So who has actually lost weight using mfp

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  • Viddo82
    Viddo82 Posts: 116 Member
    Nice on @seat151
  • _Pastafarian_
    _Pastafarian_ Posts: 25 Member
    I've been on here for about 8-9 years (different account, lost my password a while ago so started again).

    I lost 40kg of the 60kg I needed to lose over two years, came to a screeching halt with increasing hunger, diagnosed with high blood pressure and Hashimoto's and could NOT lose any more. Regained 18kg in fact.

    That was the last straw for me. I'd promised myself one last go at losing weight "naturally", after having done it before twice, losing 50kg each time. I was fat, sick, old and heading back past my all time highest weight of 141kg. That was towards the end of 2015.

    I decided to have a gastric sleeve in December 2015. It was a raging success, I lost a further 38kg (regained a little now), have had one lot of plastic surgery (lower body lift and arms) last year and heading back to do my thighs in July this year.

    Without weight loss surgery I have no doubt I'd be 160kg+ by now, with obstructive sleep apnoea, high blood pressure, a bad back and diabetes.

    It was truly lifesaving. Now, I weight lift 3 time a week (one of my goals was to do a bodyweight deadlift, which I achieved a few months ago), do cycle classes once or twice a week, swim, do bootcamps or other classes I enjoy like yoga or bodyattack. As long as I do something active for an hour a day, I'm happy. Life is good :-)
  • _Pastafarian_
    _Pastafarian_ Posts: 25 Member
    I should clarify that I used MFP to lose that initial 40kg. It was easy, I loved it and had good success. But it became a bit of a chore after the first year or two, I got bored with it. No doubt I wasn't tracking as honestly as I had at the start (which is really common, everyone does it. It's one of the well recognised drawbacks of calorie/food tracking - our brains lie to us and minimise out intake and maximise our intake). Also, as I lost weight and metabolic adaptation happened, I of course had to decrease my calorie intake, which was VERY hard after two years of dieting. I started off on about 1800 calories but that decreased to about 1200-1300 calories towards the end, which I ultimately couldn't sustain.

    It is possible to lose weight with this app, the challenging part - as always, as with ANY diet - is keeping it off that is the hard bit.



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  • Luciicul
    Luciicul Posts: 415 Member
    I use MFP as a tool, but there are aspects of it that I have to ignore because it doesn't fit in with my way of eating etc. Primarily I use it as a weight tracker, and I make use of some of the community spaces to help keep me accountable and on track.

    Obviously, MFP is not what will make you lose weight but rather choices of what you eat etc.

    I've lost 24kgs since the end of January.
  • Luciicul
    Luciicul Posts: 415 Member
    Oh, just realised this is an old thread!
  • jacqui2494
    jacqui2494 Posts: 93 Member
    edited July 2019
    Doesn’t matter. @Luciicul We are here now.
    Aussies seem to be rather slack on this site. I seem to have more USA friends.
    I lost 9kgs and put back 4. Trying very hard to get 20kgs off. I think MFP is the best weight loss app.
  • jess1971sweet
    jess1971sweet Posts: 7 Member
    5kg is 21 days :D
  • Rocoup
    Rocoup Posts: 669 Member
    Lost 20kg the left the app and put 10 on