Before and After pics NO STARVATION

luvsherhubby

I am fairly new to MFP. This is a dumb question, but what does the bump mean?

Bumping is bumping the thread so it's in your "My Topics" and posts to your profile so you remember to go back to it.

wow i had no idea ive been on here for 3 months! thanks!

luvsherhubby

bump!

annelieseo

KeriA

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.

My thoughts are I wish I had upped my calories instead of lowered them when 1540 didn't give me a steady loss of 1 pound a week. I have lost 30 pounds but have stalled out after a year of between 1340 and 1550 calories. I now am set at 1700 and am doing better than I was at the lower calories. I have seen 3-4 people on this thread that went up and did much better than I did. Just saying.

emilynicole02

Bump!!

mich1760

Bump. Thanks so much for the inspirational pics.:happy:

scarlet369

Bumping! These are so amazing, after being a little sad that MFP recommended my fiancee eat almost 1500 calories more then me, I feel much better and more inspired from these pictures and stories!

ascott048

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Rikki007s

Bump.

shellebelle87

Bump!

aresbabe

Wow! You look so good! congrats on your success

vannie18

bump for later.

kweel78

Everyone looks AMAZING!!! Thanks for sharing your pictures and tips!!!

slkehl

I'm especially inspired by the strength training pics with the before and after pics-huge difference. Got to get my butt out of the apt gym with only cardio and to the rec center for strength training

jesusislove1526

Bump!

amandabateman411

I have a question.... When you lose all that weight do you have extra skin or does it tighten up? I have had 3 children and I am kinda worried bout what my stomach is gonna look like in a few months ha ha. But I guess it cant be worse than it is now!

healthyliving_girl

I started back in July 2011 and MFP told me something like 1450/day. I lasted maybe a day and wanted to hit people. It was not good.

I did more research and learned that I needed to eat more...so I bumped it to 1750 and stayed there for awhile. This, of course, meant that I was eating upwards of 2000-2300/day since I would eat almost every dang exercise calorie I earned. And I loved every single "extra" calorie. HAHA.

To date, I have lost over 30 lbs. It's not the quickest way, but I feel good...and I feel like I can do this. I still eat out at restaurants every so often, but I definitely am more conscious of what I choose to eat - and how much.

I don't have a recent photo, but this is a before/mid/during photo (Oct 2010/November 2011/January 2012).

loves03

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'.

You look amazing!

mandyjoy12

Wow! That's awesome!

mandyjoy12

You look amazing!

mandyjoy12

You look so much younger! Great job!

hglmin

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HealthierHappierBrenda

Bump; i'm loving all the inspirational pics of everyone's weight loss success the healthy way....Congrats!!!

EpicRosie

Bump! I cant wait until I lose enough weight to have after pictures!

NitaCB

Thanks for starting this thread Gemi. So good to see that there are other people out there losing in a healthy and sustainable way!

Lozze

Damn hormones, reading this thread and bawling my eyes out!

Mine is about halfway through. I currently eat 1600 calories, but have a number of very smart people trying to talk me into eating more. It's hella scary but I think I might need to take the plunge.

Before



During

tjradd73

CONGRATS TO ALL THAT POSTED SO FAR!!!

I will post mine tomorrow!!

As for the excess skin question...depends on multiple things: your genetics, how overweight you are(were), how long you have been overweight, and where you carry your extra weight. I have lost over 100lbs and am now 120lbs, yet will never be able to wear a bikini But you're right...it could be WAY worse!!

NewMeKP

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amazing job everyone!!

Wellsangel

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."

fantastic pics a real inspiration you look fanastic especially after the weights, you look great here!

snookumss

I could really use seeing some before and afters of people who DID NOT lose the weight by starving themselves or eating below their BMR. Guys or girls or other- doesn't matter.

I know I'm doing the right thing by fueling myself, just having a rough week and could use the inspiration. Perhaps having a dedicated 'no starvation' thread would help others to find it too. I did a search but didn't find a thread where the before/afters were of people exclusively eating above BMR. If there is one- please link me to it. I'll take all the inspiration I can get.

No offense if you lost weight by severely restricting your cal intake- but that's not the way I want to go and seeing as I'm looking for inspiration for me (and others who don't want to do VLCD's)- those stories simply won't be helpful.

Anyone got some pics?

My progress is all eating above BMR. Check out my pics.