Who has lost and gained

I am a 'professional' "dieter". I've been on Weight Watchers (reaching my goal), Atkins (worked but lost weight very slowly), calorie counting, etc. I always gained back every ounce plus a few more. For some reason, this time using MFP is working very well. I can't wait to use the Maintenance feature. I will keep it off this time!!!

I lost all my weight on L.A Weight loss and it took a year to gain it back. Then I lost it all on Weight Watchers and gained it all back. Weight Watchers is a good program although I don't think they emphasize nutrition enough. L.A. Weight loss is not bad. I don't think they train there staff well enough (there was allot of unhealthy advice being thrown around, but they make sure you get from the different food groups. This has to the last time I do this. I don't think its very healthy to yo yo which is what I have been doing.

In my "past" life I tried every crazy diet gimic out there . . . and before I found MFP I was at my heaviest at almost 80 pounds overweight. Nothing worked and I would always slip back into my old habits and gain back more than I lost . . . I continued this pattern for the majority of my adult life.

I have completely changed my lifestyle now, we eat only "clean" and healthy food that I prepare myself, use LOTS of fresh herbs and spices instead of fat and sodium, and have a completely different attitude and outlook toward food.

For our 10th wedding anniversary last fall we stayed at home and ate our grilled chicken breasts with steamed broccoli for dinner as usual . . . but it was by candelight that night. We have come to realize that occassions and celebrations are about the day, or the event, NOT about the food. Social gatherings always revolved around food but that seems to no longer hold any appeal for us . . . how things have changed from just a few short years ago!

I am close to losing 60 pounds, so only about 20 pounds away from my anticipated goal. It has taken me about 1 1/2 years to get here but I have never been on a diet for any of it . . . instead I choose to nurish my body, not my insecurities and past baggage with empty and unhealthy items that I should not consume.

Im so much happier now that I can say with certainty that I don't miss anything at all. My life is so much richer now.

I have lost 40 - 60 pounds 3 times in my adult life. Now I need to lose about 80. As long as I stay away from fast food and eating out, I can do fairly well. Now that I'm a bit older, I need to focus more on exercise and fitness .

I counted WW points on my own about 8 years ago and did really well, losing about 40 lbs or so. As soon as I stopped counting points and got into a relationship where I was comfortable, I gained it all back plus about 20 lbs more. This is the first time in my life (I'm 44) where I am logging my calories daily and exercising daily. It's only been 2 weeks but I can already tell a difference in how I feel and I SLEEP so much better.

I lost 110lb 5 years ago and gained some back after meeting my fiance and he re-introduced me to fast food and soda, then I got pregnant and gained the rest, plus 25-30lb, back. Healthily working my way back down!

Oh, I've done that so many times I couldn't even tell you! I started "dieting" and exercising as a teenager (when I 1st got chunky). I never really did any specific "diet" - just what "they" told me - eat whole grains, low fat, blah blah blah.

The yo-yoing didn't stop until I found MFP. Then I had a way I could actually track what I was eating. I had tried in the past to write everything down, but that gets tedious looking up cal. information. This is MUCH easier. I lost 10 lbs pretty easily.

Then I started reading posts, and heard a lot about Marksdailyapple.com. I checked it out, and it was like a light bulb went off! I've followed a pretty low carb, fairly no grain diet for about 2 mos now, and the last 5 lbs that I could never shake, just melted away.

I now realize, through being here, and doing a lot of reading, that this is a lifestyle change for me, not a diet. This is for my longterm health, and not just to be skinny-fat. I am still fine tuning this, but thanks to all the help here, I think I've finally got it!

Oh, I've done that so many times I couldn't even tell you! I started "dieting" and exercising as a teenager (when I 1st got chunky). I never really did any specific "diet" - just what "they" told me - eat whole grains, low fat, blah blah blah.

The yo-yoing didn't stop until I found MFP. Then I had a way I could actually track what I was eating. I had tried in the past to write everything down, but that gets tedious looking up cal. information. This is MUCH easier. I lost 10 lbs pretty easily.

Then I started reading posts, and heard a lot about Marksdailyapple.com. I checked it out, and it was like a light bulb went off! I've followed a pretty low carb, fairly no grain diet for about 2 mos now, and the last 5 lbs that I could never shake, just melted away.

I now realize, through being here, and doing a lot of reading, that this is a lifestyle change for me, not a diet. This is for my longterm health, and not just to be skinny-fat. I am still fine tuning this, but thanks to all the help here, I think I've finally got it!

I was never a dieter but was always chunky. In my 20's my weight dropped. I managed to keep it weight down by drinking coffee all day and not eating until dinner time (and the munching continued after dinnertime). In less than a year after I turned 38 I packed on almost 20lbs. I managed to "starve myself" down to around 130 and then ended up sick (Fibromyalgia). Using MFP I got down to 120. But the constant eating and counting and worrying was wearing me down. 7 months of research led me to MDA.

Sometimes I wish I had come across MDA back in November when I found MFP. I had the same thing happen. All the questions I still had in my head from the last 6 months of research cleared up. For me it was like a light bulb too. And in 2 weeks 3lbs melted off. My daily weight fluctuations are completely gone. I had a Digornio Pizza this past Saturday. I think the cardboard box would've had more flavor than that pizza crust. And this is something I can do for the rest of my life.

I went from a UK size 14 to a UK size 4 through eating healthy and walking over 11 miles per day which I maintained for over 5 years . I moved house, gave up walking, gave up on me and hey presto a UK size 12.

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After having my daughter I joined weight watchers and lost 40lbs! Then over the spread of 3 years I gained 20 of it back This time I am determined to get down to my goal weight and keep it off!