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    105lbs, Sitting to Running

    Posts: 288 Member
    edited February 4 in Success Stories
    So, here's a before and after. First one was circa 300 lbs, almost 5 years ago. The second one is last weekend, 186 lbs, at the end of my first 5k race.

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    • Posts: 308 Member
      WOW! Sorry for shouting, but WOW! What an inspiration!
    • Posts: 157 Member
      Fantastic work!!! Truly amazing!
    • Posts: 136 Member
      Great job!!!!!!!!!!
    • Posts: 472 Member
      Woo hoo! Congratulations!!!
    • Posts: 584 Member
      Wow, that's fantastic! Such a huge difference :)
    • Posts: 119 Member
      That is amazing! And you're doing so well with the running too!
    • Posts: 135 Member
      That's an amazing accomplishment. You are an inspiration to us all. Congrats!!
    • Posts: 108 Member
      Woo - hoo! You've made such incredible progress, Sticks!!!! Congratulations! :smile:
    • Posts: 371 Member
      Great job!
    • Posts: 316 Member
      YOU ARE AWSOME!! Yes and an inspriation ......thanks for sharing and you look really good too!! Keep it up!

      Pamela June
    • Posts: 288 Member
      And, of course, the title of this post should have started "115lbs...", not "105lbs...". Doh! What an idiot...
    • Posts: 167 Member
      You've had an amazing transformation, my friend. Inspired lots of people, including me. Great work!
    • Posts: 956 Member
      Great job, amazing work
    • Posts: 556 Member
      WOW mate you look great, such a fantastic job done and as everyone is saying, very inspirational to others. Well done!!!!
    • Posts: 692 Member
      115. 105. Either way you look great!
    • Posts: 77 Member
      Very amazing work to get so fit - you look great!
    • Posts: 2,170 Member
      Awesome job!
    • Posts: 95 Member
      Simply awesome! Love every moment you have earned that joy.
    • Posts: 358 Member
      Absolutely amazing !!
    • Posts: 1,888 Member
      Mr. 12 - CONGRATULATIONS! You are an great inspiration an a wonderful MFP friend. The pics are just so amazing!

      Well done!
    • Posts: 50 Member
      Love it! Good for you!
    • Posts: 133 Member
      woohoo that is AWESOME!! Well done! :smile:
    • Posts: 439 Member
      Completely awesome! In brief, what was your "secret"? What kept you going when things got tough and/or you got tired (if that happened)? I've seen lots of posts in the last few days from mfp members who are struggling with "motivation" so please share your thoughts. Great job!
    • Posts: 19 Member
      Oh so awesome!
    • Posts: 288 Member
      Completely awesome! In brief, what was your "secret"? What kept you going when things got tough and/or you got tired (if that happened)? I've seen lots of posts in the last few days from mfp members who are struggling with "motivation" so please share your thoughts. Great job!

      Well, I've certainly had my motivation issues over the last few years - I originally lost 95 lbs following a Weight Watchers-style, calorie-controlled diet, but after 2 years I just couldn't take the day-on-day calorie restriction any more and I fell off the wagon, putting 48 lbs back on.

      Then, at the start of this year, I discovered 5:2 eating and I've never looked back since. For the first time ever, I've had no real problems losing weight this time and motivation hasn't been an issue - motivation is easy if you're almost always losing wight, or at least feel that you're in control. I'm sure that 5:2 fasting isn't for everyone, but it's been a revelation to me.

      The three big things I've learned this time though are:

      1. Don't eat too little. As I upped my exercise levels, my weight loss slowed and I realised I needed to eat back most of my exercise calories. Once I did that, the weight loss continued.

      2. Exercise to eat more. I like eating(!) but I've learned that my normal lifestyle results in a much lower than average TDEE - which I now realise is why in the past I've always had to eat very little in order to lose weight. I've now found that by exercising pretty much every day, I can make my TDEE more 'average', and then eat back those calories (I aim to eat back 2/3rds of them, to avoid over-estimates).

      3. Eat more of what you like. I avoid most traditional 'diet-type' foods like the plague and try to just eat stuff that I like (while obviously watching the calories too). So my diet contains lots of spicy curries and even the occasional take-away - life is for enjoying, so there's no way you can keep motivated on a perpetual diet of Ryvita and "rabbit food"...
    • Posts: 158 Member
      Brilliant Twelvesticks, as others have said you're an inspiration to all of us, especially the 5:2ers amongst us!
    • Posts: 50 Member
      Awsome.
      Intresting Journey you have been through.
      I found also very intresting (sure the weight loss) the knowledge you developped about your own body. This is priceless.
      Also found some new ideas here. Never heared of the 5:2 fasting before. So will have to do some reaserch about it :-)

      Keep the good work
    • Posts: 30 Member
      Fantastic! An incredible result - as well as the weight loss, you really look healthy.

      I think item 3 on your list is the key to keeping it going - it makes health part of a good life.
    • Posts: 259
      Totally a rock star!
    • Posts: 882 Member
      Awesome job, well done!!
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