anybody start at 220 ?

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  • my2kin04
    my2kin04 Posts: 69 Member
    sorry, i cannot get these photos to work on here, its too bad they (MFP) cannot come up with an easier way
  • Julieboolieaz
    Julieboolieaz Posts: 658 Member
    I started even higher, 275ish, and am down to 154ish these days. I'm still not "done" and am strength training and eating at a small deficit to hopefully shed the last 10lbs slowly and wisely. It can totally be done!! Yes, there is loose skin, but truthfully there is still fat under that skin. I'm not lean enough to know what will be real skin vs fat too. It's been 10 years that I've been down 100lb, and I've lost the last 25-30 in the past 2 years. Don't worry about the skin, just focus on your plan, do it one day at a time and you will get there!!

    I am awful at posting pics, but my avi is a decent before/after.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    I did! Ive got about 15 left to go, yay
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    Way to go :D
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    My highest was around 260lbs and I'm 5'4.5".
    Dec 25, 2011:
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    Last years progress:
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    This year:
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    40 weeks pregnant/May 23 - 210lbs
    June 13 - 194.3lbs
    Aug 26 - 181.6lbs

    I still have a long way to go.
  • bradp1979
    bradp1979 Posts: 154 Member
    I was about 225 a few years before finding MFP, and I gradually got up to that weight over a few years (thanks Jack-in-the-Box) and stayed there for a few more. Today, I hang between 190-195, with a goal of 180-ish.

    Exactly this. This is my exact same story, from the start to the goal.

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  • Luuvy
    Luuvy Posts: 602 Member
    I started at 239 and I'm 196 as of today. I'm not sure how to post pics but I just updated my profile picture and it shows my before and now. I still have a long way to go, but I'm OK with that. I'm taking my time because I am not on a diet, I'm doing a lifestyle change because I want to be healthy. My slimmer body is just an added perk:happy:

    Good luck :flowerforyou:
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    I started at 220 back in July 2011, when my 2nd baby was 8 weeks old. I got down to 154. In this picture, I'm probably in the 160s in the photo on the right. The left is around 220.

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    This is when I got down to 154:

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    And then this happened......

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    And I'm now about 25-30lbs up, 16 weeks post partum!
  • dani85pex
    dani85pex Posts: 18
    Love love love all the inspiration here! Funny thing about the ladies who lost the weight then here comes baby, that happened to me with my latest and third....after my second I just worked out and then happy love joy:smile: ...but this time the wight STAYED, oh all be it, I've helped, but now it's time to get this started. So thank you to have had success, and those of us that are in it, let's get er done!
  • jrline
    jrline Posts: 2,353 Member
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  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    Love love love all the inspiration here! Funny thing about the ladies who lost the weight then here comes baby, that happened to me with my latest and third....after my second I just worked out and then happy love joy:smile: ...but this time the wight STAYED, oh all be it, I've helped, but now it's time to get this started. So thank you to have had success, and those of us that are in it, let's get er done!

    I hoped I could gain minimal weight while pregnant with no.3....I logged, I never ate above maintenance except on a handful of occasions, I exercised until 38 weeks pregnant.....yet here I find myself with weight to lose. Sigh. My little girl will be 4 months on Sept 1st. I'm still smaller than I was at this point after my first two children (now age 5 and 3).
  • 365andstillalive
    365andstillalive Posts: 663 Member
    I would like to see some before and after pictures of people who started at 220 . Also was there a difference in skin ? Please tell me how long the weight was on for . I need some motivation.

