A Mom Started Counting Calories on a Free App and Lost 95 Pounds in Two Years
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Christy Caby weighed 264 pounds at 5'10" when her son was born in July 2010, and she has said becoming a mother was the moment she decided to change her habits, wanting to be "the best mom I could be."
She lost the weight primarily through calorie counting, tracking her intake on SparkPeople.com, and fitting in workouts each morning before her husband and son woke up. As she took up running, she shifted her focus to tracking nutritional content more closely to support her training.
Over roughly two years, by the time she was profiled in August 2012, Caby had lost 95 pounds, dropping to 169 pounds and going from a size 26 to a size 8. She gained the ability to run and hike, and built a supportive community of other members through SparkPeople.com along the way.
Key takeaways
- ›Started calorie counting using the free tracking site SparkPeople in July 2010
- ›Added regular exercise (walking, hiking, running) and rearranged her schedule to work out before her family woke up
- ›Lost 95 pounds over about two years, going from 264 pounds to 169 pounds
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