To the Success Story Folks,,how much,how many and how long.....

Addyboo07

I like to hear other peoples success stories and love before and after photos.This is just me being curious about other experiences.

So tell me,how much weight did you lose?How many calories a day did you consume? and How long did it take you to reach your goal?

DonM46

38.
About 1500 to start; it's been so long ago (2011), I've forgotten the exact amount.
10 months.
I've been maintaining (+/- 3 pounds which was my personal acceptable range) since then.
I am currently 1 pound over my goal weight, so I'm still happy.
Still logging though, just to stay 'honest.'
My current streak is 2433 days. I lost about 800 days when on vacation -- no cell service in a remote location -- so missing one day broke my string, and I had to start over. :-(

kjratliff55

July 2016 I weighed in at 315lbs (55yo 5' 11") now 4 years later I'm down to 168lbs. I held at 185 for about a year but found my BMI to be 24.8% I want it under 20%; so for the last 6 months I dropped my daily Calories to 1750ish avg. and increased my cardio some (but not alot). Anyway soon I will be 59 and am in the best shape I've been in since I left the Marines in 86.

Joel_Noire

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TNoire

SW: 460
CW: 248
Goal: 160

Start size: 6x
Current Size: XL/L depending on the clothes

Lost over 20 inches in my upper arms and upper thighs and much more!

I did high protein low carb and cut out rice/pasta/bread/potatoes and other heavy starched foods in the beginning, did cardio 6 days a week 1hr a day for the first year, then I started doing weights/cardio for the last 4 years for a total of 5 years.

I probably could have lost more but I had setbacks over the years. I also ate about 1200-1400 calories a day and 50-90 carbs and low sodium, now I am working on controlling my food sizes better and eating about 1500-1800 a day with a total burn day of 2500 calories to 3000+ depending on the day, still, workout 4-6 days a week and right now I am not going to the gym due to COVID, I'm just focusing cardio at home for the time being since I get hospital cooties on me on a daily bases and I rather keep those around me and myself safe.


You can see more of my journey story/photos and doctor from hell that almost killed me and more here:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10810745/i-am-back-with-my-success-in-the-last-5-years-yet-i-have-more-to-accomplish

ps.. thought I was logged into my account and originally posted on mistake under my husbands account above

drmwc

I lost 45 pounds-ish (185 to 140). It took 5 months. My BMI is now 21 - it was around 27.5 at the start. My waist went from 36 to 28. My goal weight is 140 to 147 pounds, and I've been in that range since the diet ended in August last year.

I started off on 1,200 calories a day, which is misery, but in studies proved useful in putting diabetes in remission. Mine is remission - my 1AC is around 30 millimoles per mole (5%). After a couple of months, I moved up to 1,600 a day. I then slowly increased from there until I found maintenance, which seems to eb around 2,600 a day.

TheRedQueen1981

I've lost 129lbs so far but still have a little more to lose. I'm determined! I started in June 2018 and was initially CICO but the weight loss slowed down a great deal after a year and so I have been doing keto since July 2019. I am also OMAD and try not to go over 1,300 calories per day but I do sometimes go over that. I do exercise but mostly Isometrics and Calisthenics but occasionally cardio, too. I will likely add more cardio in eventually as I'd like to start running and I love skipping (jump rope).

dfranch

Went from 262 lbs. to 165 lbs. (97 lbs.). I ate between 1200 - 1500 calories a day it took about 15 months. I've mostly kept it off for 5 years. 165 lbs. was just impossible to maintain. I was up around 182 lbs earlier in the year, but quarantine has helped me get back under 170 which I think is more easily maintained.

The_Movie_Chair

Startweight 312 lbs
Goal reached weigh-in at 156 lbs three years later.
Half of me gone!
Maintaining since almost a year now.

tuckerrj

I started at 5'9" and weighed 250 lbs. I lost 75 lbs. over a 14 month period. Went from size 46 pants to size 34. I ate approximately 1,500 calories a day. Sometimes I did intermittent fasting so I could have over 2,000 calories one day and 800 the next, and get to eat out or celebrate with family. I exercise 60 - 90 minutes a day, usually weightlifting and stationary (sic?) bike. I've maintained for about 4 months now +/- 5 lbs. at 175.

hmaddpear

2013 SW - 238lb
Goal - 140lb
I got as far as 160lb before falling off the wagon. This took 15 months, for me - female, 38, 5"6' on 1,640kcal a day.

I gradually started to put the weight back on and by the time I got back here in January, I was back to 201lb. This time I set myself the goal of 160lb, and achieved that last month. I'm now going to maintain for the rest of the year, and revise my goals early next year. In the meantime I can't see me succeeding unless I log in here every day and log everything I consume. So that's my goal for this year - a 360 day streak and every day logged.

