How I Lost 183Lbs - My Weight loss Journey | Half Of Carla
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- In January 2020 I weighed 323.8lbs, today I've lost 183lbs or just over 13 stone!!! In today's video I talk you through my history with weight and what I did to lose 183lbs in just over 1 year.
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This was legit one of the best weight loss videos I’ve watched. The mental health aspect of it is so important especially to keep the weight off.
Thank you Tamika 🖤🖤🖤
I seem done for now. Im not a dieter so im sure if i want to go forwards this sounds something i could try. Thank you
I don't remember exactly how you worded it, but "what if this time, you don't quit?" has been constantly in my head and it's worked! Thank you so much.
Hi Carla,... Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your testimony that it is possible to heal childhood trauma and overcome food addiction . I am eighty years old and am still working on the same. Sending love from Canada xo
Marti, thank you for this comment. I'm almost 60 and thoughts of just giving up on healing from life traumas are constant. I deserve to be healed, as we all do. Love and Light 🙏
I cried after I watched this because so much of this hits home for me. No diet can fix your head. The mental aspect is the piece I have always been missing. Thank you Carla for sharing your story. You have helped me so much. ♥️
I’m so glad you were able to identify with my story. I’m genuinely so happy it helped 🙏🏻🖤
I love her calm, demeanor. Her content is both relatable and refreshing.
Thank you Angie 🖤🖤🖤
I just clicked on this video as it was suggested by the algorithm... Wow. Thank you. Your story is amazing, and the pride and self compassion your entire being is radiating is just astounding! I have personally lost almost 100lbs so far and still have some to go, you just gave me some more confidence to keep on keeping on.
Me too. This was awesome and very well said. I liked it, shared it, and saved it to re listen. This was very relatable.
omg I’m so glad that this video helped you!! But please don’t forget the amazing work you’ve already done!! Celebrate yourself as well 🙏🏻🙌🏼
@@annanicole7642 awe thank you so much Anna 🖤🖤🖤
I want to rewatch this with a new, blank journal at hand. So many insights. Thank you, Carla.
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I'm at the gym watching this and just want to tell you're Awesome
Awe thanks so much Damian!! LOVE that you're watching this in the gym!
I just want to thank you for being transparent about your journey with food addiction. It definitely hit the mark with me❣️ I have always lived destructively when it came to my health due to a childhood trauma that I suffered and was never able to regain my self worth. I woke up after watching your story... Many 😊
Thank you so much for your comment, it’s comments like these that make it worth sharing my story!! I appreciate you so much. I hope you can overcome and journey through 🙏🏻🖤🖤🖤🖤
It’s amazing to me how much this resonated with me….it’s like I know “all the things” that we all “know” about calorie deficit and the benefits of exercise etc., but this spoke to my heart and right to the core of me. That inner child aspect for sure. Thank you so much for sharing such a personal experience in such a poignant and clear way❤️. You’ve really inspired me to get moving…for me…..
Thank you so much Mary!! I appreciate this comment so much and that you "got it". Weight loss is so much more than just calories in calories out. It's about looking internally for support not outside 🖤🖤
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This is the best weight loss video I have ever seen, you are such a gentle soul, thank you!
Thank you Alyssa, that's so kind of you 🖤🖤🖤
Thank you Carla! I’m literally on the verge of tears with how your words resonated with my spirit & my need. In just this one video you have blessed me with a hope and desire to press on. Thank you so much!
"If you first fix your head, the weight will just fall off." Profound. Hearing your process has been one of the most relevant and helpful things I've heard regarding the foundations of weight loss.
I have a lot of inner work to do first before trying to re-lose what I gained back after going off Noom, which was a more externally oriented program. I need to heal emotionally and see how wonderful the whole and essentially functional body I have really is.
