Looking for MFPers who have lost 10-30 pounds...

Alex

Hey MFPers, it's that time of year when everyone is looking for a bit of inspriation to get started on their New Year's resolutions. And we have to look no further than our own community!

If you're 18-45 and have lost about 10-30 pounds with the help of MyFitnessPal, we'd love to hear your story.

Please reach out here if you're willing to share pics and videos, and talk a bit about how MFP helped you reach your goals.

You may be featured on our social media and inspire thousands of people to take the first step!

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nossmf

Good day to you. I have before and after photos of my MFP weight loss journey, along with anecdotal stories of how MFP helped me along the way. My stats fall right in line with your search criteria... age 44 (was 32 when I started), lost 30 pounds and kept it off for a decade now.

jimeaston2

I'm 48 now, but have lost 79lbs in 8 months

gentle_sir_hulk

Hello, I lost 50lb since June with the help of MyfitnessPal. I am half way through my 100lb Journey.

I have been tracking every single meal and snack, including tea and coffee, since June 5th and I am proud that I can share the data.

My blood tests have massively improved and my pre-diabetes has been put in reverse. I am getting healthier, and even my doctor recognised that!

That's just one of the pictures I have that show progress. Happy to share my story and help others on the way!

sriley721

I am right about 50lbs now

feroshusavocado

I've lot 45 pounds and still have over 60 to go. I credit MFP and my kitchen scale for helping me with Calories In, Calories Out and getting me where I am. I want to do a feature when I get to my goal weight and am down 106 pounds, hahaha

alliemaeg89

I started using MFP after I had my first child, I lost around 30 lbs then lost track of logging. I picked back up on using MFP after having my second child and over the course of three years lost a little over 100 lbs. Thanks to this app I've not only lost the weight, but maintained my weight loss for the last three years.

deniserzaj

I do not have photos but since being on MFP I have lost 14 lbs. This is inspirational because I have 30 more to go to be in the BMI range my physician suggested in order to be healthy...I am so grateful for this platform. I am measuring weekly and watching the inches starting to move in the right direction. Happy New Year everyone

hotwire77

Why the age limits ☹️

elisa123gal

agreed.. does that matter? no. It doesn't. Losing weight, is losing weight. It was just the same as when I was younger. It takes work and dedication and it works if you do it.. plain and simple.

fullbodiedred150

In December of 2020, my husband and I were both unhappy with our pandemic weight gain and decided to do something. So starting on January 1, 2021 I was determined to lose the 12 pounds I had gained.

I knew that tracking every single food/drink that I consumed would be key to my weight loss, but I didn't want to focus just on my weight-- I wanted to focus on health and fitness and knew if I did so, the weight would drop off. So I synched MFP with my Apple Watch to track my exercise and with my Withings Body Composition scale so that minor blips of weight gain due to water wouldn't sidetrack me or make me feel like "I'm doing everything right and it's not working so I might as well just have pizza."

Working with a nutritionist (I am a heart transplant recipient and as such provided with a nutritionist for my after-care), I set a daily calorie goal as well as macro goals for protein, fat, carbs, fiber, sugar and sodium. I also set a daily goal of drinking at least 70 ounces of water. And I set a weekly goal of 5 hours of exercise.

For most of my adult life, I cringed every time someone would use the phrase "lifestyle change." To me, it seemed like a new marketing term for the word "diet." But at some point in Q1 as I hit my goal of 12 pounds, I realized that I had actually made it through the lifestyle change and into the actual lifestyle. I no longer had to "remember" to log my food or to weigh every day-- it was just a part of my daily life. I no longer had to find new ways to motivate myself to stay on track or to exercise-- I just did it. And it felt great!

Those first 12 pounds came off so easily that I just kept going. Here are my year-end stats:

•36.2 lbs lost
•Decreased my BMI from 30 (obese) to 23 (healthy)
•Decreased my fat mass by 35%
•Increased my lean muscle mass
•Went from a size 12 to a size 4
•274 miles hiked/walked/run
•24,802 vertical feet gained
•215 hours spent exercising
•Competed in seven 5k’s

Because I'm smaller, have increased my muscle mass, and improved my cardiovascular condition tremendously, I can now eat more calories than before... but the foods I'm eating have not changed. This is my life now and I absolutely love it.

