Before and After pics NO STARVATION

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This thread is amazing!!! Congrats to you all!!!!

a_stronger_steph

I was eating ~1400-1450 while losing, now slowly creeping towards maintenance and doing more strength training, so I've recently upped to 1560. Took me about a year to lose 40 pounds, and I'm pretty happy with the loss rate.

Photos in my blog:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/a_stronger_steph/view/happy-anniversary-to-me-365-days-and-40-lbs-gone-progress-photos-hooray-220972

scmcgee

Your ticker says you lost 10, though. 10 pounds in 4 weeks is NOT BAD at all. Could it be water weight? I know us ladies have that problem sometimes....; ) Keep at it.

The 10 lbs was from before. Back in February I already had a profile on here but I wanted to giver for 5 wks straight to see what I could accomplish. I told myself I wouldnt weigh myself in til closer to the end. Today marks my 4 wks at it and I thought worst case is I just weigh the same. I sure hope it's water weight. St. Patrick's Day I drank. A few ppl said it could be that... This is a great thread tho! I love seeing successful stories of ppl who didn't starve themselves to look/feel healthy!
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Don't weigh after drinking alcohol......maybe you need to shock your system to get you over the hump? Do a cleanse? Try to vary you intake one day to the next. Watch you sodium and sugar intake. Just an idea...

luvmycoffee

Ed, Absolutley INSPIRING! :noway:

Congrats to everyone with their before & after pics, you all look great!

KaleidoscopeEyes1056

I constantly am eating above my BMR, I do eat back my exercise calories.... (current BMR is 2160 with my 500 calorie deficit built in to lose 1 lb. a week and I am eating around 3000 calories a day currently)

May 2009 @ 560 lbs.















Current weight @ 257 lbs.

I must say, I've seen your story before on this site, and you're still the most inspiring person here! :flowerforyou:

ETA: I would just like to add that this entire thread is full of win.

lauehorn

I love food - no starving myself here! I think the least I ate was around 1500, but now that I'm maintaining I try to eat a minimum of 2300 calories/day. I'm 5'10" btw.

Before (294 lbs, approximately 56% body fat):




Now (156 lbs, approximately 22% body fat or maybe a little less):



btw - strength training rocks

Wow! You look amazing! Great job!

kristinkt

bump

charliesmagic

Bump to read later...

Jugglegal75

So motivating!

EgyptianMushroom

Bump!

I'm set at about 1600 cals. Not enough on Jillian days! I'll eat something snackish like yogurt or cereal or a burger and 30 minutes to an hour later, I'm starving again. :grumble: Do this about 4 times and there goes my tracking! :sad:

Aurelina

This thread is so wonderful!!! Thank you everyone!

kcthatsme

bump

SarahL5689

WOW SO INSPIRING. You all look fabulous! I have a few questions for you guys since your success rate is VERY high and you all look so great...So I have a very active job...I walk anywhere from 5-10 miles a day (usually around 40 miles a week) (unloading trucks) just at work alone..not including any extra exercise I do...MFP has me set at 1400 calories..but I have a fit bit and it adds in the extra calories I need to eat..I'm NOT sure if it's accurate...Some days it brings it up to almost 2500 (even more than that)...and usually I don't eat close to that....My BMR is like 1700 so this has been a point of confusion for me too...I feel like I need to be consuming more...but I'm still unsure of what the right thing to do is...I seem to be losing verrry slowly. I started in January and I've lost around 20 pds..maybe even a little more..I also want to start weight lifting...so if anyone has any tips. I would GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. One last thing... what does TDEE mean?

deekaydee

Just posted my success story a few minutes ago and then saw this thread. No starvation here, started at 1500 calories but usually eat 1700-2000. Eat my exercise calories too.

OhShesaPistol

BUMP this is an amazing thread!

Mdin1029

Like most everyone, I started here at 1200 because I wanted the weight GONE as soon as possible. That lasted for about a month before I realized that wasn't a good game plan. For the majority of my weight loss, I ate between 1350-1500 plus exercise calories, so typically between 1800-2000 total calories a day. For exercise, I run and strength train. I recently had to increase my calories to over 1800 net because I was still losing on maintenance!





But what I find more amazing is that last time I tried to lose weight, and ate under 1000 calories a day, I looked a LOT different at my "goal weight."

Amazing!!!!! Your hard work has really paid off! What kind of strength training do you do?

mrsepiphany

bump! very inspirational! I started eating the calories it states I should and I'm not going to weigh myself for another week.

NiniLeeMarie

I constantly am eating above my BMR, I do eat back my exercise calories.... (current BMR is 2160 with my 500 calorie deficit built in to lose 1 lb. a week and I am eating around 3000 calories a day currently)

May 2009 @ 560 lbs.