Shortgirlrunning

My starting weight was 190
Currently at 140
I’d like to lose another 10-20 lbs but I am very happy where I’m at.
It took me 2 years off and on.
I didn’t have a set calorie amount for every day. It depended on my current weight and exercise. It could be anywhere between 1200 - 2000 calories

BahstenB10

In the past:
SW: 190
Hit: 149

I was too skinny at my lowest. I was eating around 1800 when I first started and as I got smaller, I dropped to around 1600 mainly using OMAD.

Currently:

SW: 208
CW: 197

So down 11 in 5 weeks. Eating around 2000 cals a day spaced out.

I still have a long way to go to hit my goal of 165 which is what I weighed about 4 years ago.

asthesoapturns

SW: 210LB
GW: 145LB

CW: 142LB
NGW: 135LB

I started focusing on losing weight Sept 06, 2019. I hit my original GW back in Aug, 2020. My body comp isn't what I'd like it to be so I'm sticking with this weightloss business until the apron and wings are gone, or reduced. Still, not bad results for one year. I eat between 1400-1500 calories, sometimes less if my meals workout that way.

charmmeth

My original SW was 89.9 kg (198 lbs) in January 2012. I lost down to 79/80kg by August that year. Gained back to 85kg in summer 2014, discovered MFP and lost to 70kg in March 2015. Looking back at my food diary, I had my calories set to 1200 but in December 2014 I was actually eating 1700-2000 per day, some days with exercise; some days without. I planned to maintain at ca. 72kg +/- about 3kg, but in reality I was gaining steadily from spring 2015 and I am not sure I every maintained at all. If I did, it was at more like 80/82 kg. Fast forward to spring 2020, and having been 81kg at Easter (I give up chocolate and alcohol for Lent so there is generally a dip in my weight around then), I was 88kg by the middle of May. I am back down to 79/80 kg at present, aiming to get to 75kg and maintain there (+/- 3kg). This time I have set my calories to 1350 and am sticking to that, but eating back exercise calories. In another month or so I shall increase that to more like 1600 and start to experiment as to what maintenance actually looks like for me.

gallicinvasion

How much weight loss:

100-105 lbs (230 to 125)

How many calories:

Started at around 1700 to lose 2 lbs a week. As I got smaller, that amount reduced so that I could stay losing 2 lbs per week. Eventually, I was having to eat around 1250 calories so I slowed the weight loss over time. Was around 1450 for a while, then was around 1600-1700 for a while. When I tried to start maintaining (I was around 135 lbs), I stayed at 1850 but was still losing slowly. Between October (reached around 125-130 lbs) and now, I've dialed it in to around 2100 calories to maintain.

How long:

It took me from May 2018 to October 2019 to lose approximately 100 lbs. So around a year and 4 months!

cwolfman13

Lost 40 Lbs...started at 220 and went to 180. Took about 6 to 7 months. More or less have maintained that loss for 7.5 years. On average I was eating around 2300-2500 calories per day.

springlering62

SW222. CW 131.
Started 09/16 at 1470 calories, currently average 2500.
Yoga, Pilates, running, a ton of walking, and weights.

Today was bamboo bar day. I love that thing. It’s mind over matter.

persimmonfig

I'm not sure that I would call myself a success story yet, but I wanted to post to encourage other folks in my kind of situation--relatively small weight loss goals (maybe 10-15% of total body weight) and overall fitness goals that we're trying to accomplish slowly and sustainably.

Height: 5'7"
Starting weight: 167.5
Goal weight: 145
Current weight: ~160 (lowest so far was 158.8)
Weight lost so far: ~6-8 pounds

I lost this over about 2 months, for an average loss of about a pound a week, before hitting a plateau about a month ago. I can't stand the idea of severe calorie restriction, in part because I really like to cook and try new foods and in part because I have a past history of disordered (under)eating, so my goal on MFP is currently set to lose .5 lbs/week. At my current weight and considering that I'm sedentary outside of exercise, that comes to 1600 kcal/day.

I exercise 5-6 days a week and usually eat back some of my exercise calories, but not all. This is probably what helped me to lose more than I "should" have in that time.

The plateau is probably related to having a couple of big life events, drinking more alcohol, and being a little less successful with food tracking for the past few weeks. I'm pretty encouraged by the fact that I haven't really gained anything back during that time.

