Hali lost 135 pounds

Transformation of the Day: Hali lost 135 pounds. Her wakeup call was realizing that she broke an unspoken promise that she made to herself that she wouldn’t weight over 300 pounds. She’s worked over the last 2 years to release the weight and keep it off for a year. Check out how she did it.

It all started when I stepped on a scale and realized that I weighed 315 pounds. I’d broke my unspoken promise to myself to never weigh over 300 lbs at 5’4″ tall. After months of wanting to lose weight but doing absolutely nothing, I finally decided to give weight loss one more chance. I started in February 2014 and this time I was successful!

How I began my journey was by counting calories through the My Fitness Pal app and exercising at least 5-6 days a week for an hour. I mainly took Zumba classed and went running. For the longest time, I stopped eating fast food and sweets. After having success, I decided to slowly introduce some sweets back into my diet, but I made sure that I was only eating a moderate amount..

My weight loss in the beginning was quick. Really quick. I got down to my current weight within almost a year. Currently, I’m down to 165 pounds and been maintaining that weight for a year now. I’m still working on myself, but I’m happy with the progress I’ve made.

I got inspiration by reading other’s success stories. I was also motivated when I could shop for smaller clothes

Advice for others who want to lose weight: Always look for new motivation. Switch things up constantly. Make losing weight fun by finding exercises that you like and food that you really enjoy eating.