What is the most weight you've ever lost...then gained back?

in 1995 I got down to about 135 from around 180
gained it all back and topped off at 202
down to 152 now and still heading back to 135!

Lost 50 lbs from middle school to high school (180-130). Then gained 15 in Freshman year, lost 20...(125)...started to gain senior year of college and in 4 years got to my highest weight of 190...then I got pregnant! I'm back at 190 after first baby, but I'm pregnant again...kind of want to at least get into the 180s this pregnancy!

237 down to 162 back up to 231 and back down to 193...also lost from 189 to 135 and went back up to 220 before :noway:

I lost 60, got down to 199 then over the next 9 years I gained 115 lbs putting me at 314. Right now I'm between 220 & 223.

I was around 115-120 in my teens and early 20s - 140s in my late 20s and early 30s with occasional visits to the 150s. By my mid-30s I had somehow landed in the upper 180s. I had my first baby, and was happy to find I lost all my baby weight plus 25 lbs, down to the 160s. When I quit pumping at work after his first birthday, my weight crept back and by the time I got pregnant with baby #2 it was back up to the upper 180s. I didn't lose as easily as I did the first time, it took me a year to get back to pre-pregnancy weight.

Then I lost about 20 doing low carb, gained it back - lost 30 doing WW, gained it back... I've crept back up to the upper 180s again.

The most I had lost was 45 lbs. Went from 320 to 275 then gained back about 13 pounds. Trying to keep that daily focus. One day at a time.

Lost 70 after the birth of my 3rd baby. I was an exercise demon. I worked out 10 times a week (no lie) and kept cutting more and more calories. I so badly wanted to break the 130 mark but the most I could do was hover around 129 for a day or so before moving back into the 130s.

Then I got a job (no more stay at home mommy), we moved, and my workout routine was all messed up. Slowly I stopped working out until I wasn't doing it at all. Slowly I started eating foods that I had previously denied myself. I told myself I was tired of not eating what I really wanted to eat and I wanted to enjoy myself, not worry about every crumb that went into my mouth.

In 9 years I gained back 60 of those pounds.

When I joined MFP I swore I wasn't going to go where I went before. I'm cutting back on calories but not cutting foods out of my diet. If I want it, I eat it. I just eat less of it or sacrifice somewhere else in my diet. So far it's working and I've stuck with this longer than any other diet I've done before.

I was 240 then lost 60 pretty quick and then gained back about 80 to almost 260. This time I am in it for the long haul and I am taking it slow. I consider a pound a week, or even no loss/gain, a victory!

During my teens to mid 40's, I would lose 30lbs regain it all and sometimes more and then lose some. But, I got bigger every decade. 4 years ago I lost 42 and over 18 months regained 22, however before I regained it all, I started here and have lost 42, with only 4 to go.

It is reassuring, yet sad to read so many of us have this reoccurring problem.

This time it is for keeps, I have thrown away all my fat clothes and I will not buy bigger clothes again.

The lowest weight of my adult life was 165, I achieved that through diet pills and slim fast so I guess it is really no wonder I gained it back. My average weight before that was 220, I now weight 295 (was 302 last Friday!). But this is the first time I have counted calories and held myself accountable for what goes in my mouth. So will hopefully be the last time I lose weight!

i was never overweight until i had a stroke, then gained over about 8 years.. highest weight was 246. started at MFP at 233. im currently tottering at 200...

I hope and pray i dont gain.

Questions for those who HAVE gained...

What made you gain it back? I dont want to go back there. What are the mistakes you made?

For me personally, it was that stupid 'I'll start tomorrow attitude'. I will just have this piece of cake and since I had cake I will have pizza for dinner and then start tomorrow. I would do this Friday and then it would turn into 'I'll start Monday'. I have tasted everything there is to taste and I finally got it through my head that I am not happy living with the consequences of eating whatever I want.

around 183 down to 140, then up to 215, and now down to 170. This is the first time I have actually really tried hard to lose weight. My goal is 140, so I'm more than halfway there.

In high school, I started at 185 and starved myself to 162. That's 23 pounds, and I hardly saw a change. Then I yo-yoed for a few years and ended up at 220. And now I'm 198, just 22 pounds but I've seen such a big change in myself already! Exercise really makes all the difference. ;D

Lost 40, give or take. I like things better this way, so I've kept it off.

60 lbs. I reached my "goal weight" Dec 17, 1999. I kept it off for 10 years.

I then quit smoking and entered menopause at the same time ...