Those who lost over 100ibs..plz share your exper.

While I have not lost 100 lbs - I do have some advice.

1. Start small - make little changes that are manageable and lead to success (i.e reducing pop, going from 2% milk to 1%, using less butter etc etc). Try swimming for exercise. while putting on a bathing suit can be mentally hard, it is best for your joints and is the easiest way to add exercise without major discomfort

2. Log all of your food including things you think don't matter, try getting a cheap digital scale once you get used to MFP in order to improve your accuracy

3. For now - make sure you do not deprive yourself of foods you enjoy - make dietary changes that you WANT to make - not ones you feel you have to make. So long as you are hitting your calories you will be fine. Later you can start worrying about diet quality. There is no sense in jumping into a kale, quinoa, and celery diet - you will likely hate it. Make changes you can see yourself doing for the rest of your life - otherwise you are likely to gain the weight back when you go back to your "old ways"

4. Practice forgiveness and consistency. We are human, we are imperfect, we will falter. That doesn't mean we are failures, don't give up. Just keep trying until something clicks. Whether thats with MFP or without. But MFP works - just browse the success stories.

Thats all I can think of for now. Feel free to add me as a friend. Good luck - you can do it!!!!!

Hi there. I've lost 146ish lbs.

My primary weight loss method is low carb + keeping on top of portions.

It has taken me a bit over 3 years to lose this much weight.

I now do Keto. It's a modified low carb eating plan that allows me sufficient fats to feel very satisfied, moderate protein so I stay in ketosis, and very low carbohydrates (less than 20 g a day net). I currently have my calories set around 1600, with 5% carbs, 10% protein, 85% fat. I eat a lot of avocados and coconut oil and butter for basic fats intake, delicious fancypants cheeses, organic and grass fed fatty meats, huge piles of leafy greens, and no sugars. You can read more about it here:

Here's a good overview: http://www.ruled.me/30-day-ketogenic-diet-plan/

My diary is open so you can review it too if you wish.

As for exercise, I like walking. It's easy, doesn't take long, and I get it out of the way in the early morning before my shower before work. Half an hour or so, 3 km (I am walking pretty fast now) on a fairly flat surface. But even 15 minutes of sedate walking in your neighborhood is a start if you're not used to doing something every day.

I'm 53 years old, hypothyroid (I take synthroid), and have recently had my high blood pressure meds reduced to 25% of what I used to be taking. I hope to be BP medication free within 3 months.

You can see pics at my profile too.

Good luck!

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I lost over 200 lbs using a meal replacment program and a health coach to get me on track and over my food issues. Once I lost the weight and started back on eating, I started putting on weight and could not get it stopped. That is when I started using MyFitnessPal to track my eating and exercise.

I finally connected with a trainer and over the last year we have been able to identify why I started gaining and have gotten my body back into a place to loose. I put on 70 of the 200 I lost, and I am now down 30 of the 70 I gained.

Yes, I feel MUCH better, walking is easier and enjoyable, I spend 5-6 days a week in the gym and enjoy it. I have much more energy and enjoy life, even though I am not where I want to be, I know I can reach it. I eat KETO (Low Carb, High Protein, Moderate Fat) because I am lifting and trying to retain as much lean body mass as I can.

For me, I found that portion control did not work for me, the best thing I did was to move to the meal replacements and only let myself eat them. I know it was extreme, BUT it was better than surgery in my opion and worked well for me.

Good luck in your journey, but remember, everyone's journey is different. We all come from different places. Work to find what will work for you, and I encourage you to find a trainer, coach, Nutritionist. Someone who has done the journey and can help you adjust along the way.

To date, I have lost nearly 112 pounds.

I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes, which was enough to scare me into eating right. I immediately did everything the doctor told me to do - cut carbs (drastically in my case) and completely revamp my diet. I started out with eating meat, cheese and eggs - you couldn't have prodded me toward veggies at first - but over time, as I lost weight and became comfortable with my diagnosis, I began trying new foods, one at a time. And I discovered that I LOVED veggies. Love, love, love!