I can so relate to your story. It was like someone speaking my mind and recalling my life. FOOD has been my friend and my curse. I have no food limit - I have diets in my life for as long as I can remember - bigger than my peers. Now as a mum to teenagers I feel its time for me to be #1 and loose this weight once and for all.
You be your own priority Wendy and you will get there!!! You deserve to show up for yourself every day! 🖤
I love that you're not harsh or bitter in spite of your tough experiences. I can relate to much of what your saying about numbing and emotional trauma, replacing love with food. I have described myself to your channel. Thank you for being so open lovely lady!!!
Thank you Dale 🙏🏻
Absolutely amazing. You are brilliant. My diet went well..but for reasons unknown I could not loose the last 30% of what I needed..it was so demoralising. I tried so hard to reach my goal.. I’m in awe of how fast you lost it and need to find out what you ate etc
Have you done a video detailing what you ate please ? And again,well done you beautiful creature.
Oh wow! This resonates so much! Love your work Carla! You're incredible 🖤
So glad I came upon your video. Really needed to hear this. Got about 60 lbs to go and feeling a renewed sense of inspiration!
One of the best and genuine videos I came across this year! Thank you for this!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I've saved this video to my favorites so I can watch it in those times when I need to hear it again. Congrats on your beautiful baby!
Amazing and beautiful - I think after 16 years of this battle. I felt the “Believe in your self “ and show up for yourself” To my soul. I self sabotage every single time. Thank you for sharing your story 💛
Thank you Dawn 🖤🖤🖤
I am so glad i found you. So many truths in this video. So nice to hear about someone having success after being overweight their whole life. I have felt so alone about that. Your video spoke to me so much that I had tears in my eyes. Thank you.
I want to thank you so much for this video. I am half way through my weight loss journey and have noticed myself relying on disordered eating behaviors. After finishing your video I realize I cannot deny the internal work that needs to be done as well. This video has touched my heart because I can relate so strongly to your experiences! Thank you for being vulnerable and honest. You are amazing! So happy for you.
Thank you so much Kelsey for your lovely words 🖤🖤🖤
Thank you. I cried watching this because of how much I related to you. Thank you thank you thank you. Congrats on your journey!
Sending you all the love Vanessa 🖤🖤🖤
I am so glad your channel showed up in my feed. Your words are just what I needed to hear today. Thank you, and I look forward to listening to more of your videos. 💜🦋💜
I’ve had the same epiphany 🙌. Sadly for me, GPs didn’t recognise the mind part and just kept sending me to diet clubs. In January this year, I spilled our the pain and shame to my husband of 24 years. I remember him standing there, not knowing what to say as I sobbed every word.
It that time I came across a TH-cam video interviewing Dr Nicole LePera who had just realised a book called ‘How to do the Work’. That book changed my life! The inner child work opened a can of worms that has me crying uncontrollably for 90 minutes, but then the healing began.
I’m now 44 pounds down with 50 to go. But this time, I know I’m going to get there. This video is soooo important for people to hear and you are so brave for sharing xx
You are so amazing!! Massive congrats on your journey so far and working on your mental health 🖤🖤🖤
@@HalfofCarla thank you xx
❤🎉 You are amazing to share all this with us! Your “out-tro” was cute and fun to watch!
Really great that you share your story so openly and honest. This can actually help a lot of people. Continue doing this! ❤️
So glad I found your video! I’m starting where you were and I know I can change my life in a year. I’m showing up for myself 🙌💗
You are so inspiring. Thank you for sharing this today. It is such a positive lift to me and I am really grateful for it!
What an inspiring video... You are so clear and so willing to be authentic and vulnerable. I have had that journey too and therapy was the answer...my inner child was so full of self hatred and food just stuffed down all the inner pain. It has been a tough recovery but worth every single step ...and it has turned into a spiritual journey which is ongoing and never ending. Bless you and thank you for holding the light of hope for all of us ❣️
Well done. You have given me hope and motivation to stick with it!
