100 Pounds Lost
Before and After PCOS – Maddy’s 105 Pound Weight Loss Journey
Name: Maddy Dilawar
Age: 25
Height: 5’6″
Before Weight: 245 pounds
How I Gained It: I have always been overweight, but piled on the pounds after my father’s death. When I was in the 12th grade, I fell ill for a year. Staying home for a year made me gain a lot of weight. During that year, food was my only friend. I isolated myself from the world, didn’t go out or buy clothes for myself. It was the worst time of my life.
Breaking Point: Let’s face it, the world ain’t too nice to fat people. I can remember the day someone mistook me for my best friend’s mum even though we are the same age. Incidents like these made me realize that I needed to lose weight. Originally, I decided to lose weight before my graduation ceremony.
How I Lost It: I started eating boiled eggs, grilled chicken and fruit, and I started walking. I started out slowly. I could hardly walk for 10 minutes continuously. My knees hurt all the time. After a month or so, the pain became better and my stamina increased. This made me realize that I had been making excuses all my life and that when a person really wants to do something nothing can stop them.
I lost an initial 15 pounds, but then stopped dieting. But last year on March 2, I took a vow to change my life. Having PCOS made my journey even harder, but I was determined.
I started doing crunches and bought a pair of dumbbells. I gradually started running when I hit a plateau. After a long run, I feel like I am on top of the world. It’s important to choose an exercise that you enjoy, and running is my kind of thing. One day I want to run a marathon.
I stay away from soft drinks and fried food now. I used to love friend chicken, but once you don’t eat something for a long time, it doesn’t taste as good as it used to.
In seven months, I lost 90 pounds. There were times when I cried at night because I was so hungry, but I didn’t let anything stop me. The first month was the hardest, but then I got used to my new lifestyle. I have been maintaining my current weight for the last five months. I love how people praise me and how happy my family is for me. I find it funny when people say they never thought that I could lose the weight, because deep down inside I knew this day would come. When I show people my before and after pictures, they can’t believe I used to weigh that much, but I will never forget. This journey has not been an easy one, but it has been worth it.
After Weight: 140 pounds
Source: Huffington Post
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Amanda
August 15, 2017 at 1:54 pm
Your heavily inspirational! PCOS is killing my health and motherhood dreams. I hope I can find the strength to succeed like you did.
The Weigh We Were
August 15, 2017 at 6:39 pm
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Keke Moahloli
July 23, 2015 at 2:36 am
Wow! This is fantastic
Ann Brady
July 23, 2015 at 12:49 am
Maddy you are such an inspiration to me! Thank you.
Tracy Ewald
July 23, 2015 at 12:43 am
Wow!
Chana Marie WynneSwan
July 22, 2015 at 11:15 pm
I wonder what tools were the most helpful.
Chana Marie WynneSwan
July 22, 2015 at 11:13 pm
Congratulations!! I cannot wait to reach my goal!
Rosalind Brandon
July 22, 2015 at 10:27 pm
So wonderful proud Of you Sweetie
Carol Halula
July 22, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Beautiful and encouraging.
Erika Diaz
July 22, 2015 at 11:55 am
Outstanding!!! Great Job! You are an inspiration!
Lashonda Battle
July 22, 2015 at 11:40 am
U look great keep up on all the hard work u did
Rene Wainwright
July 22, 2015 at 11:37 am
Wonderful transformation. Keep up the lifestyle and go for that marathon. …you will be so proud you did
Crystal Lindblad-Beebe
July 22, 2015 at 11:13 am
Congrats, i love walking
Nicol Robertson
July 22, 2015 at 10:59 am
Way to go good job
Trish Hardy
July 22, 2015 at 10:16 am
you are beautiful
Jodie Card Nystrom
July 22, 2015 at 10:05 am
Fantastic work, you lo!
Mary Hake Christman
July 22, 2015 at 9:57 am
You look amazing!
Mary Lou Penne
July 22, 2015 at 9:43 am
What an amazing transformation.
Pam Tweedie
July 22, 2015 at 9:26 am
You look great, good job
Karen Enslin Dukerich
July 22, 2015 at 9:07 am
you look fantastic
Mary Capasso-Newman
July 22, 2015 at 9:02 am
Great job you look amazing!
Joanne Lennon-Koronczyk
July 22, 2015 at 9:00 am
Good for you! You look fantastic!!!
Wanda Roper
July 22, 2015 at 8:58 am
What an accomplishment!! You are so beautiful!!
Billie Sanders
July 22, 2015 at 8:29 am
Awesome
Yolanda Reed-ludd
July 22, 2015 at 7:54 am
You look great
Clorindaj Johnson
July 22, 2015 at 7:27 am
So proud of you
stephanie
December 19, 2014 at 5:50 pm
I just love this story, i also suffer from PCOS. I started my weight loss journey January 2014, i have had my ups and downs but i wilbe finishing the year of weight loss 50 pounds. I have 60 more to.go.to.reach goal
Thank you
Stephanie
Sadia
June 25, 2014 at 6:12 am
Shabaash! You look great MashAllah! Several years younger and better skin tone too! Keep it up and and never stop being active.
Linda Rolf
March 29, 2014 at 6:53 pm
Losing weight has made Maddy look several years younger and much healthier! Great job Maddy!
vikee
March 29, 2014 at 10:41 am
I love that you kept going, I have been making excuses too…..now I can change that.