Has anyone lost weight and then put it back on?

qstneverything

So, the title says it all.

Has anyone ever managed to lose a lot of weight in the past, but was unsuccessful in maintaining the weight and has ended up here?

I lost 20 kilograms in the past when I was sixteen quite easily just getting a bit of moderate exercise and eating very clean. Unfortunately as I was quite young and when I got a bit older and was forced to 'grow up' (a few factors happened, the parent I lived with died, REALLY bad relationships, even the small fact I now need to buy and cook for myself, bad jobs that left me physically and emotionally drained etc) I have put it all back on, and a little bit more.

Now I'm twenty-one and I'm now in a better place. Better friends, and the best boyfriend I could ever ask for. All I have left to do is attend the gym and eat a bit cleaner and I KNOW I can do it again! I'm already seeing results.

Who's with me?

Azurite27

Several years ago I lost around 70 lbs and kept it off for about a year but then I went on some anti-depressants and started getting really hungry all the time. Even after I went off the pills the constant hunger didn't go away so I kept eating. It didn't help that at the same time my dad entered the last stages of his cancer and I moved back in with him and my mom to help take care of him. I fell back into bad eating habits I had learned from my mom and started eating dinner when I came home and then again a couple hours later when they ate. Plus I lost my main source of exercise because it wasn't easy getting to walk on the country roads.

Finally this year after trying to get my doctor's help (and her not seeming to care even though I had gained 100 lbs in a year) I just decided to reduce my calories since I was hungry either way.

AnchoredinHimfitness

Yes! Here's my story...to much to retype

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1120211-passed-my-original-goal-of-145-from-181lbs-to-140lbs

fishnbrah

i lost 25lbs last year, gained it all back plus some

shapefitter

All the time. I loose a few, and gain a few every week. I yo-yo like crazy. I have learned to ignore it, and have made friends with the tape measure instead. Together we will succeed.

Nicolee_2014

Multiple times. Usually on each occasion I've lost 20-25kgs.

I maintained the weight loss for about 2.5yrs - got a bit content in my relationship, went to a Monday - Friday 9-5 job, started gaining. Then had a life changing thing happen - stacked it on. Got pregnant..........Gained it all back & probably some more.

2nd time I lost the weight, kept it off until I got pregnant again.....Back here again............I still got a way to go. I will do it & so will you!

meeper123

I went from 240 lbs to 130 lbs back up to 185 lbs. I was able to maintain my weight for about 2 years then it started to creep up as I was not as diligent. The year my husband deployed I really packed on the pounds. I gained about 40 in one year. Once I lose it this time I will never let that happen again. It feels way harder the second time around.

MB_Positif

No.

I am not letting anything stop me from keeping the weight off.

Gatominx

I lose 15, gain 15, lose15, gain 15. You get the picture. This happens to coincide when I get in shape to go on holidays

michael1976_ca

3 years ago i lose 57 pound from jan to sep. then i just stopped careing i put on 37 pounds. it harder to get this time but a little easyier now i have my emotions in check

12333beth

i developed a disorder, didnt eat much for a year, started eating a little more and now im getting fatter and sad again, its a vicious circle really

mamadon

Probably almost every single person on this sure has gained and lost over and over again. The key for many is not only losing the weight, but learning how to keep it off.

anaconda469

I had lost 65 lbs and put 18 of it back on. I joined MFP and started tracking the crap I was eating. I am now only 4lbs from getting back to my original 65 lb weight lose. Learned how to control my eating, started to ride my bike, which sat for a year and am now 4 lbs away. It has been harder this time around. Has taken me a very long time to get all this fat I gained off.

