Guy's Success Stories

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During a March doctor's visit, I weighed in at 275 lbs. My blood pressure was barely being brought down into the 130s/80s by medication, and my doctor thought I was a great candidate for pre-diabetes. Or a stroke.

I was about to turn 41 years old.

I began to change my eating habits and exercise. In some ways I have it easy: I work nights, and my son is in daycare, so I can spend a good chunk of time at the gym. I lost 20 lbs before joining MFP. My wife joined first, and when she told me that I should check it out, I put it off. But after awhile I decided to try it out, and it is incredibly helpful.

I'm down 23 more pounds, for a grand total of 43 lbs. lost -- and I want to lose another 72. I'm 5'7", so 160 should be just about right for me. But frankly, I'll be ecstatic when I break 200 -- I haven't seen the underside of two bills since before college.

You can read more about my journey at http://bobthewriter.com, if you'd like.

FINALLY! This is exactly what I wanted to see! Great job to everyone - Feel free to add me so we can all do this together!

Quick story, I weighed 200 pounds at the first of October of 2011. My boss had lost about 30 pounds and he told me that he had just counted calories and topped it at 1500 calories, not much exercise, just eating right. So I said what the hell, I had to do something so I started using MFP as my tool to keep track of my food. I learned what a CUP of food was, lol, and that 3 or 4 ounces of meat aint all that much. I logged everything. After you get your food database set up it becomes relatively easy to do and not time consuming at all.
I watched what I ate and drank during my vacation to Las Vegas, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I did splurge a little during those periods but quickly lost the weight that came back. I wasnt overly active except around my home on the weekends. It took 3 weeks for the weight to start coming off but then it started COMING OFF. I got down to 172 by the new year but was a little light so I am at a comfortable 180ish and at 5 8, I just need to tighten up what I got. I have maintained that weight since January 2012. Once my knee heals that is the next step.

I still eat what I want and drink what I want but all in moderation. I like the way I feel and will like the way I look once I am able to be 100% mobile again.

Down 36 lbs on MFP, down 45 lbs from my peak weight of 234. Feel great, biking to work, a 28 mile round trip, Incredible at 52 yrs of age to do this easily. Could have never done it as easily when I was up at 234 lbs. Still want to get down to 170, but not rushing at this point. Feel great, weight is still dropping about 1/2 lb per week, which I'm fine with. Keep at it guys!

My height is 5'10". I'm down from 240 lbs in July 2011 to 209 today. Even though I don't really trust my scale on BF%, the fact that it says 24.6% now instead of 30% is encouraging. My aim is 190 lbs, which I expect to reach by next summer. My progress can be seen in these photos, which are also in my profile:



Initially I was just playing a lot of tennis and was not controlling my diet. That led to a weight loss of 15 lbs and then it plateaued. Then I joined MFP 3.5 months ago and started keeping track of what I eat, and since then it's been another 15 lbs. Recently I also started weight training, and that has been helping a lot with reshaping the body instead of just losing weight.

Have been on MFP for just over two months. That's when I started loosing weight. Started at 210 and now at 190. My goal is 170 at some point, so, I am half way there. Signing in daily, keeping track of what I eat, and working out consistently are my ways to do this. i found diversifying my workout regimen to be a great defense against boredom. Getting the support of many on MFP has been a great bonus.