It happened, folks.
This week at class, I stepped on the scales and there it was…
My 50 lbs weight loss staring right back at me. I HIT MY GOOOOOAAAAL!!!
I have no words to express how this feels right now.
This is 10 months of focus, determination and motivation.
It was worth every doughnut I did not eat. And more.
WEIGHT LOSS UPDATE
Starting weight: 13st 8lbs
Current weight: 10st exactly
Total weight loss: 3 stone and 8 lbs (50 lbs)
Height: 5′ 7″
Starting clothes size: 18
Current clothes size: 8/10 (USA 4/6) << US sizing is SO much nicer!
I never, ever thought I could do this.
But, meal by meal, week by week, pound by pound… it all added up.
It added up to a whopping 50 lbs. Boom! Gone forever!
And trust me when I say that. Gone Forever.
Losing weight is not difficult. What IS difficult, is living a life in a body that you do not love and being unhappy.
They way I’m feeling right now… I wish I could bottle that up and share with you all.
I only hope, perhaps, that if anyone reading this ever felt the same way as me, then maybe, I may just have inspired you to start your own journey.
I believe you can do this, too 
xoxo Natalie
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Wow, congratulations. You look amazing. You looked great before too but the happiness it gives you from within to have achieved your personal goal makes you look even greater!
Thank you, Joanne.
I was SO unhappy before – and for YEARS, have said I wanted to lose weight. Finally, I did it and I couldn’t be happier!
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! Seriously…. this is amazing and you look stunning!! I’ve been following your journey quietly in the background – I’m terrible at commenting! Honestly you’ve inspired me to stop kidding myself and just go for it!
xx
Kerry, thank you SO much for your kind words x
I truly believe that if *I* can do this, anyone can!
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Wow, wow and wow!
Fantastic achievement…will you have a load of new clothes waiting for you under the Christmas tree this year???
If I were you I’d head to the states for a well-earned Thanksgiving shopping spree, so you can fill your wardrobes with size 4/6!! No sales tax in New Hampshire., and this Mall looks very tempting: http://www.simon.com/mall/the-mall-of-new-hampshire/stores (romantic state, and not far from New York
Emma, you are a bad influence! Don’t tempt me
Congratulations! I am so so so pleased for you! Well done… I’m still where I was 4months ago and lacking in motivation.
You are certainly an inspiration and come to think of it, when I’m sat eating a biscuit I do think of you… You are going to be what Spurs me on… But I just need to find my motivation first.
Hey Beth, thank you so much for your kind words.
Congratulations! What great success! You look amazing!
Woohoo!!! Fantastic, you have done so well and you look amazing. Thank you for inspiring me to keep going with SW, I can’t wait to get back into my smaller clothes and then for those clothes to be too big! Enjoy maintaining xxx
Hey Emma! My wardrobe used to be a 70/30 divide. 30% being the clothes that fitted and 70% being stuff that was too small and I would ‘one day’ get back into. Well, that stuff had been there for YEARS! I cannot tell you the feeling of trying those clothes on and discovering they were now too big. All that time they had sat there!
Good luck on your journey – I can’t wait to hear your progress updates!
OMG!!! Huge congratulations hun, please tell me your secret. I need to loose 3 stone and need something to start me off xxx
Hi Jeni, oh how I wish there was a weight loss secret. I’d sell it off and make a fortune
Seriously though, I just followed the Slimming World plan. Let me know if you have any questions or if I can help in any way x
Wow!!! Congratulations! That is absolutely amazing and you look gorgeous. Enjoy that lovely feeling
xx
Thank you, Lucy!
Thank goodness you can’t gain weight by looking at food… your wonderful cakes and creations tempt me everyday in my Newsfeed
What an amazing transformation and in just 10 months. You should be proud of your achievement and rightly so.
Ha, yep, feeling pretty darn proud right now
Oh my gosh Natalie! You look amazing! Congrats on all of your hard word!
Natalie, you look amazing, a huge CONGRATULATIONS to you
I have never known someone who is as determined as you are. You deserve all the happi ess in the world xx Well done , will hopefully catch up very soon so I can see in the flesh how well you have done ( because we all know pictures dont actually give a real picture 😉
Hey Rachel, thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment x
Oh those pictures are real alright… no fancy celeb photoshopping for me. That would have saved me a whole lotta work in the first place, right?!
Natalie that is phenomenal and no words are as powerful as a before and after. The class that you go to – we don’t have that in Australia – what is it? We have weight watchers – is the program like that?
Hi Michelle *waves*
I go to a class called Slimming World, it’s very similar to Weight Watchers in that they have their own plan and weekly weigh in’s, etc.
Having tried every diet in the past, incl. Weight Watchers, I can hands down say that Slimming World was the best for me!
Kudos and congratulations!
What an achievement!! That’s fantastic. Congratulations!
Thank you, Kirralee!
PHENOMENAL achievement Natalie! Congratulations! That’s an amazing amount of willpower and hard work. You deserve to look and feel a million bucks xxxx
Wow! Well done, I’ve spotted a few of your FB posts about the new healthier you and know you’ve gone about this in a sensible, maintainable way. What an inspiration!
Well done and thank you for sharing with us. You are so inspirational to all of us still on the road to being healthy again.
well done lovely, you look amazing!!
Thank you, Kara – it’s been a long journey, but I’m so glad I did it!
Natalie, you are AMAZING!!! What a transformation. And it goes so much further than the scales. It takes a whole mindset overhaul. What an inspiration you are. Go you! x
Thank you, Sasha.
And you are so right. Losing weight is not just about the number on the scales – in my body AND my head, I feel like a completely different person. And that’s good – I love it!
Wow amazing transformation!
You look amazing Natalie! Well done. I’ve just started my 3-3.5 stone weightloss journey! 6lbs off in two weeks with a very long way to go!
Thank you, Jo!
You know, at the beginning it DOES feel like a lifetime away. But meal-by-meal, pound-by-pound you will get there. Now at the other end of my journey, I look back and cannot believe how fast this year has gone.
I’d love for you to hop on over to my FB page and keep us posted on your progress. We have a great little community of slimmers over there.
Cheering you on to your goal!
xoxo Natalie