30 pounds before and after

Discover the lessons learned from a 30-pound weight loss journey. Get insights into healthy habits, diet changes, & the power of persistence.

Here you can see a progress photo showing a weight cut from 185 pounds to 135 pounds. That's a respectable loss of 50 pounds.

“I somehow had settled into thinking that being heavy was just how I would be for the rest of my life, but then a switch went off,” said Crystel Saturday, 40.

What you can see here is a progress picture showing a fat loss from 203 pounds to 157 pounds. That's an impressive loss of 46 pounds.

Recently I lost 16 pounds without counting calories or feeling hungry. Today, I'm sharing exactly what I did to achieve my goals.

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Two years ago (oddly enough, on my wedding day) I weighed almost 165 pounds at 5'8". That was the heaviest I'd ever been in my entire life, and it was certainly the first time I'd ever been so nearly…

Most of us worry about our figures from time to time, and usually, this is very much related to the number we see on the scales.

What you can see here is a progress picture showing a fat loss from 190 pounds to 140 pounds. That's a respectable loss of 50 pounds.