Ejourneys

I'm a lifelong yo-yo. Sustainability is my mantra this time around.
Was chubby from the get-go. Dropped a bunch of weight during an adolescent spurt, which dropped me to 113 around sixth grade. Fallout from my mother's major heart attack sent me up to 180.
Became anorexic at age 15 and dropped down to 125 in 5 months (stopped menstruating for four of those).
Entered college at 16 and shot back up to 180 within the year.
Got married right out of college and dropped to 150 for the wedding. Bad marriage sent me back up to 180.
By the time I left the marriage I had dropped down to around 160. The next few years I yo-yoed roughly between 150 and 180.
I had climbed into the 190s in the early 1990s. My MD threatened to discontinue the hormone medication that was allowing me to function through severe dysmenorrhea if I didn't lose 20 lbs in a year.
I then trained for and did the first Boston-NY AIDS Ride, bicycling 261 miles in 3 days. I weighed 155 when I began the ride and 150 when I finished.
Then Life happened (again). By 2001 I weighed 204.
I turned to the Carb Addict's Diet and dropped 60 pounds with the help of running, which resulted in my avatar photo.
Life continued and I shot up to 201 by 2009. Over the course of a year I dropped down to 175.
Life took another turn and I shot back up to 201 by 2012. At this point I joined MFP, and have lost 48 pounds as of this writing.

This time around, I am working much more diligently on my stress responses in general, plus this is the first time I have turned away significantly from processed foods. My exercise is moderate, rather than highly-focused training for events. In addition to sustainability, I am much more focused on balancing everything in my life, especially now that I've been a caregiver for over a decade.

JilloftheDead

I lost 75 lbs including my highest pregnancy weight or 55 lbs after the birth of my first son.. then I became pregnant with my second :laugh: I gained 30 lbs while pregnant, lost 15 lbs after giving birth, gained back 13 lbs in 20 months and starting the beginning of this month I started getting serious again. No more excuses!

MizSookeh

I lost just over 20kgs doing to SureSlim diet 4-5 years ago.... if you don't know it, it's the one you pay way too much money for, they do blood tests, and give you a 'customised' diet plan.

3 meals a day, 5 hours apart, no snacking, super low carb, no mixing proteins in meals, taking a bite of protein to start each meal, spoonfuls of seeds and oil daily, weekly check-ins at their office.

Obviously it worked to some extent, but there was no way it was ever going to be suitable for long term. They did have a 'maintenance plan' they shared with you once you hit your goals, but never got there.

So along came birthdays, holidays, work events, every excuse under the sun, and I went back the next year..... and here's an embarrassing story for you... I'd put on so much weight that they had to double check I was the same person and they were looking at the right file. :embarassed:

That's the biggest success I've had. I've been on MFP for the last month or so, starting 15kgs higher than I did back then. I haven't had the huge drops like I did in the first weeks of that plan, but I'm eating REAL FOOD and still being able to fit fun meals into my day, and budget my calories for drinks on the weekend.

HeyGoRun

2010 170
2011 115
2013 156
Now 139
Trying to stay active now, that was my downfall, no activity before.

melissarina

When I was 25, I lost 20 kgs or so without focusing on it - I was walking to and from work, walking to the supermarket, walking when I met up with friends. I pretty much gave up driving for 3 months after a car accident that I was a passenger in.
Then, I started living with my now-husband, and stacked all the weight back on over the course of 3 years, and now I'm trying to drop it again, and keep it off for good.

bentobee

Ugh, yes. I lost 50 of the 70 I wanted. And then health issues required me to go on birth control, which turned into a carousel of trying different birth control pills (4 varieties in three months), and a couple of them turned me into an eating machine. My hormones were out of control and my cravings for all things junky was just out of this world. I gained back 20 pounds in three months. Crazy.

On a bc that agrees with me now. I've lost five pounds in two weeks. Back on the right track!

_HeartsOnFire_

I have lost this weight and gained it back with a little extra 3x now. But this WILL be the last time. Because I've made it a lifestyle change, not a diet. I've changed everything in my life, and I'm not just looking at a "I'll eat like this until I weigh this amount"...I know that's where I've failed in the past...I watch what I eat until I reach my goal and then I don't have a plan...Not gonna happen this time. I've changed everything and love all the changes.

NGFive

nah.