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LaKeitha lost 65 pounds

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Update 2015 – Not only has LaKeitha maintained her 65 pound weight loss for 2+ years, but this Delta Soror also had a child within that time frame.  That means she won the baby weight battle.

“Hello, I wanted to provide an update on where I am now with my weight. I lost the weight successfully in 2012 to have a healthy pregnancy. I continued to workout throughout my pregnancy 4 days a week until I was 8 months pregnant. That helped with maintaining and controlling my weight gain throughout the pregnancy. After having my baby, it took a few months to get my weight back down to my pre-pregnancy weight, but I successfully did it and I am striving hard to maintain it. I am proud of myself that after four years I have not gained the weight back.”

LaKeitha before and after

Original Post Dec 2012 – Today’s featured weight loss success story: LaKeitha (KeKe) lost 65 pounds by changing her eating habits and working out.

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Here is what she had to say about her weight loss journey:

“Hello BWLW I’m Ke’Ke’ I have worked hard to lose weight this year. I have been very successful in losing 65 pounds. My goal is to lose 10-15 more pounds. I workout 5 days a week. I am so happy that my consistency, motivation, and my hard work has paid off. This page is truly a inspiration thank you!!!!

I cut out fried foods, cut back on sweets, juice,and drinks. I started eating more vegetables, and drinking more water. Exercising I worked out for an hour a day. I have a gym membership. I did cardio treadmill, elliptical, bike, abs,everything, and some weights.”

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Regina lost 185 pounds with weight loss surgery

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10 years ago, Regina had weight loss surgery and has lost 185 pounds.   She says, “On December 03, 2002, My life changed forever. I elected to have WLS & experienced every complication you could imagine & today I believe that I’m a better me because of it. People ask me all the time do I have any regrets and the answer is and always will be no. From 360lbs to 175lbs #win

I had the RNY (Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass).  I’m very particular about what I eat. I do a lot of juicing , fresh fruits & veggies. I try to stick with all natural products and it’s rare that I eat out. I run 5 miles 4 days a week and hit the gym 3 days a week. The weird part is before surgery I was walking 6miles a day and eating pretty healthy.

 

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Amber lost 50 pounds

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Today’s featured success story: Amber lost 50 pounds by doing Zumba and changing her diet.

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My starting weight was 206 and I’m now155 and a licensed Zumba fitness instructor!  I lost weight doing Zumba, using portion control and by eliminating bread, white pasta, and sodas! That alone helped me shed 50 pounds.

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La’Wonda lost 50 pounds

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Let’s show some BWLW love to La’wonda who has lost 50 pounds.  She said, “The pictures on the end were taken last December! I’ve lost a total of 50lbs since February. I use the myfitness pal app to monitor my calorie intake. I exercise at least 6 days a week and increased my water intake. I’m still working to try to lose another 25lbs.  I stopped drinking sodas, increased my water intake and I would work out at least 6 days a week for no less than an hour. I also used myfitnesspal app to monitor my calories intake!”

Thanks La’Wonda!

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Nicole lost 23 pounds

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Today’s featured success story: Nicole lost 23 pounds.  She was not able to fit into her Navy uniform after returning back to work after the birth of her child, so she knew she had to so something.  She is now smaller than when she got pregnant.  Check out what she did below.

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“When i got pregnant I was 173lbs by the time I had the baby I was 210lbs. When I went back to work I was 188; struggling to put on my military uniform. finally I have lost a total of 23lbs. I tried on my own but it didn’t work. I love to exercise but my eating habits were horrible. I grew up being told to eat everything on my plate and happy when you asked for seconds. I finally decided to join Jenny Craig, where I lost 19lbs, I took a fiber supplement for two weeks while not being able to go to Jenny and lost an additional 5lbs. My exercise consisted of insanity, weight lifting and running 1.5 miles or more. Just when I thought I would never see the 160’s I’m here, thank you Lord! My goal is 150lbs. If I can you can too! Break those old habits.”

Kiesha lost 50 pounds

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Today’s featured weight loss success story: Kiesha lost 50 pounds after the birth of her 3rd child.  This is a great success story for those who are losing post-baby weight.

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Here is what she had to say about her weight loss journey:

“After giving birth to my 3rd child I was at the heaviest weight of my life: 208lbs! Immediately after giving birth, I lost around 20lbs of water weight from preeclampsia, but over the last 2 months doing P90x I’ve lost an additional 30 for a total of 50lbs!! I’m still not at my goal, but pages like yours REALLY help keep me motivated to keep going!! This black woman’s losing weight!!!!!

