HELP...I need quotes from people who have lost over 50 lbs

fluffy2sexy

Hi all, I am working on a project and need some info about weight loss from the people who have lost over 50 lbs. Can you help me out please? It can be anything, but mainly what benefits have you experienced as a result of losing so much weight. Also, what has been the most difficult for you? Thanks in advance. It would help me out so much to hear from as many people as will be willing.

afrase

Shopping is more fun when you are a skinnier person.

springtrio

Hi all, I am working on a project and need some quotes about weight loss from the people who have lost over 50 lbs. Can you help me out please? It can be anything, but mainly what benefits have you experienced as a result of losing so much weight. Also, what has been the most difficult for you? Thanks in advance. It would help me out so much to hear from as many people as will be willing.

I actually plan on getting this as a tattoo on my back when I reach my goal weight...

"Life is full of challenges, happiness shouldn't be one of them"

CoryIda

Every choice you make about how you will move your body and what you will put in your body will either get you one step closer to good health or one step further away.

There is no magic pill. Eat nutritious, well-balanced meals and snacks, drink lots of water, and move your body. It's not rocket science, just hard work.

~~~~~

On September 16, 2010, I woke up and decided that I was done being a gluttonous, lazy person. Enough was enough. I am not sure what the trigger was but, even though I was only 26, I felt OLD. My body ached, I had no energy, and I was miserable.

I dumped all of the junk in our house, replaced it with nutritious foods, and committed to living a healthier, more active life (which includes drinking a LOT of water, by the way).

317 days later (about 10 ½ months), I met my goal of 100 pounds gone! I am fit, healthy, and feel amazing. Best of all, I am confident that I am setting a good example for my friends and family.

AudgePaudge

After losing 55 pounds, my body doesn't hurt every morning when I wake up!! I also don't hear snap crackle and pop from my bones as much (I'm 23, I was realllly heavy)

RMinVA

I used to consider myself somewhat active, but discovered that my definition of "active" pales in comparison to what I do now. I have turned into a runner, a cyclist, and I am soon to be a triathlete.

My favorite 2 quotes "Don't diet...live it." (I have no idea where I got that), and "If I own it, I will eat it." (Stolen from a friend).

Karasene

"Nothing tastes as good, as skinny feels"

"Tell me I can't, and I'll show you I can"

"Don't tell me I can't reach the stars, when there is footprints on the moon"

These are my favorite quotes

kimfield99

Nothing tastes as good as being in shape feels...it's cliche, but so true...

bltmgray

Hi! I've lost about 65 lbs now and what has kept me going is to just take it one day at a time. I don't cut everything out, but I try to eat more fruits and veggies, always work out at least 4 or more times a week. My motto has been "everything in moderation" and it's worked for me. I've gone through many plateaus and that's been the toughest part. Figuring out what needs to change to get my body moving again. I'm at a plateau now and it's driving me crazy. I have about 15 more pounds left to lose and I can't get my body to respond. It's very frustrating, but I am not willing to give up. That's the key! Do not give up! One day at a time!

trelm249

Healthy is a head game. So get your head in the game.

A_New_Horizon

There is no magic pill or potion. It takes alot of hard work and dedication, but doing it the right way will keep it off. There are going to be set back, and you will stubble and fall. The key is picking yourself back up and keep going!!!

This is a process, and it takes time. I was say...slow and steady wins the race.

Tobi1013

Hi all, I am working on a project and need some quotes about weight loss from the people who have lost over 50 lbs. Can you help me out please? It can be anything, but mainly what benefits have you experienced as a result of losing so much weight. Also, what has been the most difficult for you? Thanks in advance. It would help me out so much to hear from as many people as will be willing.

I have lost over 100 lbs in the last three years and perhaps the biggest benefit is a feeling that I have gotten my life back. What do I mean by that? Well, when I was in high school and college (before I started packing on the pounds) I did lots of stuff - extra curricular activities, hanging out with friends on the weekends, going to concernts/plays, etc. Once I started putting on weight, I no longer had the energy or desire to do many things. I sat on my couch and watched television rather than getting out for a walk. I found excuses to avoid doing the things I enjoyed.

Now that I have lost the weight, I find myself doing more and being wililng to try more new things. I started running (something I never thought that I would do) and have completed several 5Ks. I joined a gym. I try to take new classes at the gym as often as I can. I prefer to be active on the weekends rather than just sitting around.

Additionally, I've found a confidence in myself that I never had before - even when I was a skinny high school/college student. I'm sure much of that has to do with just getting older and more mature, but the fact that I am getting stronger every single day cannot be discounted as a factor in my currnet confidence.