My new heart feels really happy about it as well!

mrskgriswold5

I am 35, I started my weight loss in May of 2021, and have been using MyFitnessPal as a main tool to track my calories. The evening the servers went down I was in a dead panic. lol. I have lost 138lbs in these last 7 months of calorie tracking.

annette12967

You look fantastic!! Thank you for sharing your story!

purplehats2015

Hello there. I have been a member since 2015 and have just started to record again. I was under the impression i had signed up for Premium. can you tell me if this is correct please?

okitoki1973

started eating clean around Oct 2021, but didnt start CICO using MFP until 8-Dec-21.... since loggin, I have lost 10lbs in 27 days and going; its educational so far to what I have been eating before, and what is considered as "normal" serving sizes.... its totally made me look at food differently now. plus I dont need to "starve myself" through overly restrictive diets... I have a choice to what I want to eat... just make sure I maintain within my budget to my TDEE.

othetoe4

I am currently down 121 lbs naturally. I started my journey in 2019 after I went to a sip and paint party that had shirts for all the guests to wear and I couldn’t fit the largest one they had available. The shirt fit like a crop top on me and it was a 2x. I also started developing health issues and my doctor explained that my health was heading in the wrong direction. I knew I need to make a change but unfortunately at the time a gym membership and a trainer didn’t fit in the budget for my family. I started working out at home and changed my diet through trial and error. I learned what my body needed and not base my lifestyle on what I was craving anymore (over processed foods). I used resources that were free and myfitness pal was one of them. I monitored the food I was taking in and read articles to gain more knowledge about my health journey. I hope my journey helps others achieve their goals! You do not need anything fancy to loose weight, just motivation and the willingness to change even when things get difficult!

annieb45

I have been a MFP user for a few years. Slipped during Covid and have gained 20 lbs. Decided to get back to taking care of me. Gave myself the gift of a Premium subscription and a Withings scale. I have paired these tools with my Apple Watch. I am 74 years old and very active. Happy to be focusing on my newfound journey.

psxgaming402

Lost 150 lbs, and have maintained a consistent weight of approx 165-170 lbs largely in part of this app. It's has made me much more food smart and I use it daily for every meal.

CoolT21

atrgemini

Hi all,

32 year old male here.

I've been clinically obese according to the BMI scale for my entire life, and have had high blood pressure since I was 18. I made a goal for myself at about 21 or 22 years of age that I would turn attention to trying to get healthy and finding out what my true body type should look like once I had finished with graduate school and had reached the peak of my field or career. From ages 24-31, I was working 60 hour work weeks and pursuing two master's degrees. Mercifully, that all came to an end in January of 2021, at which point I was sitting at 274 pounds, 6 feet 0 inches.

It was a really bad month. I had an awful run-in with local authorities after celebrating the end of my career at my previous job and passing my master's comp exams. My graduation was postponed until the summer because of the pandemic. I was in a dark place, and struggling with my mental health mightily for reasons I didn't yet fully understand. Luckily, I had just started my new job that week, so there were no financial ramifications to be had. I got vaccinated on January 20th and had a horribly adverse reaction to it within the hour - only to find out that I was COVID positive the next day, because California was burning with COVID cases and test results were behind. COVID changed everything for me; my taste and smell were lost for months. Even worse, I had suddenly lost my greatest asset - I was suddenly struggling to think, do simple math, and even complete my work. I would later be diagnosed with adult-onset ADHD as a result of COVID long-hauler symptoms.

Things changed quickly at my new place of employment. Promises that had been made were quickly undone. By June of 2021, I didn't recognize the company I was hired for, nor the role that I had been given. All the while, I was nagging myself for not following through with my promise to myself to get healthy. I just kept saying to myself "your graduation is in July, so technically, you don't have to start until then so quit being a bother and try to get right with yourself,". In hindsight, this was a poor decision, because I look at what's happened in just the 5 months since then and wonder what I could have accomplished before the start of 2022.

