Has anyone lost weight and then put it back on?

I haven't lost a lot, I lost about 15-20 lbs 2 years ago with crash dieting and diet pills and really restricting my diet and I put it back on pretty fast. My goal is to do this as healthy as possible.

And don't starve yourself, or take pills. They don't work.

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Yes! Here's my story...to much to retype

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1120211-passed-my-original-goal-of-145-from-181lbs-to-140lbs

Copy and paste is a thing too

I've probably lost a thousand pounds over the years.

Back in 2004-2005 I lost approximately 120 lbs. I got pregnant and gained almost all of it. I tried to lose it again, and lost 80 lbs- gained a lot of it back. Both times I did low carb, and was a complete gym addict. The moment I could not get to the gym, the wheels fell off for me. I have now lost 95 lbs- am back to pre-pregnancy weight. This time is through calorie in- calorie out. It has gotten harder as I have gotten older...

I lost 50lbs but about 10 of that has popped back up. I'm working on losing that 10 again and then hopefully another 20-30lbs, depending on how I look/feel.

Sure sure, me too. Was up to 178 lbs senior year of college 2004/5. By mid-2006 I had lost 55 lbs and was down to 122.

Gained some when I went on birth control, then it's just gradually creeped up over the years. After getting married in 2011, I went from 137 up to 146. I started using weights more and was back down to 138, but then went right back up after our vacation this July.

In all this time, I've NEVER stopped exercising at least 5 days per week. I think part of it is just the aging process. Also I probably need to drink less. It's not that much, but might be enough to keep me stuck here at 142-144 lbs. (Also I have PCOS, so that doesn't help, especially since I've gone off the pill recently.)

I really wish I could get back to 135 before we try to have a baby next year, but I don't know what else to try. I've logged for over a year between mfp and LoseIt.

OP, you're in good company.

YES, I've yo-yo several times with the same 10 pds but I was OVERexercising and eating wayy too little for my height. Now, I'm just going to eat, lift, and not worry about pounds coming off so quickly. It seems to be working better

I lost 35, gained 50 and have now lost it again - I'm back to my ideal weight range.

I don't make any excuses. After I lost the weight I considered myself "done" and just went back to eating the way I used to eat. There's no mystery why I gained the weight back.

The most important thing is controlling the calories you put in your body. That's your greatest leverage and where you'll see the biggest results. Exercise is awesome, don't get me wrong - it will help you lose weight, get healthy and feel amazing. But exercise alone isn't enough - you've got to get your food intake under control.

Do the math - know your BMR and TDEE, count every calorie and (if possible) use a heart-rate monitor to more accurately measure what you burn. And remember the lesson I learned: You will never be "done". Don't ever stop!

I did South Beach Diet in 2005, went from 236 to 168. That was actually *too* skinny, so I gained back into the 180s. I maintained there by eating whatever I wanted until I gained too much, then went back to SBD to lose the weight. Then I got lazy-ish and after keeping it off a few years, it started to creep back on. By last summer, I was back up to 235 and tried SBD again, but for various reasons it didn't stick. I lost 25 lb., but then gained it back over the winter, back up to 232. I started with MFP in August and so far it seems to be working, down 27 lb. so far. The challenge for me will be in keeping it off.

I've kind of decided that late summer/early fall is a good time to evaluate my weight. If I've gained some during the year, the cycle of the new school year starting is kind of a good signal to re-evaluate and re-direct. (I'm not a teacher, but my wife is.)

I'm not convinced that repeated gain and loss is necessarily a bad thing. My family is from northern Europe (Poland) and there were annual cycles of feast and famine at times. The people who survived are the people who could pack on the pounds during the times of plenty so they could get through the lean times. Some people talk about The Fat Gene. I probably have it. If my ancestors didn't, I wouldn't be here today because they would have starved to death.

So I don't sweat it so much if I gain after I've lost. I hope to keep it off this time, but if I have to renew a diet next fall, so be it.

Story of my life since I was a teen. 150-250 yo-yo...
Finally trying a different approach and dealing with the emotional side of my eating issue. Im a work in progress but have high hopes that I can gain control over it.

17years old - 199 (I am 5' 10" so I still looked thin)
20- 325
27- 270
30- 380
32-219
42-345 (pregnant)
43-326
45- 269 and on my way down to 219 again...FOR. THE. LAST. TIME.

Yeap, been there done that.
I've been fat all my life. If you see pictures of me when I was little and cute I was fat. Always struggle with my weight and measures but thanks god never with the girls . Anyhow my first serious attempt to lose weight was back in 1997. I lost 20 Kilos but I was starving myself. Seriously, 1200 cal a day and the worst part no alcohol whatsoever, which for me is almost as important as oxygen, I'm not an alcoholic tho. Anyhow of course I gained the 20 back + more (10 maybe). In 2005 started taking pills, Jesus those were good. I lost like 15 kilos in 2 months without any diet or work out. Guess what, nothing is free, I got a fat liver, bumpp.
In 2007, I had a gastric ballon. Basically is a big ball they put in your stomach so you feel full pretty quickly, kind of gastric bypass but less invasive. This time I lost 28 kilos. From 132 down to 104. It was my smallest in my adulthood.. That time I learned to control my portions but again the drinking rampage make me gained back 30 kilos in over two years. Last December (2012), I was, as usual, planing my diet for the begining of the year, not really motivated and angry to life because God made me fat. My wife showed me a picture back in December 2008 at my smallest and I got really pissed at myself this time. I did not blame life or God or whatever, it was only my fault my stupid fault. Then a realised I had to do something different, something suistainable in time. I'm a Reservoir Engineer, basically we study reservoirs to maximize hydrocarbons production from these. The big basic principle in reservoir engineering is something named material balance. In a simplistic way, what is left in the reservoir is what you had originally minus whatever you have produced already. Does it sound familiar? Well the first time I read about calories in - calories out was last December. Of course, it inmediately clicked on me. I also thought what a stupid engineer I was, it's a very basic concept, that's what I do for living but never apply to myself. Dumb, really dumb. Anyways, I have managed to lose since early January 2013 almost 40 kilos but healthy this time. I'm happy, I'm not starving myself and I can drink yayyy. I do it in moderation of course but I do it. This time I know I'm not gonna put those Kilos back. I know what I am doing, I know what works for me and I am really enjoying my life. And I forget to mention I love working out. This is my first time I actually got rid of my old/big clothes. I dropped from XXL to L in my shirts and from 42 to 34 in my pants. Something weird my underwear is still L, weird isn't it?.

All the best in your journey. As somebody mentioned before, fitness is not a destination, is a journey
Cheers

I also have done the same thing. lost almost 100lbs down to 196 from 290. kept it off being active and eating well. But over the last year due to many excuses I put back on over 50. But no sweat.... I am back to making the right decisions. I know the results will follow.

I blame no one. It was and is my fault. Success or failure!