It has been 2 years on MFP, Life change not a diet.

jimmacdonald

It took one year to go from 265 lbs to 199 Lbs. What a wonderful journey.

It has been a year since we hit our goal, 65 lbs of weight loss.

Great year, I was able to ride two bike centuries (100 miles in a day) in Sept and Oct. During training I gain back 15 lbs of miuscle.
When your riding 150 miles a week on a bike you get to eat more calories.

Our first Maintainenance Thanksgiving, Christmas and Winter ( no outdoor biking) has added 10 lbs). O how easy it is to go back to bad habbits, and a see food diet.

We are both back on MFP logging, I find after 35 years of being together if I gain, she gains. We both have to log and remind each other it is a life change and dont want to go back to fat.

I want to lose 15 or 20 before spring. In spring I want to find the under 200 lbs mark again. Goal this year is 195.

Can't wait till spring, to hit the bike again. Goal is three centuries all under 6.5 hours. That takes alot of time on bike, lots of miles per week training.

I found that 1500 cal is what I need to maintain with our exercise. What a shock that was.

Remember it is a life change not a diet. You will never get to eat like you use to if you want to fit into skinny jeans.

Good luck in your life goals.

Cheers
Jim

stephanie40403

awesome, and I understand completely how easy it is to go back to bad habits, thats why I have been over 200lbs since 2000. Not this year, I will get it down and keep it down.

omma_to_3

Good job! I'm coming up on my 2 years in May. Its surprisingly easy to do when you exercise a lot (I bike and run) and eat back all those calories!

I had a big success this holiday season. I gained only ONE pound the week of Christmas, but for both November (we have 2 birthdays in addition to Thanksgiving) and December, I was down. Not a lot mind you, but down is down!

jimmacdonald

This year I plan on developing a winter fitness plan, and my normal bike riding century plan.

Maybe jump rope.

I will set a goal weight and never go above that weight.

Thanks for sharing.