This is not to say that it has all be rosy and there have certainly been difficulties. I have struggled through injuries, battled with my motivation to succeed and questioned if it was all worth it when the scale was not moving. But I have learned that each set back brings with it a lesson and an opportunity to do better.

MinnieInMaine

I was recently inspired by this quote from the book "The Courage to Start: a guide to running for your life" by John "The Penguin" Bingham: "For better or worse, you are the only you that you will ever get. What you decide to do with you is up to you. Tomorrow you will still be you. The question is whether you will move closer today to who you want to be."

As far as your questions go:
"what benefits have you experienced as a result of losing so much weight?"

It sounds cliche but it's true - I have so much more energy and self-confidence, and feel much better about myself than I did before. It's not all about just weight loss for me because I've also been focusing on my fitness and become much more athletic than I have ever been (which is why I love John Bingham, he's all about "adult-onset athletes") and I feel like that's given me much more than just a diet would. I feel and look much younger than I did so that's a big plus too. I can't even imagine how I got around with 70 more pounds on my body than I have now...

"Also, what has been the most difficult for you?

The hardest part for me was getting back on track after taking a break. I started out with Weight Watchers last January (2010) and did really well all year. The holidays were coming and they were changing their program so I figured I'd take a couple months off, just maintain through the holidays and then try the new plan in January. Well, my company didn't end up renewing their "At Work" program so I tried doing the new WW program on my own without meetings and it was too much. So I just winged it for another couple of months and the pounds slowly started creeping back on. By the time I joined MFP in March, I'd re-gained 10 pounds! I wasn't too happy with myself but I was soooo glad to have found this website - what a Godsend! I immediately started losing weight again and have used this program to my advantage, knowing what I know about how my body works. And it's made me feel better about maintaining when I get to goal because I know I won't have to do it on my own.

LOL - I just realized I turned a question about something potentially negative into a positive result. I guess that's just the way I view this whole process. No dwelling on the buillcrap anymore. This is for me and for the rest of my life. If there's a hurdle, I get over it both physically or mentally and move on...

AmberBarrios

It's not about being skinny, it's about being healthy

stop thinking about it and just do it, you have to start somewhere and there is no better time than now.

SimplyDeLish

To sustain and maintain weight loss it has to be a lifestyle change - with being healthy as the goal. Diets don't work - or we would have only have been on one in our lifetime!

Gennawest

Put the cheeseburger down.

susanswan

I would say the biggest benefit to losing 60 pounds so far (10 - 13 left) is for the first time in my life I feel in control of food. The sad thing is I am 54 and it took me this long. Spent my life always feeling fat and unattractive, checking to see if I was the fattest girl in the group, never wanting to wear shorts as an adult, always feeling inadequate because I was fat and my diet was out of control.

Today, I feel in control like I've got this done. I still have a few pounds left and I realize it isn't a race and there is no official END. The finish line is when I take my last breath. That is when it is done. I have relapsed before and now realize that without a shadow of a doubt this WILL BE a lifelong journey. Always journaling what I eat, weighing myself regularly, and always striving to eat the healthiest choices at the time.

There is no fairy godmother, no friend who can take you by the hand, no one magically waiting to pull you through. It is a lonely road and everyone has to find their own way. There are a million ways to do it, you just have to be able to find the way that works for you!

What gave me comfort along the way was knowing that even Oprah Winfrey struggled. She is one of America's richest women. Pick a topic and find the expert and she knew them all. She had potentially every conceivable expert at her fingertips. Whether it was about living life to the fullest, diet, exercise, meditation, fitness, pick a topic and she knew the expert. She could afford to pay anyone of them whatever their price was to take her by the hand and pull her through and she STILL struggled like the rest of us peons just trying to get by with Weight Watchers or reading books, using MFP, or doing whatever. Even the richest woman in America with every advantage that fame and money could buy still couldn't lose weight and keep it off.

If it were easy, everyone would be thin. (stolen)

Steve SIebold is my new found hereo. He is a motivational speaker and wrote a book called "Die Fat or Get Tough". He interviewed 500 fat people and 500 fit people and discovered their differences so he could help develop his Fat Loser program. www.fatloser.com It made all of the difference to me this time around. And it was FREEEE! Following his program practically handed me my own boot straps. All I had to do was give them a tug.

