Been doing this for a year now.

karenjoy
karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
edited September 24 in Success Stories
I just worked out that I have been on MFP for a year now, and I also worked out (because I am a mathematical genius clearly) that means I have lost 1lb a week for that year!! I know that some weeks I lost nothing, and some weeks I lost more than that, but it means that in the 52 weeks I have been here, I have lost 52lb and I have to say I am hugely pleased with that. I would like to say it was more, and really it should be, as if I was working out and not falling off the wagon now and again then I should be looking at a higher lb per week average, BUT I am close to my goal (in fact I am past my original goal) and it has become harder, but I was just pleased to have such an even average and it proves to me that overall, even though it feels like I am not getting anywhere this month, I am beyond where I wanted to be this time last year, a place that at the time I was thinking it would not be possible for me to be.

Thank you MFP :flowerforyou:

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  • cathyv0409
    cathyv0409 Posts: 230 Member
    That is great!! A pound a week is a good weight loss and you clearly ARE a mathematical genius to have worked it out that way :laugh:

    Good job!!
    Cathy
  • rosiesparkle100
    rosiesparkle100 Posts: 85
    This is very heartening to read. Well done!
  • aehenson
    aehenson Posts: 86
    I have been on here a year as well & very pleased! I feel like this has helped make this a lifestyle change & not just a fad diet. Great job, that is a fantastic success story!! And shopping for summer clothes will be so much more fun this year:smile: !!
  • watchmelose2
    watchmelose2 Posts: 77 Member
    Congratulations on your loss! You did a great job!
  • sandram82
    sandram82 Posts: 615 Member
    WOOOHOOOO!!! Thats so great.. Congrats to you.. I am very curious where I will be in a year from now.. hopefully .. being the mathematical genius like you and posting all about it!! LOL
    Thanks for sharing your great success story!
  • forever28
    forever28 Posts: 374 Member
    You are awesome! Way to go!! :heart:
  • FabulousFifty
    FabulousFifty Posts: 1,575 Member
    Clearly! Thanks for sharing and congrats on your success! Bring on the bikinis!:bigsmile:
  • neyes67
    neyes67 Posts: 161 Member
    BRAVO!
  • wardba4
    wardba4 Posts: 51 Member
    Most Excellent News!
  • LG61820
    LG61820 Posts: 372 Member
    Congratulations! Your story is very motivating.
  • ElleJay221
    ElleJay221 Posts: 104 Member
    Awesome job! I love your signature line "as gorgeous as my husband thinks I am...." Hopefully I will be saying that in a year as well!:happy:
  • StaceG1986
    StaceG1986 Posts: 350
    Great! Glad I inspired you to join!
  • Wightvixen
    Wightvixen Posts: 117
    A pound a week for a whole year is an amazing result, and you should be very proud of it. :flowerforyou:
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    Thank you all!! I really should have thanked Stacey, who introduced me to the site, so thank you Stacey so much!!! :flowerforyou:


    I have been having a battle with the scale, it is stubbornly sitting at 148lbs, I had two busy weekends, with two birthday parties, lots to eat and drink and a Wedding Anniversary celebration, I guessed I would gain and I did, but only a little, and then I weighed myself this morning and guess what? 148lb....not even a . of a lb under lol Ahhh well, been walking this weekend, done almost 6 miles so hope that on Monday...fingers crossed.....147.anything lol
  • downtome
    downtome Posts: 529 Member
    Great job for sticking with it for a whole year....WTG! Keep up the good work. Besides, better chance of you keeping it off as you have stuck with it for this long, so slow isn't always a bad thing! Nice.
  • Kath712
    Kath712 Posts: 1,263 Member
    Great job!! I bet you are feeling great, too! Don't get discouraged with plateaus. I've been stuck for quite a while now, so I'm trying new things (C25K) and recommitting myself to MFP (had slacked off logging for a while). Hoping to break through this. Good luck!!
  • deeharley
    deeharley Posts: 1,208 Member
    WOOOHOOOO!!! Thats so great.. Congrats to you.. I am very curious where I will be in a year from now.. hopefully .. being the mathematical genius like you and posting all about it!! LOL
    Thanks for sharing your great success story!

    Ditto - I love the success stories here, it keeps me focused. Way to go!!!
  • StaceG1986
    StaceG1986 Posts: 350
    Great job!! I bet you are feeling great, too! Don't get discouraged with plateaus. I've been stuck for quite a while now, so I'm trying new things (C25K) and recommitting myself to MFP (had slacked off logging for a while). Hoping to break through this. Good luck!!

    I was on a plateau and then started C25k and have lost 2.5 lbs in 3 weeks, which is really good for me :happy:
  • StaceG1986
    StaceG1986 Posts: 350
    Thank you all!! I really should have thanked Stacey, who introduced me to the site, so thank you Stacey so much!!! :flowerforyou:


    I have been having a battle with the scale, it is stubbornly sitting at 148lbs, I had two busy weekends, with two birthday parties, lots to eat and drink and a Wedding Anniversary celebration, I guessed I would gain and I did, but only a little, and then I weighed myself this morning and guess what? 148lb....not even a . of a lb under lol Ahhh well, been walking this weekend, done almost 6 miles so hope that on Monday...fingers crossed.....147.anything lol

    No problem :happy: :flowerforyou:
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    oh and I am more than pleased to say that I started week 53 with a loss....53lb down, 3lb to go!!!


    :drinker: :flowerforyou: :bigsmile:
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    that's great! i'm hoping to lose about 60 in the next 12 months. :) we will see. i'll be happy if i can lose at least 40
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