Before and After pics

[Grace]

Fantastic!! I can really see it in your face - you look 10 years younger

[Scooter's Mom]

You look terrific!

[Alysser]

Wow, you both look excellent! Congratulations to both of you on the weight loss. Just wait till your next trip to Disney, you'll both look so different

[sparks19]

Thank you everyone. I can't believe the difference myself. Seeing it side by side like this has really made it apparent to me. Sometimes it's hard to notice it when you are the one losing it and you look at yourself everyday lol.

Oh yes I can't WAIT until our next trip to disney. Only 143 more days LOL. I'm on track for approx 10 lbs a month and if that keeps up then I'm REALLY going to notice a difference when it's florida time... physically I mean. I already notice what a difference it's made in my energy levels and how much activity I can do now compared to before

My next small steps goal is ONE-derland. only 10 more pounds and I will no longer be in the 200's

[K9karen]

Wow! You look AWESOME! I'm so happy you've kept your new hair style and color! it really becomes you! "Ahem"...Brian is really handsome. OK, I said it

[chocolatepuppy]

Good job both of you! You look great!

[anna_66]

Your both looking wonderful!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Fantastic!! I can really see it in your face - you look 10 years younger

Exactly my opinion too !!! You look fabulous!!

[gini]

Losing weight and keeping it off is just plain hard work. You look great - and hearing that often from all of us will help you meet your goal and then stay there.

Feeling so much better will be a motivation too.

Congratulations to both of you.

[caseysmom]

Sparks it would be great if you could share some of the things that have helped you...I know those kinds of tips really help me...we should start a healthy weight loss thread.

[K9karen]

The best part for your motivation is that you told all of us and now you HAVE to stick with it since you have a huge fan club! I'm so proud of you!

[Asiel]

Sorry I'm seeing this so late Spark's but I want to tell you that you look absolutely wonderful. The change is fantastic, hubby better watch out, the guys will be oggling you . You both look great. Seriously, you look so much younger and your face is so radiant. That took a lot of will power, congratulations.

[carole]

WOW what a fantastic effort by both of you, you certainly can notice the difference, good on you for taking the challenge to get healthy and fit, it is a battle all right, one that is not easy,but so worthwhile.

Keep at it and i cannot wait to see further pics as you loose more, way to go girl.

[sparks19]

Thanks everyone all the support really helps in this journey

My method of choice is called sparkpeople.com it has a great nutrition tracker to keep track of calories and based on your weight and how much you want to lose it gives you daily goals for calorie intake etc and you just try to stay within your goals. Portion control is a big one for me. I never realized before how inflated my idea of "portions" really was.

After a while of tracking the calories I started to learn how much and what I could eat and stay within my daily ranges. So now I don't actually use the nutrition tracker anymore it's just become second nature.

Because of this method I don't eat ANYTHING without thinking about it first. I think about how it will impact my daily calorie numbers. Is it worth eating? am I really hungry? is there something better I could be eating?

[carole]

i have to agree with you 100 per cent portion control is so important, i really believe it is not so much what you eat, as how much you eat, i think you can eat everything, as long as it is in moderation., I pretty much have proved this myself, even if you eat too much good healthy food , say for example fruit, you could still continue to put on weight.