I want to hear success stories from non-gym goers!

No gym membership.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/569332-365-days-on-mfp-but-i-m-not-done-yet-pics

I run outside, and lift at home. I have a gym membership, but with work, school, and my son, I don't have time to get there. It's actually made life a lot easier for me.

Lost my first 20 with food only. Added walks in after 20lbs. Two weeks ago, I started doing taekwondo. I haven't moved on the scale in those 2 weeks (this is why I avoided exercise at the beginning), but I'm feeling great and looking great, so I will keep it up! I don't enjoy going to the gym

the first 3 weeks of my journey i did at home. i lost around 25 pounds in 3 weeks using my elliptical at home. i went for a walk outside once in that time frame. its cold and snowing here. so difficult to get outside. i got an elliptical from a guy hard up for money for $250 dollars. i stuck it in the back of my house in front of an old big screen tv and had at it an hour or more a day. so weightloss without a membership can be done! i did just get a gym membership at the ymca. i started to like exercise and wanted variety. im not working. so i know how difficult that is. i started to cut bills to make it happen. switched to dish network and cut my cable bill. switched energy providers and cut that bill in half. changed my car insurance to liability for my truck. so you can cut corners too to make a membership happen. just depends how bad you want it.

same story, out of work, see ya gym. Weather's been awful, I know it isn't great but wii fit has done a lot for me!

I use the website fitness blender - loads of free workouts at different levels

I hate going to the gym! So I created a "gym" of my own at home. I follow http://www.bodyrock.tv/ faithfully and have seen tremendous results. I don't have much equipment because of budget constraints. But I have found that I don't really need it. I improvise and still get great results.

I am starting my 27th day. I do not have acess to a gym in northern Saskatchewan Canada, where I live as the closet one is 150 kms away..I have started on the bowflex tread climber. It is hard because I still weight 213 lbs and over the winter have not been too active. but I usuallly shovel snow, in my 2 yards, about twice a week, average 30 mins, atleast twice a week. I also try to get a 20 min. walk in every 2nd day, sometimes 2 walks in a day. I will get up to 3-- 20 min. walk now that it is warming up. the first 3 weeks I was doing 1200 calories a day. I have increased my calories goal to 1480 but try to stay around 1300 a day. I see a change in the way my clothes are fitting. My measurements are slowly going down. I have lost 15 lbs, so far. I have a total goal of 90lbs to lose. I increased my present water intake to 100 oz. a day. I am now measuring all my food and water intake. I am making very healthy food choices. I feel fantastic and love MFP, for the tracking and all the support I find on here. Everyone is just fantastic.

Never been in a gym in my 41 years on this here rock.

Good luck to those that like going but it's not my thang ... I eat well and do a lot of walking and yardwork (lifting, bending, carrying stuff) that seems to suffice.

I try to incorporate exercise into my day (skip a train station, walk it instead, etc) which works for me.

Success? Dunno as far as weight goes as I don't weigh these days but I feel great and my clothes fit better.

Well, I'm at -45lbs and I've never had a gym membership in my life. The big thing for me: I started hiking. You get a great view and a healthy dose of exercise for free or maybe a couple bucks depending on where you go. Past that, walking/running can be done just about anywhere. You can also get a pretty respectable full body workout in your own home with only a set of dumbbells.

All my weight loss has been without a gym. Lots of walking and 30 day shred videos off YouTube.

Same here, 10k+ steps a day, 30 Day Shred/Tae Bo/Kettlebell workouts off Youtube, away you go! :flowerforyou:

I am not a person to keep up with the gym.. So my exercise is whatever I feel like.. In summer, I do like to walk.. But I have videos and even record Gilad on TV.. He has a good workout and targets different areas of body every day.. But the abs are every day.....And the view is beautiful, not a studio but Hawaii!!!! It is on Discovery health channel....Also try YouTube/BeFit for videos..

no gym, treadmill at home but thats all

I've never had a gym membership and don't plan on getting one.

I own my own equipment but I don't use it much anymore now that I do work out videos. I did 30 Day Shred, Ripped in 30 and now I am in week 2 of Insanity.

Here are some before/in progress pictures (I've had two kids so be nice )

Hi there! This time I am not a gym member, I just don't have room for it in the budget. This first month I've lost 7 lbs on just the diary and adding walking a few times a week into my life. I work overnights so it is hard for me to have a set time to do anything, and I'm am lucky enough to live in Florida so the snow isn't an issue. The thing that is really working for me this time is meeting friends to walk some days and going to different parks/bridges/trails a few times a week to change the scenery. I've always found that if I start to exercise, I really start to watch what I'm eating to fuel that exercise. So far so good....it can be done without a membership! Use what is available to you!