The weight came off, but I added exercise to the mix per my doctor - and that's when it REALLY started flying off. Every time I thought about quitting, I thought about lying in that hospital bed getting stabilized, stabbing myself in the stomach with a needle twice a day.... it was enough to keep me moving.

I wouldn't have lost all of this weight without both diet and exercise - one cannot go without the other, in my opinion.

I'm now tightly under control - haven't had a blood sugar reading that was even pre-diabetic level for several months now. But I can't ever let my guard down - I have this disease and it's permanent, and I know it. It's up to me to keep it at bay.

My advice? Research everything you can about nutrition and diet - get the facts for yourself. Try to remember that worse things might be around the corner if you don't get it under control. Diabetes is hell. It's expensive, it's life-threatening, and it's restrictive. (It can be, anyway.) But in my case, it was also my salvation.

Hope this helps.

I've lost 66 pounds so far with my goal of losing 140 total. I've been over weight since I was 10 and I've tried a ton of DIETS. Diets in my opinion don't work. It needs to be a lifestyle change. I started out watching what I was eating and how much. I lost 20 pounds in the first month. Then I switched to eating low carb, cutting out bread, pasta and a lot of processed food. I feel so much better and I'm getting more vegetables then ever. I started going to the gym now and lost another 46 pounds. I feel great now and much lighter. I took baby steps to start and when I slip up its no big deal. Don't let one bad choice ruin all the hard work you put in. Drink lots of water and listen to your body! You can do this one day at a time. I followed my calories on Myfitnesspal and logged everything. Feel free to add me! Good luck on your journey.

When I started I didn't think I could lose weight. I thought if I made healthy changes and started getting more exercise, I MIGHT drop 40 pounds or so... maybe. I was 304 pounds

My husband I decided to work with a personal trainer just so we could get a little more fit. The trainer asked me to set 3 goals, including a weight loss goal and I thought it was pointless, but did so anyway. My goals were 1) I will show up. 2) I will not get injured. 3) I will weigh less at the end of the year than I do at the beginning of the year. I set a hard, fast rule that I was NOT willing to go to bed hungry and I wasn't willing to make a single change that I wasn't willing to do every day for the rest of my life. But I was willing to make an effort to be healthier.

I joined MFP in order to make that effort to be healthier. I had a vague idea of how much I was eating, but not exactly. I didn't know how much protein or fat or carbs or fiber or added sugar I was eating, though. I thought I ate a fairly healthy diet, and most of the time I did. Actually, I ate below maintenance, a little bit, most of the time. But I figured out that a couple of days a week I was eating enough (eating out or eating desserts) that I was gaining weight.

So, I started making small changes.

I attempted to work out at least 20 minutes everyday. I'm a bit of a slacker, so that meant I worked out about 5 days a week.

I logged my food to see what I was doing that wasn't as healthy as I'd like to be. One of my first goals was eating more fiber and cutting back on processed foods. This wasn't too hard because I already did that most of the time, but I made a conscious effort to improve.

This gave me a record of what I was eating, so when I had a bad day and was hungry all day, I could look back and see if I had done something different than I had done on easier days. It helped me to figure out if the types of foods I was eating were making it more difficult or if it was hormonal.

I started out without a calorie deficit and gradually started cutting back.

I looked up menues for the restaurants I liked and came up with a meal I could eat at each of them that wouldn't blow my whole day. I have a Waffle House meal, a Taco Bell meal, a Hardees meal, a Bojangles meal, and a mexican restaurant meal. I came up with some snacks that I could find when i was out, and a bunch of snacks that were easy to carry with me so I wouldn't have to buy something. This went a long way toward fixing some of my biggest problems because this put a stop to the 2 days a week I blew the rest of the week!!

Gradually, I have ended up with a diet that is higher and protein, and sometimes devoid of grains. I figured out how to get fiber from fruits and vegetables (not quite as straight forward as I originally thought). I typically eat about 40% to 50% of my calories from fat! When I was 300 pounds I typically ate less than 18% from fat.

