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Since this subreddit has really helped to motivate me through both great advice and your progress pictures, I thought I would post some progress pictures of my own. And honestly, if I can do it, ANYONE can.

I never thought I could lose weight, and I loved food. It was my comfort. I have been overweight my entire life and it was all I knew. I was jealous of anyone who lost weight but didn't know how/couldn't motivate myself to do the same. I am finishing my last year of college and I also have a part time job and an apartment to keep clean.

This all changed at the beginning of this year. I was sick and tired of looking in the mirror and hating what I saw. So I decided that I was going to overthrow my entire lifestyle and view on food. I joined MyFitnessPal and have been eating 1290 calories for the past for months (this just recently changed to 1200 calories, woo!). I took up running and the elliptical. 

Before:

These are some of my worst pictures, and yet I allowed them to stay on facebook. I was ashamed but I couldn't do anything about it, or at least I thought at the time.

During (this is from probably about 3 weeks ago):

And from today:

I've still got a ways to go, but I'm so happy. I started off at 210 lbs, and now I'm at 170 lbs, I'm aiming for 140 lbs right now. I do have a question though, does anyone have any experience with the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred? I started it a couple of days ago and had to skip today because my upper legs are absolutely killing me, it hurts to walk down stairs even. Should I stretch more? Should I keep it up tomorrow (I skipped today, which would have been day 3)? I am running the Run For Your Lives 5k next Sunday, so I really don't want to injure myself or be too sore to run.
<bot>: 1200 calories a day, exercise 3+ days a week, if I can do it you can too! Oh and you're all great and I love you, thanks for being super r/loseit :3