You are so real and inspirational. What a gift you are to all of us who need to hear what you have to say, and empower our journeys. Thank you so much!
This was so refreshing because it is so much more about your mental health and how you treat yourself you will always need to eat but if you punish yourself with food it is a vicious cycle. Thanks so much for your honesty and insight.
Thank you for sharing your amazing story - so inspiring & relatable ❤
I've lost 95lbs since November last year & have 35lbs to go. I totally relate to the mindset aspect of losing weight.
My issues with food were different, obviously, but life long but an accident 5 years ago (with multiple surgeries & bone grafts etc every year) meant my weight ballooned, my mobility was zero & my physical health deteriorated.
Lockdown really helped me get shizz together, focus on me & not get distracted. Now I'm settled into my plan & losing every week.
More importantly, my reason 'why' changed. It was no longer about trying to look like someone else (unachievable fat or thin) or to make people like me.
It was no longer about looking a certain way but about getting healthy & being able to walk.
Once weight loss was about benefiting _me_ & _my_ life, I've been able reap the rewards physically & mentally.
I don't even care about my loose skin. It just means I can get a face-lift with just a carefully placed peg at the back of my head 🤣🤣
Every cloud ☁️ 😂
I just want to thank you for your honesty about everything during your weight loss journey. It’s like you’re in my head and feel many of the same experiences that I’ve been feeling even though I’m much older than you. The way you express yourself makes it easy to follow and keep following you for advice. You are being so helpful to me and I’m sure thousands of others.
I just want to say thank you. I saw one of your videos back in December where you talked about Bodyslims. I was in a place of absolute frustration with my weight loss journey. I signed up for the January session and I am so glad that I did! I'm at the end of this session of BodySlims and I'm down almost 30 pounds. I've signed up for the April session as well. I wish that I had found Bodyslims earlier because it has really changed the most important thing which is my self limiting thoughts & beliefs about myself. You are truly an inspiration and I am so grateful that you posted about your experience. I hope that you and your new baby are doing well!
Very inspiring and a lot of wise words/lessons unlike other weight loss stories which focus on diets only. Being overweight really is a mental problem more than a physical one. The part about "as soon as you fix your head, the weight will fall off" is just so, so true. You rock! 🏅👍👏😃
This is amazing, cried multiple times because I related to so many things you said and felt them,
I’ve tried so many times to lose weight and I like to think of them not as failures but as experiences
I’m about to try yet another time but this time I’m determined to reach my goal and you have contributed a lot to the motivation because a couple hours ago I was pretty much hopeless, crying while I count the calories for another failed day
I don’t have the luxury of having access to therapy but I’m willing to heal my self and understand myself better with other alternatives,
Thank you so much for this video, Im so excited To update my comment a year from now and tell you all about my success with the help of your video
So glad I’ve found your channel Carla, lovely, inspirational and uplifting thank you❤
Thank you for posting this Carla xx
Thankyou so much Carla for telling your story - I can so relate & this is so helpful💕
So inspired by your story! and love what you said about "Showing up for yourself" even if its just getting dressed up or taking time to go for a walk.. good reminder!
It’s so simple but so important and can take many different shapes from day to day!
Carla, congratulations young lady! You are amazing! ❤️❤️❤️ I am 58, very active and at ideal weight. I am a very healthy eater. This was my first video of yours to watch! I watched it because of the amount of weight you lost but you truly inspired me to keep going! You were my therapy 😍. Hugs from the USA and Happy holidays, happy new year! 🥰
God bless you for sharing your life! I totally relate to all of what you said! Been to therapy, but always quit on myself when it got hard. You have inspired me to try again, and self love, and healing that wounded inner child, and giving my body what it really needs is key. Thank you!❤
I love love your journey!! You’ve been so inspirational to me! 🥰🙌🏼
Awe thank you so much Aleena 🖤🖤🖤
Thank you so much for sharing! Every word came out of your mouth was encouraging !!