I know I must stay vigilant for the rest of my life or else I will be fat. Old habits die hard and they just wait for that moment of weakness to come back and pack on the pounds and they do fly right back on if I let up for a second!

NeuroticVirgo

bump I have friends that have done this that I'm sure would have excellent things to say.

kimcatania

I started at 178 several years ago. As of today I'm at 124. I've kept it off for over 5 years, just fluctuation by a few pounds here and there. At one point I had gotten as low as 119. Anyway- I'd say you have to never look at fitness and nutrition as "diet and exercise" but as a Iifestyle. Even if I'm not counting WW points or counting and tracking calories- I'm always aware of what I'm eating and how much. Since I lost the bulk of the weight, I switched from weighing weekly, to weighing every day. I make that part of my morning routine so that I'll never find myself losing complet track of things and steping on a scale to find I've somehow gained 20! And I agree with the poster above who said shopping is much more fun!! :-)

want2walknotwaddle

The main thing i have found with losing weight is i am in control, i keep moving the goalposts as and when i want to i.e when i started i was happy to get to 16 stone (from 20 stone 1) and then i flew past that a while ago, so then i moved goal to 14 stone and i am almost there but nowhere near ready to stop so for now i am aiming for 13 stone 7 by october and then 12 stone 7 by xmas by next xmas i would like to be down to 10 stone at the most .

The best thing about losing weight is having much more energy to do the things i want to do.

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motivation is the key, it's up to you to open the door

trelm249

Benefits - My overall sense of wellbeing is much better. I feel better through out the day. The hypoglycemic spells are gone and the blood sugar is stable now. The hypertension is gone. I sleep better. I am stronger and more confident. I don't get winded at work anymore.

Negatives - I frequently forgo going to lunch with coworkers because they frequent restaraunts with decidedly unhealthy menus.

WhitneyW78

It's all about persistence, never perfection. If you fall down 7 times, you get back up 8 and you will be successful.

Moderation in all things is the "secret" to weight loss. It's not in the starving or over exercising. It's all about a slow, steady course to a lifestyle change. Diets do NOT work!

KelieHerrera

"Nothing tastes as good, as skinny feels"

What about bacon?

h3h8m3

Here's a quote I use all the time.

"No thank you."

I pretty much use that whenever i am offered second helpings, desserts or booze.

h3h8m3

What about bacon?

Over-rated.

Italian sausage? That's the hard stuff to give up.

But screw pig meat. I'll just sit over here gnawing on some cooked chicken.

niknak0508

I've lost a total of 81 pounds so far. I think my biggest benefit is feeling great about myself. I've also been able to enjoy the outdoor activities I've always loved like taking long hikes and bike rides without giving up less than 20 minutes into it. I can actually enjoy the whole experience w/out even a bit of gasping for air. . My skin looks healthier, even my hair falls out less.

I've also come to a realization, that the stretch marks i've gained on my stomach and hips due to the weight loss may never go away. So now, I look at them as "my journey scars".

Hope this helps!

Shannon7713

Put the cheeseburger down.

LOL Love it :P

jrlenig

I was living life before, but that was it now I am loving it! I am the active playful mom that I hoped I would be, my house is cleaner my life is more organized and focused, what is the saying you are what you eat, "well I was a fat cow and now I am a healthy serving!"

tanyaMax

I am 5 pounds shy of losing fifty pounds

"your results are only as good as your efforts"

the_new_robin2016

I've lost 51 lbs.
And the greatest thing i've noticed is just being able to move around without gasping for air after a few minutes. My house has two sets of full stairs, and one bathroom, AT the top floor lol. It was killer to be 256 lbs and going up two sets of stairs, i was doubling over! That's when i knew i had to change, or i'll die of a heart attack trying to get to the bathroom lol. I found that paying for an expensive gym membership was definitely a push to going to the gym and working out (Especially one with a pool)! Or else i'm wasting my money, so by going frequently i am getting my money's worth. I also committed to cutting out things. I do not drink calorie drinks such as pop or juice (still don't), and i stopped eating fast food. Although i still eat fast food now, but only because i am more conscientious about it. Before i didn't care, if i allowed myself to eat it once a week, i'd be eating it 3 times or more a week. So i stopped until i could control myself, like i can now. I eventually got rid of my gym membership, BUT i bought myself an elliptical for at home! And even though i still have 50 more lbs to go, i know i have gone far from where i was, and you know how i know this? Because everything that i had trouble doing when i was 50 lbs heavier, is way too easy for me now. I can RUN up both sets of stairs no problem now, i do it many times a day infact!

bluebird321

I may hit 50 lbs loss in just a couple days.

Cross country plane trips are more comfortable.

Those darn yoga poses are easier to get into.