When I started P90x it came with a nutrition plan. I don’t follow it to a t because I’ve never been good at being told exactly what I can and can’t eat but I used it as an educational guide and it taught me how to clean up my diet. I’m now eating more protein than carbs and when I do eat carbs they’re complex rather than simple. I’m also eating clean now..if you can’t grow it or kill it I don’t eat it. I’m working out 6 days a week and just really staying focused on my goals.

I’ve also cut all beverages from my diet except for water and green smoothies. When I get bored with water I add flavor packs to change it up, but I’m not drining anything else.”

Natasha lost more than 25 pounds

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Today’s featured success story: Natasha lost more than 25 pounds.  She stopped weighing herself and threw out her scale after she lost 25 pounds.  She is focused on non-scale victories.  Love that.

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Here is what she had to say:

“I wanted to share my success photo with you. I was hesitant in sharing because unlike most of the ladies I don’t know how much weight I have lost. I was always advised to throw the scale out of my house because it would become discouraging at times during my journey and I did not want any set backs.

I started this journey the earlier part of this year. After a visit to the doctor and him telling me that I was in the early stages of becoming a diabetic, for some reason that sounded like a death sentence in my ears. From that point on, after much prayer, I embraced this healthy lifestyle journey of eating better and exercises…my motto was move more and eat less. I did this with NO weight loss surgery…only the power of prayer. I’m one to get bored easy so I would change up my recreation periodically with things such as Insanity, Group Training, Racquetball, etc. I also would count my calories through myfitnesspal.com because I don’t like the restrictions of eating just certain foods. I cut out sugary drinks because I refused to DRINK my daily caloric intake.

The journey has not been easy, but it has been very rewarding. If I could encourage, motivate, and/or uplift anyone through this journey I have made myself available to do so for I also know how much support from those embarking the same journey as you helps along the way. Always remember, with GOD all things are possible!! xoxoxo #teamfit”

Britney lost 105 pounds with weight loss surgery

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Britney lost 105 pounds with weight loss surgery.  Her journey was not easy, as she had complications  and had to have a second surgery.  Read what she has to say about her weight loss journey below.

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“My success story: In April 2009 at 310lbs I had the Realize Band Weight Loss surgery and after a year the band had failed. I was so depressed and defeated because after battling with my weight all of my life I thoughts I had finally found something that would work & it didn’t. So I ended up gaining all of my weight back plus 30lbs within a years time. I had reached 340lbs. I went back to my bariatric Dr & he said I was able to get a conversion because of all the complications of my band. A conversion is when they take the Band out & convert you to the Gastric Bypass. So in April of this year I had the conversion to the Gastric Bypass and now in November I am down 105lbs. God is Good!!!  I eat high protein foods, I do eat carbs I just don’t overload on them. I make sure I have a good amount of fiber in my diet as well. I exercise just with basic living. Park far away, take steps instead of elevators, I try to do Zumba twice a week with my busy schedule.”

Tafara lost 51 pounds

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Today’s featured success story: Tafara lost 51 pounds after leaving the diet pills alone.  She went from 207 pounds (94kg) to 156 pounds (71 kg).

“Hi, i lost 23kg. The picture on the left was taken 2010. I tried diet pills and lost 10kg but they were not a long term solution as they made me paranoid, hypervigilant, drink lots of water, have nausea at the sight of fatty foods and i had massive palpitations. I stopped taking them and put on 20kg. I decided to do it the painful way but im still enjoying the benefits of eating healthy and exercising because i also managed to influence not only my family to do the same but my friends as well. Remember to achieve the goal you need to be consistant. Even if your body tells you no, tell yourself you can do it. Im happy now and so is my family.”

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Cola lost more than 55 pounds

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Today’s featured weight loss success story: Cola lost more than 55 pounds with portion control and consistent exercise.  I asked her how much she’s lost in total and she said, “I don’t know the total after I lost 55lbs. I no longer weigh myself, I only track inches. I workout with a trainer now and the muscle building was making me gain weight ,so mentally it was messing with me”  Read her story below.

Here is what she had to share about her weight loss journey:

“I love your FB site and I am inspired by your posts. I wanted to share my story and hopefully be an inspiration to others. I have been working on my transition for 5 yrs now and I am still not done but I am happy at my work so far. My main changes that achieved the most success have been portion control and consistent exercise. I no longer eat carbs after 4 pm and I work out 3 – 5 times per week. I also keep food diaries to watch calorie intake and pay attention to what i am putting in my body. I also set small goals each week or every 30 days so the task doesn’t seem overwhelming or unattainable. I also love rollerskating and dancing literally all night when I go out to clubs. So I am getting in cardio without even trying when I do those activities. I don’t usually weigh myself but I do track inches which is very important to me. I want to lose about 6 more inches in my waist measurement to be at my ultimate goal.”