Great video Carla, best advice and no self indulgent fluff that I find really annoying.. I listened to your every word and felt with empathy your every emotion along the way.. I really feel that I can do this now.. I have done lots of therapy and learned a lot about diet and exercise but the last ingredient for me was to do it all with Love, self-care, and consistency and DONT QUIT
Love this, thanks Carla! I'm not on a program, but I'm working may way through intuitive eating principles and the approaches toward self care/compassion that you were talking about. It feels so much healthier than anything else I've put my body through.
Sounds like you're on a really healthy path Angela 🖤
Bravo!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼This is so helpful. Thank you & congrats for reaching your goal.
Thank you for sharing your story. You are helping so many people. Keep on doing what your doing!
Thank you Lilia 🖤
Thankyou so much for this video. For those who have not experienced these beliefs and feelings for themselves this won't make sense to them but to me it did. Your story is my story. I can totally relate to everything you have said. I completely understand and identify with everything you have said in this video. It is a fight I have fought all my life in yo yo fashion (all of 66 yrs) and continue to fight. Consistency is definitely the key..... I can be successful for odd days or weeks then the negative self talk starts "it's taking too long" or "everyone else is better than me" and it's all over for another few weeks...self loathing kicks in, feelings of failure.... Then the cycle starts over again. But this video has been absolutely inspirational so thankyou from the bottom of my heart. O and well done!
Best weight loss video I’ve seen. Thank you from the bottom of my hesrt
That means so much to me Ashley 🖤🖤 Thank you
Thank you SO much for sharing your story. You've had a hard road, and you've come such a long way, and it's fantastic that you've learned to love yourself. I have some similar issues with my body and relationship with food, though not quite as severe as you. I've also understood that I can't "fix" my body until I heal my mind. I am finally getting to that place of healing, and I am ALMOST ready to start my weight loss journey. And honestly, for me the weight loss is a basically a happy side effect to my goals of eating a healthy diet (to get the proper nutrients and fuel for my body) and being active and somewhat fit. I LOVE jogging/running, I find it SO meditative and energizing, but my body can't currently handle it. Someday, I want to run a marathon, just to say that I've done it. I adore hiking, but my body can barely handle it. I agree with you that taking care of yourself is the best act of self-love. And that's what I'm aiming for.
Really needed to see this video as I haven't signed up for this program, hadn't the money this time. So your videos are helping me to stay focused..❤
I just wanted to say a quick thank you, I honestly don’t know how I found your videos over the past weekend. I’ve been over weight my whole life eating the standard American diet I grew up with even being vegan still obese lost some weight then had my daughter a few years ago. I’ve been slowly implementing things I’ve found from your channel and I just wanted to say I appreciate you and I hope you enjoy your little one.
Amazing story and weight loss Carla, I just started last week on Body slims and found it easier than any other method. First weight in tomorrow ! I cant wait or weight ;)
Brilliant Sue!! I hope you get the result you are seeking 🖤🖤🖤
This just confirms that i am on the right track. You gained a new subscriber!!!
Thank you and welcome!
Carla, thank you for sharing your incredible story!!! It resonated with me so much, especially what you said about shame and all the negative self-talk. I have decided that 2022 is MY YEAR...my year to be the best ME I can be!!! I am taking excellent care of myself, and it is starting to pay off! I have a long way to go, ultimately I would like to lose 120 lbs. I am taking it one day at a time, focusing on being my best TODAY! Blessings!
