Anyone start out @ 300lbs. or more?

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  • tammyopolin
    tammyopolin Posts: 98 Member
    My highest weight was around 350 lbs. I'm currently at 233.
  • hvpooly
    hvpooly Posts: 39
    Started at 370 back in December. Got down to 340 by May but June and July were horrible months for me and I'm currently at 346. (-2lbs this week). Anyone can feel free to add me.
  • Mina133842
    Mina133842 Posts: 1,573 Member
    Supportive Thread- come find us here:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/539329-the-over-300-club?page=13#posts-10364152
  • Krcanderson
    Krcanderson Posts: 12 Member
    Hey everyone I started out at 352# and I'm at 301 now. Feel free to add me as a friend I can always use the added motivation!
  • Coffeeholic8
    Coffeeholic8 Posts: 272 Member
    I was 332 pounds when I joined MFP and started this journey back on the 5th of March.
  • nbrown1989
    nbrown1989 Posts: 44 Member
    I am 323 started at 333... still trying to get away from them
  • madtownjeremy
    madtownjeremy Posts: 249
    Started at 350 or so...355 and change, I think.
  • HotDolphinMama
    HotDolphinMama Posts: 82 Member
    I was 365 5 months ago and am 313 now. I have been on MFP for about 7 weeks and find it a great tool. The first 3 months were just about guessing and cutting out anything that sounded good! LOL I have a long way to go, but plan on getting there in a reasonable amount of time. I know a lot of people have told me I can hit my goal (140) in a year with the right diet and exercise: but I plan to eat responsibly and add the exercise as I feel more fit and able. My motto is it took me 25 years to gain all this - so if it takes me 2 years to lose it I am doing tremendously well. Feel free to friend me.
  • hmm33502
    hmm33502 Posts: 201 Member
    Started at 327...it's been a long road, but I do the absolute best when I am working out! Exercise is a must!
  • christine1007
    christine1007 Posts: 6 Member
    I was at one point over 300 but now 144!!!!! and here for almost 5 years
  • TazzytheMotivator
    TazzytheMotivator Posts: 646 Member
    Yes I did, highest weight 380 size 30 dress lost 257 pounds. size 12
    Size 10 shoes to a size 8 shoes . Believe in something YOU !
    And focus on eating right, some days be good to yourself and reward yourself . Exercise , drink your water , PRAY you stay focus .
    Remember you didn't put the weight on overnight will not lose overnight . But you can and you will succeed at this .
    Judith
  • sunflowerfaith
    sunflowerfaith Posts: 28
    I started out @ 301 and as of a few days ago, was 197. I still have around 40 to go or so....but it's an excellent start :)

    you can do it!

    Woah, that's awesome! How long did it take you?
  • Elizabeth38NC
    Elizabeth38NC Posts: 75
    Yes... getting under that "3" seemed to be the hardest and take forever, but once you do... it's the best motivation ever. I could have jumped to the moon! I promised myself on my birthday that I never wanted to see that "3" again... :) You can do it! Lots of support on this site. Add me if you like :)
  • tamlynne32
    tamlynne32 Posts: 38
    Hey all! I was 310 when I joined MFP I am currently 288 and struggling to stay on track! Could use all the support I can get so please feel free to add me!! We can support each other!!
  • FitTonic
    FitTonic Posts: 5
    I joined weight watchers years ago, and lost over a hundred pounds, also lost a lot of hair, got scared when my hair was falling out in clumps so I quit weight watchers and watched the weight come back plus added more on top of it. I got down to about 180 lbs at weight watchers.

    My weigh scales only went up to 350 lbs, I am pretty sure at my worst I was probably around 370 lbs.

    Then I started having health issues from the weight, I decided I had to start losing the weight, even if it was only 1 lb a month. Got down to 321 lbs making lifestyle changes. Then I was diagnosed with breast cancer this past year and felt my mortality. My daughter showed me this site, as she was on it as well. Happy to report, she is no way near as bad as her mother, she is beautiful and fit but works at keeping fit.

    So I joined MFP 58 days ago, at 321 lbs. Have made a committment to weight in every 30 days, My first 30 day weigh in I had lost 9 lbs. Every day is a struggle but I keep the vision of me at 150 lbs up front and centre. I feel her inside me just dying to break out.

    Would love to make some friends in here, please feel free to add me and say hi. Its been a lonely 58 days.
  • Bretd75
    Bretd75 Posts: 8
    I started at 360 at my heaviest I have been chipping away at it this whole year but have lost the same 10 to 15 pounds about 5 different times. came back to MFP last week after being gone from it a couple of years and weighed in at 340 this morning I want to be under 300 by the end of this year and my goal weight is around 270 depending on how I feel then.
  • cjmcmillan
    cjmcmillan Posts: 75 Member
    I started at 332 about 3.5 months ago and as of today I'm at 294.6! :smile:
  • tigerlinly
    tigerlinly Posts: 219 Member
    close my start weight 270 at 5 even
  • jessicae1aine
    jessicae1aine Posts: 885
    Started at 300.1lbs. Never, ever again seeing that number.
  • Rangarth
    Rangarth Posts: 121
    I started at 312 and at last weigh in hit 293....Being 49 and 6'. Just watching what I eat and doing some regular exercise has gotten me here so far. I eventually want to step it up though and get some strength training in along with the cardio.
  • Betsnikel
    Betsnikel Posts: 33 Member
    Me too..... anyone can feel free to add me..... We all need the support! :drinker:
  • Jipples
    Jipples Posts: 650 Member
    Anyone start out @ 300lbs. or more?

    Actually, I started at about 275. But I worked really hard and got my bench press well up into the 300's.
  • julesoa
    julesoa Posts: 68 Member
    At my heaviest I weighed 315lbs and I knew I was going to die if I carried on the way I was going. 12 months on and I am 102lbs lighter thank God. One day at a time.
  • alexisdc
    alexisdc Posts: 117 Member
    bump
  • damizhectik
    damizhectik Posts: 38
    im starting at 314 now :)
  • jstar913
    jstar913 Posts: 1
    I started at 390 in june of '09 now down to 240
  • shygur
    shygur Posts: 171 Member
    I actually started at 457 lbs and am still in the 300's but getting there. Down 89 lbs.
  • stubbysticks
    stubbysticks Posts: 1,275 Member
    Yup. A lot of people think it takes willpower, pills, diet centers, surgery...but regardless of the tools you decide to use to help you lose the excess weight, what will REALLY make you successful is the decision. I firmly believe the only reason I have had any success this time around is that from the very beginning I told myself, you know what, I'm sick of feeling & looking this way & I'm DONE. That's it. I don't care what I have to do or how hard it is & I have no idea if it will even work, but it's gotta be better than my life staying the same.

    I had to educate myself on nutrition & fitness & be patient with the process, because it is not a fast one for the morbidly obese. You'll be tested on many different levels. But the rewards are greater than you can imagine right now; you will grow emotionally & discover things about yourself that you didn't realize had changed.

    If you make that decision that you are going to lose this weight, then all of your choices will be shaped by those decisions. Eventually those healthier choices will become so natural you won't even really think about them, & that's when they become lifestyle changes.

    It's not going to be easy, but it wouldn't be as rewarding if it were. There are hundres of wonderful members on this site that can offer you support when you need it, just know that the motivation has to come from YOU.
  • rachelerwin
    rachelerwin Posts: 140 Member
    I started at 315. As of this morning I am 232. I still have a long ways to go, but I am getting there.
  • bekkaL85
    bekkaL85 Posts: 133 Member
    I started at 412 two years ago. Now I'm at 289. I'm half way to the goal that I want to be at!

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