From 270+lbs to 167. ONE YEAR of maintenence TODAY!!
joyzy
Posts: 97 Member
Today is the one year anniversary of having lost over 100 pounds. It took me about 11 months to lose the weight.
At the beginning, summer 2011, I started at 270+lbs. During that first year while I was losing, I used MFP religiously, and exercised daily. I logged every food, every drink without missing anything, for 11 months straight. I stuck to a daily calorie goal of roughly 1500/day. Also, I did 45-100 minutes of cardio (walking, elliptical machine, light jogging, eventually running) 6-7 days/week, and after 6 months, I added in weight training 2x/week. It was HARD work!!
July 13, 2012, I had officially lost over 100lbs, and was in the high 160's. Now, I've maintained the weight loss for one year. During this time, I've stopped logging every morsel of food and drink, because after a year, I've learned what I should and should not be eating. I don't always make the best choices now, but I run a lot, and I'm hungry, so I EAT. However, I've kept up the exercise. I run an average of 120-150 miles/month. I lift weights 1-2x/week, and I cross train (biking, swimming) 1-2x/week. I ran a half marathon in April 2013, and I've just started training for the Philadelphia full marathon, which is in November 2013.
For reference, I'm a 33 year old mom of three kids, ages 2.5, 4.5, & 7. I'm 5'8" tall. Ideally I'd like to lose another 15-20 pounds (only because I think it would help me run faster!!!). Since that hasn't magically happened, whenever I'm ready I'll have to do that hard work of logging all my food and carefully watching what I eat again. Because really, it WORKS when you do that!!!
Each of these pictures are one year apart.
Starting weight, 270+lbs
July 2011
Lost 100+ lbs. Weighing ~166 lbs
July 2012
Maintaining for one year, weighing ~167 lbs
July 2013
At the beginning, summer 2011, I started at 270+lbs. During that first year while I was losing, I used MFP religiously, and exercised daily. I logged every food, every drink without missing anything, for 11 months straight. I stuck to a daily calorie goal of roughly 1500/day. Also, I did 45-100 minutes of cardio (walking, elliptical machine, light jogging, eventually running) 6-7 days/week, and after 6 months, I added in weight training 2x/week. It was HARD work!!
July 13, 2012, I had officially lost over 100lbs, and was in the high 160's. Now, I've maintained the weight loss for one year. During this time, I've stopped logging every morsel of food and drink, because after a year, I've learned what I should and should not be eating. I don't always make the best choices now, but I run a lot, and I'm hungry, so I EAT. However, I've kept up the exercise. I run an average of 120-150 miles/month. I lift weights 1-2x/week, and I cross train (biking, swimming) 1-2x/week. I ran a half marathon in April 2013, and I've just started training for the Philadelphia full marathon, which is in November 2013.
For reference, I'm a 33 year old mom of three kids, ages 2.5, 4.5, & 7. I'm 5'8" tall. Ideally I'd like to lose another 15-20 pounds (only because I think it would help me run faster!!!). Since that hasn't magically happened, whenever I'm ready I'll have to do that hard work of logging all my food and carefully watching what I eat again. Because really, it WORKS when you do that!!!
Each of these pictures are one year apart.
Starting weight, 270+lbs
July 2011
Lost 100+ lbs. Weighing ~166 lbs
July 2012
Maintaining for one year, weighing ~167 lbs
July 2013
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Amazing journey thank you for posting. It's encouraging to read about your maintaining the weight for so long. Keep up the good work!0
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That is fantastic! Well done :flowerforyou:0
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You look absolutely fantastic! I love the totally new look, blonde and all. I have noticed this over and over with the huge makeovers. I am just starting but am going to work on this. Congrats on keeping off the weight and the new lifestyle.....:flowerforyou:0
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You did it!. Thanks for sharing your story with us. Each day I see a success story with the pics shows me that with will power hard work and strong determination it can be done. I congratulate you on taking full charge and control of your health. What an example to follow. You have shown with commitment and dedication and patience it can be done. It can be maintained as a lifestyle for life if you are willing to work for it. You reap what you sow and it definitely shows in your pictures. You look mighty healthy happy and fabulous. You have a beautiful smile. Very touching and very inspirational. Once again thank you for taking the time to show us MFP members. It motivates me to never ever give up on my journey to become healthy for my life and to make better choices each and every day.0
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Congrats you look great!0
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That is AWESOME! Having lost and gained many pounds in my life, your post gives me hope that it IS possible to get weight off and maintain the loss! Beautiful job! Thank you!0
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Fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing, you are an awesome inspiration.0
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That's awesome....It's inspiring to see that you were able to keep the off0
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Wow, what a journey you have had. You look wonderful and congrats on keeping it off for a year! That is the biggest obstacle.0
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Absolutely fabulous.0
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Congrats for keeping it off for a year!! WOOT-WOOT!!
Isn't it amazing you look smaller weighing one pound more?!?!? :-)
Super job!0 -
Happy anniversary and huge congratulations -- you look unbelievable! I started at 257, so am particularly inspired by your transformation. Thanks for sharing, and best wishes for continued success!0
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good job0
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Grt job! You look fabulous!!
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Congrats! That is totally awesome!0
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Great job! You look amazing!0
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You look so fabulous!!!
Your story is extremely motivating and inspiring keep up the great work girl!!! ????????0 -
I have the exact same starting stats, weight and height, and the same goal weight, so this is especially encouraging to me.
Thanks for posting, you look amazing!0 -
Congratulations on your maintenance! That's really awesome!0
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:flowerforyou: Awesome!!! One of the best posts. Thanks for the inspiration!!0
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You're truly inspiring to me!0
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You look absolutely amazing!!!!0
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Hooooray for you!! Happy 1-Maintenance-Year-Old, you look fabulous!
I'm 3 months, 2 weeks into maintenance and it's great to see an inspiring "Weight Maintenance" success story like yours. With all the great losers we've got on MFP, I'm hoping to see many, many more in the future (mine included).
Rock that marathon!0 -
how cute are you, omg!
you have and *DO* work hard.
Maintenance success is something rarely shared on here and I luv that you did.
You inspire so many of us!! ((hugs))0 -
Thanks for posting this. I started at 342, but I currently weight 278. Not much different from where you started. I know every one is different, but I thin at 5'9 I should look similar in size when I hit 180 or 175. 180 is my goal.0
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Thanks everyone!!!0
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You look wonderful! Thanks for sharing your story 0
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Waw, you look fantastic. Your story is inspirational. Thank you for helping all of us out here that are still struggling :flowerforyou:0
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You look HOT!!!!! :-) Great job0
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Awesome! Inspiring!0
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