536 days with MFP and 300.8lbs lost

bossymom15

Fantastic!

anl90

This is amazing! Congratulations on your success, I am super proud of you!!

christinedlg50

Incredible! Your story is soooooo inspirational! Can’t wait for you to share more of your journey! We all need success stories to keep us motivated! 🎉🎊🌺

crzycylr

Woohoo!! Good for you! Thanks so much for sharing. After seeing your pictures, no wonder your doctor didn't recognize you.

gstaubs1

Absolutely incredible. Thank you for sharing!

rptreglia

crzycylr wrote: »

Woohoo!! Good for you! Thanks so much for sharing. After seeing your pictures, no wonder your doctor didn't recognize you.

Now I need to go to a high school reunion and see if people recognize me lol

kgb6days

YAY!!!! This is awesome! I am so excited for you and your wife as you discover all the benefits of healthier eating and weight loss. Enjoy every minute of your life!

rptreglia

kgb6days wrote: »

YAY!!!! This is awesome! I am so excited for you and your wife as you discover all the benefits of healthier eating and weight loss. Enjoy every minute of your life!

I have enjoyed life more in the past year than I probably have in ages.

Our vacation to New Orleans was the best vacation we ever took. We have gone to the Caribbean multiple times but because I was so much more active New Orleans was amazing.

Joining the gym has been fun too, I am liking lifting weights and my wife likes the water aerobics too. Life is great

Smart_Beautiful_and_Strong

Congratulations!! You have done a great job! Thank you for posting your story I really needed a shot of motivation. Any tips you can offer?

cjv73

Fantastic job, congratulations!

rptreglia

Smart_Beautiful_and_Strong wrote: »

Congratulations!! You have done a great job! Thank you for posting your story I really needed a shot of motivation. Any tips you can offer?

I meal prepped because I won’t buy fast food if I have food cooked already at home. I do the online Walmart grocery shopping and don’t buy junk food, that way it’s not in the house. I only drink water, my wife will drink pop still.

I always scour YouTube for videos of what healthy meals people are cooking and try to replicate them. I limit my red meat intake but that’s only because I love chicken a lot more than red meat. I also hate the smell of raw meat cooking, it turns my stomach.

I also have veggies with my meals and eat them first that way if I’m full I had all the healthier food first.

etfan

Awe-inspiring!!!! Congrats and thanks for sharing!

eminater

O.M.G ... Just ... OMG!

eminater

rptreglia wrote: »

Smart_Beautiful_and_Strong wrote: »

Congratulations!! You have done a great job! Thank you for posting your story I really needed a shot of motivation. Any tips you can offer?

I meal prepped because I won’t buy fast food if I have food cooked already at home. I do the online Walmart grocery shopping and don’t buy junk food, that way it’s not in the house. I only drink water, my wife will drink pop still.

I always scour YouTube for videos of what healthy meals people are cooking and try to replicate them. I limit my red meat intake but that’s only because I love chicken a lot more than red meat. I also hate the smell of raw meat cooking, it turns my stomach.

I also have veggies with my meals and eat them first that way if I’m full I had all the healthier food first.

Love your tips! I am amazed you went from not cooking at home to meal prepping. It literally saved your life! Also like the idea of on-line shopping, you avoid any temptations. It's incredible that you basically just TOOK CHARGE of your life. Well done to the both of you.

fbcarlson

What an amazing journey you have had so far! So inspiring! Just what I needed as I start my own journey all over again. Thank you so much for sharing!
I hope you and your wife have a great time in Disney!

rptreglia

eminater wrote: »

rptreglia wrote: »

Smart_Beautiful_and_Strong wrote: »

Congratulations!! You have done a great job! Thank you for posting your story I really needed a shot of motivation. Any tips you can offer?

I meal prepped because I won’t buy fast food if I have food cooked already at home. I do the online Walmart grocery shopping and don’t buy junk food, that way it’s not in the house. I only drink water, my wife will drink pop still.

I always scour YouTube for videos of what healthy meals people are cooking and try to replicate them. I limit my red meat intake but that’s only because I love chicken a lot more than red meat. I also hate the smell of raw meat cooking, it turns my stomach.

I also have veggies with my meals and eat them first that way if I’m full I had all the healthier food first.

Love your tips! I am amazed you went from not cooking at home to meal prepping. It literally saved your life! Also like the idea of on-line shopping, you avoid any temptations. It's incredible that you basically just TOOK CHARGE of your life. Well done to the both of you.

I loved cooking but I had grand illusions of what was actually healthy. I just assumed if it was home cooked it was healthy. Our favorite meal was splitting a pound of pasta with hot sausage ground up in the sauce. Tasted fantastic but doing the math it was like over 3k calories.

amfmmama

Thank you... Thank you.... Thank you

Christinaluvly

You had me crying at work!! So happy for you! All that hard work and dedication is inspiring

GuyanaGold21

Excellent!! So wonderful to hear that you are now able to live a full life along side your wife.

urloved33

mulecanter

I hope you realize how many people you are helping by posting your story! Bravo!

tbduarte1

Thanks for posting this. I have a lot of weight to lose and it is stories like yours that get me motivated. Good luck on the rest of your journey

jonesite

Thank you for inspiring me! So proud of you!

pam46815

Wow, just wow! Congratulations on all your hard work! Thank you for sharing your story! Such an inspiration!!

corriepelc

What an absolutely amazing and inspiring story. Wow! I am so, so happy for you. Thank you so much for sharing!

rptreglia

Thanks everyone, just to provide an update on where I am. I have now lost 363lbs, I haven’t lost much in the last month due to having surgery done and I am not allowed to lift heavy weight and no running.

It’s hard to believe in a few months it will be two years I started this journey. Thank you all for the kind words.

jantawa

You give a disabled widow more inspiration to keep on going. I've been battling so many things (seizures/strokes/lymphedema, just to name a few) but I will never give up. It is people like you and the rest of those on MFP that encourage others to keep on going, even if it is at a snail's pace. You are definitely proof that if you don't give up, you will eventually get there!

lynder64

Thanks for my morning cup of inspiration!!! BRAVO!!!

The_Movie_Chair

I got all teary eyes when I read your story. The love you have for your wife comes shines through your post. I am very happy you made all the changes and if I may so so, I am very proud of you and bow. Well done, well done!

LuvUbutGoodbyeCarbs

Wow, just WOW!!!! You have come SO far in under 2 years. 363 lbs is no easy feat. I hope you’re proud of yourself because you should be!