Your Stats for Losing? 30+ Loss...

Height: 5'4

I started in November 2012 at 165lbs. For the first 9 months or so, I stuck to MFP's recommended 1200 a day, doing cardio & weight lifting several times a week, eating back exercise calories. I got down to about 130 doing that.

Around August 2013 I stopped exercising for various reasons (mostly laziness). I was getting close to my goal weight (120), so upped my calories to 1300 a day. Since then I've been sticking to that each day and doing no exercise (like, not even reaching 1,000 steps a day most days, when you're meant to do 10,000) and have been losing weight pretty consistently. I hit my goal weight early November and decided to keep going.

I'm currently at 116lbs, though I was also at about that weight at the beginning of December, and decided to ditch the diet and enjoy the Christmas holidays, so there was about a month of not dieting and just eating what I want. I went back up to 123 at one point, then fairly quickly got back down to 116, which I've been at for about 2 weeks now.

So in short, it took a year to lose 46lbs and get to my goal weight. Since hitting my initial goal I've lost another 4lbs, so in total 49lbs in 1 year 3 months.

35 year old female, 5ft, 6 in
SW 175lbs/ size 14 jeans
CW 117-120lbs/size 2 jeans
BMI is in the 19 range and bf% is around 17


I did alternate day IF (JUDDD), and rotated between high calorie days (maintenance levels) and low calorie (under 500) days. I did no exercise while I was actively losing weight.

Started in October of 2012, transitioned into semi-maintenance following April. Continued losing weight at a slower pace at this time (stopped JUDDD and started experimenting with other forms of IF), and also started walking several times a week (added some jogging later in the summer). Last fall I called final goal and have been doing an at home strength training program since November, (quit the walking and running). Added a couple days with a rebounder after Christmas, for cardio.

Eta: I'm not currently following any plan for maintenance, just keeping an eye on calories

starting weight 205
age 41
Height 5 ft 7
Current weight 162
Starting size 16
Current size 6-8

I started in January 2013 with eating at a deficet...exercising 20mins a day everyday...short walks, wii Dance you know simple stuff.

May 2013 did the 30 day squat challenge...made an impact.
June 17th Joined MFP for a group that was doing Jillian Michaels 30 day shred...started counting calories.
was 178 on that day....original calorie goal was 1380+ exercise calories
Did that for 2 months lost 5lbs and 9 inches
Discovered ETP and started measuring my food (2weeks of 30DS shred left)
Lost 3.25lbs in 2weeks after I started weighing my food and another 4 inches from 2nd round of 30DS

Decided to lift weights, moved to TDEE of 1600 calories everyday...

Since Sept 9th I have lost another 8lbs net (gain 1.5 over the holidays) have lost another 5.5 inches and have gotten really strong and love how I am looking.

I am still lifting 3x a week in the new year and I have added in HIIT 2x a week and since the holidays I have lost 3lbs....

So in total I have lost 43lbs, 18.5 inches looking to lose another 7lbs and will re-evaluate....

SW: 177 ish lbs
CW: 129 lbs
5'3" and 42 when I started 2 years ago

I started out walking 2 - 3 hrs per day and just cutting out all the processed foods.
Then, I found MFP and I started with 1200 but I was hungry all the time, so I kept adjusting upwards til I could actually not starve all day. And then I found IIFYM.com and that helped me a figure out a better number. I've just been stumbling around the last 2 years finding what works...

the only "routine" I ever followed was just to stay away from junk food and fast food!