I achieved my target weigh this past weekend!
 

Woohoo! Yup, finally got under 155lbs. I've been trying to hit this goal for the past 3 months and finally did it this past weekend.

Maintaining this is the next challenge:D

You suck. Just kidding, you don't suck, YOU ROCK, I'm just jealous as all get out. Good luck on that maintaining thing. And well I think if you're going to brag and woot, you ought to throw up a few before and after shots. Whose with me on that one?

Congratulations! Yes, I agree with almeeker, before & after shots are so much fun to see. Would also like to hear about changes other than appearance.

Love hearing about successes, thanks!

Alice

Congratulations! That's so awesome!!! And you're way ahead of schedule! Best of luck with keeping up your success!

Very cool. Do you workout? I notice on your log you eat a lot of veggies and a relatively small amount ot protien. Have you always pollowed this plan? Just curious. were you on a certain calorie deficiet?

Yes, I work out, joined a gym back in March'09. I used to go 3-5x a week, but have since tapered it back to 3x a week and I'll do resistance training w/ machines & free weights.
I also started increasing my cardio on the tredmill & ellip back in January of this year. Once my legs & knees started to feel stronger, I started to jog around my local park before I would go to work. My goal was to start running 5k events and I just recently ran my fourth 5k race (last weekend) and I started running 5k's in July.

I've been at a plateau for the last month or so and decided to really focus on a consistent calorie deficit (between 500 to 1,000 calories) and try to cut back on carbs and really cut back on beers.....I love my Heinekens :mad:(although I went overboard this last weekend).
I'll also turn on my activities so ya'll can see my workouts.

My other mini goal is to get to 10% body fat by this October, which is still few weeks away, I just hope I can maintain my weight till then.....

I'll post some before & after pics later.

Awesome job, sw07! Congrats, and good luck on that last final goal with the body fat %. It's a daunting thing adding those calories back in for maintenance; just pay attention to your body and you'll do fine.

Ya thanks, I'm feel I'm close to finding my happy medium....

hi congratulation on your success.
when i reached one of my weight goals i then started to make performance goals such as cutting down my 5k times or increasing my max lifts. everyone has different motivators and i find these performance based ones work better for me.

Congratulations!!!! I second (or third or fourth or whatever) the motion for before and after pics.

Um, it's later.... And the pics are?

So what are you doing to celebrate/reward yourself? New running shorts, new camera to take that "after" pic? Don't make me ask if you're getting a mani-pedi...

yes... before and after pics are a must! Congrats!

LOL....I just realized there weren't too many pics of my former self due to low self esteem and big 'ol gut.
I hated seeing pics of myself, I'm sure ya'll can relate..I'll have to check my archived photos.

As for rewarding myself, I signed up for another 5k run this Saturday-chasing that runners high;)

Here's the progress pic-

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...0/b4_after.jpg

nice job, thanks for posting pics. You look very vascular. Are you taking l-arginine?

Ya, thanks- It feels kinda weird posting pics of myself, whatever...I went from size 38 pants to 32 and my shirt size was XXL and now Mediums fit nice;)
and no, I'm not taking l-arginine, the only supplement I've been regularly taking
is 1200mg tab of fish oil every other day.

I've been trying to eat clean as much as possible for the last year or so...except for the occasional round of Heinekens...

yeah it feels kinda weird at first. I guess I have so many pic and videos of my on the internet the internet now that it doesn't even bother me.

a huge congratulations !! keep it up now! Don't fall back !

If I lost that much weight I would be posting them like crazy!!!

LOL...Thanks for all the kind words. I just got back from running another 5k race and I'm felling great!
Beat my previous time by 30 sec- I know it's not blazing fast, but I ran it in 24:24 and finished 10th overall. Small turnout, but I still finished in the top 10- woohoo!

And now I'm off to do some Salmon fishing:D

Thats too awesome! Keep up the great work.

Awesome job on the pics, now that is some serious improvement! Sorry I'm such a pest, but it's genetic, be glad my mother isn't on this forum, now she's relentless. I'm jealous as all get out, not only have you made your goal weight and are running races, but you also know how to post pics on the forum!!! You are soooo ahead of me.

I agree, awesome pics. I tried to put up some bathing suit pics comparing this year to last year, but for the life of me I couldn't get it to work :mad:

Go here-
Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket
Open an account and upload your pics.
Copy the url and past them into your post- voila! Ur on the interweb

bingo, this man knows his stuff.

Now we'll be looking for those picture of you Lizzycritter! (Hope that didn't come across as creepy?:confused:)

He posts pictures of his naked torso on-line and just now worries that he might seem creepy?

lol, in his before pic it looks like he's got his "Pants On The Ground". Just don't right click the bottom corner and drag down! :eek:

I edited my "progress" pic.......:p

hey! I liked the pics, I was just messing with you. The edited pics are funny though.

Fantastic! Well done you! Love the progress pics hahaha :D