How I Lost Almost 30lbs

Hey guys!! I've finally managed to lose the weight I wanted to so I decided to do a post on it. Hopefully if any of you are wanting to do the same thing this will be helpful. 

In the first photo I'm around 160-170 lbs, in the second I'm about 132 lbs. 

Now I debated whether to include this photo because I wouldn't typically post this kind of thing, but I just feel like you can see progress better in these types of photos,  so that's why I decided to include it.

These photos go from around the 160-170 lbs to the 132 lbs.

I actually used an app to help with my weight loss called SparkPeople. 

It is super helpful.

It allows you to track your calories and everything you are eating it drinking,  and to add exercises.  It has a decent database of different foods as well as exercises although occasionally you'll have to add a new food yourself.

When you start off you get to set a goal for your weight and It will calculate the amount of calories you will need and the amount of exercise you should try to do during a week.

You can adjust these goals of leave them alone. 

When I was losing weight initially I kept my calories between about 1200 and 1350.  (Girls, don't ever go below 1200 unless told by a doctor,  your body needs that much to function well)

Now I would love to say I ate healthily during this and always worked out. In reality I did TRY to eat healthier at first, but I just don't like fruits and vegetables guys,  so I just ate less of the stuff I liked and stuck to my daily calories. 

I actually did stick to my workouts throughout the first few months. Although it has taken me a little over a year to lose the weight that is because I just stopped trying to lose and maintained  at about 140 for a while. 

I actually got down to 140 lbs in about 4 or 5 months.  After that I ended up getting my new job and started eating out alot more with my fiancé (then boyfriend) and not working out because I said I moved enough at work.

I recently picked back up with the calorie counting and got to 132. 

One thing I will say though,  I have only recently started trying to workout again.  Even though I have my weight about where I'd like it, I didn't focus much on muscle gain and toning so now I'm trying to get at least a little toned just to make myself feel even better.

I'm thinking of doing some post on the type of workouts I did and like to do,  so be looking for those as well.  :)