However, I did it. I started small at first, as I haven't been an athlete since high school. I would lift small sets of 30-pound dumbbells, and ride a terrible excuse of an exercise bike for half an hour a day. On August 23rd, I did my first 5k through work, a feat I'd never attempted, and clocked a time of 47:50. Today, I now run three or four days each week, doing a 5k each time, and my times have improved to a personal best of 25:12, even having reverted back to vaping after a 6-month hiatus. I do between 60-90 minutes on that same, awful exercise bike that was purchased on Mercari for $60 dollars and weight-tested for a max of 180 pounds. According to my MFP log, I've logged 119 days of continuous exercise and the bike tells me that I've ridden nearly 1600 miles since August. I haven't dieted because I don't believe in it. I'm a foodie, a self-trained amateur chef, and hold an MS in Food Science. I eat what I want, when I want, and just stick to the numbers game (Deficiting, thanks MFP for making this so easy).

Everyone always tells you how bad it is for you to be obese or overweight. What they don't tell you is how hard it is on your body when you're shedding that weight, especially if you've carried it for years. Today, I'm 214 pounds, and I wish I could tell you that it's been easy getting here, but it hasn't. The 220 plateau held strong for nearly 5 weeks. My friends all tell me, told me, "you can work harder, you can do better, what you've accomplished is nothing, and you're moving at a snail's pace,". I'm here to tell you that I couldn't have - only that perhaps I could have started sooner and achieved more. The changes that my body has been going through, from hormonal to physical, have been terrible.

While I'm proud to have shed 60 pounds in 5 months, going into a New Year, I am ultimately disappointed in how my body is shaping out at this weight. I figured 200-205 would be the sweet spot to start to focus on toning up and switching to a muscle-building regime, but it appears as if I will likely have to go a bit further because my gut is still hanging on. I got tested and am sitting at 21% body fat so I'm assuming nearly all of it is there at this point. I'm guessing the final target will be closer to 185, which would put me at 89 total pounds lost prior to the bulk-up period. I am also very tired of cutting, and the effects it's had on my well-being and focus. I was hoping to be done by the New Year, but so is life.

I am thankful that I've made it this far and that this has become a major lifestyle change, even if time-consuming. I no longer have high-blood pressure, and I haven't snored since October. I get restful sleep in as little as 6 hours, and I am much more energetic throughout the whole day. I get tired at a normal time each night. As much bad as there has been, I know that the cost-benefit analysis has been worth it and I am very near the end. Most of all, I am thankful for the opportunity to change through willpower and the help from the MFP community. Cheers to a wonderful 2022.

normdaley

I lost 80 pounds with MFP and have kept it off, for 8 years, by continuing to use MFP. However, I was 54 when I started and will be turning 64 in a week.

<sarcasm>Poor me. Feeling the love. </sarcasm> LOL!

LoriCarbin

psxgaming402 wrote: »

Lost 150 lbs, and have maintained a consistent weight of approx 165-170 lbs largely in part of this app. It's has made me much more food smart and I use it daily for every meal.

Wow! What a fantastic healthy transformation!

MattMooToo

Well thats a bit of a shame for all of us 50 or over. Why the ageist attitude. Awful way of making your over 50’s premium members feel involved and engaged.
I’ve lost 3 stone but can’t join in because I’m 51 🙄

faurotann

I don't think MFP is trying to exclude anyone based on age. I think age 18 to 45 is the age demographic they are trying to hit for advertisers. Older people don't spend as much. This is a free site, after all.

Mouse_Potato

I joined MFP when I was 38. I lost 30 pounds here, but have since aged out of the target demographic.

BarryTone99

I would love to share how I lost 75 pounds in 18 months, but…I am 61 years old and way too old to be of any value on this post restricted to people between 18-45 year old.

atrgemini

@BarryTone99 and @MattMooToo I disagree and would love to hear your stories. Rules are for squares.

angnewcomb

I was mortified when my husband wanted me to take a before picture when I started my journey one year ago. These pictures are exactly one year apart! One year!! With diet and exercise I have lost 60 pounds of fat! Picture on the left was January 2021. Picture on the right is January 2022! I weigh measure and track all of my food with MFP

ginasj55

Why do I feel like ageism is the next challenge society needs to address?

jleighruff36

Hi y’all! Using MyFitnessPal and MapMyFitness I’ve lost 39 pounds so far. This is how I looked when I first started:


And this is now:




Don’t get me wrong, I know I still have a ways to go! But I’m proud of how far I have come. I’m excited to see where I can go!

_SoundWave_

90llbs down currently and I've been using MFP for about 8 years .