True Starting Weight

4mricandy

I was thinking about what is a person's 'true starting weight?" I joined this forum on June 12 of this year. I weighed 315 lbs. Currently, I weigh 286 lbs showing a weight loss of 29 lbs. Now, that makes me darn proud, but is it truly my starting weight. I was diagnosed with diabetes in October of 1996. The summer prior to that I weighed 348 lbs (documented in doctor's office). That is the heaviest I have ever been. So, going with the 348 as my starting number I'm down 62 lbs.
Hey, I can get excited by that!!!! :drinker:

skywalker

You should be excited about that! Good for you!!! I have 190 as my MFP starting weight, but a few years ago I was 215. So I've actually lost 40 lbs, not just 15 lbs. I'm pretty excited about that!
:drinker: :drinker:

arewethereyet

I personally feel you should take ticker credit fore each and every pound you have lost!!

And great job!!!:flowerforyou:

Shanta1983

I personally feel you should take ticker credit fore each and every pound you have lost!!

And great job!!!:flowerforyou:

I agree thats what i did After all this hard work not going in vain:noway: :happy: My starting weight here was 213 but I had lost 12 prior to joining mfp which was 225lbs

skywalker

A few days ago I added a little note to my signature. Under my ticker, it says I lost 25 lbs before MFP.

PureAndHealthy

Yeah I have as my starting weight on here 185 pounds but my heighest weight was 235 before I lost 86 pounds doing weight watchers. Joined MFP to get back on track after putting on 30 over the past 3 years.

tubbytabbytales

I personally feel you should take ticker credit fore each and every pound you have lost!!

And great job!!!:flowerforyou:

I agree thats what i did After all this hard work not going in vain:noway: :happy: My starting weight here was 213 but I had lost 12 prior to joining mfp which was 225lbs

double agreed!

checkmatekingtwo

Change your starting weight! You should have your ticker show all your great hard work! Just go into check-in and click on EDIT PREVIOUS ENTRIES. You can then set your start weight and start date and it will show up on your ticker.

Show off all your losses! :-)

msarro

I use my true starting weight, 325, back on December 26, 2006. From there its been a nonstop fight.

I've put in too much effort to not give myself credit for every single pound lost - same goes for every single one of you.

madmama

Change your starting weight! You should have your ticker show all your great hard work! Just go into check-in and click on EDIT PREVIOUS ENTRIES. You can then set your start weight and start date and it will show up on your ticker.

Show off all your losses! :-)

I like that idea and I will do it as soon as I finish this entry. My start weight 5 years ago was 200 lbs. This journey has me at 146 now with some bumps along the way. The newest leg started in May with me at 158.:flowerforyou:

crenchen

My starting weight with mfp is 219 but I was my heaviest about a year ago at 236.

skywalker

After reading all these posts, I decided to change my starting weight to 215 lbs, which is where I was a few years ago. I can't even believe that I've lost 40 lbs (15 of it with MFP). That actually gives me more motivation! :bigsmile: At my MFP starting weight of 190, I have not yet reached my halfway point, but starting at 215 means I've gone 5 lbs beyond halfway. :happy: 40 down, 30 lbs to go!!! WoooHooo!!! :laugh: :drinker: :laugh:

jazzy020106

Its funny that you posted this today. because i started my starting weight at 186 at first. but i weighed 192 for a short time before so i changed it to 192 today lol.

barbarella

BRAVO everybody! Wow! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

I lost about 25 lbs. before finding MFP. But I wanted to document my weight loss starting at my highest point ever, which was about a year ago.

I think it's great to chart the whole journey we've been on, not just from where we started with MFP.

ROCK ON MFP Peeps! :drinker: :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

justmegan

I can relate... my MFP starting weight is 252, I believe. But when I first decided to get my fitness back on track in January (and then promptly gave up again by February!) I weighed 262... So since THEN, I've actually lost 14 lbs! Yay... I mean, sure 14 lbs in 8 months isn't too impressive, but hey... I like to think of it as a good head start on my new (and extra-motivated) life.. (BTW, I've lost 5 lbs in the last 2 weeks since I've gotten back into the swing of things, so.. times they are a'changin!)

justmegan

Oh, duh... I just saw my own damn ticker! My starting weight was 255 on MFP! Whatever... :blushing:

justmegan

Ok, you've convinced me! I'm chaning my starting weight! :laugh:

4mricandy

Okay, you people talked me into it!I'm changing my starting weight to reflect the 348 lbs I weighed when i was diagnosed with diabetes. Thanks for the support