What did you do to lose 100 lbs?

atypicalsmith

flowerchic2323 wrote: »

I could always use the motivation and if you need the same add me as a friend and we can motivate you along the way.

There is nobody who can motivate you. You can be inspired by other people, you can emulate other people's successes, but the only true motivation comes from YOU. Until YOU are motivated, nothing anyone else says or does will help.

BWBTrish

Lost 85 pounds since October 2014.

Start weight 260.6 lbs
Goal weight 150-145 lbs

so some more to go But doing great.
Started off with 1200 calories a day. I eat everything only for medical reasons no added sugar or salt.
Calories are up now to 1300.

After some weeks i started to walk ( on the treadmill) and now i walk and jog a bit every day. ( 60 minutes) Plus i do 3 times a week some (very) light lifting.
I eat 25% of the burned calories back.

Some weeks i lose fast some weeks slower. But it seems i lose at 2 days a week. So most days it stands still and than i lose weight 2 days after each other lol. Pretty much spot on.
No plateaus, hardly any fluctuations.

krissyreminisce

I lost the first 90 lbs mostly fumbling in the dark for 3.5 years alone (I did lose 20 while following the Special K diet and didn't gain those back even when my weight loss efforts waned for a while). Making better food choices, eliminating 'trigger' foods, and exercising nonstop. I lost the last 25 when I joined this site, counted calories, started weighing all my food and liquids, switching from ONLY doing 1 hour of the elliptical 6 days a week to running 5 days a week with one rest day and one elliptical day, and adding strength training five days a week. Training for a half marathon really burns up those calories.

Good luck!

azulvioleta6

I'm not quite at 100 yet, but here is what I have done in chronological order over several years. I gained weight due to illness and inactivity--my diet was never terrible.

swimming
more swimming
faster swimming
weight lifting/cardio circuits
being conscious of portions
Zumba (slowly)
food and exercise tracking (started at 55 pounds loss)
Zumba (keeping up with instructor)
authentic Latin dance
more careful tracking
realized that I am sensitive to carbs--started eating moderate carb diet
more casual cardio + one hour/day intense exercise
returned to serious dancing
raised calories slightly and added more fat
more and heavier weight lifting

Hovercat

I have 5lbs to go before I hit the 100 number but I did it with a ketogenic diet, 95lbs gone in just over a year eating at a high fat/low carb calorie deficit. I've started to include exercise (roller blading!) because the weight hasn't budged in awhile and I fell back on tracking. I'm not even upset at the stall, I went from obese to normal in a year. I feel too awesome to be mad at myself It's been almost 18 months low carb and I can't imagine eating any other way now. Pretty good for a chick who used to eat cookie dough right from the tub and doritos for breakfast!

snowflake930

So many people here are a testament to what we can do with the help of sites like MFP. Congratulations to all of you!

-160 pounds. Maintenance @ 130 pounds for a little over 17 months.
No cheat days during the time I was losing. Logged everything I ate and drank, every day. Ate at calorie deficit and moved more, it is that simple, but never easy. I walk almost every day, even in the winter. You just have to stick with it. My goal now is to keep the weight off. The statistics are staggeringly against us doing this. More than 80% of the people that lose weight, gain it all back (some people gain even more back) within 5 years. I want to be one of the ones that beats those odds. Those people are the true success stories. I was totally sedentary 3 years ago. 290#. Out of breath walking up 1 flight of stairs. Now, I go to the gym almost every day (I am on my longest streak right now, every day since 1/25/15). I am 63 years old. If I can do it, anyone can with no existing health issues. I guess you just have to want to be healthier and more active, than you want to be overweight and sedentary. It took me long enough to realize this. Finding MFP and the success of others here, gave me the hope that maybe I could do this too. You can do it also! Best of luck to everyone!