Sweat Pea,

Well done and thanks so much for posting this!

I started at 178lbs and am at 143 right now (about 10 months into a starch based lifestyle). While I have many reasons to be excited about the upcoming year, your post has given me a bit more to be hyped up about

Cheers!
Geeneeus