Any other divorce/break-up weight loss successes???

Yes!!! When I tell people how much weight I lost, I always add in HIS total weight!!!

Nothing like loosing a hundred and 90 pounds in one night

I've just left mine too, it will be 2 months on the 23rd, I am weighing myself for the first time tomorrow!

This completely kicks *kitten*, but I'm never quitting coffee. I do drink it unsweetened now though

Oh, I'll never COMPLETELY give up coffee. I'll just never go back to drinking 2-3 cups a day along with nothing but diet soda, with maybe a glass of water as a 'treat'.

I actually really love coffee (I wonder how many calories are in chocolate covered espresso beans...), but parallel to booze, I need to make sure I've eaten enough food to help slow down the caffeine absorption into my system and limit myself to one cup of coffee. Otherwise, I spend the day a jittery mess of anxiety blob.

My default reaction to a break up seems to be to do all the things to improve myself that I was being complacent about while in a relationship. When my longest relationship ended I decided to get my teeth straightened with Invisalign because I never had braces as a kid. So glad I did that. I also decided to get my ears re-pierced. Glad I did that too.

I haven't had a boyfriend in awhile so this weight loss doesn't have the compulsive IMPROVE YOURSELF motivation behind it. But I definitely understand how that can be motivating. If weight loss had been my biggest wish at the time that probably would have been the thing to happen. I've gotten to the point where I've decided to stop waiting around for things to happen for me, though. I got tired of waiting for somebody to have the great idea of giving me a gift certificate to get a massage, so for my birthday this year I bought one myself. Got tired of never having any rings so I decided every year towards Christmas I would buy myself a fairly nice pretty ring that I liked. (Not as expensive as fine jewelry, but not so cheap it turns my skin colors.) Might as well do it myself, ain't nobody else here to do it with or for me.

after my first divorce I lost like 60 pounds in five months without trying ( I suspect it was all of the pacing I was doing, as well as not eating from being upset which is really unusual for me. Usually I eat when I am upset.) My picture is from after that divorce.

This time I am trying to be more healthy about it. Slow and steady...one healthy habit at a time so I won't relapse. Back then I just wanted to disappear. I am striving for a healthier attitude this time. (an out of town friend came and insisted on the pictures. Hind sight, I am glad she did.)

I'm glad you are coping so well!!! Keep it up!!!

Yup, my husband and I separated last August and the weight was falling off me. I was totally stressed out (blindsided with an affair) so my stomach was in knots and churning all the time and I was eating healthy. Anyway, it came back on about 8 months later, but I’m losing it again now. I too am the happiest I’ve ever been in my life now (1 year later). He did me a HUGE favour. I’ve never felt so much gratitude and freedom in my entire life. ;-)

I was in a really unhealthy relationship for a few years and I finally left him. He also had a lot of bad habits that rubbed off on me. I took some time to really reflect and think about what I wanted in my life and overhauled my entire lifestyle. I've been losing weight, getting in better shape, paying off debt, got a way better job and have taken up new hobbies like hiking. I surround myself with positive and supportive friends and I have never been happier in my life.

I have to share a story on "divorce diets". My friend and her now ex husband split up. A week after he left he shows up to pick their kids up with a bumper sticker that read "No Fat Chicks". So she went on a no fat chicks diet! She has lost 60+ lbs. She looks amazing and he just looks like an @ss. I know it hurt her so much for him to do that, obviously directed at her, but she sure showed him.

My marriage of 12 years ended 3 years ago. Since last June, I've lost almost 80lbs - not on his account, FOR ME. I wanted/needed to feel better about myself - and I definitely do now!

Trying to lose weight to impress an ex is a type of motivation but losing weight to improve yourself is much, much better motivation.

I went through a divorce in March. I've lost about 25 lbs so far.

I've only lost ten lbs since, but I've toned up immensely since I've last seen him.

If I ever run into him again, does it make me a bad person for hoping that he's taken aback even at least somewhat? Or that he might regret anything?

Only slightly, I'd say.

My ex left me while I was still breastfeeding our second baby in two years, because "You are everything I wanted in a woman; kind, loving, sweet... but you just aren't attractive enough for me". I weaned the baby when she turned a year and lost the 30lbs of baby weight in 6 weeks once my hormones shifted a couple of weeks later. I am now another 15lbs smaller than that and look better than I ever have (even when we first started dating)

and he is getting fat, and my boyfriend is amazingly sweet, kind, good looking, so much taller, and makes 3 times more money than him..... so yeah, I win. His dumping me was the best thing for me personally. My kids suffer, but I do that best I can.

OMG! You are a strong woman, with how crazy hormonal I get after having a baby I prly would have killed him. Lol, what in the hell. I'm happy for you that he's not your problem anymore! You look great, stay strong mama.

Yes. You do not have to share food plans or any things else. It is liberating. Good luck as you go forward.

YESSSS!! Still in the process of losing now :-) my ex used to joke about and call me fat and just take the piss which put me on a downer and I would just eat everything. He has mucked me about a lot since we broke up but now I've never been so determined to lose weight and get in shape! #showhimwhatheismissing