Has anyone lost weight and then put it back on?

Yup, I went from 197 to 145 and kept it off for 2 years. Then I started slipping, I gained back 28 and here I am again.

I have had an issue keeping the weight off ever since I graduated from high school 2006 (160 lbs). Then I had my 1st child in 2010, I weighed 204 the day she was born, I got back on my ADHD meds because I was still in college, and I lost back down to high school weight. I stayed that way for about a year. September of this year I had a miscarriage, I knew that I had put on a little of the weight back since I stopped taking my meds. But never did I excepted what I saw when I got on the scales at the doctors just a week before my miscarriage. I weighed 215, that was one month ago, and that is the biggest I have ever been. My husband has no issues with my weight but I do. So I started two weeks ago working out and cutting back on what I ate. I have lost down to 212, but I still have a long way to go. You can lose it and keep it you just have to find the right style of life that works with your weight loss goals and stick to it!!! Good luck and God bless!!

Wow, I see a lot of us have had this pitfall. The most weight I ever lost was through counting calories with myfitnesspal and the support of my partner at the gym while doing it all. I tried a lot of diets including fasting and alternate day fasting. I was even successful at losing quite a bit on the Atkins. I must say that the weight that stayed off the longest was weight lost through myfitnesspal counting my calories. I started at 254 and got down to about 180. I am now back at 230. I was able to lose so much because I didn't have to work so I would go gym crazy and work out hard. Now I am back on here trying to lose it again after truck driving and a sedentary lifestyle has caused me to gain it back like crazy. Anyone on here who is serious add me as a friend please as most of mines have retired from this site.

yep, its a terrible cycle, i basically loose 15 and then gain it.... repeat. I'm almost 100% sure i have binge eating disorder. so its really difficult for me.

Here here... I lose a bunch of weight back in 2005 (over 70 pounds!) Over 7 years it crept back on... a little at a time... until I was only 2 pounds less than my all time high!

Sounds so similar to my story.

Nearly 2 years ago I lost 4.5 stones but I have put it all back on
I was lucky in the way I lost it - I did shakes and went on a long holiday in a hot Eastern country, so by the time I got back I went down drastically but had not changed my eating habits. I felt amazing, could walk for long lengths of time, wear what I had always wanted.

But when I got back the weight crept back on. With the stresses of University, exams, eating out etc I've now gone back to exactly how I used to be and I really want to lose it. I've been buying smaller clothes to motivate me, but I last no more than 2 days or so at a time. I have really bad mental discipline, which has been caused by my sweet-tooth addiction. That's the main thing that makes me gain weight like MAD, but I always say 'I'll diet tomorrow' etc because I don't want to go back to the stresses I went through before when on a shake diet.

I'm also pretty impatient and get disillusioned if I don't see results fast. I really don't know how to change my mindset 20 right now, and all my life I've been big. This is the time I should be healthy and happy but I'm the biggest obstacle to me. I just wish I had the sheer willpower to stick with whatever I pledge myself to. Hoping that coming onto this forum will give me the communal support and accountability I need in order to stick straight to a plan

(Sorry for the long post).

I lost 30 or so lbs doing a get think quick scheme diet and gained it all back within a couple months, and a little extra. The only real way to lose weight and keep it off is to do it slowly and counting your calories for the rest of your life. By doing it slowly you teach yourself to learn better eating habits and by writing everything down you keep yourself honest.

Absolutely. Two years ago when my daughter was 1.5 years old, I got down to 127, then back up to 144. But now I am back to 131.

2 years ago I got within 10lbs of my goal weight, then I ended up gaining just about all of it back by being off track. I'm at it trying again, but find it harder this time around and still have my days. Hanging in there.

In early 2011 I was down to 198 - which was over 20 pounds lost, then slowly it started creeping back on (life, wedding planning, post-wedding weight gain, stress) and before I knew it - I had gained that and much more. My heart shattered the day I saw 263 on the scale. Sad to think that I am still over 30 pounds from that number.

But, the difference then and now - I wasn't committed, I didn't lose weight the right way (I was on Adderall, barely ate) and I didn't exercise. This time, I'm losing it and keeping it off. For good. Fluctuations won't stress me out, but if I see more than 10 pounds go up, it's time to refocus myself.

And always remember. It's a marathon. Not a sprint.