I can't stop crying...you are amazing.. THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing your story
Awe!!! Thank you so much 🖤🖤🖤🖤
this video changed my life, thank you for sharing your journey
That's amazing Emma, I'm so glad I could help in some way 🖤
Thank you so much for your honesty
This was a wonderful video , so well written and spoken
Thank you Katherine 🖤🖤🖤
This is wonderful!🙌🏼 Such an honest and inspiring video! Thank you so much for sharing your weight loss journey with us!🥰 I have struggled with weight/relationship with food my whole life and it is so important to remember that the problem starts in our head and not in our body. Congrats on your awesome achievement! 🥳👏🏼
Thank you so much Emma 🖤🖤🖤
Thank you for this video ,it really has spoke to me...I was crying cause I binge eat and am a food addict .I have dieted so much and they all fail because I give up easily.The only consistency I have with my diet is the fact that I'm vegan now for over 7 +years.Losing weight the right way truly takes a multifaceted approach and when most people try to give advice they just say .."Eat less and exercise " but leave out other things like the mental part which is very very important.Congratulations to you for being successful in your weight loss journey and I hope I can get on my way to achieving the same.❤️☺️👍🏻
Wow! Thank you, Carla. You have left something on my mind....
Wow. I connected with this so deeply, I started to cry 5minutes in. I feel like we had similar experiences as a child in regards to the topic. I really want to start therapy so I'm hoping that can help me heal my inner child to allow me to live a holistic healthy life. Congratulations to you on your journey.
Carla, you were always beautiful by the way at whatever weight you were. I lost about 90 pounds myself over the course of a year, amazing how people treat people differently at different weights. Due to curing my overactive thyroid, I have gained weight, so back to losing weight again!
Thank you so much Jean Marie. I agree people definitely treat you differently when you lose weight, but I believe there's a part of it that comes from within us. I hold myself differently, talk differently, I'm much more open than I was before and I find that has had an impact. I wish you all the best on your journey 🖤🖤
The best video I've watched on the subject. So many things I could say, but just...THANK YOU🙏❤🍀
Your story is so helpful
Sincerely, a 16 year old girl
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Just found you, just subscribed! You verbalized so much I couldn't find words for. Loved this video, your willingness to share openly also opened up doors for me to begin to understand how to get started! Thank you❤️
Thank you Catherine 🖤
Carla this is the most encouraging thing I have ever seen! You are beautiful! Thank you!
Awe thank you so much Suzy 🖤
What an amazing story. You’re an inspiration 💓
Exceptional video Carla, very similar life experiences, same feelings, different cirumstances. I'm sure a lot of people will be helped through your honest, open and heartfelt video ♥
That's lovely of you to say, thank you Sandra 🖤
This was amazing thank you for sharing your journey!
Wow! This is so amazing and helpful!!
Wow Carla, I've never heard someone describe exactly how I have been for the forever!!! Thank you from my heart to yours 🤍 you are inspirational ❤️
Awe thank you Christina 🖤🖤🖤
I appreciate you sharing your story. It really helps to hear from others who've had success losing weight and getting healthy. I've also recently discovered and I couldn't agree more, that weight loss is almost all mental. I've luckily stumbled across and started doing some of the things you mention like forgiving yourself and not let messing up make you quit. I find eating better food and exercising only helps my mood and engergy level and have learned to enjoy it. The process becomes automatic when you get your mind out of the way.
Congratlations and continued success.
You sound like it’s really clicked for you Mark! Congrats!! 🙌🏼
you tell stories so beautifully!!!!
Thank you Carla for this video. Our childhood experiences are no doubt different, but the impact has been exactly the same. Not enough people talk about the mental health reasons for becoming and staying overweight and that’s why so many people are still suffering. I have the same problems as you, but I’m a couple of decades further on in age. Congratulations on achieving your goal, and above all maintaining your progress. X
I think so many people don't realise that weight can be a symptom of an underlying trauma. Realising that was the missing piece to making my weight loss possible and long lasting. 🖤
Amazing transformation!!! Well done and thanks for sharing! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Cheers Dom!
Absolutely love this ❤️ thank you so much for sharing!
Wow, I found so much of myself in your story, and finding this video kinda gave me the extra confidence boost that I'm on the right path and in a very good situation with my own journey right now. Thank you for this vid.
