How did you lose weight?

I lost 20 lbs with 2 rounds P90X, and sticking to as many healthy mean plans as I possibly can, it's hard at first but after a while your body doesn't really crave the junk that you once fed it. I don't have any kids, just work and school. The hardest part at first was pushing play, but after a while it just becomes a habit. I'm currently doing Insanity-The Asylum and loving it.

i don't work, im home everyday. i just followed the guidelines MFP set for me. i used only 1 dvd workout and thats leslie sansone "walk away the pounds....ultimate collection". i started out doing this once a day doing 1 mile, then upped it to 2 mile. after 2 months i started doing the 2 mile walk in the mornings and the 1 mile walk in the afternoons. thats all i did.

Thanks so much for posting this...so encouraging. How long did it take to drop the 40+ pounds for you with Leslie?

Big thing was buying an exercise bike on amazon for $150 so i can exercise at home at nite.

Believe it or not, by eating more!

I simply ate less and more healthy foods and exercised more. It really was that simple.

I have a daughter, but when I started trying to lose, she was already old enough to be home alone and everything, so that wasn't an issue. Though when she was little, I would put her in a stroller and walk a lot.

See exactly what I did and read about my journey at teamfightinggenetics.com

Well, the question is open ended and so to (selfishly) save myself a lot of typing, I am cutting and pasting the following from an answer I gave previously on MFP forums (with minor tweaking if I see something that's changed):

The five things that helped me most with losing 55 pounds (so far) over 18 months have been:
#1 - selfishness/independence: it doesn't matter what the rest of the world does or thinks (except for anything clearly unwise or unhealthy) I will eat when and what works best for me. I will schedule my meals separately from others, or have fewer or much smaller "meals", and friends/family/party hosts should understand in this day and age (it's the 21st century!)
#2 - portion control, don't let the size of dinner plates or packaged foods or restaurant entrees make you eat more than your daily calories can allow, eat less and save the rest for later or the next day. I found it is really, really important to be frequently eating things I enjoy and that satisfy me, but the trade off is I could not eat large portions without then having to wait longer. I eat all day long, but you would be surprised at the small size of my meals (except salads)
#3 - not eating what doesn't satisfy my brain/body, meaning some foots (salty, sugary, whatever) just make you want more,whereas some foods delay later hunger. Examples of the latter would be salad sprinkled with bacon, chicken and low fat shredded cheese; or caramel rice cakes, or a decent quality protein bar. I also drink a 24 ounce "cup" of coffee with splenda and half/half at about 3 PM every work day since it seems to eliminate my mid-afternoon munchees totally for the sake of 60 calories. If you are stuck in a convenience store (which is like a barren wasteland for dieters) then consider dark chocolate covered raisins, I find they do not create cravings as much as virtually every other snack food in those stores, but your mileage may vary.
#4 - aerobic exercise which helped to make me feel better and also nets out (in the MFP phone app) some of the calories I eat making the diet not so strict to stay on in the long haul
#5 - not everyone can spend the same amount of money on their diet/fitness program, but I spent money on a smart phone for the express purpose of being able to use MyFitnessPal, and also a good quality in home elliptical machine which costs a good bit. I quit the gym I belonged to both to help offset the cost of the elliptical and also because their hours did not match my work hours and life (I am not a 9 to 5 worker and I have a very long commute). I got better strength training at the gym that I can't do as well at home, but doing something 4 or 5 days of the week at home is better than 1 or 2 days at the gym.

In summary I can totally honestly say that with the above approaches my 18 months on this diet has not been unpleasant at all, and is now a way of life. I realize some people's lives may not allow them to follow all of those rules, but keep in mind that your health is important, so consider your choices with that in mind.

That is great everyone:)

I'm a SAHM of 3 (8, 5 and 4 years old). I get up at 6, workout at the gym for an hour, then start the school routine every Monday thru Friday. I take the weekends as "rest" days. I eat clean most of the time. I do not "diet". It's been easy once I decided this is how I want to live.

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