1000 consecutive days of MFP!

aarar

In the past 1000 days I've:

- lost 100lbs
- maintained this loss (September will be 2 years of maintenance)
- had a lot of great days where I stayed within my calories (both in weight loss and maintenance)
- fallen off track more times than I can count
- logged the good days and the bad days
- had binges of 5000+ calories at one time
- logged every single binge to the best of my ability (and moved on)
- wanted to quit
- didn't quit
- Started running at 200lbs
- Run my first marathon 7 months later
- Run my first 100k ultra marathon
- Run several other halfs, fulls, and a 50k
- Skip at least 1-2 morning runs per week because I can't drag my lazy butt out of bed

This whole experience has been constant ups and downs. It never gets easy, there is always some kind of struggle whether it's trying to fight binge eating (yes 1000 days later I still go through this regularly) or fight my brain at 4am when it doesn't want to get out of bed for a 2 hour run before getting the kids up for school. Sometimes my husband is out of town so I can't get in any training runs all week because my kids can't be left by themselves.

Life happens, there will always be obstacles whether it's yourself or your situation; I've learned you just kind of need to plow right through it all and keep going.

Looking forward to the next 1000 days!

LindsayJeannn

So awesome! Keep up the good work! Looking forward to an update at 2000 days of MFP. Woohoo!

gherring2014

Great job! Just what I needed to read today. Thanks for sharing!

mmghanna1

What a great success story! Very motivating. Thanks for posting.

eshnna

This is how it's done! Thanks for sharing!

pariskathryn

I love this

lavenderannie

Very inspiring, thanks for sharing!

RodaRose

Awesome. You are doing great!!

Marlene1667

Thank you for sharing your success and even more, all your slip ups! So inspiring! Just goes to show that we just need to keep going and not give up. Congratuations and all the best in your up coming races.

Liftng4Lis

Way to get it!

titotito48

This is great advice

ohmscheeks

Amazing commitment

gingermim

that is perserverance, be very proud of your accomplishments. Thanks for sharing your ups and downs and showing everyone just because you reach goal does not mean you quit trying.

MB_Positif

Great job!

_incogNEATo_

respect!

ebaba301

Thanks for Sharing. It's a lesson learnt about life. Not just getting fit. Thank you.

lmhump

Your an inspiration- thanks for the honesty and know you made a difference today.

AddieOverhaul

Great job! Thank you for sharing, this is a very motivating post!

lborsato1

Love to read such honest accounts of the ups and downs of weight loss and getting fit ! Great Dedication !

aarar

Thanks for your kind words everyone!

bodymindmusic

Congrats!...it is so hard some days. Great inspiration!

retirehappy

Congrats to you. This is a real success story for sure.

KiairaKay

What a great post! You're such an inspiration! Keep up the great work

lseed87

Amazing and motivating! Almost to 1000 days.

Jacqui_Runs

This was so inspiring to read. Sometimes people forget when they are dieting that we can make mistakes, and that's okay, we have to move on. Great job and I wish you amazing success.

alohakaybee

Absolutely inspiring. I love how "real" your post is. It's real life. Thanks for the honesty.

ternacious

wow, congrats! your story is incredibly motivational. thank you for sharing!

autbrat

That is awesome!!! I hope I can get to 1000, I am only on day 3, a long way to go. But your story gives me hope and motivation!

christinedlg50

You rock! Post before and after pics won't you? What an inspiration you are!!!

msfoxy_25

Your amazing.

Doublemeasure

Brilliant. I know how you feel with binging now and again, it has to be done and then get over it. Tomorrow is a new day. :-)