Carley's journey

[Carley]

I should have started this when I joined but better late than never right? I'm Carley, I'm from Adelaide. I'm married, an angel son and two daughters. I started at 106 kilos after I had my baby in December 2008 and that for me was very depressing, my heaviest weight ever. Every time I looked at myself I felt nothing but shame and disgust. I didn't feel as healthy as I could, I didn't feel attractive to my husband even though he said that wasn't an issue for him. For me, it was how I felt about me, how I saw myself. I want to be an example to my children on how to be healthy, on how to treat your body. I've had bulimia and anorexia before and that scares me still.

I've been on a lifestyle change for 14 months now, time flies. When I did my first weigh in, thinking I have 40 kilos to lose was overwhelming, it was scary. I decided to take month by month, goal by goal. I set small goals, 100 kilos, 95 kilos, 90 kilos and so on. I've been going to the gym, I've been working really hard and I'm very proud of that. I've started running, can you believe that? I'm doing weights, I'm full of energy. I'm 71.3 kilos, I only have 6.3 kilos to go to my final goal, and to say that makes me very proud. I have photos in the photo section. When I'm at my goal weight of 65 kilos I need to learn how to maintain, I want to tone up, I want muscle, I was to be strong. If I can do it, then anyone else can. Believe in yourself.

[miss_viva]

You've done so well to get where you are today, Carley! You should be really proud of yourself You can also really notice the changes in the pictures you've posted up.

[starr22]

You have done an amazing job hun you will lose that last 6kg's in no time.

[Carley]

My goal is to lose it by my 27th birthday in mid June. Right now I'm aiming to get to 71 kilos by end of month but my body is happy staying where it is at the moment.

[Carley]

I'm currently 71 kilos, I'm aiming for 70 kilos by the end of April, any less is a blessing. I've lost 1 kilo for April so far.

[Carley]

I'm slowly getting there, thank god. I'm currently 69.5 kilos (YAY FOR THE 60's!!!) I'm only 4.5 kilos away from my goal

[Carley]

I'm horrible at updating this! I'm still around more so in the challenges I'm 68 kilos only 2 kilos to go to get to my goal. I'd love to get there by the end of September. When I hit that goal I will take it from there

[Carley]

As for my exercise goal of 1000 minutes every month I'm doing great there. I'm at 8400 minutes for this month and I'm past my August goal and we aren't even finished August, I'm hoping to get to 9000 minutes.

[Freddy]

Getting pretty close to your goal weight! Nice work

[Carley]

Getting pretty close to your goal weight! Nice work

Thank you, your support over my journey has been fantastic and for that I'm grateful <3

[Carley]

So the end of year is approaching can you believe that?
I really want to get to my weight loss goal by the end this year.
Right now I'm sitting at 68 kilos (149lbs)
My goal for the end of year is 60 kilos (132lbs)
I've been eating a lot of crap lately too that's why I haven't lost much weight the past few months.
I need to stop snacking on the wrong foods which will help a lot!
My exercise I'm doing 30 minutes a day but I'm putting that up to 45-60 minutes a day.
Right now I need to push myself out of my comfort zone.
I need to focus on my priorities.
This year so far I have lost 6 kilos (13.2lbs) not a lot but something is better than nothing.
So here is the end of my weight loss journey to say go by to the last 8 kilos (17.6lbs)