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    Anyone lose 100+ pounds WITHOUT surgery?

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    • Posts: 2,246 Member
      This is an awesome thread. Thanks for sharing!
    • Posts: 473 Member
      I am totally stunned, and yet also very excited by this thread. I am 54 now and have weighed over 280 lbs for about 15 years. I never believed it possible to lose a lot. I embarked on losing 100lb without surgery but since I did I am being told from many sources that it's not possible.


      Now I see this thread - wow. I am blown away. That so many people have achieved it means that I can achieve it, too.
    • Posts: 143
      Congratulations to everyone - to all the "losers" and to everyone else that has made the commitment to live a healthier life (as I have). Everyone's success stories are such an inspiration to me. Thank you all for sharing and keep up the good work!!
    • Posts: 125 Member
      Great Stories!!!! Thanks for sharing.
    • Posts: 38 Member
      As of last week, I'm at 90 pounds lost. I started at 319 lbs in December 2011 and am currently at 229 pounds. I refuse to have surgery, take diet pills, or any other fad. I count calories and exercise my *kitten* off (literally). I run 3 days a week, strength train twice a week, and do zumba my other 2 days.

      Anything is possible with will power. I've had back surgery and struggled with degenerative disk/scolosis for years. It hurt to move; it hurt to sit still. Hell, it was going to hurt either way, so I got up and did something about it. You can do it!!!
    • Posts: 41 Member
      I am totally stunned, and yet also very excited by this thread. I am 54 now and have weighed over 280 lbs for about 15 years. I never believed it possible to lose a lot. I embarked on losing 100lb without surgery but since I did I am being told from many sources that it's not possible.


      Now I see this thread - wow. I am blown away. That so many people have achieved it means that I can achieve it, too.

      WOW! I totally agree with you! I didn't think it was possible either, and was just accepting that I would never be able to lose that much weight and would always be fat. All these people are beautiful, amazing, and inspiring :)
    • Posts: 21 Member
      I love reading these threads. It gives me hope, since I've got about 166 to lose. You guys are awesome!
    • Posts: 138 Member
      I'm not far off, 91.4lb down, won't be long as I'm currently losing around 2lb per week eating 1810 cals :drinker:
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      I have to say, besides you look absolutely fabulous!, that I am soooo happy to see you did not lose your boobs! :happy: I am well-endowed on top and I honestly hate the thought of losing my girls! I have dropped weight before w/out shrinking the melons, but there is that worry that this time they will go. :sad:
    • Posts: 1,752 Member
      Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories! For those of us still on this journey that still have a long road ahead, we see our future victories in you! Thanks for putting yourself out there to inspire us!
    • Posts: 213 Member
      No surgery for me, but I still have 65ish pounds to go! Except for a hysterectomy, but that did NOT help with weight loss.:happy:
    • Posts: 117 Member
      I'm looking through all these posts and feel so much inspiration! I just started and already lost 7 lbs within 6 days. I have 175 or more to lose. I don't expect it to just fall off me but the first week is usually the most loss when beginning to drop calories and walking a bit. My family is trying to get me to do the gastric sleeve surgery (my sister in law just had it done a few months ago) but I really don't want to go under the knife if I can avoid it. I have heard that many people who lose over 100 lbs rarely keep it off, but after reading all these wonderful posts I think that statement I had heard may have been mostly for people who lost thier weight with crash diets. For the first time in over 20 years of trying to lose weight, I feel this website and all the successful stories just might be that boost I needed to be successful. I've found other food logging sites before but I never really knew what my daily calorie goal was supposed to be, and I am shocked to see how many calories I have been eating on an average day, so this past week I've been just finding ways to make that total count lower and lower until I get to my daily goal, without surgery. Awesome job all of you I look forward to seeing more posts :smile:
    • Posts: 28
      This thread is awesome. Thanks to everyone for sharing. It means a lot to the people who have just begun their journey, and it's great to see what dedication can do for *real* people.

