I made goal!! And celebrated by gaining 80 lbs.

I think alot of people can relate to you. Even though i havent put on as much as you, i had lost 20 lbs and quit MFP because at the time i couldnt see any difference in my physical appearance. By the time i came back I had gained the full 20 back plus an additional 10.... So here I am again determined to wait it out this time and not to give up.

Lost 100, gained about 20 back, down 5-7 so an additional 15 to my original low weight and I'd like to lose 5-10 beyond that. Working on it everyday. Its easy to get off track! The key for me is continuing to exercise NO MATTER WHAT and always log my food even if I overdid it or got off program.

I feel your pain.
I lost 126 lbs and gained back 27 lbs!! And I'm not even sure how it happened. LOL
Back to paying attention to what I put in my mouth and the gym.
We didn't work as hard as we did to lose it and than put it back on!!

I expect to keep logging on MFP now that I'm approaching the maintenance phase of my weight loss. It keeps me honest about the amount I'm eating.

if only it was as easy to lose as it is to find! this is the first time I've lost this much - but have more than once lost 15 to 20 - then gained back 25... you get the idea... feel free to add me... cuz this time I'm not letting that fat back!!

I know how the OP's feeling.

I was weighing at 200 last year, and dropped from 250.

Now I'm back at 225. Talk about depressing.

I can relate. I lost 35 lbs, was feeling great. I drifted away from MFP - and tracking and working out in general. I've gained about 40 lbs and here I am, back to the start again. Good luck. You did it once, you can do it again!

I lost 95 pounds, Felt GREAT. As a treat I thought I'd take a few days to celebrate and eat some old favorites.
Well, a few days turned into 2 years and here I am....quite the celebration eh?
Put 80 back on. sigh
Anyone else done that?
So here we go again. I'm looking for friends that don't mind hanging out with a relapser.
BTW - down 15 since starting 1st of month

That was a looonnnng celebration!

So grateful for a post like this. I had lost 50 lbs and was in the best shape of my life this time last year. Well I wasn't able to make it to the gym and went through some big life changes, wasn't focused on what I was eating and wasn't making it a priority to work out ... I gained 40 of it back. It took me a bit to get over the fact that I gained so much of the weight back after all the hard work I had put in to take it off...and to forgive myself for doing it (because I was so frustrated and mad at myself). The last 2 1/2 weeks I have been working out with my cousin and have started getting my eating back under control. I am finally back in that "motivated" mode and have committed to drop the weight once again. I have to try so hard to stay positive about it, I can't go back and change the fact that it happened but I can take the steps this day forward to get back to where I want to be.

Been there done that myself! Welcome back!

I'd like to add to this quote

"Been there, done that, got the t-shirt, it didn't fit"

Same boat here. lost 50, stopped smoking and gained appox 20 back, maintained that for about a year, moved across the country and gained another 25. So when I started a little while back i had gained all but 5 lbs back.

Determined to lose this time, however I'm more realistic about the weight loss. I don't think i'll ever be 125-130. I'll be happy in the mid 140's

Lost 25 lbs in 2006, gained 75 lbs between 2007 and 2011.

I am down 55 lbs since 2011, but still still have another 20 to go, to go back to my lowest weight from 2006.

You can do it this time. Feel free to send me a friend request if you think I can be helpful in your journey.