Happy Friday: Weight Loss Transformation
Sent from reader, Dianne:
Collin, I am so very grateful to you and Ebates. This is a Happy Friday for me.
In the end of April, I embarked on a journey to take myself from unhealthy to healthy. My motivation was to save 20% on my monthly health insurance if I got into a healthy BMI range, normal A1C reading, and waist size <35”. I started at 167.2#s and I will be 61 in two days.
In May, you posted a giveaway for a $100 gift card with three choices from Ebates and of course I choose Kohl’s having just embarked on a journey that would eliminate every piece of clothing I owned. I NEVER thought I would have a chance but I also knew that if I didn’t try, I absolutely wouldn’t have a chance. You see I have always called myself the most unlucky person there is and I don’t even believe in luck and still don’t. Well miracle of all miracles which is what I do believe in, I won…one of three out of thousands of entries. You could not possibly know how important that was to me. It motivated me to get to the end of my goal.
I reached that goal on August 28th – four months to the date from when I started at 119.4#s. Total loss of 47.8#s. Then I went shopping with my Kohl’s gift card from Ebates over the Labor Day holiday weekend from the comfort of my home. With all the codes, discounts, free shipping, and of course clearance items that the end of the summer season brings, it was perfect timing yet again. Thank you Collin and Ebates for my new wardrobe to go with my new health – I will forever be grateful!
HAPPY FRIDAY! 😀
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I just have to jump on the bandwagon and say Congrats to Dianne as well. Your story is truly motivational and is really making it hard for me to continue saying I want to lose weight rather than taking action. Enjoy your success and health!
Yayyyy!!!! You deserve every bit of praise you are getting here ok Hip2Save! Best of luck to all you ladies who are on a weight loss journey of your own.
Congrats Dianne! You did good! I can only imagine the efforts and persistence that went into this journey. Reading your news make my day! You see, sometimes it seems that we are only surrounded by bad and depressing news and we don’t get enough of the good things that happen around us anymore. There are good news and there are success stories. You are a proof of it. Keep it up and I wish you all the best in keeping yourself healthy and happy!
Wonderful story!! Tears!!
Hi Dianne,
I am so proud of you Dianne! That took a lot of determination and courage! Way to go! 🙂 All my life I have struggled with my weight until 2005. I was 202 lbs. and lost down to 122. One thing I learned on my journey to keep the weight off is never let your mind trick you into thinking you have arrived. This happened to me many times until I mentally recognized it. Losing it is the easy part but maintain it is the challenge or at least it was for me. When I met my goal, I continued to weigh myself and would not let myself gain more than 5 lbs. and when I did I would go back on the diet until it dropped back down. It sure was easier to do that than 80lbs. The good thing about losing a lot of weight is your body gets use to eating healthier and regular exercise which is very important in maintaining your weight.
I know how great it feels to get a new wardrobe too! I am sure you had a blast shopping! 🙂
Christie
Once again, Collin swoops in and saves the day! Thank you for being such a sweet and compassionate soul. May God richly bless you and your family! 🙂
I have been praying for your friend to heal and have a quick recovery!
Happy Birthday Girlie! Go out and enjoy yourself! You deserve it! 🙂
I can tell you are an awesome person by your responses…such a sweet lady!
For those that mentioned, my friend’s husband is out of the ICU, just got back from there and is scheduled to go home tomorrow. He had 2 heart attacks, one the night before and one in the Emergency Room. 100% blockage and a stint later, he is going to make some lifestyle changes. He was very fortunate. Thank you for all of the prayers and well wishes. Life is truly a miracle, today is called the present because that is what it is…a gift. Don’t take it for granted do something about it. Thank you all again… oh and back to replying to all the emails!! Bare with me, there are many of them but I will reply to all of them. dianne0007@hotmail dot com
That’s so wonderful! Many Congratulations to you! you look fabulous 🙂
Somethings are just meant to be! Congrats!
Congratulations! That is a great accomplishment! How did you lose weight so fast? I need this motivation..thank you!
Send me and email Jennifer and I’ll le tyou know.
Dianne great job and congratulations! Can you email to me as well. I did not see an email for you.
dianne0007@hotmail dot com
I would love to know how you did it…amazing!
Awesome job. I would also love to know how you did this.
Inspiring! Congratulations and thanks for sharing!!
Holy moly, just the bright light in your eyes says it all!!!! Rock on!!!
Still working on email responses. I am up to 10:00 a.m. so be patient. I still have almost 3 pages to respond to. Tomorrow is my BDay but I will work on the emails during the day between my couponing trip and dinner out later. I will respond!! I am so touched by all of your responses. I have read them all and am so humbled by all that you are saying. I never imagined that what I did other than the Kohl’s trip and the savings would matter so much to people. Thank you all.
Congratulations on making your goal! You look great 🙂
O.HAPPY BDAY to u..& again congrats.u look gr8.!!!!!how about a few tips… when u have time ..
email me and I will send them dianne0007@hotmail dot com
excellent work, diane. excellent. i’d love tips, too, at your convenience. down the road…not on your birthday! take time for you. happy birthday.
Congratulations! I wish you all the best on your birthday and on your maintience journey. Collin is awesome. I’ve been following her for two years and it’s truly amazing how many lives she has touched.
I have recently started my weight loss journey as well. I am documenting my journey on YouTube so that I can help and inspire others. There is a wonderful and supportive community that has really helped keep me on track. If anyone is interested I would love your support and I would love to support you. My channel is https://www.youtube.com/user/katgetshersexyback
Congrats Dianne & way to go! At near your age (62) and almost the same starting weight, I am envious of, but delighted by, your success. I am hoping to get my mind set, using you as inspiration, and get my butt in gear. Thanks for sharing and happy birthday.
Happy Birthday Dianne! Congratulations on your amazing accomplishment. Wishing you happiness and health and all the good things that you deserve!
What an inspirational post Dianne! Such fun to read how you responded to the lucky win and got going with your plan. Also enjoyed seeing all the new clothes you bought. I will be asking for your diet too.
YAY!! I am on the last page of my emails. WOW!! I wish I could have made a personal response to each of you but I never expected this much of an outpouring of inquiries. I am happy to do it though and if any of you got the error that I had “nothing to share” from One Drive it is their problem not mine. I think I just overloaded them 😉 But if that did happen, just email me back and I will keep trying until you get it. Thank you all for the kind words, I am truly humbled and blessed to have each of you through Collin because it is also Hip2LOSE in my book 🙂
that’s soooooo awesome!!!!
Congratulations! You look amazing! You are definitely one strong woman 🙂
I think I am caught up yet again, I did find some stragglers that went into my junk folder and got those sent too. If there is anybody who emailed me and didn’t get a reply from me in the last 3 days, try again… dianne0007@hotmail dot com.
Again…I have nothing to gain in all this except the blessing of the ability to help you on your own journey to good health and a long life. I won’t spam you or ever contact you unless you contact me. I just want everybody to have what I have and feel what I feel for the rest of their lives. I have been blessed to be a part of your “Happy Friday”. Thank you again Collin. It was a blast!!
I also wanted to say that I spoke to my friend who wanted me to thank all of you for your concern, prayers, and well wishes for her husband. He came home yesterday and is feeling really good. Lots of work ahead of him but by the Grace of God he has been given the gift of life. She was very touched by your outpouring of love for someone that you don’t even know. Thank you from me as well.