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focks

I went from overweight to normal today

I've never owned a scale in my life until I started the keto diet (it's AMAZING). I got one a few days ago and was a little discouraged that after losing 41 lbs, I was still measured as "overweight." I know that I'm overweight, that's why I'm on this diet. I guess I had higher hopes after losing all those pounds!

I stepped on the scale this morning and registered as "normal." I haven't felt this great in years! I was 209 in Feb, started the diet in April (didn't have a scale to see what I was at, but it was probably higher than 209), and now I'm down to 167. I still have 32 lbs to go to get to my goal, but my confidence has shot up significantly!

I'm currently about to go swimming. I haven't felt confident enough to put on a bathing suit in at least 4 years. Thanks for all of the awesome advice and motivation, r/loseit!

I'll post some pics soon, but here's a post (with not-so-great comparison photos) from a few days ago that shows my progress up to 172 lbs.

Posted Jun 18, 2011, 8:52 PM UTC

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Stevenaught•

Congratz! Whats it like to be normal? :)

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focksOP•

Thanks! Lol, I've never been 'normal' before. But I know it feels good seeing it on the scale! :)

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Dunedain1•

Lookin great =] Good work and keep it up. It'll be a while before I get to "normal", but you're there! awesome

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focksOP•

Thank you so much! Can I count this as a NSV? This is the first time in years someone has said that to me! Oh man, thank you so much!! :)

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Dunedain1•

You sure can! In my eyes, a huge improvement shown in that comparison you posted. and its not due to the lack of beard man =]

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[deleted]•

Hey, me too!

And I lost almost exactly the same as you (43 lbs).

You look great in the picture, why would you want to lose another 32 lbs?

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focksOP•

Congrats! And thank you!

I want to lose another 32 lbs because that's the goal I've set for myself. I used to be right around 120-130 lbs, and I'd like to get back down to that range. I'm a pretty short person, so it's not unreasonable. The idea is to be wherever makes you happy/comfortable. For me, that's ~130 lbs. :)

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focksOP•

That's kind of a weird thing to say... My bikini line has always been clean, thanks.

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bernlin2000•

I'm thinking they were joking, and referring to the guy in the "before" picture :-)

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focksOP•

Never ever ever would have made that connection. lol

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bernlin2000•

I'm just hoping so...otherwise it's quite creepy

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