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

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  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,074 Member
    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.mfg7j56ej500.jpg
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    Wow, well done! How tall are you?
  • Leezy55
    Leezy55 Posts: 339 Member
    angnewcomb wrote: »
    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 MFPeo1izcsstksp.jpg

    Congratulations on your 60 lb weight loss!
    I find your photos inspiring because it appears that we have the same body shape and I think I'll look somewhat like your body shape when I lose my 60 lb!
    How tall are you?
    Did you do it primarily by changing your eating habits? Or exercise?
    Thank you so much for the inspirational photos!
  • Bobbiejo1966
    Bobbiejo1966 Posts: 3 Member
    atrgemini wrote: »
    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.kh9mgkv6iy2x.jpeg

    Hey your story sounds like mine but just in a little bit different I'm 55 years old when I was 18 I was 180 pounds. I got to be 400 lb after having kids and bad marriages family deaths Two years ago and at 400lbs became diabetic ,high blood pressure , had open heart surgery ,got kidney disease you name it I had it. When I started dialysis I started taking off weight they said people don't have to have so much water on them to live they take off water they took off water and they took off water oh by the way they took off both of my legs too because I was a diabetic which took me from 6 ft to 4 ft and I gained a wheelchair but still back to the story as a yr went by I lost a hundred pounds .
    Then I started seeing what I was eating and I said you can't have phosphorus you can't have potassium so I started reading labels and I seen how much calories is in stuff and how much phosphorus was on in already frozen foods already made food so I said let's go fresh I lost more and I saw let's do portion control let's just do a cup of vegetables a handful of protein which is meat and just some fruit but of course I had to watch out for phosphorus and potassium and sugar which fruits have a lot of .Now just yesterday I got the word I am at 217 lb from 400lbs 2yrs ago .My goal is 180 lb I'm hoping by June 21st my birthday i will. Yes like you said it does get harder and harder as you go but the key is switching up your routine don't stay with you same routine all the time your body gets used to that and yes I'm like you I eat what I want when I want just not as much as I want.

    Kudos for you too bad for me I can't do a lot of getting this excess fat off of my stomach which I might do after I go down to 180 lb if I do a lot of surgery. but I want these hips to go a little more and my big butt booty Judy got to go a little more and I'll be a happy trooper and then I'll think about getting some surgery for the excess fat.

    My thought to you keep on plugging don't listen to those friends you listen to you ,have a strong mind keep your mind on the your goal .ADHD and being bipolar is not bad because my son is he's 30 years old and he put his mind to it he is no longer on medication but you do you you don't do them you do you .You do what you got to do and keep your eye on the prize you can do it.
    If a 55-year-old woman that start off 2 years ago and down 200 lb you can do it to.
    One last thing remember these words you eat to survive, not survive to eat. When you sit at a meal remember that when you drink those fluids you drink to survive not survive to drink.
  • davidalbertparadis
    davidalbertparadis Posts: 1 Member
    Looking great. I see you made healthy habits a way of life. I know it's not easy but keep up the great work.
  • ronronronj
    ronronronj Posts: 474 Member
    I am now 60 and have been on MFP for over 5 years. When I started, I was averaging 165 pounds (I'm 5'7"), with spikes to 168. It was difficult for me to get my pants and shirts to fit, and my inner cheapskate did not want me to buy a whole lot more clothes.

    One of my college friends on FB posted about how he had just lost 20 pounds. I asked how he did it, and he said MMFP. I asked "What's MFP?" He said it was MyFitnessPal. Believe it or not, I had just gotten my first smartphone, so MFP was one of the first apps I added.

    Thanks to MFP, I dropped my weight to 148 pounds, and my shorts and pants definitely fit better. It was a combination of logging my food as well as taking a lot more long walks (45+ minutes). Even after losing only 7 pounds, my boss asked me if I was losing weight! Since COVID, my weight has come back up to the 158-160 range, but I read your stories and hope in the near future to get back to exercising.

    You all are so inspirational, and I love reading about your accomplishments!
  • faurotann
    faurotann Posts: 433 Member
    FABRICWOMAN wrote: »
    I have read these posts and put them away, but came back to them twice! Being over 45 years old (69 and proud of it) I did feel offended by the age bracket. I have lost 100+ lbs. with MFP. I feel and look better than when I was in the 18-45 age bracket. If there was any reasoning behind this distinction, the staff should have let the readers know why they were pinpointing a certain age group and not have another member make guesses as to their purpose. Best of luck to everyone in your weight loss journey.

    Also, in addressing "faurotann's" comment about the elderly not spending as much money. I worked hard all my life and now enjoy the fruits of my labor. I travel/vacation, because I can afford it. Not all senior citizens are living exclusively off medicare or hand-outs. I'm just saying!!!!!!!

    Wow. Just wow. It was just a suggestion that people might not have considered. Not an attack on you. Anything you say on a message board can offend anybody. Just a simple thought. Wow. This'll be my last post.
  • faurotann
    faurotann Posts: 433 Member
    faurotann wrote: »
    FABRICWOMAN wrote: »
    I have read these posts and put them away, but came back to them twice! Being over 45 years old (69 and proud of it) I did feel offended by the age bracket. I have lost 100+ lbs. with MFP. I feel and look better than when I was in the 18-45 age bracket. If there was any reasoning behind this distinction, the staff should have let the readers know why they were pinpointing a certain age group and not have another member make guesses as to their purpose. Best of luck to everyone in your weight loss journey.

    Also, in addressing "faurotann's" comment about the elderly not spending as much money. I worked hard all my life and now enjoy the fruits of my labor. I travel/vacation, because I can afford it. Not all senior citizens are living exclusively off medicare or hand-outs. I'm just saying!!!!!!!

    Wow. Just wow. It was just a suggestion that people might not have considered. Not an attack on you. Anything you say on a message board can offend anybody. Just a simple thought. Wow. This'll be my last post.

    P.S. I just turned 70.
  • valerierhoweth
    valerierhoweth Posts: 10 Member
    fullbodiedred150 wrote: »
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    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.

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    Yhats amazing thanks for the post
  • valerierhoweth
    valerierhoweth Posts: 10 Member
    jimeaston2 wrote: »
    I'm 48 now, but have lost 79lbs in 8 months

    That is amazing thank you for sharing 😊
  • valerierhoweth
    valerierhoweth Posts: 10 Member
    mrskgriswold5 wrote: »
    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.

    That's really amazing and great to hear 😊
  • jessicaarnold17
    jessicaarnold17 Posts: 3 Member
    edited January 2022
    Hi, I'm 47 year old female. I've lost 40 lbs in 18 months by tracking food, exercise and water. Upgraded to Premium and now tracking macros. Love MFP and would be happy to share details.

  • SwissDave
    SwissDave Posts: 57 Member

    1/1/2022 97.4 kg

    8/1/2022 95.4 kg

    18/1/2022 94.9 kg

    29/1/2022 94.2 kg
    Weight loss has slowed a bit after the first week

    Still averaging 2000 calories a day, working out 5 days a week and not eating my extra exercise calories

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