My REAL success is that since starting regular exercise this past May after a loooong time of inactivity, and I can tell that I'm so much stronger--both in terms of power and my cardiovascular health. I also noticeably have less body fat than before. As for the weight, I started back up with food tracking again last week and am hopeful that I'll keep making progress toward my goal!

valeria9

Height: 5' 5"
HW: 225 (December 2019)
SW: 216 (April 2020)
GW: 140
CW: 175

I started with 1,300 calories a day and now is down to 1,200. I work out 6-7 days a week, cardio and weights. I have months that I've lost 10 lbs and months that I lost 4 lbs. I eat what I want, in moderation, and try to stay within my calorie allotment. I've also gone alcohol free since January. I've tried low carb diets in the past and gained back everything I lost and then some. So far I've lost 51 lbs, 41 lbs since April, and I hope to reach my goal by January 2021.

Aardgoose

Height 5'9" (1.75m)
SW: 89kg/195lb/14 stone
CW: 67kg/147lb/10st 7lb
GW:70kg/154lb/11st

I am sort of sedentary with work so MFP pushed me to 1500kCal/day. I followed this and started to use 'Zwift' 4 times per week on the '6 week FTP builder' workout mainly for the calorific value. It took me ca. 6 months to get to this point. I'm still trying to find a new 'normal' and not to lose too much.

I'm still keeping to the 1500kCal but more relaxed, but with an eye to what I eat. I keep with MFP and have a trigger - if I go above 70kg then it is time to start working on it.

I was not puritanical about things throughout. Every Wednesday I share a bottle of wine and some cheesy nibbles, every Sunday a cocktail and a nice (lower calorie!) meal. I had to keep telling myself "This is a marathon and not a sprint" so when I felt I had eaten far too much I could forgive myself and 'get back on the wagon'.

A combination of MFP and Zwift has been invaluable. I subscribed to both as they were both beneficial.

joone_9

I LOVE THIS THREAD...love when people explain a bit of detail 🙂. More please!

Annie42019

Height five ft five
Age 59 ( started at age 57)
Starting weight 210
Current Weight 135 (2 pounds under final goal)
Time to goal 10 months
Calories 1200 “tracked” during loss ( I did not track plain green vegetables maybe another 100-200 per day of those) 1250-1400 maintenance. I’ve been maintaining for almost 1.5 years.

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akm0615

Height 5'0" /5'1" (depends on who is measuring )
Age 44
SW 145.8Lbs (Jan 2020)
GW 110 Lbs
CW 109.2 Lbs
Time to Goal 8.5 months
Calories 1200 during loss. Working with maintenance calories right now. Clearly still losing so still need to work on that. Working on increasing protein macros.
Exercise Goal: Body Recomposition
Exercise Plan: Weight training 3 times a week. Yoga once a week. Running/Treadmill 2-3 times a week.

zackpeters

I started out at 240lbs (after a 2year bulk) down to 180lbs. Took about 11 months total. Took my time cutting down from 3500cal around 1800cal (shortly followed by a reverse diet). My big thing is tracking macros to ensure the weight lost is mostly fat. Cardio got up to 60mins 4 days a week for LISS (incline walk on treadmill). and 10mins of HIIT 3 days a week (concept row mostly, 250m sprint with 30sec rest for 10mins).

seltzermint555

I've gone from HW 307 to CW 170-175 range. I'm a 5'8" 43 yr old female.
My lowest weight was 164. For various reasons, I find it relatively easy to maintain in the 170s but difficult to get to 160s. All my health markers are good and I'm satisfied with my energy, clothes fit, etc, so I'm fine with it.

I was over 250 lb for about 20 years prior to losing.
It took me about 5 years to lose 130 lb but of course it accelerated drastically when I joined MFP in 2013, and I lost about 90 lb in one year. I mostly just used the calorie count MFP calculated for me, as I continue to do so (loosely)...

I've maintained in the current range since late 2014. 6 years and counting.
I don't have a lot of good before/after sets, this one shows about 270 to 170s though...pic is a couple years old.

Diatonic12

brendog79

I'm still losing. Ive lost 90 lbs in a little over 4.5 months. My calories are often thru the week are 2 days high 3 days low and 2 days right where my calories should be. I go for longer walks about 4x a week and do some resistance band workouts. I definitely cut out a lot of the carbs and upped my protein and lowered my sugar intake. Im 292 lbs now. I still have 67lbs to go to reach goal of 225lbs. Hopefully I can do it in the next 7 months. Its hard especially when I work in a pizza buffet.

GymGoddessGoals

Lost a total of about 40lbs and have maintained the loss for going on 4yrs now. My cal count varies by what I am doing. Usually its between 1000 and 1600 on a 40/30/30 macro. It took me about 8 months to lose the weight. Then I wasn't happy with how the weight loss looked so I joined a gym and started lifting 3-5 days a week. I currently maintain my weight between 110 and 120 lbs, again depending on what I am doing. At my leanest I have been 108 and 8% body fat.

I'm 47 and 5'1.