    You can check out my profile, started at 235 I'm down at about 170 now.
    I don't have any loose skin, but so long as you lose weight at a slow and sustainable rate, that really helps. It's in part genetics and hydration too, but speed is typically the biggest factor.
    I've lost the majority of my weight over the past two years and now I'm looking to get down about another 25lbs.
  • HeidiGrrrl
    HeidiGrrrl Posts: 81 Member
    I started at 267. Been there most of my adult life. I don't have any pictures, but then, I don't look any different, either, after a 23 lb. loss. It will take another 20-30 pounds gone before anybody can tell. The only difference I can feel is that I'm squishier. The fat was really dense, and now it's becoming less packed.
  • dlionsmane
    dlionsmane Posts: 674 Member
    I started at 216, 5'7" - currently 174(ish) Goal 155. No loose skin (So far). I have been losing slowly. (.5 or less per week) I lift and walk for exercise, been at it since April 2013. Slow and steady. Photos in profile.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    started at 337

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/885191-153-lbs-in-365-days-pics
  • nateysmith
    nateysmith Posts: 6
    I was at 233 when I started trying to lose weight. I don't have many pictures of before though. I started MFP when I was down to 200. I am now at 176. Only 6lbs to go for me to hit my goal weight.

    Before:

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    After:
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  • dani85pex
    dani85pex Posts: 18
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    I hoped I could gain minimal weight while pregnant with no.3....I logged, I never ate above maintenance except on a handful of occasions, I exercised until 38 weeks pregnant.....yet here I find myself with weight to lose. Sigh. My little girl will be 4 months on Sept 1st. I'm still smaller than I was at this point after my first two children (now age 5 and 3).
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    Awesome job on doing that much while expecting. I mean you know being a mother begins at conception so our bodies change regardless of what we do or don't do. But what you've done is inspiring enough that you maintained a healthy pregnancy and after baby you know yourself enough to jump back in and get right back. Instead of like me waiting 3 years:embarassed: ...well...truthfully doing all sorts of things in that timeframe that obviously didn't work LOL. My "baby" will be 4:ohwell:
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member

    I hoped I could gain minimal weight while pregnant with no.3....I logged, I never ate above maintenance except on a handful of occasions, I exercised until 38 weeks pregnant.....yet here I find myself with weight to lose. Sigh. My little girl will be 4 months on Sept 1st. I'm still smaller than I was at this point after my first two children (now age 5 and 3).
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    Awesome job on doing that much while expecting. I mean you know being a mother begins at conception so our bodies change regardless of what we do or don't do. But what you've done is inspiring enough that you maintained a healthy pregnancy and after baby you know yourself enough to jump back in and get right back. Instead of like me waiting 3 years:embarassed: ...well...truthfully doing all sorts of things in that timeframe that obviously didn't work LOL. My "baby" will be 4:ohwell:
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    Lol. Well, at least you're starting now! I was back at the gym the day after my 6 week check this time, and at about 7 weeks with my other two. I think I managed ok until around 32 weeks, but then I could feel my thighs getting bigger. I went 11 days overdue too.
  • kotomli0530
    kotomli0530 Posts: 10 Member
    I started at 224( my highest) lost 14 lbs between june and july( idk how! wasn't practicing a healthy lifestyle) and then I have lost anoth 5lbs since starting MFP again at the end of july. I will post pics later!!
  • Meerataila
    Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
    All of you are just amazing! My highest recorded weight was around 245. Still trying to find a picture from that time period. Maybe not trying too hard, maybe I don't want to see it!
  • helenmelon29
    helenmelon29 Posts: 787 Member
    I started at 220 back in July 2011, when my 2nd baby was 8 weeks old. I got down to 154. In this picture, I'm probably in the 160s in the photo on the right. The left is around 220.

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    This is when I got down to 154:

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    And then this happened......

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    You are a super fit Mammy! And no doubt be back to where you were in no time.

    And I'm now about 25-30lbs up, 16 weeks post partum!
  • Katiedid717
    Katiedid717 Posts: 48 Member
    A couple years ago I started at 220 and got down to 185. I didn't have any problems with skin elasticity, but I'm also relatively tall (5' 7.5"), so that makes a bit of a difference. Here's a progress comparison I made at the time:

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    I'm currently back up to 220 and starting over. I'm planning to get down to 165 and see how that looks. I might go down another 10-15 pounds after that, but again, depends on how the weight carries on me.
  • prettychelly
    prettychelly Posts: 112 Member
    My profile pic in the red dress is around 220.. the middle probably 190 and the last one is 176. I don't have any loose skin and I'm hoping to get down to 160-165. I'm also 5'5.

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