How did you do it ?

fitness42016
fitness42016 Posts: 11 Member
edited November 30 in Health and Weight Loss
Did you lose weight with help from like a personal trainer or dietitian or did you do it on your own?

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  • ReaderGirl3
    ReaderGirl3 Posts: 868 Member
    edited April 2016
    I've lost around 50 pounds and now in maintenance, did it on my own doing CICO/IF.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    On my own. I can count my calories alright :)
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
    On my own with the help of all the people on MFP that know their s***.
  • CrabNebula
    CrabNebula Posts: 1,119 Member
    CICO, portion control, and learning how to substitute high calorie foods for low calorie ones. I did exercise somewhat, but I didn't seriously get into fitness until I was already nearly at a normal BMI.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    On my own sort of. I used MFP and all the helpful threads here.
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    By not eating so much.
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    I am doing it with the helps of my brain. :)

    Seriously, I've done a lot of thinking, rationalizing, the homework. It's been relatively easy so far.
  • Countryboy_83
    Countryboy_83 Posts: 946 Member
    I lost 110 in 8 months... Did it with a total knee replacement as well. I had bone and lung cancer when i was 17... Long story.... My advice keep it simple. Eat right and push yourself working outuwastal0yqiv.jpeg
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  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    markboone94 wrote: »
    I lost 110 in 8 months... Did it with a total knee replacement as well. I had bone and lung cancer when i was 17... Long story.... My advice keep it simple. Eat right and push yourself working outuwastal0yqiv.jpeg
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    Nice bro.
  • Countryboy_83
    Countryboy_83 Posts: 946 Member
    LazSommer wrote: »
    markboone94 wrote: »
    I lost 110 in 8 months... Did it with a total knee replacement as well. I had bone and lung cancer when i was 17... Long story.... My advice keep it simple. Eat right and push yourself working outuwastal0yqiv.jpeg
    ec42wapz32m6.jpeg

    Nice bro.

    Thanks
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,682 Member
    I entered my information into MFP, I selected Sedentary as my activity level, I selected to lose 1 kg/week, and MFP gave me 1250 calories (+ exercise calories) to work with.

    For 16 weeks I stuck to that like glue. I weighed and measured and logged everything ... calories consumed and calories burned (rounding down on the calories burned). I ate 1250 calories plus about half my exercise calories.

    In 16 weeks, I lost 15 kg. :)

    I've gone on and lost more since then, but at a slower pace.
  • ashleyjongepier
    ashleyjongepier Posts: 130 Member
    146 lbs on my own, counting calories, working out at home.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    On my own.
  • ElJefeChief
    ElJefeChief Posts: 650 Member
    fitness42016 wrote: »
    Did you lose weight with help from like a personal trainer or dietitian or did you do it on your own?

    Not sure why you'd need a personal trainer to lose weight?

    But yes, did it completely on my own. MFP and the whole business of calorie counting (managing CICO as a method of weight loss) is really the quintessence of being "simple but not easy."
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    edited April 2016
    My trainer gave me some guidance on weight loss and directed me to MFP, but after getting started, it's pretty much been on my own. My trainer's focus is fitness training. He does do weigh ins, measurements, and progress pics, all of which help keep me motivated and focused.
    137 lbs lost, 22 months. 15 to goal.
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    I just told myself that i had no, and there were no excuses to carry around all that excess weight.

    I was feeling bad/sick of all the weight so it was stupid to not lose weight.

    So i did, i just started calories, weigh every single bite i ate or drunk. And as soon as i could i started walking/jogging and swimming....first 5 minutes a day...now 60 minutes at least every day.

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