I weigh and measure everything I eat.

When I started I was eating about 1800 calories a day and not eating back exercise calories. Over time I tweaked that. Now I go for about 1650 and eat some of my exercise calories back. When my weight loss stalls and I'm working to get it moving, I eat about 1350 calories, plus I eat all my exercise calories, and I exercise a minimum of 300 calories... similar sort of plan, but I push hard for at least 300 calories of exercise.

I lost about 90 pounds in the first year. I cheated almost every single day of that first year. I logged the cheats, and I often kept my total calories at my goal, but I ate banana pudding or chocolate candy or something almost every day. That was MUCH easier when my daily calorie goal was 1800ish.

Every thing I did, I considered it a life style change.

It has SO been worth it. I was 100% sure it wouldn't work. 100%. I KNEW I would never see anything under 200 and was pretty sure I wouldn't see anything less than 250. I'm still in shock. But I made small changes and stuck with them. I picked one thing at a time, or two things, and did those until I thought of something else later. I didn't plan to do it that way. It is just how it happened.

I've looked around to find something active I would enjoy. It wasn't easy and I wasn't sure I would. But in March I discovered Dragon Boating and I'm SO SO glad I was fit enough to participate. Now I have a reason to get fitter and stay that way!

Plus, I just really like taking up less room and not struggling so much.

I told myself I would just be getting rid of the parts of me I wasn't using anymore... decluttering. :P

"Is drinking orange juice or drinking milk for breakfast bad for you?
I mainly eat oatmeal, turkey sausage etc. "

Drinking those aren't necessarily bad for you, but i would rather eat my calories than drink them. (unless its booze)

Find what you like to eat and will enjoy long term, cause once you lose the weight, well, you don't get to go back to your old ways, you gots to learn to maintain,

I want to know your experiences. How many calories did you eat? How much exercise did you do? How long did it take you to lose the weight? And now, do you feel lighter and more able to move?
And how did you use fitnesspal?
Thank you

I'm consuming around 2000 per day +/-.
A lot of exercise, 6-7 days per week, mostly cardio.
8.5 months so far
I don't "notice" a lot of differences as things happen slowly so the changes don't take place all at once.
How do I use MFP? I don't understand the question... I used the counting feature to track, and other people for motivation, no matter what's offered you have to be ready to do it for yourself and no other reason.

Hello guys
I am new here.
I have been overweight for most of my adult life.
No diets have ever worked for me.
Now, I need to lose about 100ibs as my healrh is deteriorating; I get backpains, climbing stairs is difficult, I even started having breathing problems.
I want to know your experiences. How many calories did you eat? How much exercise did you do? How long did it take you to lose the weight? And now, do you feel lighter and more able to move?
And how did you use fitnesspal?
Thank you

The difference between MFP and everything else? If you adopt the mindset that its a lifestyle change & not a diet, the rest will fall into place. The other posters have addressed specifics of the process, so I wont repeat them. A diet implies there is a finite end to proper nutrition and exercise.

Knowing that plus the support I get from my MFP buds make enough difference that Ive lost 35 in 104 days without doing anything stupid.

3 months ago, walking was a chore. today, I walked 6 miles.

You CAN Do this.

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Fsunami

I found out a few days after Christmas last year that I was T2 diabetic, made a resolution to myself to change my lifestyle and get healthier, I started doing this via MFP on the 5th of January this year when I weighed in at 21st 11lbs (305lbs) I didn't set any target for myself then but along the way I decided that 14st (196lbs) would be an ideal weight for my height and build, I achieved this target yesterday (36 weeks later). As you can imagine I am very happy to have done this but more importantly I have had no further problems with my diabetes and my readings are always very good. At the beginning I could barely walk 400yds without being out of breath and struggling to keep up any sort of pace now I am running 4 miles without stopping at least 3 times per week and having a 4-5 mile walk in the in between days. I'm not going to advise you what to do as many have already done so in the thread and the advice they have given is sound but I will say to you that you can achieve your goals if you put your mind to it. Good luck :flowerforyou: