Down 100 lbs.!!!

WayneBradt

I still have a long way to go but this is as close as I could get to shouting off of a roof top. OK, I'm going to find a roof top

Edit: That being said I will probably be back down only 99 lbs. tomorrow, but just getting here feels great.

smantha32

Awesome! Congratulations, that's a great accomplishment.

jt880

Good for you! I have exactly that left to lose myself. I'll shout when my scale is under 200 for the first time since highschool.

BigdogEMT

Way to go! Looks like we're on the same journey, but your just a bit further down the road! Congrats!

Tyyche

Great job

Siobhanekent

Well done. Im 40% there at the moment

dusjujr

Great Job

amunet07

Good job!

stephaniherzog

Congratulations! That's a huge accomplishment.

jenniferbilyeu

Scream it and shout it...and then scream it and shout it some more!! What an inspiration!!! Talk about awesome dedication!! Pass some on to me please! I have at least 100 to lose! What an amazing journey! So proud for you!!

sweetbamaTLC

Incredible! You're awesome:)

Just_Ceci

Great job!

(We really need to be able to "upvote" threads like we can upvote blogs!)

jessiruthica

That's a amazing milestone to reach! Hope you found the highest rooftop available!

suruda

Congratulations to you!!! That is a huge accomplishment! (as is 99 lbs!)

WayneBradt

Thank you all for the kind words, MFP is like a group of supportive friends some of us wish we had in real life, relative to our get healthy journeys. With or without we will get there.

AmberNicole9910

Congrats! What an amazing feeling! Keep it up! Ur an inspiration!

ewhip17

nice work!

rfrank35

Great job man! This is an amazing app. It's proof that it can be done and sustained. This is not so with point counting and stick eating. Keep it up!

vanessalillian82

Good on you! And now you've got a taste for it

SarahKhristan

Woohooo!!!! Congratulations!!!

palwithme

WayneBradt wrote: »

Thank you all for the kind words, MFP is like a group of supportive friends some of us wish we had in real life, relative to our get healthy journeys. With or without we will get there.

God that is so true.

palwithme

Congrats by the way. What an accomplishment#

CObluegrass

that's such a major achievement. congratulations!!!

craignev

Excellent! How long has that taken you?

MrsMizart

Sorry, couldn't hear you - did you say something?

Very, very well done

TheSatinPumpkin

Amazing. Huge congratulations on your milestone and progress.

d3gus

Gosh such an achievement - I take my hat off to you x

WayneBradt

craignev wrote: »

Excellent! How long has that taken you?

Total time I would say about 2 years with some roller coastering but not to much, but I'm not there yet. Next milestone was my original goal weight of 199 lbs. (about 8-10 lbs. away) after that I have to reevaluate, most of the benchmarks I have looked at say I should weigh 160-180lbs (I'm 5'10"). which is 20-40 more pounds from my original goal weight. I have already experienced the law of diminishing returns and I fully expect that to become even greater. In my eyes the challenge is really starting now, because this will be the hardest 20-40lbs to lose by far. But I feel like my head is in the right place, I expect it to come off slower as I get closer. So as long as expectations are managed correctly I will get there.

@palwithme

The physiology of all of this has been interesting so far. This didn't start out and has never been about weight for me, it's just been about lifestyle and health, weight is just an easy metric to track my progress, and to be honest it's the fun part. My Bride and kids are super supportive, but the interesting part is the dynamic between me and everyone else close to me ( friends, family and co-workers). I don't want to say it's all them because I'm sure I have changed also. This lifestyle of being mindful of what I eat and exercising seems to be target practice for others. What I mean is it's not ok to judge someone for making unhealthy lifestyle choices because that would be rude, but it's open season on what I eat, how I eat it, log it, how much I exercise etc. It seems to be extreme to most in my life, I'm not sure where I stand on that but I do know whether it's extreme or not it's necessary for me. So I guess it just come down to, "to each there own" which is great in theory but may be difficult in practice.

ewhip17

WayneBradt wrote: »

craignev wrote: »

Excellent! How long has that taken you?

Next milestone was my original goal weight of 199 lbs. (about 8-10 lbs. away) after that I have to reevaluate, most of the benchmarks I have looked at say I should weigh 160-180lbs (I'm 5'10"). which is 20-40 more pounds from my original goal weight. I have already experienced the law of diminishing returns and I fully expect that to become even greater. In my eyes the challenge is really starting now, because this will be the hardest 20-40lbs to lose by far. But I feel like my head is in the right place, I expect it to come off slower as I get closer. So as long as expectations are managed correctly I will get there.

Yeah, we have similar stats, similar progress, etc. And honestly I finally hit a point where I just kind of knew it was enough. I felt good, I had made tons of progress, etc. and I just started to think "where does this stop"? So I made a very deliberate shift into "maintenance" with the idea of building back strength and overall fitness. My guess is that at some point you'll just "know" as well. Not sure if that helps at all... :-)

WayneBradt

@ewhip that makes sense, but for me (outside looking in, and can always change) I think it will be how I feel at a given weight, which is how I interpret your "where does this stop" for me. My calorie deficit was intentionally a function of strength training and cardio to remove the variability of muscle loss in my weight loss metric. Thanks for the input, it gives me additional perspective.

WayneBradt

jt880 wrote: »

Good for you! I have exactly that left to lose myself. I'll shout when my scale is under 200 for the first time since highschool.

@jt88 I will as well, 199 was my initial goal too, I'm 8-10 lbs from it. Good luck to you