What are your ups and downs?

Mando55

Since I started here on MFP (1 year and 5 months ago) I have gone through some ups and downs. Here is my story.

When I found this website in January of 2010 I weighed in at 243 pounds.
I worked out ran, did the Insanity program and ate the right kinds of food. By May 16, 2010 I had dropped down to 231 pounds, the lowest I had been in years, since 1998 to be exact. While doing Insanity the very next day (May 17, 2010), I injured myself. One month later and no workouts or eating right, I had shot up to 242 pounds! 11 pounds in 1 month, now thats INSANE! I obviously stopped eating right and I had to stop working out cause of my injury. I hurt my back and it even hurt to breathe. I let myself heal and slowly started to get back into running. I tried Insanity again but I didn't want to risk getting injured again. I got my run on and started to slowly shed pounds and get back into the routine then BAM! I got hit with Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS). I couldn't run anymore cause the pain in my knee was killer. I stopped running and started to eat like crap again. By the middle of July I had gone up to 247 pounds. My IT band started to heal and I was running again. I had dropped back down to 242 pounds by August. I think I pushed myself to hard so I re-injured the IT band again and shot back up 247 pounds. I let it heal again for a few weeks and started Insanity again In October of 2010. I was on a roll and with Insanity and I dropped down to 240 pounds by November. I decided to go for a run one night and while running the IT band started to bother me again. I stopped running stopped Insanity. Then, the holidays showed up! I tried to eat right but temptation was EVERYWHERE! I gave up on exercise and eating right from the second week of November 2010 to the first week of January 2011. During that time I shot all the way up to...........262 pounds! When I weighed, in I was like WTF! I knew I was going to gain weight but not that much. So January came around I wasn't hurt I was ready to start up again. I started running again and eating the right kinds of food. I began to shed pounds once again. I got down to 247 pounds by the end of March. I was on a roll again! Yahoo! Then while on a afternoon run. This dog jumps out from nowhere barks chases and scares the crap out of me. While I sprinted to get away I stepped wrong turning into a driveway and POP went my calf. Oh no, sidelined yet again. By the middle of April I had gained weight again. I got up to 255 pounds. This time around I kind of watched what I ate but I didn't exercise at all. I maintained that weight till I started to workout again which was the beginning of this month. I'm back at it but I am taking it slow. As you can see I've dropped some weight since I started up again. I know I have had my screw ups during this process but I realized them. Most importantly though, I haven't given up.

Have you had any ups and downs? What is your story? I'm sure i'm not the only one on MFP that has gone through something like this.

mamijujuphat

I had my ups & downs before I joined MFP....I first gained major weight when I had my kid....I had gained 50lbs after the pregnancy.....I decided to join the gym & lost 15lbs....but I wasn't consistent ...gained it back...when my daughter started preschool ...I started the gym + walking & then running ...I had lost 25lbs then....so once again I dropped the ball & stopped....& had pretty much conformed with being overweight.....until 2 years ago my sister got married & I looked at the pictures & realized just how bad I let myself go....& had no one to blame but me....so I began cuttin' out the bad stuff & walking again....& had even purchased an Elliptical machine ....I lost about 18 lbs on my own. A friend of mine introduced me to this website & it has helped me to keep a better track of myself....& now I'm 20lbs down & got 25lbs to go....whoot!

gingerfoxxx

My ups and downs are totally different than yours, but still ups and downs none the less! Seven years ago i was actually very sick with anorexia/bulimia and very underweight. I almost flunked out of school, which is an awful thing. I worked hard, and got better, (and graduated, yay!) then i got a scholarship to go to grad school in another state.....i was so depressed and alone i started binge eating to deal with the stress. I put on about 15lbs (which is alot on such a small frame) Then i met some nice people, joined a running group, started eating healthy and leveled out again. Then BAM - my dad dies. binge drinking and eating ensues, weight goes up. BAM - cheating boyfriend - all eating stops, weight gets very, very low again. Last May, i graduated and rejoined the real world, and the past year has been about trying to maintain a healthy, happy weight. MFP has reallllllly helped. Now i am maintaining and training to run a half marathon, and i feel better than i have in a really long time.

Bumps in the road are just bumps. unless they're sink holes. Which even then, they can pull an SUV out with a big enough tow truck. and this metaphor is officially becoming more of a ramble.

My mom always told me that success is about 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. The people who get the farthest are the ones who fall and pick themselves up over and over and over...they are just stronger, and basically more awesome.

Mando55

The people who get the farthest are the ones who fall and pick themselves up over and over and over...they are just stronger, and basically more awesome.

I agree!

Guess nobody else out there has had any ups and downs.