From Obese to Bikini Model: 230lb woman reveals how she lost 1/2 her weight W/out surgery (Exercise)

Detroit Newstime ^ | 04-06-2016 | Phoebe Jackson

[ghosthost]

'I began with small steps, I didn't actually change the way I ate until fairly far into my fitness journey.'I guess you could say I hit a plateau - so I started to change the way I ate.'I watched my portions and ate more fruits and veggies, less packaged food more whole food.'She reached 115lb then hired a coach to help to weight train to sculpt her figure and entered her first fitness competition in 2014.She admitted being nervous the first time she stepped on stage but praised her coaches who helped prepare her.'I truly enjoyed the process. I was 115lb the day of my show - exactly half the woman I was when I started working out.

[KeyLargo]

[sparklite2]

[Justa]

She kept the horse face tho.

[notdownwidems]

It's really not that hard. Just work out at Crossfit and eat low carb.

Very simple, but not easy!

[driftdiver]

From what I’ve seen if you lose the weight the same way you put it on the excess skin isn’t a problem. That being 1 pound athe a time.

When you shed it very fast the body can’t adjust.

[manc]

that is one hell of a body and good for her to get I shape, but I have to ask where is the stretched skin?
She must have had some kind of removal. Not that I care.

I just like looking at the right photo.
Not that I at shallow either

Honest.

Expect all the fat women on the view to attack her for saying she should be loved no matter how she looks and did not need to do this.

[Disambiguator]

We have a gym owner here in the Treasure Valley that has a similar story. Maybe some Freepers in Boise/Meridian or Nampa know about this place and its proprietor.

http://www.fitnessxpressions.com/my-story/

[manc]

I looked the post below and thought great.
I then see your post yuck, thank yo very much. Not LOL

[wally_bert]

I’m impressed.

[doorgunner69]

She has learned her lesson and has the boyfriends to bolster it. She likely has no interest in going back to “Do not want!” status.

[Patriot Babe]

I wonder how she did it since she doesn’t look like she has sagging loose skin.

[atc23]

Indeed. I lost 37 pounds in 30 days by doing nothing but fresh made juice - Kale, Spinach, Cucumber, Ginger, Lemon, Orange, Beet and Pineapple.

Every little ache and pain plus the Sciatica issue just disappeared after about 2 weeks. I ain't lyin though, it was NOT FUN eating nothing for 30 days but juice

[gloryblaze]

She is young; that’s the main thing. Think of a pregnant woman, tummy rising and falling, so to speak.

[doorgunner69]

Hate to think how much muscle mass you lost without protein. Loss of weight lifting strength has always pissed me off when I do lose deliberately.

[petercooper]

Nice!

[doorgunner69]

Don’t worry about it, the idea of the thread just makes some grumpy.

[Lizavetta]

She is lucky to have such good, elastic skin.

She dropped the weight before she hit menopause. That's a big factor in getting your skin to snap back.

[DungeonMaster]

That’s the key. I’ve seen women who have lost a lot of weight, but the skin stays the same.

My poor daughter, for example.

[PrairieLady2]

Even when skin does shrink back, it often has stretch marks, and this girl doesn’t seem to have that, either.

[HotHunt]

Last spring I tried juicing to lose weight. I did lose 25 lbs in about 6 weeks but it stopped and after plateauing for weeks, I started questioning whether I could stay on the diet long-term because you just drink juice and don't "eat" food, like things you can chew on.

So I quit the juicing and switched to a low carb, moderate protein and high fat diet and have lost 50 lbs of the 100 lbs. I want to lose, since June 2015. I just eat the right foods, stay away from the bad stuff and I keep slowly losing. I don't eat much anymore because you lose you're desire to eat a lot of food, so that helps too.

But the juicing is gone. I just drink lots of water and iced tea now. And I like the ribeye steak for dinner much better than a glass of green juice. :-)