Current weight @ 257 lbs.

wow such an inspiration to have lost so much weight ! Great job(:

Dcjodie

I'm new and if I'm hearing you all correctly, I should not stick to the 1200 cals the MFP suggests? I have to admit, I am hungry but it's only been a week. I'm down a few pounds but I figured that was water etc which is pretty normal for me when I start a new program. Thoughts.

serenity216

Lookin' good!

Here's my before and after pics. It took me 17 months to do this, and I did NOT starve myself, take any pills, or do anything else that people may think is a 'shortcut'.

serenity216

WTG!

I constantly am eating above my BMR, I do eat back my exercise calories.... (current BMR is 2160 with my 500 calorie deficit built in to lose 1 lb. a week and I am eating around 3000 calories a day currently)

May 2009 @ 560 lbs.















Current weight @ 257 lbs.

wow such an inspiration to have lost so much weight ! Great job(:

iqnas

bump

NoWeighJose74

Here are some of mine from a thread I posted about 8 months ago. I'm currently about 7lbs LIGHTER than the "AFTER" pics, so I really should make an update soon. I'm pretty much in Maintenance mode now. Am hovering in about a 5lb zone.

I eat back my exercise calories and never set my net limit over 1lb per week, although in the beginning, there were many weeks where I lost well over 1lb.

Weight between 250-260lbs:



Mmmm, healthy eatin there! :noway:


Hey, I think I see a cheeseburger joint!






Ugh... Frankly, I'm embarrassed to post this one


Hey Abe does this Tricorne hat make me look fat?


And now, some AFTERS, Weight between 165-170lbs:

Before setting off on the hiking trail:


At the Ren Faire:


Ren Faire again; I think scorpions are cool!


Closest thing to a banana hammock I'll ever wear.


Hamming it up:


Hoping for more definition in my back. Thinking another 10lbs off should help:

RynoSada15

I love food - no starving myself here! I think the least I ate was around 1500, but now that I'm maintaining I try to eat a minimum of 2300 calories/day. I'm 5'10" btw.

Before (294 lbs, approximately 56% body fat):




Now (156 lbs, approximately 22% body fat or maybe a little less):



btw - strength training rocks

off topic - you look great, but I also LOVE your dress!

cowgirlslikeus86

First picture was 194.2 lbs on 1/9/12
Second was 2 weeks ago at 175 lbs.
I have lost another couple lbs since the last picture and still have 23 lbs left to loose.
I usually eat 1400-2300 calories a day. Just depends on my exercise, where I am at on my weekly goal and if I'm hungry or not.
I'm 5'10" and my goal is 150 lbs
You can veiw my diary if you want. I tend to focus more on the weeks calorie goals then the daily. That is why I have days where I am way over and under. I think zig zaging my calories helps me.

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holy crap! you look great! i can't believe you need to lose 23 more lbs... i don't see it!

Thats a really good picture. If you saw me in person you would see the extra 23 lbs. too! :noway:

cowgirlslikeus86

WOW SO INSPIRING. You all look fabulous! I have a few questions for you guys since your success rate is VERY high and you all look so great...So I have a very active job...I walk anywhere from 5-10 miles a day (usually around 40 miles a week) (unloading trucks) just at work alone..not including any extra exercise I do...MFP has me set at 1400 calories..but I have a fit bit and it adds in the extra calories I need to eat..I'm NOT sure if it's accurate...Some days it brings it up to almost 2500 (even more than that)...and usually I don't eat close to that....My BMR is like 1700 so this has been a point of confusion for me too...I feel like I need to be consuming more...but I'm still unsure of what the right thing to do is...I seem to be losing verrry slowly. I started in January and I've lost around 20 pds..maybe even a little more..I also want to start weight lifting...so if anyone has any tips. I would GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. One last thing... what does TDEE mean?

Total Daily Energy Expenditure....

You probably need to be eating an upwards of 2000 calories or more a day, however, 20 lbs in 10 weeks is 2 lbs a week which is the highest amount anyone will recommend. I think you are doing great! keep up the good work!

WeCallThemDayWalkers

this thread makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. You're all so inspirational!! :flowerforyou:

DAM_Fine

No starvation. In fact I'm eating more and more often that I have when I weighed a lot more. Making better choices, though, and exercising a LOT more. I made it to my goal weight, so now I'm going to start lifting to develop a little more muscle. I expect I'll be eating even more during this phase.

Melisolhu

Absolutely AMAZING!! Truly inspirational pics!

neh310

Bump. Love this thread!