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by **dene** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:55 pm

Good job and great pics!!!

by **Lambralew** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:15 am

You have made amazing progress!! I am inspired!

by **Vicky W.** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:23 am

Thanks dene, I appreciate you taking a look at my thread and taking the time to leave a nice comment...and Lambralew, besides being grateful for your compliment, I am honored to have inspired you!

by **dawnmarie** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:52 am

Awesome job Vicky. Motivation to exercise can be hard to come by. I'm still struggling with it. Keep at it!

by **MissK** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:19 am

I showed my Dh who does SBD too and we think you are looking great. The pictures make such a difference!

by **cheshirecat** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:41 pm

Vicky you look amazing - 3 months?? Seriously? Wow. Great job

xx

by **MaineSeaGlass** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:58 pm

WOW!!! You look great. Look how much your belly has shrunk!!!! I might have missed it but what are you doing for exercise???

by **Vicky W.** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:32 am

Hey MaineSeaGlass....thanks for the comment! Here's a little re-cap of my fitness stuff..

Phase 1: I did no activity at all for those first two weeks...just concentrated on changing my way of eating and resting as much as possible.

Phase 2: I started walking (very slowly) around the neighborhood with my ipod, just about one and a half miles, first thing in the morning,six days a week. After a few weeks of this and a few pounds down, I started walking further and further...down to the beach path, adding hills...a few weeks after that, I got up to just about 4 miles, started doing stretches on this cool little pier on the water at the half way point, adding still more hills and walking faster

As of now: I do my morning walks, stretches, and have added some push-ups and pull ups on the jungle gym down by the pier..and I have started alternating some free weights (6.6lb dumbells, actually) and the dreaded Ab Roller as soon as I get home. I do my routine before breakfast, and it has changed my life. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT....go figure.

Good luck to you!

by **Vicky W.** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:44 pm

Hi guys!

Well, after 6 months on the South Beach Diet, I HAVE REACHED MY GOAL! I started at 180lbs at 5'4 inches tall back on February 13th of this year. I was miserable physically and emotionally...."desperate" and "defeated" would be good words to describe me back then. "Confident", "Energetic", and "HAPPY" would be the words I would use today. My life has changed dramatically due to this way of eating and living, and I will be forever grateful to Dr.A, this board, and the wonderful people I have met here along the way.

IF I CAN DO THIS, ANYONE CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!

Here is a reminder, me at 180lbs Feb '09:

And TODAY, Aug 11th '09, me at 135lbs:

Good Luck to all of you on your SB journey...hang in there, this CAN be done!

by **tatortot** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:56 pm

I am so stinking proud of you! Lishy must look at you and turn her head and go "wheres's my mom, kinda looks like my mom but whats with this new rockin body"? I really don't post much anymore due to I'm on and off the beach so much actually tried Slim 4 Life but really not into the starving myself to lose weight if you know what I mean. Vicky I would really appreciate it if you would list what you ate when you first started on the beach (phI) then how you transitioned into Phase II. I really would like a structured plan, something I could follow to a t. Again, you look so amazing!

by **RedRox** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:13 pm

Truly awesome!! I'm very happy that you are so "Confident", "Energetic", and "HAPPY" too! You did kind of overachieve losing that much in only 6 months though!

How am I going to be able to keep preaching my message of slow and steady wins out in the end!

(it does figure out to just under 2 lbs on average a week though by my calcs.) Congrats and great pics!

P.S. Just out of curiosity, what happened to the black pants and grey top? :lol:

by **Kamull** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:16 am

Brilliant job you have done!! You look really happy and I am pleased for you!! Thanks for being a great example to all of us out here who are starting out on the SBD path.

by **cheshirecat** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:13 pm

Wow wow wow!!! Ditto ALL of the above!! You are an inspiration lady!!

by **dene** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:45 pm

Vicky--Wow, what an inspiring story. I love it!

by **brandywine1974** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:32 pm

HOLY CROW!!! You are simply amazing, inspirational and gorgeous. You must feel like a million bucks!!! GREAT JOB! :mrgreen:

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