Weight Loss Success Story - Lost 80 pounds from 230 pounds
If you need to lose 80 pounds or less, or more, READ my Weight Loss Success Story, it might give you the motivation to finally start losing weight now..
BEFORE AFTER
I lost 80 pounds from 230 pounds and have kept the weight off for 3 years! Certainly, I understand the FRUSTRATION of being overweight, hiding our bulges –better said—our unwanted body fat under those big t-shirts or blazers. Sound familiar? Tell me about it, I’ve been there! I tried all kind of diets. Sure, I lost weight with those diets, but it was temporarily. After that fake illusion of losing few pounds, which are mostly water, I regained the weight back, until one day I had it!
Enough was enough!
Once and for all, I wanted to learn how to really lose pound without starving and keep the weight off.
For me, it was a matter of reprogramming the overweight mind. The point was how many calories to lose a pound of fat? You can reprogram your mind to lose weight too instead of gaining weight.
I learned the best weight loss tip: to burn one pound of body fat, one needs to burn 3500 calories. You can burn 3500 calories by combining your weight loss diet, exercises, and healthy nutrititional supplements.
I lost 80 pounds from 230 pounds and have kept the weight off for 3 years! You can see my weight loss before and after pictures.
Look at the left side, I was over 230 pounds wearing a red dress and on the right side, wearing a sexy black dress, I am ballroom dancing and enjoying my new figure.
Simply, I relearned how to eat healthy to lose weight and dared to change for good. You can do it too.
I want to Help YOU lose weight while eating healthy and using your nutritional supplements as supplements. There is hope, YOU can lose weight at home now.
Just as I made the firm decision to stop being an overweight woman, lose weight and burn fat, you can do it too.
However, eating a Healthy Mediterranean Diet is only part of a healthy living style, which is why I don’t call it a diet. It is a diet that is not a diet but enjoying living La Dolce Vita. .
The healthy Mediterranean diet is not a temporary program with the yo-yo cycle effect, but a permanent lifestyle, the best diet for life.
This is why I say that it was like learning how to lose weight fast without a strict diet, but having lots of fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, grains, etc. The other important issues are exercising and combining healthy nutritional supplements.
At my 40s, I feel great, awesome, terrific, and all the positive adjectives you can add to feeling great. Just as I learned how to lose pound quickly and keep the weight off too, instead of living the yo-yo diet cycle, YOU CAN DO IT TOO.
I remember it clearly. I was wearing a blue dress with white in the middle and heading to an Italian luncheon with some friends.
Then, I came back home to celebrate my daughter’s birthday and looked at the mirror, and for the very first time I did not like the person who was on the mirror. Wow! What a shock! For the first time, I accepted I was overweight!
Good thing is that I did not get depressed, but challenged myself to bring back the true Anna full of optimism and a healthy figure.
I still have my photo with that blue dress, I use it as my before and after weight loss picture, to keep me motivated.
That was the beginning of my way to a healthy lifestyle.I researched on the internet for ways to lose weight. I wanted to understand how to really lose weight without starving or following extreme diets. I look for weight loss diets, exercise for overweight people, especially weight training over 40.
Gradually, I adjusted my exercise program to 4 times a week cardio, and weight lifting every 2 days to tone my muscles and avoid stretch marks for losing weight excessively.
I included stretching exercise, arm exercise, abs exercise, weight lifting exercise, dumbbell exercise. Naturally, I followed an appropriate weight training for a woman over 40.
- At 230 pounds, I could not do fast cardio exercises. Therefore, what was the best burn calorie way? I chose cardio exercise. My favorites cardio exercise include cardio dance and elliptical cardio exercise.
- So, I started with home video exercises from none other than Richard Simmons. (I hope to meet him one day and thank him personally.)
- Simmons had the appropirate exercise for overweight people with real overweight people doing the exercises. That encouraged me greatly.
- The Disco Sweat dance exercise is so excited! Those times were special for me. It was party time, seeing how I started to lose weight by exercising while dancing to the tunes of :
- I will Survive
- Shake your Booty, (this was my favorite part, therefore, thanks Richard!),
- Born to be Alive,
- It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To,” until I went to an intermediate level with Kathy Smith and Denise Austin cardio and fat burning exercises videos.
I wanted to lose weight naturally, enjoy meals, choose healthy options. And guess what? After 8 months, I DID it and have kept the weight off for 3 years without starving but eating every 3 hours healthy foods, exercising, and having my nutritional supplements. I am still astonished how I deprived myself with crazy diets and not losing weight permanently, but playing the yo-yo diet game.