      It will still be awhile before I get there myself, but I'm looking forward to it. I started at 337 and dropped 30-32 pounds in about 8 weeks before joining here. I kinda wish I had a true before pic, since I already look considerably better at 305 than when I started, but with 130 pounds to my goal the difference will still be huge. Hopefully I'll be joining you all by the end of the year!
    • Posts: 674 Member
      I have lost 83 kilos/183 pounds, I weighed 173.1 kilos/380 pounds in august 2006. I have PCOS and was obviously very unhealthy, I struggled with life and was really if nothing changed looking at life confined to my home.

      I lost my weight by counting calories, exercising 4-6 days per week (primarily cardio/les mills classes with a minimum 1 PT session of resistance per week)

      This is me in April 2006 at 173.1 kilos/380 pounds


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      December 30 2008 at 150 kilos/330 pounds

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      April 2010 at 120 kilos/264 pounds

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      Me now at 90.7 kilos/199 pounds
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      I hope my pics inspire someone :) If anyone wants to add me for continued support/motivation (I still wanna lose another 40 pounds) fee free to add me :)
    • Posts: 1,143 Member
      SO many inspiring experiences in one thread. I wonder if I will lose 100 pounds, I would love to join the club. Thank you to everyone that posted their experiences and pictures. Well done, I think you are all Brilliant!
    • Posts: 218 Member
      Bump! I want to come back here in the future and post my story! :smile:
    • Posts: 18 Member
      You all are amazing!
    • Posts: 821 Member
      Yes! I lost 133 so far, no surgery. All on my own.

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    • Posts: 821 Member
      edited those, hopefully they show now. :)
    • Posts: 357 Member
      Finally got around to uploading more recent progress pics. Figured I would share! I was mistaken earlier.... I started 15 months ago.

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      Great job, well done!!!
    • Posts: 130 Member
      No pics but I have lost a total of 122 Lbs since 8/24/12. Thanks mostly to this site.
    • Posts: 458 Member
      What an awesome thread! This gives me hope, that I can be a success story some day. Thank you all so much for posting your stories!
    • Posts: 1,087 Member
      Great thread! You guys look so beautiful and healthy in your after pics. I had WLS and don't regret it, but admire all of you for what you did. Congrats!! I wish you all healthy happy lives :)
    • Posts: 2,031 Member
      People are going to get fed up with me lol

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    • Posts: 473 Member
      People are going to get fed up with me lol

      That's not the same guy!

      Come on Gerald, admit that's your skinny twin brother!
    • Posts: 473 Member
      My family is trying to get me to do the gastric sleeve surgery (my sister in law just had it done a few months ago) but I really don't want to go under the knife if I can avoid it. I have heard that many people who lose over 100 lbs rarely keep it off,

      I was watching a tv programme called Embarrassing Fat Bodies last week and a bariatric surgeon (in the UK) told the presenter that 35% of people who lose a substantial amount of weight via gastric surgery -- i.e. his own patients -- gain most of it back within two years.

      This announcement FLOORED me! I always thought surgery was CERTAIN and would sort out someone for LIFE.

      Not so, and therefore NOT WORTH THE RISK.
    • Posts: 255 Member
      Looking at the little tracker button on My Home window I can confirm, 109 lbs lost without any form of surgery, only by caloric deficit and very mild phisical activity (walks and yoga) Took over a year , but better to take it slow instead of needing skin reduction surgery after.

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      I think, tho maybe i'm wrong, that surgery like that wont be good choice in long term. Only thing that will give you succesfull and effective for long time (if not forever) weight loss is LIFESTYLE CHANGE.
      And human body, being this wonderfull machine can easly shed 100lbs :)
    • Posts: 52 Member
      Ahhhh! This let rocks! I started my journey late November weighting 284.6. I'm 34 pounds down. My goal is to loose another 100 pounds maybe a little more. Your pictures and story makes me feel capable of accomplishing my goal. I am making little changes like cutting out soda and walking to work (about 1 hours in total every day). Anyone who wants to add me and motivate each other please do so. Send me a message with some Info about you, :)
    • Posts: 81 Member
      OMG! this thread is so inspiring :smile: I will be on here one Day!
    • Posts: 58 Member
      There are tons of us!!! lol :laugh: You can do this, we're here to help
    • Posts: 423 Member
      Great thread! thanks to everyone for sharing.
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