Looking for friends who started over 250lbs and dropping!

Mommy_Tiffany

Hello all!! Need a little motivation!!! Looking for support from a few who started at a heavier weight like myself! I would love to see your journey and transition and how you did and kept the weight off!

ChancyW

I started at 240. Close, but not quite 250. :-)

dancingmuffin

feel free to add me. Started at 300 and am now at 288 and got a while to go. Im active everyday

mygrl4meee

Feb 6th 2014 will be my two years of being part of mfp. I was 272lbs. I am down 85lbs and my goal is to hit 100 lbs off total. I would love to be finished by summer at the latest. So I can move on to maintaining my loss

dpeinsip

Hey there! I started at 250 and hit 200 today. I've got 25 more til I hit my goal weight. It's been about a year of so, with a 3 month lapse. I had gotten down to about 190, then got back up to 215. Now I'm hard at it again. Feel free to add me. :-)

csk0018

Started at 273 in April 2013 -- I'm now at 223! For me -- it's been calories in vs. calories out. I'm still not done yet! Just losing 50 pounds -- I'm stronger, have tons of energy and I'm overall a happier person!

cjudesaenz

I was 250 exactly…. Ive lost over 51 lbs… its a challenge but you can do it… ADD ME!!!

wonderiss

I started at 271 pounds in August 2012. Currently at 123 pounds. Started learning appropriate portion sizes, counting calories, and moving more.

dgroulx

I started at 258 back in October. I'm losing about 10 pounds a month, slowly and surely. I see a weight loss doctor and get weighed in every 2-3 weeks. Feel free to add me.

jzs20

started @ 260 and down to 188

Count calories everyday,and realize that it is possible to get down to ur goal weight ... Takes time and hard work but u can do it.

BeckaLowe

I just joined the site and I haven't lost anything yet, but I am certainly over 273, so you are not alone.

Kassandra772

I started at 270 and am now at 195. My goal is to be around 135 lbs . I would love to offer any support! It is a long but wonderful journey

sowich25

I was 290 about 6 yrs ago. I droped down to 225. Unfortunatley I put 20 pounds back on. I rededicated myself after the first of January and have been killing since. I have only droped 3lbs but have seen the difference already in the way I feel. Feel free to add me.

seltzermint555

I am not that active on my wall. I am more active in the forums, so you will probably see me here quite a lot. I think it's a fun place to come for support & new ideas!

I started out at my heaviest ever weight of 307 lb, back in 2008.

It took me around 4 years to get down to a weight that was typical for me as an adult. 271.
I got there primarily by exercising...walking several miles 3-5 nights per week. I made very small changes to my diet but was clueless about calories.

Then I met my now-husband who knew a lot more about fitness and nutrition. I still did not understand about calorie counting but thanks to his positive influence I dropped another 9 lb down to 262.

I was disappointed that my weight loss had kind of stalled. I am 37 and have been around 260-270 for most of my 20s and 30s. So I decided to give MFP a try. I was never really a dieter. I HADN'T tried any of the usual suspects (shakes, Atkins, Jenny Craig, WW, etc). I was disillusioned by seeing friends/family working super hard to lose 15 lb that they promptly regained.

I joined MFP on March 25, 2013 at 262 and now I weigh 199 lb. So I'm down 108 from my all-time high and very happy about that. I had not been under 200 lb since I was 15 yrs old...until this week. Needless to say I am a big believer in following MFP suggested guidelines. I've been set to sedentary and 1.5/lb week this entire time. I underlog my exercise calories and eat most of them back. I hope this helps.

mom2rpkp

Started at 299 pounds exactly on August 21, 2012. I've lost 52 pounds. You are welcome to add me.

maybeazure

I was 274. I started MFP in May, and I'm down 71 pounds so far. I'm getting very close to being lighter than I was in high school. I'd love to be friends.

xNouvelleVie

Feel free to add me as well. I started at 320 and am down to 309 now.

Mommy_Tiffany

Thank you everyone! I love all of this support! Congrats to you all!

amysgottadothisthang

Please feel free to add me I started my journey Sept 1st 2013

I have never told ANYONE my starting weight! NOT EVEN MY PERSONAL trainer!!!!!!!

So, this is just between us girls! I started at....oh lordy this is hard...are u ready? Hold ur breath...I can do this....I started at 280!

As of Monday I was down to 253. I am praying to be out of the 250's next week!

Wow! I sooooooo want to erase this! But I am going to resist the urge because I would like to make a new friend during my journey! :flowerforyou:

Good luck beautiful! U got this!

lilningirl

Started at 250, lost 15 lbs. Lost all motivation and ended up at close to 280... have remotivated myself and am now back down to 260.

My biggest struggle is that I'm a very picky eater, so it can be difficult for me to not over eat on high calorie foods and get somewhat adequate nutrtion out of what I do eat.

Feel free to add me.