Now, I eat, I enjoy food and still have a healthy figure following a healthy diet, which is more as enjoying La Dolce Vita. I learned about nutrition and ways to boost metabolism, such as herbs to speed up metabolism, food that boost metabolism. etc. Whenever I grab a yogurt, almonds, or a protein bar, I enjoy each bite of it for their taste and nutritional values to help me boost my metabolism and burn body fat.
For example, most diets forbid pasta, pizza, rice, and so on, but I eat those. Uhmmmmm The Secret? Simple, have small portions, not super size portions, and make sure to add Whey Protein too. My other secret to boost my metabolism was discovering the benefits of food that boost metabolism . Also learned about herbs to boost metabolism, teas. Green tea is my favorite for weight loss. I drink it as cold or hot tea.
Moreover, I learned that when our blood sugar and insulin levels are high, our bodies shift into fat storing mode. All extra carbs or high carb meals influence our blood sugar and insulin levels. The option is to lower our insulin levels and the pancreas releases glucagon, which is a hormone that sets our bodies into fat burning mode by helping to convert body fat into energy. Wow! This was one of the best things I learned.
I also learned about nutritional supplements and how to use them to make sure I have my nutrients, including complete vitamins, minerals. For example, how delicious a protein bar is, instead of munching on many chocolate bars. I don’t need the empty calories, so I rather have a chocolate protein bar with less calories and more nutritional value. Don’t get me wrong, I still eat chocolates, but in small portions.
As my friend Renato says, “Chocolates are not bad, after all, they are a good source of flavonoids.” Hence, that is my excuse when craving for a chocolate cake … I just need my flavonoids portion. Ha ha.Currently, I enjoy motivating others to lose weight for their own good, not to please people. However, it is not a matter of forcing anyone to lose weight. That is a personal decision, to make and keep the commitment to lose weight and learn how to eat healthy.
Now, my weight loss fitness motivation for my arm exercise to get rid of flabby arms and have toned triceps is Rafael Nadal. I admire Rafael Nadal's fitness commitment. My motivation to keep my fitness training and weight training workout exercise comes from my favorite soccer team AC Milan, i rossoneri.
Thus, should someone ask you, “why do you eat healthy?” You will know what to reply. Take a look back at your old self and those gone pounds, while padding yourself on the back to congratulate you for having dared to reprogram your overweight mind to lead a healthy lifestyle and said no to junk foods.
Now, you know my story, what is your story? One of my greatest satisfaction is having the opportunity to motivate others on their resolution to lose weight. I hope my weight loss success story can help you reach your weight loss goal.
“Ok, Anna, if you could do it, so can I. I am ready to make and KEEP my commitment to lose weight for myself, not to please others, but for my own health. I am ready to break with the yo-yo cycle, learn to choose healthy food and exercise.”
Remember, your commitment is also my commitment, make it “Official! Overweight? NO MORE!” We can do it! Weight loss support is crucial, so I am here for you.
Your Motivated Weight Loss Support Friend and ready to HELP YOU lose weight now,
Anna O.
Overweight No More.
Suggested Nutritional Supplements to maximize your weight loss program and lose weight.
1. Drink your Whey Protein shake at least one in the morning and after working out. It will help you tone your muscles, burn more calories.
2. Fat Burner - Helps you break down fat by increasing your metabolism, and helps you suppress the appetite. Also helps you control your insulin levels and blood sugar. Promotes water loss, especially around the stomach area to look leaner.
3. Diet Assist CLA - Conjugated Linoleic Acid - CLA "inhibits" your body s ability to store fat and prompts the body to use stored fats as energy
4. Green Tea extract boost your metabolism to burn fat instead of a regular cup of green tea, one cup of green tea extract is the equivalent to at least 15 cups of the strongest brewed green tea with NO calories and NO caffeine
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PS: I continue dancing ... now, I am able to dance and enjoy ballroom dancing . Yet, I will never forget my entertaining weight loss dance with Richard Simmons videos. My inspiration for ballroom dancing are Raymondo Todaro, Samanta Togni, Natalia Titova, Cheryl Burke, Karina Smirnoff, Mario Lopez, Joey Fatone, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Anna O., Overweight No More, shows you the weight loss tips she used to lose 80 pounds from 230 pounds and keeping the weight off for over 3 years. She reveals not only how YOU can lose weight, but also how YOU can keep it off while eating regular meals not strict weight loss diets. Start YOUR Weight Loss Program today and lose pounds! I am ready to help YOU lose weight, are you ready?
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nowaday, atkin diet is popular diet.If you don’t mind shows related article about it
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Thanks for the suggestion Chandra. I will add some related articles. Actually, I tried the Atkins Diet and follow some of the advice as to have more protein than carbs. Are you doing the Atkins?
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I just want to say "Wow awesome, you make big different"
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