I'm so glad this helped you 🖤
Carla you story is so inspiring, when I listen to you talk there are so many triggers to my own internal conflicts when it comes to food. I to have tried many things with success, but ultimately failure. Yesterday I started your patter of fasting, exercise and calorie counting with abundance rolled in. I will spread your word and you have inspired me so if there is anything I can do for you please let me know x
Thank you so much for your lovely message and your kind offer. I wish you all the best on your journey. Don't forget consistency is the key and that will bring you to your goal 🖤
Wonderful video. I'm just now discovering your channel and your honesty and openness are so commendable. You are an inspiration. Thanks so much!
Thank you so so much Sui!! I really appreciate your message, it means so much to me as it can sometimes hard to be vulnerable but comments like this where you notice it and appreciate it, make the effort worthwhile 🖤🖤🖤
You give me a new aspect of losing weight, and it’s very positive. Thanks
Found your channel today & cried watching it because I never really even labeled my childhood experience as trauma. I had 2 serious surgeries very young (5 & 6) but it involved physically invasive doctor visits until I was about 10. Hearing your words made me realize that this WAS trauma. Necessary for my health & I'm so grateful they helped me. But also traumatic for a child who did not have the emotional capacity to process what occurred. It changed how i thought about my body for the rest of my life. And it never even registered in my mind in that way until watching this. Thank you ❤🖤❤🖤
Oh Michelle my heart goes out to you. I’m so glad you are able to put a label to your experience and I hope this will help you to heal! Much love 🖤🖤🖤
Loved loved loved this video. Thank you, Carla
Thank you for making this video. I've watched hundreds of videos on every aspect of weight loss desperately seeking for inspiration. My critical voice is not me. Its not even real. And definitely not the truth. I hope I never forget this. ❤
The critical voice is the loudest, but as normally with the loudest voices, they're the least reliable. Acknowledging it and realising it doesn't serve you will help change your life!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤
You are helping so many! You communicate so well, are so genuine, honest and engaging. Thank you dear one for sharing and caring.
Thank you so much Judy xx
Thank you so much for sharing your journey. This is one of the most inspirational presentations I've ever seen, and it was the perfect video for me to see this morning. Congratulations for all that you've accomplished in every respect. I wish you continued success in all of your endeavors. By the way, you have a new subscriber in me! 😁❤
Awe thank you so much!!!! And welcome to my little corner of the internet 🖤🖤🖤
I Love How You Covered Every Aspect of Your Weight Loss Journey..!☺️
"As soon as you fix you head the weight will fall of" correctly said The Mental Strength For Weight loss Does Wonders.
I'm inspired By You everyday..!😇💥🙌💪
Thank you so much 🙌🏻
Hello from Russia! You are so relatable that it is breathtaking 💕 Finally someone on weight loss TH-cam who is psychologically minded and not in their late teens or early twenties. Also your hair is gorgeous. Subscribed forever 😁
Awe hello to Russia from Ireland, Thank you so much for your lovely message. Made my morning!!! 🖤🖤🖤
Thank you, best weight loss input I have seen ever!
Thank you so much Jasmin 🖤🖤🖤
Carla, thank you so much for sharing your remarkable story. It is so inspiring and it helps to much to see that is it possible with consistency. Big Thank you for all that you do!!!!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for sharing. I really can't put into words how much I love this video. You've basically described me in so many ways and seeing this gives me hope
I stumbled upon your video on my home page and am so blessed to hear your words.
This is such a great video. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Wow. You are amazing! Congratulations on your journey and thank you so much for sharing it with us! God bless you always❤️
Thank you so much Mara 🖤🖤
You are amazing!! Thank you for your honesty , it is like this is my story too!
Oh Carla..you are such sweeeeet soul..love you and appreciate your weight loss journey making yourself this much consistent.. amazing..💐😘
Profound honesty and truth! Saved and subscribed.
Thanks you so much Tracey, I really appreciate that 🖤