SankofaSister

I started in October of 2013 at 267 lbs. and now I am down to 249 lbs...I started slow but I am now consistent in my effort to lose weight; I am trying to get to 180lbs. I have a very supportive family and they have been going to the gym with me. We just started a family challenge and now have several family members participating in the challenge. Here is a motivational video that we made to get everybody moving. I hope you like it....make sure your speakers are on! Good luck in your journey..!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_mbibIvBWE

ElizaB84

Started 2 weeks ago at 246. Feel free to add me.

Tetramina

Started at 346 lbs at the beginning of May 2013, so far I've lost 56 lbs.

I began plateauing at the end of October because of vacations and holidays and fluctuated in the 295-305 lbs range throughout the last two and a half months. What I realized is that because of this site while I wasn't losing weight anymore it was a lot easier to more or less maintain my weight when I was neglecting to use this site (while on vacation/ holidays trying to figure out the calories of something I didn't make or non-chain restaurant food, which is where we mostly ate, made me more paranoid so I just gave up and decided to rely on what I learned to help guide me.) I was eating things I don't normally eat throughout the year, but I was conscious to only have a small slice of pie for example (I never order anything other than a small at size option places anymore, and if the "small" is too big I try to share it with someone.) On vacations I ate better when the options weren't special so that when I ran into a local food I couldn't get back home I wasn't racking on the pounds again when I ate it (like creole food in New Orleans.) So I guess what I'm trying to say is that this site is really good for you if you stick to it that when you abandon it for a month or two, you don't come back to find that you've gained back all that you've lost. This site makes you think and recognize portions and while I'm still not the best at guessing the weight of portions I was able to lose 10 pounds during a summer vacation to see my aunt in California for a month because of how much more thought I was putting into what I was putting in my mouth. (I was really surprised when I got home and weighed myself finally to see I had lost 10 pounds instead of gaining like I thought I had.)

In the last week I've finally broken the plateau and have started losing again, my birthday is soon though but after that I'll definitely be reducing the frequency of certain things I eat again.

The only other thing I can think to tell you that worked for me is to never tell yourself "No". If I want ice cream nothing will make me want it more than telling myself I can't have it. Either let yourself have a correct serving portion (which will be more than enough eventually,) or tell yourself that you can have it tomorrow (especially if you don't have enough calories, sugar, etc. left for the day.) In the beginning I let myself have the correct portions when I wanted it and then eventually I told myself I could have it tomorrow and more likely than not the next day I found I had lost the craving for it. Eventually I found myself not having it for a month or two at a time. (The holidays have sort of ruined that but I'm going to start doing the "tomorrow" thing again.)

Doing all of this calorie counting also motivates you to find better recipes so that you can have more food for less calories in a day. Nothing feels better than hitting that "Complete This Entry" button at the end of the day feeling full and being under your calorie and nutrition goals (but also make sure you eat more than your minimum goals.)

Also the only thing I drink now is water (and unsweetened tea), even through the holidays all I drank was water. Soda tastes too sugary and diet soda tastes horrible again. I still drink smoothies (which I consider more a meal) but now I make them myself and I make them green (spinach, kale, etc.) with no added sugars (base is usually water, tea, coconut water, etc. instead of a juice), Jamba Juice and other smoothie places I used to love going to (thinking it was healthy) taste too sweet now and I treat them like a dessert place having them as infrequently as ice cream.

TL;DR Use this site, it will change you for the better.

RachelSRoach1

Hey, my heaviest was 295, yo-yo'd a little, and now I'm at 276 and losing! Add me!

FootballKate1

I have only been here a little over a week - I started at 335 and am down to 320. Had the big weight loss the first week and I am ready to keep going! One thing that has helped me is this site. I am still learning my way around it but checking in everyday and reading all of the posts has helped me. I will send you a friend request. I need all the help and support I can get and am happy to give the same in return.

LouiseChe

I started at 248 lbs and am now down to 194. Feel free to add me if you like! I've been here for 5 months-ish. I log every day.

Geschenkpapier

I started at 305 five years ago. Within 10 months I dropped ~50 and stayed around that until last year August.
By the end of august 2013 I had to have a surgery and it was very depressing for me to see all the "obese" notes on the doctor's sheet.
So far I dropped down to 231 and its going to be way more!

Paindoesnthurt

I started at 140kg plus...Im pound handicap so please do the conversion for me:P I've gone down to a super shredded 78kg and now am happy at 90kg. Weight to me doesn't matter. I'm happy with the way I look, feel, and am. I want to get heavier actually. haha. Anyway, If I can do it you can do it too! And I know you will! Glad to have you started!

latepaul

I started in Sep 2008 at 317lbs and lost weight but put most of it back on. This time around I started at 283. Currently I'm at 213 but was lower before Christmas. That's taken just over a year.

Feel free to add me.

lakeeshadavis

Hello. I am new here. Starting in at 284. Im shooting for 120 pound loss in a year.

Madein1971

I started back to MFP at 246 but had been heavier before re-joining, I've a long way to go but have already lost just over 8lbs.
My goals are primarily health motivated, carrying all this weight and eating badly is not good but I have started to dig out some of my skinnier clothes as motivation. :^)

Feel free to add me I could do with some support too!
Nic