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    1 year of daily logging on MFP...I'm such a loser!

    Posts: 377 Member
    edited March 6 in Motivation and Support
    This weekend marks 1 full year of logging in and logging my food every single day. I downloaded the app a couple of years ago, however, after a couple of false starts, wasn't consistent.

    I decided to really give it a shot a year ago this weekend and have found this format a very useful tool in helping me along in my battle of the bulge.

    I have lost 120 lbs in 12 months and am 15 lbs from goal.

    The process has actually been an enjoyable one for me in that I have found it not to be drudgery. Drudgery is when you're so fat (like I was) and couldn't walk from the parking into the store without my back killing me and being short of breath.

    My plan has been pretty simple. Eat whatever I want, just not whenever I want, or, how much ever I want. I eat sensibly, but not restrictively.

    I've incorporated walking into my weekly routine and have walked up to 50 miles in a given week. However, there are other weeks when it was hard for me to get in 10 miles.

    A few things I've learned along the way, most are stating the obvious:

    * Corporate accountability has it's limitations. No one (especially on an internet site like this) can make you accountable. If you don't plan the work and work the plan, it won't get done.
    * Excuses are a dime a dozen
    * I'm stronger (mentally) than I thought
    * Mini-goals are helpful
    * Eating at a calorie deficit works
    * Walking is fun
    * I love wearing size L opposed to 4X
    * One's weight can swing wildly from day to day, don't freak out.

    The NSV's I've experienced this year are too numerous to list...

    That's my story and I'm sticking with it ;-)

    Cheers!

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    • Posts: 862 Member
      edited October 2014
      Losers are winners. Great post. We need more like this one. Thanks! (*)
    • Posts: 1,942 Member
      Wow! That is impressive. Thanks for sharing :)
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    • Posts: 192 Member
      Fantastic! Good work! I, too, am down to those last few lbs after losing 50. I did it the same way you did. The old fashioned way. The SMART way. The ONLY way to take it off and KEEP it off. Good on ya!
    • Posts: 2,130 Member
      Congratulations!
    • Posts: 836 Member
      an awesome loser
    • Posts: 15,151 Member
      Wow, incredible job! Congratulations!
    • Posts: 187 Member
      ooh, kill 'em. :D
    • Posts: 377 Member
      edited October 2014
      Thanks!
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    • Posts: 215
      fantastic Scott!!!!
    • Posts: 225 Member
      WOW :D Way to go! Thanks for sharing your inspiring story!!!
    • Posts: 3,250 Member
      Wow. 120 lb in a year?!?! Wow.
      And did I say "wow" yet? :grinning:

      And you've inspired another T-shirt...
      Now I want to make one with the MFP logo that says "I'm such a loser!".

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    • Posts: 1,351 Member
      Wow, you are quite the loser! Congrats on such a grand success!
    • Posts: 377 Member
      Thanks again. I went out this morning and celebrated my one year anniversary and 120 lbs lost today and bought some new Carhart shirts. Size Large. Not 4X, 3X, 2X, XL.. But LARGE. Did I say LARGE?
    • Posts: 15,317 Member
      You are such a loser!!! Congratulations and thanks for sharing:)
    • Posts: 377 Member
      Thanks!
    • Posts: 1,837 Member
      Well done on being such a loser. I can only hope I am where you are in about 10 and a half months.
    • Posts: 377 Member
      Gracias to all.
    • Posts: 133 Member
      Fantastic work! Thank you for the inspiration!
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    • Posts: 6,573 Member
      Really happy for you!
    • Posts: 177 Member
      one of my favourite MFP posts to date... love the learning bullets as well... good on ya
    • Posts: 19,251 Member
      Congrats, loser!
    • Posts: 3 Member
      Inspirational stuff. Thanks for sharing.
    • Posts: 377 Member
      Thanks again, ya'll are very nice.
    • Posts: 19 Member
      * One's weight can swing wildly from day to day, don't freak out.
      Right now, this is a huge relief :) My weight swings by 1-2 kilos sometimes. And I really do freak out!
    • Posts: 377 Member
      meowiyer wrote: »
      * One's weight can swing wildly from day to day, don't freak out.
      Right now, this is a huge relief :) My weight swings by 1-2 kilos sometimes. And I really do freak out!

      I liken the weight swings to a baseball players average. If he hits .300 on average throughout his career, some months he may be at .250 and others at .350. However, it it goes back to average and just doing what he normally does.
    • Posts: 377 Member
      wmcmurray61 wrote: »
      Fantastic! Good work! I, too, am down to those last few lbs after losing 50. I did it the same way you did. The old fashioned way. The SMART way. The ONLY way to take it off and KEEP it off. Good on ya!

      Way to go!
    • Posts: 377 Member
      meowiyer wrote: »
      * One's weight can swing wildly from day to day, don't freak out.
      Right now, this is a huge relief :) My weight swings by 1-2 kilos sometimes. And I really do freak out!

      Yep, take it to the bank ;-)
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