Has anyone lost weight using mfp and gained it back

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  • getready66
    getready66 Posts: 17
    3 years ago I lost 30lbsand got to my goal weight of 125lbs...now 3 years later I need to lose 40lbs to get back to 125lbs....so yes, if you go back to your old lifestyle you will gain the weight back....ugh! Here I go again!
  • ChrissyLu723
    ChrissyLu723 Posts: 153 Member
    This is exactly what happened to me, it is my fault. I stopped tracking and all hell broke loose...and my pants :/
    I only have few pounds to lose until I reach my goal .It feels amazing being lighter and fit into my skinny jeans again. However, i am still going to track my calories when I reach my goal. Has anyone reach their goal and gained all back ? Was it because you stopped tracking and got too comfortable ?

    Yes, I've lost weight using MFP.

    Yes, I gained (most of) it back.

    Yes, it was because I stopped tracking. Specifically, it was because I didn't retrain myself how to eat to maintain. When we lose weight, we learn to eat at a calorie deficit. When we hit our goal weight, we have to learn how to eat at maintenance. That's what I'm in the process of doing now - learning to eat at maintenance.
  • gmoneycole
    gmoneycole Posts: 813 Member
    1st time using MFP I hadn't hit goal yet and a trip to Asia got me off of my routine. This time around I'm staying dedicated to my new lifestyle and plan to for the rest of my life.

    Build healthy habits that will stick and you will have success! Best of luck to you! :)
  • goalss4nika
    goalss4nika Posts: 529 Member
    :explode: :grumble: Yup! I am battling this now. I stopped logging and I gained 30lbs. I restarted today with a new mind set. I went bad to my comfort habits and boom! Makes me regret tossing my fat clothes.
  • NadDrew
    NadDrew Posts: 56 Member
    Same here, I've lost a lot of weight and gain 25 pounds back by letting myself comfortable around trigger food ....it is too soon for me to be on my own...I need to track my food and weight myself everyday....Good luck everyone...it is our journey and a lifestyle change so be good to yourself.:wink:
  • ToriLynnYoung
    ToriLynnYoung Posts: 10 Member
    Great process story Diane! Thanks for sharing how you are doing things differently this time. :smile: :happy:
  • tallvesl99
    tallvesl99 Posts: 231 Member
    I agree with tossing the "fat" pants. I had worn the same size forever...when i got down to a smaller size I was so motivated, i didn't want to go back up...I really really have to watch it though...I pretty much know what I can eat now but I like to log in alot to stay on track. LOVE MFP and so glad it is here!:smile:
  • stonegirldancing42
    stonegirldancing42 Posts: 76 Member
    Lifestyle change was my main thing. I was in maintenance for like 1.5yrs until I started dating someone & gained a whopping 50lbs in like 6 months. No fun! Emotional stuff creeps up, too. Now back in action and hoping it drops quicker due to how quick it gained.
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,831 Member
    Has anyone reach their goal and gained all back ? Was it because you stopped tracking and got too comfortable ?

    No, I didn't reach my goal.
    But, yes, I lost a bunch doing the TDEE-20% and logging on MFP.
    And, yeah, that's how I gained it back.

    "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
    But in ourselves, that we are [obese]."

    --adapted from Julius Caesar (I, ii, 140-141)

    Sigh.
  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,855 Member
    I only have few pounds to lose until I reach my goal .It feels amazing being lighter and fit into my skinny jeans again. However, i am still going to track my calories when I reach my goal. Has anyone reach their goal and gained all back ? Was it because you stopped tracking and got too comfortable ?
    I lost 50 pounds and gained 25 back, then lost it again. Seems that for me, as soon as I quit tracking calories, I quit thinking about what I eat and gain weight.

    The moral is: Whatever it is you are doing to lose weight (tracking calories, lowering carbs, working out maniacally etc) you will gain it back once you stop doing it.
  • felblossom
    felblossom Posts: 132 Member
    I lost ~25 kgs on MFP, stopped logging and kept on going with my life. I had learned healthy habits and knew that the meals I cooked for myself contained a good and healthy amount of calories, since I was eating pretty much the same things as I did while logging.

    I'd gained ~10 kgs back after about a year of not logging, not because of slacking, but because my life and habits changed. I was unable to cook for myself as much as before and eating food someone else had prepared and served which made it harder to control/track what went into the food and how much of it went to my plate. The weight came back on quite rapidly (most of it in the last 4 months of not logging) and caught me off guard. New habits brought on some of my old bad habits that I'd gotten rid off which didn't make it any easier. I've been back on MFP for about three months now and I've lost ~5 kgs even during the same food conditions. It's a bit tougher than last time, but it's doable.

    For me, it's all about good habits - habits that you don't really think twice about, it just comes naturally to you. Those habits are easy to keep even without logging on MFP.
  • 123Allyxox
    123Allyxox Posts: 112 Member
    I did, but it was because I got pregnant:)
  • Laura3BB
    Laura3BB Posts: 250 Member
    I lost ~25 kgs on MFP, stopped logging and kept on going with my life. I had learned healthy habits and knew that the meals I cooked for myself contained a good and healthy amount of calories, since I was eating pretty much the same things as I did while logging.

    I'd gained ~10 kgs back after about a year of not logging, not because of slacking, but because my life and habits changed. I was unable to cook for myself as much as before and eating food someone else had prepared and served which made it harder to control/track what went into the food and how much of it went to my plate. The weight came back on quite rapidly (most of it in the last 4 months of not logging) and caught me off guard. New habits brought on some of my old bad habits that I'd gotten rid off which didn't make it any easier. I've been back on MFP for about three months now and I've lost ~5 kgs even during the same food conditions. It's a bit tougher than last time, but it's doable.

    For me, it's all about good habits - habits that you don't really think twice about, it just comes naturally to you. Those habits are easy to keep even without logging on MFP.

    I like this.

    Logging for years and years doesn't seem a 'natural' life to me. Eating better 'alone' (lifestyle change) is better.

    For myself I've been maintaining for 8 months, but am tracking again to lose 4 more pounds.
  • BlackStarlight
    BlackStarlight Posts: 554 Member
    Hey!
    Yes I've lost weight before and yes I gained some of it back. I had severe health issues and was unable to walk for a time, however I stopped logging. At the time I had to get my head on straight to walk again, but really had I kept logging I don't think the weight gain would have been as much.

    Just keep logging. Go on with your life like you are now. In the end MFP is just one part of your day, for me it will remain so, but at the end of the day I don't look at this like a diet, its a lifestyle and I'm becoming a healthy person. I am changing my habits to become that healthy person forever. Not just as a fix.

    Good luck to you.
  • SuperC_85
    SuperC_85 Posts: 393
    Sigh yes, my normal consumption of foods makes me fat.
    Have to monitor it..
  • tiggersmum
    tiggersmum Posts: 623 Member
    Up till February 2013 I had lost 18kgs on here....Then I meet the love of my life which in brought on abandonment issues and I stopped logging and put most of it back.....I put most of it back on and now I'm back to get to my goal weight....

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